Eat Blog Talk
586 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 days ago - ★★★★★ - 96 ratingsEat Blog Talk is the one-stop podcast for food bloggers, delivering value and instilling confidence so you can level up in your business. The podcast features interviews with food bloggers and other experts who deliver valuable and relevant information and insights to the blogging space.
We cover all the hot food blogging topics such as SEO, social media strategies, keyword research, how to pitch yourself to brands and which keyword research tools to use. We also focus on improving your mindset, as this will help improve your job performance, creativity, productivity and add value to your business.
Eat Blog Talk publishes new episodes every Monday and Thursday.
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399: What New Bloggers Should Know - Don’t Learn the Hard Way with June Albertson-Dick
April 06, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 35.2 MBIn episode 399, Megan chats to June Albertson-Dick about the blogging lessons she learned the hard way and how new bloggers can avoid her mistakes. June started Practically Homemade in late 2017 as a way to share her love of making simple recipes spectacular. For years June had owned and operated a cake decorating business and deli in her hometown before becoming a high school culinary teacher. It wasn’t until June of 2021 that she stepped away from 8 years of teaching young adults to cook...
398: Post Every Single Day & Other Tips For Quick Growth When Posting Reels on Instagram with Lee McGuire
April 03, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 32.6 MBIn episode 398, Megan chats to Lee McGuire about how she grew her Instagram account to over a 100k followers in one year using mostly reels. Lee is the creator, photographer, recipe developer and writer of the gluten free food blog, Lane & Grey Fare. There, you will find gluten free and allergy-friendly food that is as decadent, savory and as rich as other food, while still being simple enough to make in your own home. As a mother of two children with celiac disease and multiple food in a ...
397: How to Use PDFs and Video to Quickly Build Your Email List for New Bloggers with Megan Gonzalez
March 30, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 30.9 MBIn episode 397, Megan Gonzalez teaches us how to use PDFs and video to quickly grow our email list. Megan Gonzalez is the knitter behind Nurture Knitwear, and she strives to create a chic casual style for modern women. At Nurture Knitwear, they are focused on empowering women to carve out a little creative space for themselves to learn, to find peace and satisfaction, and to refill so that they can keep pouring out into the lives of those we love. In this episode, Megan shares her journey ...
396: Different Ways to Leverage AI Writing Tools Like ChatGPT for Your Food Blog with Marley Braunlich
March 27, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 27.1 MBIn episode 396, Megan chats to Marley Braunlich about different ways to use AI tools like ChatGPT to streamline writing for our blogs, helping us become more efficient bloggers. Marley has been a food blogger for a little over 1 year. She started working in SEO shortly after starting her blog. During this time, she grew her Instagram audience to 13k followers and started working with brands to earn a side income while the blog matured and she continued to pour into the blog. Marley has lea...
395: Overcome Your Limitations When Growing a Food Blog (+Taking Guilt-Free Days Off) with Cynthia Christensen
March 23, 2023 09:00 - 42 minutes - 40 MBIn episode 395, Megan chats to Cynthia Christensen about ways to deal with and overcome our limitations while growing our food blogs. Cynthia is a professional baker and cook who has transitioned to running a breakfast and brunch focused blog. She also does freelance recipe development for larger online magazines, runs private chef events, and does occasional food photography. In this episode, Cynthia motivates us to find ways around our limitations which can be anything from work or famil...
394: Achieve Your Goals by Creating a Realistic Roadmap for Success with Jules Grasekamp
March 20, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBIn episode 394, Jules Grasekamp teaches us how to create a roadmap for success, based on lessons she learned during 10 years of building her own baking business. Jules, a dessert blogger from Scotland, started her own bakery at age 16 and she ran that for 10 years before selling up and moving to Canada. After a few years of working as a business coach, Jules realized she missed working with food, so she purchased a camera to share her recipes on her blog - Bonni Bakery. Now, Jules shares...
