Boss Lady Bloggers: Start a Blog and Business

Genasys Asbury

Blogging 101 - Boss Lady Bloggers helps bloggers turn their expensive blogging hobby into a profitable blogging business that makes money. Here we talk about the best blogging tips for blogging beginners like how to start a blog, how to increase blog traffic, how to make money blogging, and the mindset you need to have as a blogger to succeed. Whether you're new to blogging or a seasoned pro, join as we explore the world of blogging and help you take your blog to the next level. Subscribe now to never miss an episode! https://anchor.fmbossladybloggers/subscribe

  1. Aug 12

    The Year Boss Lady Bloggers Went Quiet

    Okay, so if you have been wondering whether this podcast quietly died, I do not blame you. It has been quiet for an embarrassingly long time. No episodes, no emails, no blog posts, literally nothing. And I could hand you some cute little reason wrapped in a bow, but that is not how I do things around here. So here is the truth. The last year of my life came apart. Not in a dramatic movie way, but in a slow, one thing after another way. We sold our house, the living situation we moved into did not work out, and I packed up my son and left with a car, a kid, and a very big problem. We landed in Ohio, which solved the roof over our heads and created a much bigger problem for my business, because my mom, who had my son two days a week, was now 600 miles away. That was over 40 hours a week gone basically overnight. And Boss Lady Bloggers went dark right along with it. But I am back, and I am better for it. Not in a fake everything happens for a reason way. Better because this year taught me something about building a business that I could not have learned any other way. In this episode: Why a business does not die in one loud dramatic moment, it just gets softer and softer until you look up and realize you have not published anything in months The full story of the year, including the part nobody expects, which is that falling in love with teaching toddlers was not the sad part The three things the quiet year actually taught me Why that calm season you are waiting for is not coming, and what to do instead My confession about being really, really good at building systems when I am scared to do the actual work. ClickUp, Notion, Capacities, Apple Notes, and then right back around again Why giving up is usually not quitting, it is waiting This one is for you if you are trying to build a blog or a business or an offer inside a life that is already full and already messy and already not cooperating. Next episode I get specific. The exact plan for rebuilding this business around a full time job, a kid, and a full course load. What I am keeping, what I am killing, and the order I am doing it in. Mentioned in this episode: My new site, which is honestly the best one I have built for Boss Lady Bloggers so far → bossladybloggers.com The free course library. Six blogging courses I put out for free, and it is not going to be free forever → https://bossladybloggers.com/freebies Want your homepage redesigned for free? Fill in the pop-up on my site and I will show you what is possible. Not a homepage that is just a pile of blog posts. A gorgeous site with copy designed to sell whatever you want to sell this year. Send me a message. Tell me what you are building and what is standing in your way. hello@bossladybloggers.com. I read them, and honestly, after this year I could use the company too.

  2. Mar 17

    How to Start a Blog in 2026: The Only Guide You Need

    How to Start a Blog in 2026: The Only Guide You Actually Need I spent two years writing blog posts, adding affiliate links, and praying that something would work. I had over a million monthly Pinterest views. I had traffic. And I made literally pennies. That's when I realized the problem. I didn't have a blogging business. I had a blog. And those are two very different things. In this episode, I'm walking you through the exact framework I used to go from zero dollars to $4,000 in three months, and eventually to a six-figure business. This is the real way to start a blog in 2026, not the recycled advice you've been reading everywhere else. In this episode, I cover: Why most bloggers stay broke and the one shift that changes everything. How to find your one person instead of picking a niche the old way, because niche blogging the way the gurus teach it is keeping you stuck. The truth about affiliate marketing strategies and why I call them out the door for new bloggers. How to monetize your blog by creating digital products and services instead of waiting on ad revenue. Why I don't recommend WordPress for beginners, and the platform I use instead for website design for bloggers. Blog branding strategies that go deeper than colors and logos, including the one thing on your website that matters more than your services page. Blog design tips that actually affect your Google rankings, because SEO for blogs is about structure, not just keywords. How to create a freebie that feeds into your email marketing for bloggers strategy and sells on autopilot. Content creation for bloggers that drives traffic to your funnel instead of just educating for free. My honest take on the biggest blogging mistakes to avoid if you want to build something real. This is the episode I wish someone had given me when I was 18, living in my aunt's basement, wondering why nothing was working. If you've been trying to build a successful blog and it hasn't clicked yet, listen to this one all the way through. Profitable blogging is not about writing more posts. It's about having the right pieces in the right order. I'm going to show you every single piece. And if you're looking for online courses for bloggers or one-on-one coaching, I offer both. I work with women who are ready to stop guessing and start building. If blogging for women who want real freedom sounds like your thing, check out my services page or book a call with me. I'm Genasys, your blogging coach and the CEO of Boss Lady Bloggers. Whether you work with me or not, this episode gives you the full map. But if you want someone to walk through it with you, I'm your girl. Driving traffic to blogs is the last step, not the first. Let me show you why. Book a call: https://calendly.com/bossladybloggers/15min Check out my services: https://bossladybloggers.com/ Takeaways: The distinction between having a blog and establishing a business is paramount in achieving financial success.Understanding your audience and defining a specific niche is crucial for effective blog engagement.A well-designed website is essential for capturing readers' attention and retaining them on your platform.Creating a unique offer that solves a specific problem is fundamental for monetizing your blog effectively.Developing a strong brand message and identity can significantly impact reader trust and loyalty.Utilizing strategic content marketing through select platforms is vital for driving traffic to your blog.

