Brittni Mehlhoff on Putting Together Killer Tutorials, Finding Contributors for Your Blog, and Getting Published in Magazines
Brittni is one of our long time listeners who conveniently happens to be a rockstar in the handmade community. I’m always excited to hear from people in other niches, especially when they’re really successful. Here are just a few of the highlights from our chat
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- How Teaching a High School Art Class Inspired the Creation of a Blog
- A Unique Commenting Strategy to Build Relationships with Your Readers
- Building a Network of Contacts and Connecting With People
- Putting together Killer Tutorial Posts that Get TONS of Traffic
- How to Become a Regular Contributor at a Blog
- Finding Bloggers to Contribute to Your Blog on a Regular Basis
- How get Repeat Business and Freelance Work from Magazines
Brittni Mehlhoff is a 26-year-old artist turned business owner, and all around lover of indie crafts and handmade goods. She turned her passion into a full-time dream job, promoting artists, designers, and makers alike on the curated exhibition site she founded in 2008 called papernstitch (where marketplace and marketing meet). And she is also the editor of the papernstitch blog. Follow Brittni on twitter @papernstitch .
Podcast: Download (Duration: 41:31 — 38.0MB)
Glad to hear it. BTW, we do a weekly U-stream chat on Wednesday nights
too where we answer all you blogging questions. Feel free to join us
-Srini
Great interview. I found it via twitter and now I am hooked on BlogcastFM. The tutorial info was definitely my fav and I actually popped over to Brittni's blog today and saw the Country Living magazine feature she was speaking of in the podcast. All around great podcast!
This was a terrific interview. I appreciate your going outside the realm of blogging for dollars and I especially loved the information about her tutorials.
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