FoodTruckEmpire.com generates $60k a year on the side from Brett Lindenberg’s marketing consulting job.
Why’d he start a blog about the food truck industry?
“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.
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.
So, he did what all good entrepreneurs do – capitalized on this gap in the market and started his own blog.
Brett creates the bulk of his content interviewing food truck owners and influencers in the industry.
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.
And spoiler alert: he never ended up starting that food truck!
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.
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Learn:
- Why Brett decided to start a blog in the food truck niche.
- His content creation strategy.
- How long it took to start seeing traction and revenue.
- The two main sources of traffic to his site.
- How he monetizes the website.
- The marketing and processes behind his Food Truck Academy.
- The tools Brett uses to run his business.
- What’s next for Brett to increase revenue and expand his audience.
- Brett’s #1 tip for Side Hustle Nation.
Links:
- FoodTruckEmpire.com
- BlogStarterCourse.com
- Entrepreneur on Fire
- FoodTruckr.com (Pat Flynn’s food truck site)
- Smart Passive Income
- AWeber
- Kajabi
- AdThrive
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Great ‘Cast, Nick and Brett.
One of the most valuable takeaways is the frank discussion regarding Pat Flynn’s food truck efforts. It really shows that there’s really no such thing as a fully saturated niche. It would be easy to be scared off from working a business idea that a big name like Pat Flynn followed you into, but hard work and delivering value will succeed.
Just for fun, I went and looked at Pat’s latest income report, and Brett’s food truck site is doing about 4 times the revenue as Pat’s is doing. Good on you, Brett.
Not sure if Brett is answering questions but I was curious to know how much he charged for premium listings on the directory page in the beginning and how much he charges now.
Thanks for an interesting podcast.
All a person needs is dedication, do the transformation business work, and a visionary mindset where they see themselves as a future “side hustle millionaire.”