  3. Jan 19

    Is This The Blog Help You've Been Searching For? (Doors Closing)

    I need to have a direct conversation with you today. Not a casual one. An urgent one. The doors to Blog Execution Manager Plus close tomorrow night. Spots have almost been completely filled for the year. Once they're gone, they're gone. But before we talk about timing, I want to make sure you understand exactly what this offer is and whether it's right for you. Whether you've been following my content for years or you just found me yesterday, you deserve complete clarity before this window closes. In this episode: What Blog Execution Manager Plus Actually Is: This is NOT a blogging course. I'm not selling information to figure out on your own. You probably already have more blogging courses than you've finished. This is NOT traditional blog coaching. I'm not going to give you advice and send you off to execute alone. This IS done-for-you partnership. → I actually build things for you → I write your sales pages → I create your lead magnets → I craft your email sequences → I design your content strategy → I set up your systems → I manage your projects → I answer every question → I do the work alongside you Up to 16 hours per month of strategic, expert-level work on your blog business. From someone who's built their own blog from nothing to six figures to $13,000 months. Someone who's helped hundreds of women create profitable blogs. Everything Included: Done-For-You Blog Assets: → Lead magnets created from scratch (written, designed, ready to grow your email list) → Sales page copywriting for your digital products and offers → Email sequences (welcome sequences, launch emails, nurture sequences) written in your voice → Opt-in page copy that converts → Digital product materials → Blog content frameworks and outlines Custom AI Assistants: → Configured specifically for your business → Trained on your voice, brand, and audience → Content creation that actually sounds like you → Saves hours every single week Project Management & Strategy: → Complete blog roadmap built for you → Content calendar managed → Launch timeline mapped → Weekly priorities set → Clear direction on exactly what to work on Voice Audio Support: → Direct access to 8 years of blog coaching experience → Strategy questions answered → Tech questions solved → Copy feedback provided → Decision-making support whenever you need it Unlimited Question Support: → Every question about building your profitable blog answered → No caps, no restrictions → Expert guidance on call The Investment: → $500/month at beta pricing (increasing after beta) → 3-month minimum commitment → Lock in this rate for as long as you stay This IS For You If: ✓ You're tired of building your blog alone → Years of making every decision in a vacuum → Exhausted from the isolation → Ready for real partnership ✓ You have blog ideas but can't execute them → Lead magnet ideas sitting for months → Offer ideas that never launch → Email sequences started but never finished → Need someone to bridge the gap between idea and asset ✓ You've invested in blogging courses that didn't move the needle → Thousands spent on education → More knowledge than most successful bloggers → None of the results → The problem isn't information, it's execution support ✓ You want someone who will actually BUILD with you → Not teach and leave you alone → Not coach without helping execute → Actually write your sales page, create your lead magnet, craft your emails ✓ You're ready to invest in building, not just more learning → Done spending on information → Ready to invest in actual assets being created → Treating your blog like a real business This is NOT For You If: ✗ You just want to learn (this is about DOING) ✗ You're not willing to show up for your part (this is partnership, not magic) ✗ You expect overnight results with zero effort (real blogs take time to build) Two Futures For Your Blog: Future 1: You don't join → Doors close tomorrow night → Life continues as it has been → Six months from now: same place, still trying alone → Still starting and stopping → Still drowning in information you can't implement → Email list still small, offers still in drafts, income still theoretical → The cycle continues Future 2: You join before doors close → Within days: onboarding call, I learn everything about your blog → Within first week: your roadmap exists → By end of month one: real assets (lead magnet, welcome sequence, systems working) → Month two: offer takes shape (sales page written, launch emails crafted) → Month three: you launch (real emails, real subscribers, real money) → Six months from now: email list growing, offers selling, momentum happening → You have a profitable blog, not just a dream of one Why There's No Application: An application would add friction. Another reason to wait. Another step between you and the help you need. If you've heard this breakdown, you know what's included. You know the investment. You know who it's for. No application. No hoops. Just a button. Just a checkout. Just a decision. If you're 100% ready, you just join. Who Clicks The Button: Women who know they're meant for more. Who've felt it for years. This sense that they have something to offer. That their voice matters. That there's a business inside them waiting to be built. Who are tired of waiting. Tired of preparing. Tired of watching other people do the thing they know they could do with the right support. Who are ready to bet on themselves. To invest in their potential. To stop being small and start building. Is that you? The fact that you've read this far suggests something about who you are. About what you want. About what you're ready for. Trust yourself. The Reality: → Doors close tomorrow night → Spots almost completely filled for the year → $500/month is beta pricing (will increase) → Women who join now lock in this rate → When spots fill, they fill Every day you wait is a day you're not building. A day without the support you need. A day of the same patterns that have kept you stuck. Let's make your blog actually work. Let's turn your ideas into assets. Let's build the business you've been dreaming about. I'm ready. I've spent eight years getting ready to help women exactly like you. The doors close tomorrow night. No application required. If you know this is for you, just join. I can't wait to meet you inside. Join now: www.bossladybloggers.com/blog-execution-manager

