10 Questions with Full Figure Plus Blogger – Glen Johnson

I am starting a new series in which I plan to interview many individuals within the plus community to get some general information as well as some things more specific.  The goal of this series is to provide readers across the blogsphere a candid look at those they read about on blogs, in magazines, etc.  To begin with I thought I would focus the light on myself to let you know a few things about me you may already know and some you may not.

Stay tuned over the next few weeks to read about some of the names you know already and a few surprises!  Before I forget don’t forget to sign up for the Full Figured Newsletter for a chance to win a copy of the Curvy Girls Guide to Style!

Where are you from?

Born and raised in Little Rock, AR.  I lived in Houston, TX for 10 years then back to the place I was born?

Any Kids?

I am the proud father of two boys and a girl.  I am also a grandfather with one that is almost three and one on the way.

What inspired you to start Full Figure Plus?

I was in-between jobs in looking for a way to make an income on the Internet.  Inspired by my wives journey to find affordable lingerie and an article in Business 2.0 about this new thing called blogging I saw it as a way to create a business and do what I love which is to write.

How long has Full Figure Plus been around?

Full Figure Plus started off in November of 2004 as a blog dedicated to showing plus size women and big and tall men places to shop on the Internet.

As a man why choose a niche more commonly associated with women?

Well, as a man I know what I like to see in a woman when she gets dressed so part of it was from a purely male point of view of seeing larger women looking like a million bucks when they step out.  The other part of me wanted to help my wife out with.  In the end it’s more about the business of helping plus women and by proxy men look good when they get dressed.

What does your wife think about you working mostly with women?

After she stopped laughing she told me she is confident in our marriage and knowing that my audience is mostly women that actually dealing with ladies is a part of the job.  I think it is more of an observation on my part that I work with women.  I realized early in my blog career men don’t read blogs about clothes.

How long did it take your business to take off?

My wife gave me two years to get things underway.  The first year of my business I made absolutely nothing!  I was writing daily sometimes up to seven days a week but no income was coming in!  At the eighteen month mark the first check for $4.84 came and started what has grown into a major income source for me.

Describe a day at the office for you?

I start each day reading email, which usually takes me about an hour to sort it all out.  Next, it is time to research what I am going to write about that day.  Typically, my inspiration comes from some of everywhere though Google News is one of my good friends.  Writing is actually the simple part.  Once I start composing the words flow through the keyboard to the screen.  Once I hit publish I switch to graduate student to complete more research and writing as a student attending Ashford University Online.  Once two hours of studying is done its back to reading and responding to email and outlining the next day’s blog posts.

What advice do you have for other bloggers?

Blogging as a business is hard!  When you are boss and worker it takes a lot of work.  If you have a job and start a blog do not even think about giving up what you have until your business reaches the point you are consistently making between $1-2 thousand dollars per month.  Also, treat your business as a business and get all the proper permits and licenses to register your business with your particular state.

What does the future hold for Full Figure Plus?

Considering my blog has evolved from posting links to talking about modeling, size acceptance, size discrimination, fashion on the international scene, social networking, and more all I can say is that Full Figure Plus is my dream as a writer come true and that it will go wherever there is a need in the plus community to be reported on.

Besides being difficult interviewing myself writing the answers was interesting.  I think you get the idea of what you will be seeing over the next few weeks.

Up Next: Plus Model and Hippy and Healthy contributor Teslyn Butler

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