Eat Blog Talk
560 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 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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324: Why Hiring Out will make you More Successful Sooner with Chandice Probst
July 18, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.9 MBIn episode 324, Megan chats to Chandice Probst, founder of This Vivacious Life, about knowing when to hire out in blogging and how this can rapidly increase your blog growth. Chandice is the co-author of Gluten-Free on a Budget and with a degree in health science she is passionate about raising awareness for coeliac disease across the nation. She delves into a few crucial questions for bloggers when it comes to outsourcing. For example, why will it increase your business growth and when is...
323: Generate more Engagement and Drive Traffic to your Website - How to use Videos and Reels with Anika Gandhi
July 14, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 45.7 MBIn episode 323, Megan chats to Anika Gandhi, founder of Anika’s DIY Life, about how to use videos and reels to generate engagement on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Anika specializes in woodwork and DIY, helping beginners make pro-level projects. She has a strong presence online across multiple platforms and shares her experience in reaching even more people through short-form video. Find out what types of reels perform the best, what is the ideal length and how to use video to drive tra...
322: Freelancer to CEO - Get a New Stream of Income Doing what you Love Most with Aubree Malick
July 11, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBIn episode 322, Aubree Malick, host of the Freelancer to CEO podcast, teaches us how to monetize the blogging skills we’ve mastered by turning them into invaluable services we can offer other bloggers and businesses. Aubree helps people in conventional careers become freelancers, growing their own online businesses. She shares the tactics bloggers can use to identify their strengths and outsource this to other bloggers who might find the same tasks tedious or who’ve got too much on their p...
321: Food Blogger in Paris - Work Anywhere in the World with Molly Madigan Pisula
July 07, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 72 MBIn episode 321, Megan chats with Molly Madigan Pisula, founder of Vanilla Bean Cuisine, about how food blogging gives you the opportunity to live a mobile life. Have a successful career anywhere in the world, while being in control of your time, so that you can spend more of it with the people you love. Molly and her husband moved to France where she went from being a personal chef to food blogger, specializing in healthy recipes using seasonal ingredients. With in-depth knowledge of overc...
320: Google is Your Boss - The Mindset to get 1M+ Page Views with Izzah Cheema
July 04, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes - 60.6 MBIn episode 320, Megan chats with Izzah Cheema, founder of Tea for Turmeric, the largest Pakistani food blog, about why creating more content for your blog does not necessarily lead to growth. Izzah specializes in Pakistani recipes and with less than a 100 recipes on her site, she has over 350 thousand page views a month or about 2 million views a year. In this episode, she explains why posting lots of recipes regularly is not necessarily a wise growth strategy and why curating content spec...
319: 10 Things I wish Someone told me When I started my Food Blog with Eloïse Jennes
June 30, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBIn episode 319, Megan chats with Eloïse Jennes of Cooking with Elo, about 10 things she wishes she knew when she started her food blog in college. These are essential tips that will help you grow your blog quicker from the start by applying the right skills and avoiding common pitfalls. Inspired to explore cooking after being diagnosed with food intolerances, Elo started a secret food blog in high-school to cope with a complete diet change. This first attempt motivated her to set up a new ...
318: Make a Success out of your Blog No Matter your Age or Niche with Laura Sirkovsky
June 27, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBIn episode 318, Megan chats with Laura Sirkovsky about becoming a food blogger after hitting 30 and how to earn recognition and be noticed in your niche. After being diagnosed with coeliac disease, Laura started her food blog to recreate gluten-free versions of the recipes she grew up with in Canada. After leaving her teaching job, she decided to grow her food blog to have an additional income. She did not expect it to become her full-time job. In this episode, she shares her journey, disc...
317: Work with Brands you Love (+ Why Being an Influencer is a Good Thing) with Kim Cauti and Chelsea Vetre
June 23, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 56.6 MBIn episode 317, Megan chats with Kim Cauti and Chelsea Vetre about why being an influencer is a good thing and how you can make a change for the better in your niche while at the same time earn extra money by working with brands that you love. Kim and Chelsea offer unique coaching courses for bloggers, photographers and nano-influencers in the food space, educating them about how to successfully land sponsorship deals even if their social media accounts are under 10k. In this episode, the...