393: What Should Bloggers Know About Nutrition - Providing Accurate Nutritional Information for Recipes with Chrissy Carroll
March 16, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MBIn episode 393, Megan chats to Chrissy Carroll about nutrition considerations for bloggers, especially within the wellness niche, and how to provide the best healthy recipes. Chrissy Carroll is a Registered Dietitian and the creator behind Snacking in Sneakers, where she shares food and fitness tips for active women – especially runners and triathletes. After growing her main site to more than 100,000 page views a month, Chrissy has gone on to launch several other successful websites like ...
392: Optimize Your Blogging Workflow Using Checklists with Jen Talley
March 13, 2023 09:00 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBIn episode 392, Jen Talley teaches us how to use checklists effectively to optimize our workflows for blogging. Jen grew up eating dinner with her whole family every night. In 2006, Jen moved across the country for college and she found a love for cooking and experimenting with new recipes. When Jen graduated, she had 3 kids and became a stay at home mom. Many years later, Jen finally got the courage to start a food blog and she now loves following her passion for food. Jen is really enthu...
391: Should You Start Another Food Blog? with Taryn Scarfone
March 09, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 24.6 MBIn episode 391, Megan chats to Taryn Scarfone about the advantages of starting a second food blog. Taryn is a happily married, busy mom of 6. She began her blogging journey as a hobby in 2015 and it took off pretty quickly. Joy Filled Eats concentrates on low carb and keto recipes that are easy to make and suitable for the whole family. Since starting her blog, Taryn has launched two more food websites. In this episode, Taryn talks about how her second food blog allowed her to expand into ...
390: Legal Issues Every Food Photographer Should Consider with Rob Finkelstein
March 06, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes - 46.6 MBIn episode 390, Megan chats to Rob Finkelstein about why it’s important for food bloggers and photographers to have contracts and understanding important legal terms. Rob is a lawyer, practicing for over 20 years in NYC. In 2017, Rob decided to pursue his passion of baking and went to culinary school for pastry arts. After graduating, not wanting to leave the law, Rob got started blogging at Cinnamon Shtick, which was also his entry into food photography. He worked with a number of brands ...
389: How to Push Through the Perfectionism That Holds Us Back with Christina Jolam
March 02, 2023 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.7 MBIn episode 389, Megan chats to Christina Jolam about why Christina was held back from blogging and how she overcame doubt, perfectionism and other obstacles that stood in her way. Christina Jolam is a communications consultant turned food writer and founder of the blog Weekday Pescatarian. She creates easy and impressive fish-forward recipes and shares tips for incorporating more seafood into your diet, all from her tiny sea-side flat in Portugal. In this episode, you’ll be able to explore...
388: How to Use Fiverr or Upwork for Effective Outsourcing with Ruth Grindeland
February 27, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 36.1 MBIn episode 388, Ruth Grindeland teaches us how to find international resources for effective and cost-efficient outsourcing. Ruth started Sinful Kitchen in 2020, during the Covid pandemic. After binge watching 9 seasons of The Great British Baking show, Ruth knew she needed to find a better way to connect with the world. Hence, Sinful Kitchen was created. It’s a vegan and vegetarian blog that shares recipes from all around the world, while occasionally trying to recreate Baking Show challe...
387: How to Batch Produce YouTube Content for Increased Efficiency with Olena Osipov
February 23, 2023 09:00 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBIn episode 387, Olena Osipov teaches us how to batch produce YouTube content for increased growth and efficiency. Olena of iFoodReal has been blogging for 11 years. While blogging, she tried to grow her YouTube channel, however she stopped a few times as she did not have the right strategy amongst other reasons. In 2021, Olena needed a break because she recognized that she was burnt out. She came back in 2022 with a new strategy to produce video content more efficiently for YouTube and she...
386: Leverage the Power of Focus to Increase your Traffic (Get More by Doing Less) with Erin Gierhart
February 20, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 43.6 MBIn episode 386, Megan chats to Erin Gierhart about getting clarity on what is essential in order to grow your blog and how to let go of everything else so that you can get more done by doing less. Erin founded her blog, State of Dinner, in 2020, after almost 20 years in the food and beverage industry. She enjoys developing mostly from scratch recipes that bring comfort to her family, without spending all day in the kitchen. She quadrupled her blog traffic year over year by getting clear on...
