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Woooo! A Way Back Wednesday!!! Throwing it back to almost 1 year ago (July 25th, 2016) to my vlog interview with Erica Ligenza! But in honor of Erica relaunching her fantastic e-course BossPitch, which I took and saw some amazing results from (more on that in this post, and how to get a FREE 1-1 with me!! A $275 value!), I wanted to re-share our interview which I think bloggers will get a ton of value and insight from!
Erica Ligenza, the blogger behind Coming Up Roses (CUR) is 23-year-old full-time influencer and marketing strategist from the Wharton School with a love for happy people, strong coffee, bold lipsticks and killer branding. She believes in living in your passions and currently works with brands as a content influencer, creates courses for aspiring bloggers and entrepreneurs, and builds brand strategies for savvy business owners. She nerds out over big words and cool documentaries, collecting coffee mugs with quotes, and helping people have branding breakthroughs.
You are going to fall in love with her during this week's episode! She has an awesome personality, and provides so much value!
During the interview we cover A LOT of ground (seriously, you won't want to miss this episode!):
– To niche or to not to niche. Do new bloggers really need to niche? If you caught my reflections from my first blogiversary, you know I am so not about niching down already!
– Tips for finding your brands voice and figuring out what fits for your blogs brand
– Effectively utilize internships to accelerate your career goals (and how she jumped from student intern to full time blogger)
– Making the shift from blogger to influencer, and what that looks like
– 2 Things Bloggers Do That Hurt Our Industry (and Income)
– The difference between working for free between bloggers and brands
– Why numbers don't mean anything to determine your influence
– How to pitch brands and bloggers you want to work with
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Now if you caught this post on how to connect with brands for sponsored posts, then you already know I am a huge proponent of pitching them directly! Erica's course BossPitch was a huge game changer for my confidence and my income as a blogger.
– After the course, I upped my rates, and based on the difference alone of my new rates, I was able to pay for the course!
– In just a few months, I more than double my sponsored rates
– I signed my first 4 figure contract with a brand in less than 3 months of the course
– I closed 3 out of 5 furniture companies earning over $5,000 in gifted product.
This course is good. It's worth every single penny. By not investing in it now, you are leaving money on the table. It's an investment into your future. For every person that signs up through my affiliate link, you will get a FREE 1-1 with me! That's 60 minutes to talk about anything related to your blog/business! PLUS one piece of your writing workshopped! So that can either be a blog post, your about page, pitches, whatever! I'll go through it with a fine tooth comb and give you all my comments, thoughts, and suggestions!
If you have any questions about the course, don't hesitate to ask! Erica already told me, she doesn't know when it will re-launch, but she guarantees it the price is going up on the next launch!
Love all of these topics! I’ve known Erica for awhile and am so amazed at what she’s done! Thank you for sharing <3
Of course! Erica is the best!
This sounds like such a great course. I am trying to partner with furniture brands for my new house renovation!
xo Jessica
http://www.whatsfordinneresq.com
It can definitely help then! I’ve been having great success! Early bird pricing ends tonight and then the price goes up to full price from 5/24-31 then cart closes!
I love her blog! I am going to be sitting with a glass of wine tonight and watching this!!
Enjoy it! It was one of my first ever interviews and is one of my favorites! It’s a little all over the place, but super informative/insightful! Let me know if you have any questions about it or BossPitch (early bird pricing ends tonight, then it jumps to full price tomorrow!)
This seems to be like a great course 😀
Let me know if you have any questions on it!
Can’t wait to watch this interview! Definitely interested after reading one of your previous posts about BossPitch.
Hope you find it informative! this was a year ago, and one of my first interviews so we’ve both definitely grown since then! Let me know if you have any questions about BossPitch! The early bird pricing ends tonight and it jumps to full price at midnight!
This looks very beneficial! I may have to look further into this!
Hope the interview was informative for you too! Let me know if you have any questions about BossPitch!
Your last blog I read talked about this program too! I might need to make the leap and try it!
Haha! She’s only opening the cart for a limited time! Early bird pricing ends tonight, then it goes to full, then closes in a week! Let me know if you have any questions about it!
I definitely want to try this program. It sounds so informative and beneficial.
Tori
Do it!! The price is going up at midnight (it’s still in early bird) then the cart closes in a week! Let me know if you have any questions!
This course sounds awesome! I love all that you accomplished after the course!
I totally need furniture for my house, I’d love to know more on how to connect with Furniture brands!
I love Erica, she is such an authentic blogger with so much energy and passion! I am sure BossPitch is THE BEST!
I’m snooping and this just made my day. THANK YOU, Jordyn! You are so sweet!
Erica is pretty freaking awesome! Loved reading this!
Sounds like the perfect course for new bloggers or ones wanting to expand!
Great interview! This sounds like an awesome course for all bloggers wanting to up their game.
Erica is a total girl boss for sure! Sounds like a lot of ground was covered in this interview!
xoxo A
http://www.southernbelleintraining.com
Her course sounds great! I will def suggest it to people!
Can’t wait to check this out! The synopsis sounds so worthwhile.
Omg Erica is SUCH an inspiration! BossPitch is a definite game-changer and totally worth it!
So excited to listen to this – I love both of your blogs, you’ve both mastered the “providing value” thing in a way that I truly admire!
Thanks for this throwback! I would love to be a part of the bosspitch family… maybe eventually xD
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Listened to half the interview – great discussion. Pinned to hear the rest later.
I signed up for Erica’s course the first day it launched because the girl really does know her stuff and I’m ready to take my blog to the next level.
What a great video! Seriously both of you guys help me so much in growing!
Erica’s blog is a go-to for me! This is such a fun series.
I knew that other face was familiar. Congrats to Erica relaunching her course!
What a great interview! Erica is a serious girl boss.
This is a great interview – I love the freedom of blogging too. And I love the tone and style of Coming Up Roses. You both have beautiful sites!
loved the whole interview…understanding value and what you bring to others is important. i haven’t guest posted before but the offers i’ve had haven’t felt good in my gut. loved hearing both your thoughts on that. thanks!
the course is the bee’s knees! Love it
Erica is so amazing. I just love her bubbly personality and her inspiring courses and posts! I love that you are adding your own strategy, too! How sweet!!!
Ahh this interview had me all jazzed up and excited. I love it!
So cool! Love Erica’s blog.
-Alix
So much great information. I’ll have to watch a couple more times to catch it all. Thanks for sharing!
I love Erica! She is such an inspiring GIRL BOSS & love that she’s also a blogger from PA! Her BossPitch offering sounds seriously amazing 🙂
I remember this post from last year! Great interview!!
YES YES YES! I love love love Erica!
Erica’s course is definitely on the wishlist! She’s awesome!
Holy Moses, this was so helpful!! Loved every second. Cannot wait to get started with you guys!
This was so amazing, so much great content, and Erica is SO inspiring! Thank you for doing this interview! It’s great to really share blogging tips and this was so real!
I love Erica! I actually signed up for her course and Im so excited to learn from her!
xoxo,
Amy | Pastel N Pink