Sarah Titus, Pro Blogger
We often take for granted our middle class suburban lifestyles and complain about not making enough money to afford luxuries. Sarah Titus’ rags to riches story is truly inspiring. Her abusive husband of 14 years left her and their kids after his third affair. Sarah and her kids lived in a women’s shelter for weeks as she described it as her rock bottom moment.
Sarah turned to God for support, inspiration and grace. She needed the bare essentials we take for granted. She needed food, income, a home for her kids, and the confidence to pick herself up and succeed in what seemed to be a hopeless dark hole. Sarah needed to earn income fast and provide for her kids.
She had a strong desire to work from home so she could be with her kids and she made it happen because she didn’t relent to pressure to work outside the home. Her first goal was to earn only $1000 per month selling items on Ebay and blogging because she knew they could survive on that. She went on to make $10,000 per month after only one year of blogging writing posts about how to save money. Then, her blogging income went upward to $20,000 per MONTH!
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In only one year, Sarah became a six-figure pro-blogger sharing her inspirational success story with other women seeking to work from home so they too can be with their kids. She didn’t give up on her dream and neither should you!
I too did not want to go back to my corporate career and be away from my small children for 10+ hours per day. I turned to blogging to make my dream of starting a successful business while being home with my kids a reality.
How I Scored this Important Interview with Sarah Titus, Pro-Blogger
About six months into blogging, I wrote a post about How to Cope with Losing Friends to Jealousy. Shortly after, I found a comment on the tweeted post from Sarah Titus stating it was a “great article to put things in perspective.” She said it helped her. She retweeted it on Twitter! Then she followed little ole me on Twitter and Pinterest (Sarah has 207k Pinterest followers.) She also invited me to collaborate on her “Top New Bloggers to Follow” Pinterest board!
I’m astonished and honored. I then read her post 5 Things a New Blogger Should Do Everyday which discusses how interviews and guest posts are very important ways to generate traffic to your blog. I commented on that post asking her if she’d answer just three interview questions. Expecting a polite no, she said she’d be honored! What?!
I am so thankful for this opportunity interview with Sarah Titus! She is a success story and an inspiration to all bloggers.
I researched and carefully considered my interview questions. Without further delay, here is the interview with Sarah Titus, pro-blogger:
1. What is the single most thing women do inadvertently to obstruct their own career success?
2. What are 2-3 of the biggest lessons learned you recall in the first year of blogging that you would tell new bloggers to do differently.
3. How has blogging in general changed since you started blogging? What would you do differently if you started blogging in 2017 instead of 2013?
Sarah Titus Bio:
Sarah Titus, Pro Blogger
From homeless to six-figures, this single mom has a passion for showing women they don’t have to work outside the home if they don’t want to. Sarah has been blogging for four years now and considers it a complete joy to mentor other women on her blog and through her Blogging Binder. She is passionate about showing other moms that blogging is not just some hobby, but a viable way of making a fantastic full-time income.
Wonderful post..I’m working on a blog with my friend and it’s easy to get bogged down in all the how to’s and need to focus on the posts. It seems I/we are still working to find a voice and reading this post helps me realize I can do this. Thanks
Thanks! I’m glad it is encouraging bloggers and give them some things to think about.
Great interview Joanne, congratulations 🙂 Sarah’s story is so inspirational. Looking forward to visiting her site. Thank you so much for sharing 🙂 x
You’re welcome and thanks for the compliment!
I loved reading your interview- I still remember reading Sarah’s story when she talked about how she told the judge she was going to make money blogging- and went on and did it! I think your questions were great ones to ask- I think the advice to concentrate on doing one or two things extremely well is spot on.
I also think it shows Sarah’s generous personality in how she has encouraged and supported you through the ways you mention above.
Thanks. It is comforting to know there are some really big bloggers willing to help out the new ones.
I am writing a blog post about how to conduct blogger interviews from what I learned from this one. Stop back and check it out.
I loved reading this interview. I found Sarah Titus’ website when I was trying to decide if blogging was something I could do to earn money. Her story was so inspirational that I thought “if she can do that, surely I can do HALF of that!” She seems to be so down to earth and real, and her advice is practical and easy to follow. I also admire the fact she is willing to share her knowledge and help those of us who haven’t reached the success she has achieved. Thank you for sharing this wonderful interview. It was both a blessing and an inspiration on a day when I needed it!
Yes. This is a post I will refer back to when feeling low. Thanks for your meaningful comments!