We recently connected with Gracie Smith and have shared our conversation below.
Gracie, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today. Are you able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen?
When I started my blog “If You Want To Eat You Have To Cook!” it started just as an easy way to save my recipes. I fell in love with blogging in college and knew pretty quickly that I wanted to be a full time blogger. I love trying out new products on my blog and being able to write about new items is always exciting. The only difficult thing about being a blogger is to think about so many different recipes! I try to cover all basis so there is something for everyone- vegan/ gluten free/dairy free/ and meat based so anyone can find a recipe that they will love.
Gracie, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I provide advertising for products on my social media. I have covered everything from cooking spices to cat items to safety devices.
I also blog and advertise She’s Birdie alarms which make great safety devices. Follow this link https://bit.ly/3DFmihB and use code GRACIE15 for 15% off of a shesbirdie or the newest shesbirdie plus! If you check out my tiktok, check out my Birdie videos to see how they work and give me a follow and say hi!
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
I follow pages of items that I blog about and follow the people that follow those pages. When they see me posting the same stuff that they like they always follow back. I follow everyone who follows certain pages about products that I blog about and I love answering people’s questions about items in my videos.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
I love being creative with my videos and I make them certain ways based on the season. When it’ s closer to Christmas, I love adding Christmas songs to the background of my videos. Nothing makes someone more excited about Christmas shopping when they hear “All I Want For Christmas” playing in the background.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://havetocooktoeat.wixsite.com/mysite/post/bake-it-box-pumpkin-spice-cupcakes
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ifyouwanttoeatyouhavetocook/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaveToCookToEat
- Other: Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@havetocooktoeat