385: How to Monetize Online Baking Classes and Create Multiple Streams of Income for Your Blog with Katalin Nagy
February 16, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes - 33.7 MBIn episode 385, Megan chats to Katalin Nagy about extra revenue streams for our blogs, specifically how to monetize online baking classes and other skills. Katalin started her food blog, Spatula Desserts, in spring 2020 during the lockdown. She loved baking and teaching people how to bake, but at the start, she didn’t know anything about SEO, search consoles, or the importance of keywords. She quickly picked up an avid desire to learn more about the industry in 2021. She began to monetize ...
384: How to Build a Strong Food Brand in 4 Easy Steps with Caro Jensen
February 13, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBIn episode 384, Caro Jensen teaches us four easy steps to build a strong food brand, stand out from the crowd and offer maximum value to our readers. Caro is a seasoned marketing professional who has worked in the food and wine space for over a decade. As a Brand and PR Manager in the wine industry she’s worked with bloggers directly and via agencies. She’s also connected bloggers and brands as a marketing consultant and works as a food and wine content creator to build her own brand and c...
383: Make a Full-Time Income Creating Recipes, Videos and Photography for Food Brands while Blogging with Sarah Holt
February 09, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.8 MBIn episode 383, Sarah Holt teaches us how to make a full-time income creating recipes, making videos and doing photography for food brands while blogging. Sarah has been a food blogger for almost 3 years at Real Food with Sarah. After years of struggling with keyword research and SEO, she is excited to be close to reaching her goal of qualifying for Mediavine in the next few months. While Sarah’s blog is growing, she was successful in focusing a lot on freelance and sponsored brand work th...
382: Reach Your Goals Quicker and With Less Stress - Investing in Yourself and Your Business from the Beginning with Bobbie Blue
February 06, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 27.4 MBIn episode 382, Megan chats to Bobbie Blue about why investing in ourselves and our business from the beginning will help us reach our goals quicker and with less stress. Bobbie Blue lives in Florida with her husband and step-daughter. She started the blog, Blue's Best Life in 2018, however it had no focus and she wrote about everything from fitness, being a step-mom to healthy recipes. Bobbie’s ears perked up and she finally took the advice from the blogging community and niched down. But...
381: How to Use Previous Work Experience to Improve Your Blogging Skills with Erica Hopper
February 02, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 27.4 MBIn episode 381, Megan chats to Erica Hopper about ways in which you can apply your previous work experience to improve your blogging skills. Erica, the creator behind the sugar + salt co., uses nearly 2 decades of professional culinary experience to create mostly gluten free, veggie forward recipes that anyone can make and the whole family will love. Erica has worked in all areas of the "food biz", and for the last couple of years has enjoyed developing her own blog, diving into the world ...
380: Expand Blogging into a Baking Academy and Bootcamp with Shani Whisonant
January 30, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 37.3 MBIn episode 380, Megan chats to Shani Whisonant about how she turned her blog into a lucrative baking academy and bootcamp. Shani is the creator behind Begin with Butter, a baking education platform. It started as a baking blog in 2021, and she’s now grown it to include the Begin with Butter Home Baking Academy. She uses this platform to host live and pre-recorded baking classes to help home bakers and cottage bakers reach their baking potential. Shani enjoys demystifying baking for people ...
379: 7 Ways to Monetize Your Food Blog Before 50,000 Pageviews with Brooke Harmer
January 26, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 35.5 MBIn episode 379, Brooke Harmer teaches us how to monetize our blogs before hitting 50,000 pageviews. Explore 7 strategies ranked in order of difficulty and time required. Brooke launched her food blog in March 2020, because she knew she could work from home and still be a full time mom. However, after her son was born, she struggled to keep up with the demands of the job and constantly felt discouraged that despite her best efforts, she still hadn't hit 50,000 monthly pageviews. Instead of ...