316: Lighten your Load and Free-up your Time - Ghost-writing with Carolyn Truett
June 20, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 41.3 MBIn episode 316, Megan chats with Carolyn about how ghost-writing can lighten food bloggers’ loads, helping them gain more time to focus on other aspects of their business. Ghost-writing – writing posts for other bloggers as if they were writing it themselves – provides Carolyn with an additional source of income while she is growing her own gluten-free recipe site, Caramel and Cashews. Whether you are passionate about writing and looking for a new source of income or want to hire a ghos...
315: Easily Increase your Blog’s Traffic, Revenue and View Time through Spillt with Ann Baum and Maddy Baum
June 16, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 39.9 MBIn episode 315, Megan chats with Ann and Madeleine about their new app Spillt, a social media app that helps food bloggers gain exposure and increase their traffic and revenue by allowing them to save, share and review recipes online while gaining new followers. We cover information about the app’s exciting features, including: - How it helps you increase site viewing time. - Click through rates in search results. - Add an additional revenue stream through ads. The social nature of t...
314: Use Your Zone of Genius as a Monetization Strategy (+ Be Brave + Trust Yourself) with Ashley Schuering
June 13, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBAfter being laid off in March 2020 due to the coronavirus, Ashley Schuering started her blog Confessions of a Grocery Addict at the behest of her friends. While she has been steadily growing her blog traffic, Ashley has created a thriving ghostwriting business for other food bloggers that has allowed her to become a full-time freelancer. By focusing specifically on her "zone of genius" — writing with an emphasis on SEO — she has created a monetization strategy that has become full-time work ...
313: What’s Coming With Google Analytics 4, How to Display Blog Images and Managing Time Spent on SEO with Carl Ross
June 09, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.8 MBCarl is an engineer who spent many years in corporate technology consulting roles which gave him a unique perspective on the application of technology, processes, and getting a return on your investments. It means he has spent literally decades helping customers make sense of technology products. Twenty years ago he started building recipe websites as a ‘side hustle.’ At one point he had over 50 sites online, each generating rnice revenue.Then the Google Panda update tanked every single on...
312: Protect Your Business From Unforeseen Events with Corinne Schmitt and Christina Hitchcock
June 06, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 24.2 MBPartners Corinne Schmitt and Christina Hitchcock are both six-figure influencers with multiple websites. Over the years, they’ve become organizational ninjas and workflow fanatics with a knack for providing actionable strategies to help influencers work smarter and scale faster. These two women have been in this space for over 10 years and learned a lot along the way (often the hard way!). They share their insights on working smarter on The Smart Influencer, a podcast and a private mentori...
311: Create Blogging Outlines to Maximize Keyword Research Efficiency with Mika Kinney
June 02, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBMika and her husband, Dan, have been running Joy to the Food for nearly a year now! Both work full time jobs and do everything together for Joy to the Food in their off hours. Throughout the process of building this brand, together they have learned a lot about each other and the best way to work with your partner and to grow a blog. Dan does the numbers and styling and Mika creates the content and handles communication. Inside episode 311, Mika explains why every food blogger should creat...
310: Strategies for Starting a Successful Foodie Podcast with Christine Pittman
May 30, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes - 36.1 MBChristine is the founder of COOKtheSTORY where her passion is to create recipes that take less time in the kitchen, giving you more time at the table. She founded COOKtheSTORY in 2010 and her other contributor-based site, TheCookful, in 2015. Christine has used her SEO strategies and cooking knowledge to get these sites in front of over 2 million readers per month. More recently, she has embraced her love of audio and is the host of two podcasts, one of which, Recipe of the Day, has been nam...
