Secrets Exposed: How did you turn your cooking blog into a full-time job?

By Hadas Gold, brazenlife.com 

So you’ve had this great blog for a while now, about rare vinyl records or crafts made from recyclables, or just funny pictures of dogs. It’s always on your mind and you’re starting to get more followers than just your mom’s friends. Maybe you’ve even started running some Google advertisements and the money coming in is now covering for your weekly beer budget. Not bad, eh? But what if you could turn your side hobby into your a career?

For Deb Perelman, 35, that’s exactly what happened. Perelman started her cooking blog,SmittenKitchen.com in 2006 while working full time as a journalist. With stunning photography, witty, down-to-earth writing and to die for yet easy to follow recipes, her blog gained a cult like following and has been lauded by everyone from Martha Stewart to Gwyneth Paltrow and every magazine and blogger awards in between.  In June 2008 she…>>>READ MORE. 

Brazen Life is a lifestyle and career blog for ambitious young professionals. Hosted by Brazen Careerist, we offer edgy and fun ideas for navigating the changing world of work — this isn’t your parents’ career-advice blog. Be Brazen.