378: 5 Lessons from Business School that Helped me Succeed in Blogging with Zhen Zhou
January 23, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes - 35.5 MBIn episode 378, Megan chats to Zhen Zhou about how her experience in business school translated into her blogging career and how that has helped her succeed. Zhen blogs about cooking up flavorful South East Asian recipes for her audience because she can't stand bland food. She also occasionally shares about the life of a food blogger. She shares her story of going from doing an MBA in London to starting a food blog as a way to reach more people with her creative work on the Internet. In th...
377: Grow and Monetize your Blog without Relying on Instagram with Jamie Silva
January 19, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 30.7 MBIn episode 377, Jamie Silva teaches us strategies that we can use to grow our blog business without relying on Instagram. Jamie quit a safe and secure full-time job in 2016 and started A Sassy Spoon, her food blog. Two years later, Jamie began making a full-time income (from $0 to $85k in 2 years). Today, she’s making over six figures from various income streams (close to $100k from ad revenue alone). Jamie focuses on coaching food bloggers on how to grow and manage their food blogs so the...
376: Why Every Food Blogger Should be Using Pinterest to Grow their Blog with Nadalie Bardo
January 16, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes - 36.5 MBIn episode 376, Megan chats to Nadalie Bardo about why we are losing potential traffic opportunities by not exploring Pinterest more and which Pinterest strategies work the best for growth. Nadalie is a Pinterest coach dedicated to helping blogs, brands, and businesses like yours achieve their goals of more traffic, more subscribers, and more sales. Achieving 1M views on Pinterest since her very first month for her personal development blog, It’s All You Boo, she’s grown her email list to ...
375: Expert Strategies to Optimize and Grow your YouTube Channel - The Surprising Truth behind YouTube with Tim Schmoyer
January 12, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes - 46.3 MBIn episode 375, Megan chats to Tim Schmoyer about expert strategies to optimize our YouTube channels for easy discovery and growth in 2023. Since 2011, Tim Schmoyer has been one of the leading YouTube strategists in the online video industry. His company, Video Creators, has been featured by FOX, Forbes, BBC even YouTube themselves as his team trains creators and brands to master YouTube and use it as a place to spread messages that change lives. Their clients have organically grown by ove...
374: Take the “Scary” Out of Annual Planning as We Dive into 2023 with Andrea Liebross
January 09, 2023 09:00 - 47 minutes - 44.2 MBIn episode 374, Andrea Liebross teaches us effective strategies for long-term planning, making it less daunting, doable and fun. Learn how two become clear on what you want to achieve and how you’re going to make it happen in 2023. Andrea is a coach, speaker, podcast host, and soon to be published author who is known for helping bold, ambitious women make clear, confident decisions, so that they get exactly what they want, every time, and not just add another thing to their to-do list. And...
373: Why is Networking and Business Community Essential for Your Success? with Chandice Probst
January 05, 2023 09:00 - 39 minutes - 37.4 MBIn episode 373, Megan chats to Chandice Probst about the importance of networking to grow your business and how your business community can help you succeed. Chandice Probst is the business partner and sponsor director of Tastemaker Conference, which is the premier food blogger conference and community for food content creators. It is a place where food bloggers and content creators make contact with incredible brands and foodies. Based on Chandice’s experience of Tastemaker Conference, an...
372: SEO Predictions for 2023 - What we Should Think About as We Create our Content with Casey Markee
January 02, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutes - 50 MBIn episode 372, Casey Markee gives us his best SEO predictions for 2023, describing the bigger picture and what we should be thinking about as we create our content in the new year. Speaker, writer, and trainer, Casey Markee, is the founder of digital consultancy company Media Wyse. He is a well-known SEO professional with 20+ years of experience. Casey has trained SEO teams on five different continents, he has spoken at over 100 conferences, and he has worked with thousands of bloggers in...
