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b'Rachel Miller started blogging during maternity leave and while raising her children, with one blog leading to another and another and eventually viral popularity. Today, she is a highly regarded speaker and bestselling author, with some of her work featured on high profile shows such as Good Morning America. Starting in 2017, she began teaching others how to put their own blogs front and centre on the Internet, and through the charity Village Impact she helped build a school and well in Kenya for over 300 students.
\\nIn this episode, she discusses what set her down the path to blogging, how to optimize monetization for your sites, and how her family’s financial attitudes shaped her path to success.
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\\nWhat is Rachel most excited about right now?
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\\nThe school she helped build in Kenya.
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\\nWhat was her first blog about, and how did it become the launching pad for her accomplishments?
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\\n\\u201cQuirky Momma,\\u201d which focused on bringing up her children.
\\nWas at home raising her kids/on maternity leave and found herself unstimulated and bored.
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\\nHow did Rachel monetize her sites?
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\\nUsed AdThrive, which allows her to bring it over $5,000 a month.
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\\nWhat inspired her to launch another site?
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\\nOverhearing a conversation suggesting her first site was only succeeding through seed money and residuals.
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\\nWas it Rachel\\u2019s original goal to grow Quirky Momma into a vastly successful site?
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\\nAll she really wanted was to have an impact and to brighten up people\\u2019s days.
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\\nWhat is a good tip to help bloggers organically expand their readerships?
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\\nCurrent Facebook algorithms mean posts are driven and popularized by comments. Engagement = popularity.
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\\nHow do you encourage engagement on your posts?
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\\nInvite your readers to interact. Tell them to share it with friends who\\u2019ll find it relevant. Ask them what they think.
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\\nHow did her family\\u2019s financial attitudes growing up affect Rachel\\u2019s today?
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\\nCame from a family of entrepreneurs, with a lot of time spent struggling and just above the poverty line.
\\nThis meant that she was prepared to go through low-income periods while blogging.
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\\nWhat does Rachel think is the biggest obstacle preventing young people from obtaining financial success?
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\\nThey don\\u2019t think it\\u2019s possible for themselves, but it is achievable if they buckle down and work.
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\\nWhat has motivated Rachel the most to achieve financial freedom?
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\\nDefinitely her children and wanting to keep them out of poverty.
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\\nWhere and how did Rachel find fulfillment?
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\\nShe had to find it in multiple places, not just through writing but visual art as well.
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\\nHas Rachel\\u2019s definition of fulfillment changed throughout the years?
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\\nShe\\u2019s always found fulfillment in making people happy, but how she can make people happy has changed throughout the years.
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\\nWhat cause is she most passionate about giving back to?
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\\nRight now, it\\u2019s helping severely disadvantaged communities.
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\\nIs giving back something that Rachel has always done, or only once she met a certain level of success?
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\\nGiving back has always been essential to her, even when money was tight for her.
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\\nHow does she instill the importance of giving back in her own kids?
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\\nFostered sharing attitudes from a young age, using questions to guide their thinking.
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\\nWho has been the most impactful person in Rachel\\u2019s journey to do well...'