309: Data Driven Food Blogging—Use the Power of Numbers to Amplify Your Growth with Eliza Schuett
May 26, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBEliza is a plant-based food blogger, photographer, and full-time Product Manager working in the travel technology space. She loves seeing how little tweaks can make a huge difference, and geeks out over Google Analytics, Search Console and any data she can get her hands on. With limited time, she uses data to focus on what's important to grow her blog and business. In episode 309, Eliza offer data-driven strategies food bloggers can employ in order to amplify growth in a powerful and effec...
308: Email Marketing Tactics That Work with Lauren Grow
May 23, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBLauren Grow is the owner and founder of Talk About Town—a marketing agency focusing on clients in the blogging space. She has been hard at work connecting readers with recipes for over 5 years. Beginning as a social media writer for Fresh April Flours, Lauren has scaled her business and currently has 20 clients in the blogging world on any given day. An expert in email marketing, Lauren specializes in creating a consistent, approachable and profitable email plan for clients ranging from b...
307: Transform Your Business Through In-Person Blogging Retreats with Melissa Erdelac
May 19, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 26.3 MBMelissa Erdelac is the recipe developer, photographer and cookbook author behind the popular food blog MamaGourmand. Besides authoring her first cookbook, Frugal Gluten-Free Cooking, her work has been published in Better Homes and Gardens, MSN, Taste of Home, Parade, and Prevention. Inside this episode, Melissa shares about the value of attending and hosting an in-person blogging retreat. Join us inside and be inspired! - Conferences vs retreats. - Do not get hung up on experience leve...
306: The Power of Audio for Food Bloggers (Clubhouse recording) with Megan Porta, Taryn Solie and Jenna Urben
May 16, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBIn 2022, the podcast industry is expected to grow at an exponential rate. The use of audio in the food blogging space to speak your message and connect with your audience is underrated, underutilized and overlooked. Now is the time to get on board with audio! Listen in on this Clubhouse recording where a handful of food bloggers discuss using audio to speak their messages in a profound way. - Brand recognition - Reach people “beyond the blog” to expand brand awareness. - People - The ...
305: Growing a Passion Into a Successful Business with Yvette Marquez
May 12, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36.6 MBYvette Marquez is the Latina and founder behind the Mexican food site, MuyBuenoCookbook.com. She is an Emmy-winning producer and writer, food blogger, and author of Muy Bueno, Latin Twist, and a third cookbook due out in 2023. Yvette grew up in the kitchen with her mother and grandmother and has treasured family recipes that were never written down. She had no formal background in cooking before deciding to start a food blog and document her family’s recipes, develop new recipes and partne...
304: Using Social Media and Text Marketing Strategies to Increase Engagement with Mary Barnett
May 09, 2022 08:00 - 44 minutes - 31 MBMary Barnett, also known as “Mobile Mary” in the industry, is a text marketing and social media expert. Her company Another Brilliant Idea, Inc. helps business owners and restaurants use social media to grow a database that they actually own. This allows them to reach their best customers offline, giving them what they want instantly and on-demand to increase sales and brand loyalty! Inside this episode, Mary shares her best secrets about how to increase engagement and connection with your...
303: 7 Growth Strategies for Seasoned Food Bloggers with David Crowley
May 05, 2022 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBDavid has been blogging at Cooking Chat for over 10 years alongside a full-time job running a local nonprofit organization he founded. Cooking Chat focuses primarily on healthy, seasonal recipes, along with wine pairing recommendations. After reaching a point several years ago where things seemed to be going in the wrong direction with blogging, in 2019 David recommitted to it with a number of new investments in strategies. Since then, year over year traffic has been up well over 50%, and...
302: Get Clients as a Way to Supplement Your Income with Chris Pieta
May 02, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBChris is a product photographer at Pieta Productions and teaches creative business on YouTube. He helps other creative get clients, start their businesses and scale down the road. While he’s not a food blogger, Chris has helped other food bloggers seek out clients and has an understanding of the business of food blogging. Join us in the episode to learn how to get clients for a stream of revenue while you wait for other opportunities to pop up. - This is a great strategy to implement if ...