  4. Jan 17

    5 Signs You're Ready to Stop Building Your Blog Alone

    I want to have an honest conversation with you today. Not a sales pitch. Not a list of reasons why you should join Blog Execution Manager Plus. An actual, genuine assessment of whether this is right for you. Because here's what I've learned after eight years of coaching: not everyone is ready for this. Not everyone should join. Some people would be wasting their money. Some people would be wasting my time. I don't want that for you. And I definitely don't want that for me. By the end of this episode, you should know. Not "maybe" know. Actually know. Either this is clearly right for you and you should join before the beta fills. Or this is clearly not right for you and you should close this episode and move on with zero guilt. Both outcomes are valid. Let me help you figure out which one is yours. In this episode: This IS For You If: Sign 1: You're tired of doing this alone → Bone-deep tired, not just "it would be nice to have help" → Years of making every decision in a vacuum → Celebrating wins with no one who understands → Processing disappointments with no one who can help → Ready to finally have someone genuinely invested in your success Sign 2: You have ideas but can't execute them → Head full of ideas for lead magnets, blog posts, offers, email sequences → Some sitting there for months, some for years → Something happens between idea and execution (life, obstacles, perfectionism, distraction) → Graveyard of unfinished projects growing → You need execution support that bridges the gap Sign 3: You've invested in courses that didn't move the needle → Thousands spent on blogging education → Gap between what you've spent and what you've earned → More knowledge than most successful bloggers, none of the results → Education alone doesn't build businesses → You need execution, not more information Sign 4: You want someone who will actually BUILD with you → Not teach and leave you to figure it out → Not coach and expect you to do everything alone → Not give templates and hope you fill them in → Actually write your sales page, create your lead magnet, set up your systems → Partnership with execution built in Sign 5: You're ready to invest in your business (not just more information) → Difference between spending on learning and investing in building → Courses = spending on information, hoping you'll implement → Blog Execution Manager Plus = investing in actual assets being created → Mental shift from consumer to builder → Treating your blog like a real business This is NOT For You If: You just want to learn → This is not an educational experience → Focus is on building and executing, not understanding every detail → If you want to deeply understand before implementing, take more courses → Looking for women done learning and ready to do You're not willing to show up for your part → I do a lot, but I can't do everything → Your part: reviewing and providing feedback, recording content in your voice, showing up to calls, making decisions, actually using what we build → This is a partnership, both of us contribute → If you expect to invest $500 and do nothing yourself, don't join You expect overnight results with zero effort → This is not a get-rich-quick scheme → Not promising $10,000 next month → Building a profitable blog takes time, even with excellent support → Promise: more progress in 3 months than last year of trying alone → Real assets, working systems, sustainable foundation → Must trust the process and keep showing up Objections Addressed: "$500 a month is a lot of money." → How much have you already spent on blogging courses? ($2,000-$15,000 for most) → $500/month = roughly $31/hour for 16 hours of expert work → Less than VAs, copywriters, strategists charge individually → Assets would cost $500-2,000 each if hired separately → Question isn't whether $500 is a lot. It's whether $500 for results beats $2,000 for another unfinished course. "What if I can't afford it?" → If $500 would cause genuine financial hardship, please don't join → But be honest: can't afford it or don't prioritize it? → This is designed to help you make money → Within 3 months, many clients earn enough to cover investment and more → Not an expense. An investment with expected returns. "What if it doesn't work for my niche?" → Worked with bloggers in