282: How to Build a $60k a Year Part-Time Blog

<p><a href= "https://foodtruckempire.com/">FoodTruckEmpire.com</a> generates $60k a year on the side from Brett Lindenberg's marketing consulting job.</p> <p>Why'd he start a blog about the food truck industry?</p> <p>“I started the blog at a time in my life when I was looking at just a whole bunch of different business ideas,” Brett said.</p> <p>Originally, Brett wanted to start his own food truck. While researching how to start a food truck business he discovered there wasn’t enough quality information online.</p> <p>So, he did what all good entrepreneurs do – capitalized on this gap in the market and started his own blog.</p> <p><em>Note: <a href= "https://nickloper.lpages.co/leadbox/145b18b33f72a2%3A12b7a20bab46dc/5630676690796544/"> Click here to download Brett’s top tips for starting and monetizing a part-time blog from this episode</a>.</em></p> <p>Brett creates the bulk of his content interviewing food truck owners and influencers in the industry.</p> <p>He’s grown his blog to $60k a year in just 4 years through building an academy course, securing paid advertising, running AdSense, and selling ebooks.</p> <p>And spoiler alert: he never ended up starting that food truck!</p> <p>Tune in to hear Brett's content strategy, the different ways he monetizes his business, and how you can apply these methods to your own blog.</p>