301: Prioritizing SEO Over Photography with Chelsea Plummer
April 28, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBChelsea has been blogging at Mae’s Menu for 3 years. After a year of posting aimlessly and with no regards to SEO, Chelsea took an SEO course and grew her blog traffic over 2000% in the following year and qualified for the Mediavine ad network within 6 months. Chelsea publishes 4-8 recipes per month and believes in working smarter, not harder. In this episode, Chelsea makes a great case for prioritizing SEO over photography, as improving photos is something you can easily learn as you go. ...
300: Keyword Research Mistakes To Avoid and Tactics for Getting High-Quality Backlinks with Brandon Gaille
April 25, 2022 08:00 - 50 minutes - 35.3 MBBrandon Gaille is an entrepreneur who founded multiple 7 figure businesses in his 20s before becoming disabled by a rare disorder for nearly a decade. He eventually regained his health and started a blog. He grew his blog to over 1 million visitors in just 18 months after his first blog post. Today, he gets 5 million monthly visitors from over 100,000 first-page Google rankings. Brandon has taught his SEO growth hacks to over 20,000 bloggers through his podcast, The Blogging Millionaire. Thi...
299: What To Expect From an SEO Site Audit with Kristi Ruth
April 21, 2022 08:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBKristi is the blogger behind Carrots and Cookies, as well as a Registered Dietitian and busy working mom of three kids, ages seven to fourteen. Her passion for helping parents understand what it means to feed their kids well has grown as she raises her own. Without going crazy, Kristi found a way of developing easy and practical nutrient-dense recipes that she was proud of and kids love but so do parents too! In this episode, Kristi talks through her experience with receiving an SEO audit ...
298: A Powerhouse Keyword Research Strategy Using RankIQ and Keysearch with Dan Kinney
April 18, 2022 08:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBDan has been running Joy to the Food for nearly a year now along with his wife Mika. Both have full time jobs and do everything together for the blog in their off hours. Throughout the process of building this brand, together they have learned a lot about each other and the best way to work together. Dan does the numbers, research and styling and Mika creates the content and handles communication. In this episode, Dan shares his strategy for doing keyword research, involving the use of two...
297: Diversify Your Revenue While Building Important Food Blogging Skills with Lauren Mullaly
April 14, 2022 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.9 MBLauren has been a food blogger at Maritime Glutton for a year and a half and a photographer for about 6 months. When she began her food blogging journey, she was partially through earning a business degree. Lauren landed a marketing job for the government because of her "unofficial" skillset built while food blogging (photography, SEO, marketing, content planning). Building a skillset to support her blog allowed her to monetize from multiple income streams, while becoming an "expert" in the...
296: How To Become a Profitable Blogger with Danielle Hayden
April 11, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes - 18.9 MBDanielle is host of the Entrepreneur Money Stories podcast, a reformed corporate CFO, and co-owner of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. She helps female entrepreneurs increase their profitability and take-home pay. She’s passionate about helping business owners to not think about accounting as the evil tool needed to file taxes but the best tool in your tool belt to help you build the business of your dreams. In this episode, Danielle teaches food bloggers how to build a profitable business. Come...
295: Building Your Perfect Audience with Eden Westbrook
April 07, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34.5 MBEden Westbrook is a wife, mom, and entrepreneur. Creator of the food blog Sweet Tea + Thyme in 2016, she has built it from an idea to a six-figure business. Eden’s blog focuses on multicultural family-friendly dishes and date night ideas for the millennial family. You’ll also find her teaching other food bloggers how to build profitable and successful food blogs through her mastermind course The Food Blogging Mastermind. In this episode, Eden shares how important it is to create that perf...
