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394: How Leslie Stephens Grew Her Substack Newsletter to Thousands of Paid Subscribers

Podcast |: The Food Blogger Pro Podcast
Publisher |: Bjork Ostrom
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Careers,; Entrepreneurship,; Food,; Management & Marketing,; Technology,; Writing
Categories Via RSS |: Business,; Entrepreneurship,; Marketing
Publication Date |: Jan 31, 2023
Episode Duration |: 00:47:49

Being intentional with your social media use, navigating vulnerability in the online space, and launching a newsletter on Substack with Leslie Stephens from morning person newsletter.

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Welcome to episode 394 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Leslie Stephens from the morning person newsletter about social media addiction and launching her Substack newsletter.

Substack Newsletters and Social Media Use

As content creators, many of us have a love/hate relationship with social media, and know just how addicting it can be. And that’s what we’re chatting about today with Leslie Stephens!

Leslie is the writer behind morning person newsletter, and she joined Bjork on the podcast to talk about her decision to study social media addiction, and how her studies have influenced the choices she has made with her popular Substack newsletter.

In this episoide, you’ll learn about how to be more intentional with your social media use, how to navigate vulnerability in the online space, and why you might consider launching a newsletter on Substack.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Leslie started her career as an editor at Food52
What she learned while working as an online creator for a major lifestyle brand in LA
Why she decided to pursue a Masters with a focus on Social Media Addiction
Why social media is so addictive and how to be more intentional when using it
Why she started her morning person newsletter on Substack
The pros/cons to the Substack platform
How she found her newsletter niche and grew to thousands of paid subscribers in just one year
How she navigates sharing her personal life and setting boundaries online

Resources:

morning person newsletter
The Social Dilemma
Follow Leslie on Instagram
Join the Food Blogger Pro Podcast Facebook Group

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This episode is sponsored by Clariti. Learn how you can organize your blog content for maximum growth by going to clariti.com/food.

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

Learn more about joining the Food Blogger Pro community at foodbloggerpro.com/membership

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