371: 3 Strategies to Help you Find the Perfect Niche for your Blog in order to Increase Traffic and Income with Vanessa Mota
December 29, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 27.7 MBIn episode 371, Megan chats to Vanessa Mota about how to niche down, finding the ideal topic for your blog, and why this can increase traffic and income. Vanessa Mota is an award-winning food photographer and nationally recognized content creator. Her love for food led her to create My Dominican Kitchen, a bilingual platform with traditional Dominican recipes and Latin-inspired meals for home cooks, as a way to preserve her family’s recipes and share with the world the flavors of la comida...
370: Turn a Passion Project into a Business while Juggling Parenthood and Wellbeing with Jenna Gibbons
December 26, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes - 37.2 MBIn episode 370, Jenna Gibbons teaches us techniques to take care of our wellbeing, our family and improve our productivity while turning a passion project into a business. Jenna is a stay-at-home mom and founder of the Whole Mama business and non-profit, Hickory Hill Farm. In 2016, living on a small farm in Nashville, Jenna decided to devote her time to her boys and started the Whole Mama business after feeling frustrated with the dynamics of public education. The Whole Mama business and i...
369: Two Ways to Protect a Recipe - What Bloggers should Know about IP Protection and Internet Law with Maria Spear Ollis
December 22, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 23.5 MBIn episode 369, Megan chats to IP specialist and attorney, Maria Spear Ollis, about protecting our recipes and images online. Maria Spear Ollis is an attorney bringing peace of mind to content creators when it comes to IP protection, contracts, and internet law. Her goal is to help her clients before “it” hits the fan so that if setbacks happen, they’ll bounce back faster. When Maria isn’t hammering away at a copyright issue or recording a YouTube video, you can catch her dancing to Motown...
368: 10 Strategies for Sustainable Side-Hustling (+ What is Your Ideal Work-Life Balance?) with Meredith Kruse
December 19, 2022 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBIn episode 368, Meredith Kruse teaches us 10 strategies for sustainable side-hustling and why we don’t have to quit our full-time job to be successful food bloggers. Meredith is the photographer, recipe developer, and voice behind the blog, Our Love Language is Food. She also works full-time in the commercial construction industry in addition to her food and photography business. Many of her favorite memories were made around a big table sharing food that everyone helped to prepare in her ...
367: 7 Steps to the Make the Most of Every Dollar you Have - Beating the Grocery Market with Jessica Fisher
December 15, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutes - 45.4 MBIn episode 367, Megan chats to Jessica Fisher about rising grocery prices and how to do food shopping for your blog in an economical way without sacrificing quality or taste. Jessica Fisher is a cookbook author and food writer at Good Cheap Eats. She enjoys helping people who want to save time and money so they can enjoy stress-free meals. In the last recession, she and her husband made a decision to live more economically and manage their finances more wisely in order to pay off a 60K deb...
366: Expand the Reach of your Business by Implementing these Pinterest Strategies with Kate Ahl
December 12, 2022 09:00 - 45 minutes - 42.3 MBIn episode 366, Kate Ahl teaches us strategies to use Pinterest effectively and grow our reach as food bloggers. Kate Ahl is the founder of Simple Pin Media. She has been helping businesses discover, learn and master Pinterest marketing for over 7 years. She combines the data learned from working with clients, education from Pinterest, and her knowledge of the platform to help people expand the reach of their business using Pinterest. Her mantra is to keep it simple, be authentic, and Pin ...
365: Win-win Strategies for Brand Partnerships - Contract Negotiation and Building Long-Term Relationships with your Ideal Brand with Kristen Bousquet
December 08, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MBIn episode 365, Megan chats to Kristen Bousquet about how food bloggers can successfully work with brands, negotiate win-win contracts and build long-term relationships with their dream company. Kristen Bousquet is social media expert, a Charlotte-based content creator and influencer coach at Your Soulcialmate with a goal of educating entrepreneurial creators on how to turn their online influence into a profitable, self-sustaining business through her podcast, community FB group, and coach...