parenting, finance, health, crafts, food, travel, business, lifestyle, faith, relationships, home decor, education, fitness, fashion, and more → Fundamentals work across niches → Email marketing, sales pages, lead magnets convert regardless of topic → I customize specifics: voice, topics, positioning for YOUR audience → In 8 years, haven't found a legitimate niche I couldn't support "I don't have enough time." → If genuinely zero available hours, now might not be the right time → But most people spending time inefficiently: hours researching, figuring out how, starting over, spinning in indecision → BEM+ saves time: I create the lead magnet (you don't spend 10 hours in Canva), I write the sales page (you don't spend 15 hours on copy), I give clear priorities (no more figuring out what to do) → Most clients: 5-10 hours per week, accomplishing more than 20 hours of confusion "What if I'm not ready?" → Ready for what exactly? → Perfect blog before getting help? You'll never be ready. → Ready to commit to showing up? Only you can answer that. → Ready to bet on yourself? Everyone who's transformed felt that fear. → Readiness isn't a feeling. It's a decision. → You don't feel ready then join. You decide to join and become ready in the process. "What if this is just another thing that doesn't work?" → Courses fail because they give information without execution support → Knowledge problem vs. support problem → BEM+ built specifically to solve the support problem → I don't just tell you what to do. I do it with you. Often for you. → When people actually engage, they make progress → Clients who don't succeed: sign up and disappear, don't respond, don't implement → If you show up, this works Who I've Watched Thrive: → Woman trying 2 years, few hundred subscribers, no income → complete funnel, offer selling, first consistent income in 3 months → Woman blogging 4 years, traffic but can't monetize → first digital product, sales page, launch sequence, more in one launch than previous 2 years combined → Woman with 15 courses, knows everything, earns nothing → I make decisions, one focused path, finally executing instead of researching → Woman who starts strong January, loses momentum by March → external structure holds, maintains consistency all year → Woman exhausted from isolation → partnership transforms blog and entire relationship with business Do you see yourself in any of these? If you're tired of doing this alone. If you have ideas you can't execute. If you've invested in courses that didn't move the needle. If you want someone who will actually build with you. If you're ready to invest in your business, not just more information. This is for you. Specifically, intentionally, designed for you. The objections are addressed. The assessment is complete. Some concerns are real and need thinking through. Some are fear disguised as logic. Only you know which is which for you. If you saw yourself in the "this is for you" list, don't wait. Don't overthink. Don't spend another week or month or year stuck in the same patterns. Beta spots are filling. Price will increase. Hours will decrease. But more than that: every day you wait is another day without the support you need. Another day of isolation and overwhelm and half-finished projects. You know if this is for you. You've known since somewhere in this episode. Stop waiting for a better time. The perfect time never comes. No application. No hoops to jump through. If you're 100% ready for me to build with you, to help you make money from your blog, to turn your ideas into assets and your knowledge into income, you just join. Beta spots filling. Learn more and join: www.bossladybloggers.com/blog-execution-manager

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Blogging 101 - Boss Lady Bloggers helps bloggers turn their expensive blogging hobby into a profitable blogging business that makes money. Here we talk about the best blogging tips for blogging beginners like how to start a blog, how to increase blog traffic, how to make money blogging, and the mindset you need to have as a blogger to succeed. Whether you're new to blogging or a seasoned pro, join as we explore the world of blogging and help you take your blog to the next level. Subscribe now to never miss an episode! https://anchor.fmbossladybloggers/subscribe

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