Prioritizing passive income, overcoming burnout, and rediscovering joy as a food blogger with Elizabeth Emery from Vancouver with Love.

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Welcome to episode 485 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Elizabeth Emery from Vancouver with Love.

Achieving Quiet Success as a Six-Figure Food Creator

Food blogging can be a dream job — hey, we wouldn't have started Food Blogger Pro if we didn't believe that! But it also requires a lot of hustle, perseverance, and uncertainty. Elizabeth Emery first started Vancouver with Love in 2015 as a side hustle and took her site full-time in 2018. By 2021, she was feeling completely burnt out. That year ended up being a pivotal moment in her career.

To overcome her burnout, she met with a business coach and adjusted the parts of her business that she wasn't happy with. Once she made significant changes to her business and income streams, she rediscovered the joy of content creation, and her business started growing along with these changes. Elizabeth is now making a six-figure income from her business, and she shares all the details about her journey in this great interview!

Three Episode takeaways:

• How to overcome burnout: Between working on her blog for 6+ years, the pandemic, and unreliable income, Elizabeth found herself completely burned out running her food blog. She was desperate for a change but knew that she could still love her job with a few tweaks. In this interview, she explains the process of working with a business coach to find more joy and flexibility in her career.
• Why 'quiet success' is underrated: Elizabeth has 30,000 followers on Instagram, no book deal (yet!), and isn't on TV. And you don't need any of those things to build a career as a successful food creator! It isn't the right time for Elizabeth to pursue those goals, and she shares more about why those metrics of success aren't for everyone.
• How to prioritize passive income: Elizabeth has been very intentional in the growth of her business and in adjusting her sources of revenue to increase her passive income. In this episode, you'll learn how she makes a six-figure income from her business between ad revenue, sponsored content, and freelance recipe development.

Resources:

• Vancouver with Love
• Pinch of Yum Meal Plans
• Full Focus
• Jen Carrington
• Your Simple & Spacious Business
• Letters From a Hopeful Creative
• Designing Your New Work Life
• Mediavine
• KeySearch
• Raptive
• Tastemaker Conference
• Zillow
• Yoast
• Alex Hormozi
• You Can Making Millions with 5000 Followers?
• Follow Elizabeth on Instagram
• Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group

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