364: Step-by-Step Guide to Self-Publish a Cookbook (+ Tips for Printing and Selling Books Online) with Claire Woodhouse
December 05, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes - 38.2 MBIn episode 364, Megan chats to Claire Woodhouse about how to self-publish a cookbook, including all the logistical details of printing and selling books online all by yourself. Claire is a stay-at-home mom of 2 who loves creating nourishing, delicious, and simple recipes that don't break the bank when it comes to healthy baking. She started the healthy baking blog, Secretly Healthy Home, 2.5 years ago and also runs an intuitive eating membership called, The Smart Sweet Tooth, in which she ...
363: 6 Ways to Think Outside of the Box with Blogging with Andrea Hundley
December 01, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBIn episode 363, Andrea Hundley shares six ways to think outside of the box when it comes to blogging. These are unique strategies that can potentially help you grow and keep you motivated. Andrea is the creator behind Design Morsels. She has been writing about decorating and design for the last 4 years. Andrea successfully joined Mediavine after two years by focusing on low-competition keywords and SEO and has seen her traffic greatly increase since embracing Rank IQ. Since then, Andrea tr...
362: How Batching and Time-Management can be Game-Changers for Food Bloggers with Bree Pair
November 28, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 33.8 MBIn episode 362, Bree Pair teaches us about batching and how time-management tools like this can be game-changers for food bloggers. Bree Pair is a coach for bloggers and entrepreneurs. Her company, Thrive, educates and empowers bloggers and influencers to build their brands so that they have financial freedom and the flexibility to live their lives to the fullest. She's passionate about helping female entrepreneurs live out their dreams and helping them with the strategy to do so. In this...
361: Hire a Mother’s Helper so that You can Carve out more Time for Blogging with Taran Conwell
November 24, 2022 09:00 - 49 minutes - 46.2 MBIn episode 361, Megan chats to Taran Conwell about hiring a mother’s helper so that you can carve out more time for blogging. Taran is the host of the podcast the Undomestic Mom, which forms part of her mission to dismantle the watered-down version of self-care in today’s motherhood. She coaches millennial moms and takes them from survival mode to thriving mode by helping them create and implement their own self-care routines and find fulfillment outside of motherhood. Taran became passion...
360: 5 Photography Styling Tips (+ How to Find your own Unique Visual Identity) with Kimberly Espinel
November 21, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBIn episode 360, Kimberly Espinel reveals 5 photography styling tips that will take our food photography to the next level and she teaches us how to develop a unique visual identity for our food blogs. Kimberly is a London-based, award-winning editorial and commercial food photographer, bestselling author, educator and creative business mentor. She runs a thriving food photography business and has created content for many brands including Sony, KitchenAid and more. She is also the host of t...
359: Cultivate your Passion for Food Blogging (+ Advantages of Part-time Blogging) with Sally Aleckson
November 17, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 31.7 MBIn episode 359, Megan chats to Sally Aleckson about why being a part-time food blogger can help cultivate your passion. Sally started food blogging in 2014 and since then has gone through a rebrand and a complete overhaul of her site to what you can see today on Eight Forest Lane. Despite not having the same financial success and traffic as others who have been doing it for less time, she keeps going because she loves it. In this episode, she shares her journey and why she decided to blog ...
358: Have Fun with your Blog while Still Making Money with Lauren Klein
November 14, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 21 MBIn episode 358, Megan chats to Lauren Klein about how to pursue blogging as a hobby while still making money. Lauren is a professional dietician, who started her food blog, Piece of Lulu, mainly as a hobby and shares original recipes as well as a wealth of wellness and nutrition content. She found the process of developing her blog and helping her readers understand how to live healthier lives, extremely rewarding. In this episode, find out how to also have a rewarding experience and devel...
357: Effective Steps to Fit Video into your Food Blogging Workflow with Olivia Parsons
November 10, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.9 MBIn episode 357, Olivia Parsons teaches us how to fit video into our food blogging workflow, cutting down on production time while seeing the same gains as everyone else. Olivia Parsons is gluten-free foodie and the creator behind Liv Gluten-Free food blog. She believes anyone with a dietary requirement should be able to enjoy good food. Sharing a variety of sweet and savory gluten-free recipes, Olivia dived head first into the food blogging world at the beginning of the pandemic. From the ...
