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How to Monetize a Blog: How I Turned a Content Business Into a Million Dollar E-Commerce Company

I’m Jen D., founder of GetBullish. What on earth is that? Originally, it was a blog. Actually, more like a weekly column about feminism and careers on a women’s blog that no longer exists. The steps I followed, in short, to go from being a freelance writer to running an e-commerce business generating, in 2020, a million dollars in revenue were roughly:

Hi! I’m Jen – I turned a blog into a product-based business with over $1M in revenue. If you’re a content creator looking to monetize with physical products, or a product business looking to do better content marketing, you’re in the right place.

This is me in my Brooklyn warehouse, which stocks over 4,300 SKUs in under 1000 sq ft!

Follow me for how-to’s on creating products, e-commerce marketing, storing and shipping products, all the best e-commerce apps, multichannel selling – and bringing your audience along for the ride.

Facts about me:

Majored in philosophy
Once had a one-woman show called “What Philosophy Majors Do After College”
Started writing a blog about women and careers in 2010
Started an annual conference around that blog in 2013
Launched my first product in 2014
Hit $1M in revenue in 2020
2 kids, 2 cats
Can push a 20 bushel basket truck containing 400+ packages at least five blocks on city streets (on the rare occasions the USPS truck doesn’t arrive!)
Designed over 400 products sold here

Links:
FemPowerGifts by GetBullish

How to Monetize a Blog: How I Turned a Content Business Into a Million Dollar E-Commerce Company

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