NP 20: Bullish on Blogging; How to Build a Successful Blog in a Competitive Niche

Several months ago, I ran across a blog that I really enjoyed reading in the personal finance niche.  Before I was running my business full-time, I worked in the finance industry for several years, so I've always been interested in investments and personal finance. As I researched this blog a bit more, I realized that it was doing quite well!  According to its "About" page, it was receiving over 200k unique visitors a month and I could see that there was a very active community.  I've always been intrigued how people build their blogs into successful businesses, so I contacted the owner of FinancialSamurai.com and asked him if he'd be interested in doing a podcast interview with me.  He agreed. So, on the podcast today, I'm excited to share the interview I had with Sam of FinancialSamurai.com.  Financial Samurai is a personal finance and investments related blog that covers all the topics surrounding saving, investing, retirement planning, and more. In my interview, I dug a little bit into Sam's story of how he was able to engineer his own layoff so he could work full-time on FinancialSamurai.com at the age of 35.  In addition, we dive into how he was able to build a blog of such significant size in an extremely competitive niche.  The personal finance niche has got to be one the most valuable and highly competitive niches that are out there.  However, Sam has been able to build a significant following and financially do well.  In the podcast, you will find out how he was able to do that.