356: Leverage your Blog for New Opportunities and Maximum Impact with Bita and Beata
November 07, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 49.1 MBIn episode 356, Megan chats to Bita and Beata about leveraging your blog for new opportunities using podcasts. Bita Arabian and Beata Nazem Kelley are two food bloggers who co-host the podcast, Modern Persian Food. Bita / Beata means ‘unique’ and in the podcast the duo share their unique approach to cooking and eating Persian food and how to incorporate the rich flavors and fresh ingredients into today’s modern lifestyle. Both started out working on their individual blogs and then teamed u...
355: Start Working for Yourself - Knowing When to Stop Client Work with Jodi Danen
November 03, 2022 08:00 - 22 minutes - 21.9 MBIn episode 355, Megan chats to Jodi Danen about pivoting away from focusing on clients to working for yourself. She delves into the advantages of dedicating all your time to your own blog and some of the drawbacks of making that shift. Jodi is a registered dietician and founder of Create Kids Club, a food blog for easy gluten-free kids meals and family meals. She is also the author of Super Simple Cooking for Kids. In this episode, Jodi talks about knowing when to pivot away from focusing ...
354: How to Generate 350k+ Page Views per Month Quickly - Using SEO to Build Organic Traffic with Kay Ratford
October 31, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes - 29 MBIn episode 354, Megan chats to Kay Ratford about the benefits of SEO tools and how to use them to build organic traffic quickly. Kay runs the UK-based food blog Flawless Food with her partner Luke. They started over 2 years ago and, using SEO strategically, they’ve grown their blog to over 600k page views a month, of which 365k is organic traffic. Kay and Luke started off with doing brand work but soon discovered that it was possible to make money by posting your own recipes. The key was: ...
353: How to Actually Establish your Blog’s Brand Identity (+ Busting Brand Identity Myths) with Melinda Keckler
October 27, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes - 34.1 MBIn episode 353, Megan chats to Melinda Keckler about how to establish a strong brand identity and why building brand affinity with our audience is so important in order to have a successful blog. Melinda is the founder and photographer behind the blog Crinkled Cookbook and has been blogging since 2019 while juggling a full-time marketing job. She is applying her vast experience working in marketing and brand strategy to help grow her food blog. Eager to share her expertise, she explains w...
352: 5 Steps to Make Money as Bloggers from Blogging - SEO-Focused Ghostwriting with Lauren LeBlanc
October 24, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 32.7 MBIn episode 352, Lauren LeBlanc teaches us how to make money doing SEO-focused ghostwriting for other food bloggers. Lauren is the creator of the blog, Lauren from Scratch, where she focuses on how to make savory recipes from scratch using high-quality ingredients and teaches readers how to make restaurant-worthy dishes in their kitchens. Working as a physician assistant by day and food blogger by night, Lauren realized that initially while she was growing her blog, she could make money by ...
351: Do More of What is Working - Understanding your Analytics and Where to Focus your Energy with Jessica Burgess
October 20, 2022 08:00 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBIn episode 351, Megan chats to Jessica Burgess about how to focus more on doing what is working and select blogging strategies that help us grow. Jessica is a lifestyle blogger whose mission is to add simplicity to our busy lives. She focuses on easy recipes for people on the go and, having started in 2011, she shares her passion for blogging and knowledge of the field by helping other bloggers grow too. In this episode, Jessica explains how to avoid getting caught in trying too many blogg...
350: Reenergize your Creativity for Blogging (+ the Process of Writing a Cookbook) with Alyssa Brantley
October 17, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 33.4 MBIn episode 350, Megan chats to Alyssa Brantley about the process of writing a cookbook and how it can reenergize your creativity for blogging. Alyssa is the author of I Don’t Want to Cook Book and her cooking philosophy is whole foods that take half the time, meaning just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you shouldn’t eat great. She applies this philosophy to her popular food blog, Everyday Maven, where she shares seasonal whole food recipes that are packed with flavour made in minutes wit...