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How You Can Stand Out In A Crowded Niche With This Soul Food Blogger’s Winning Formula

Are you in a crowded niche where it feels almost impossible to stand out? And you’re looking for ways to build your customer base?

Shaunda Necole is an influencer and online business owner who has successfully built multiple blogs, podcasts and monetisation streams around her passion for food and travel.

In just two years, she built her blog The Soul Food Pot into Google's #1 site for Southern soul food.

Part of the secret to Shaunda’s success was niche-ing down - she took iconic African American recipes and reimagined them using modern kitchen appliances to make them faster and easier for amateur chefs.

But she did more than that … and so can you.

In this episode, Shaunda shares what she did to stand out in a super competitive niche.

We Also Talked About

How Shaunda grew her Instagram following by engaging with and helping other influencers in support groups
Monetizing on Instagram through brand partnerships and affiliate links
Why you have to niche down as specifically as possible - "you have to go small to get big"
How Pinterest operates as a visual search engine and using its keyword bubbles for content inspiration
Creating content based on search intent - what your audience is actually looking for
The importance of compelling visuals and text overlay on Pinterest pins
Using tools like Tailwind to schedule and automate pinning

Want to hear more of Shaunda's journey to online business success? Listen to the full episode here! And don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode.

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Shaunda Necole's website: https://shaundanecole.com
Her soul food site: https://thesoulfoodpot.com
Her Las Vegas local recommendations site: https://vegasrightnow.com
Her podcasts: The Soul Food Pod and Vegas Right Now
Shaunda’s Pinterest course: Pinterest Magic Marketing Masterclass

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