294: Turning Life's Lemons into a Thriving Food Blog with Gregory Halpen
April 04, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBGregory is the recipe creator, cook, photographer and writer behind the food blog Craving The Yum. In 2016, Gregory was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, achieved 4 years of remission, and today he is working on healing a recent cancer development called Nodular Lymphocyte-Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma. Inside this episode, Gregory shares how he was able to take his experience with cancer combined with a global pandemic to dive into blogging and explore new creativity, skills and tastes. ...
293: Trends to Focus on in Q2 (Plus a Q1 Update) with Jenna Urben
March 31, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MBJenna is the content creator behind The Urben Life, a food and lifestyle blog where she shares allergy-friendly recipes and travel guides. She is an early adopter within the blogging space, staying on top of tools, platforms and trends that are unique to food content creators. Inside the episode, she shares about trends food bloggers should pay attention to in Q2 of 2022 and provides updates on Q1 trends discussed in Eat Blog Talk episode 266. - Where web stories are at, along with a few li...
292: How to Use SEO and Other Strategies to Improve Your Content and Accelerate Growth with Chef Dennis Littley
March 28, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBChef Dennis is the food blogger behind Ask Chef Dennis, as well as a chef, social media enthusiast and travel blogger. He has a passion for sharing restaurant-style recipes and he enjoys figuring out how to get the most out of his new and existing blog content. Inside this episode, Dennis shares his favorite secrets and tips that shed light on SEO, help you prioritize your time and ultimately accelerate your growth. - Get on podcasts. The world needs your voice and this is also a great way ...
291: The Secret Ingredient to Success—Never Giving Up with Renee Rendall
March 24, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBRenee is the blogger and podcaster behind Awesome on 20. She blogs about comforting recipes for witches who love junk food and she hosts a podcast about everyday spirituality and wellbeing. A strength that she carries into all aspects of her business and that has helped her to continue creating and delivering great content, is to never give up. Join us in the episode to hear Renee’s encouragement so that you continue moving forward on the path you’ve started on. - It’s ok to put on your bli...
290: Tangible Strategies for Increasing Blog Growth Quickly with Stephanie Rutherford
March 21, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBStephanie is the food blogger behind StephaniesSweets.com. She went from hobby blogger to business woman after being furloughed from her job. After spending a year focusing on improving her photography skills, it only took 4 months to go from 5k to 50k page sessions and to be accepted into a major ad network. Join us in the episode to learn Stephanie’s growth secrets! - People eat with their eyes, so prioritize constantly improving your photography skills. - Show up consistently where it...
289: Using a Creative Journey to Achieve Blog Growth with Gina Dickson
March 17, 2022 08:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBGina is the recipe developer and party planner behind the food blog Intentional Hospitality. Inside this episode, she talks through her 5-year journey with cancer and how this coincided with being an empty nester and discovering her place in the world both inside and outside of being a blogger. Her creative journey has blossomed into a beautiful blog that has grown very quickly in a year’s time. Come learn from Gina and be inspired! - Connecting with your “why” will nudge you to keep going...
288: 10 Takeaways from My First In-Person Blogging Conference Since the Pandemic with Megan Porta
March 14, 2022 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this episode, Megan talks through her top 10 takeaways after attending her first in-person blogging conference since the pandemic (over 2 years ago!). In-person gatherings are super valuable for entrepreneurs who “go it alone” most of the time. They are imperative for growth, connection and so much more. - Connecting with people in person is EVERYTHING. - Investing in yourself and your business needs to be a priority. - The amount of self-educating we’ve done collectively since the pandemi...
287: 5 Mistakes Food Bloggers Make with Email Marketing with Amy Katz
March 10, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBAmy Katz is the creator of Veggies Save The Day where she shares easy vegan recipes inspired by a Mediterranean diet. She feels that so many bloggers discount the power of something that is sitting right in the hands of all of us: EMAIL. She has tapped into strategies to use her email subscriber list to grow her blogging business and in this episode, she shares 5 common mistakes food bloggers make with email marketing and how to fix them. - Stop making it hard for people to sign up! - Send...
286: Accomplish Your Goals by Batching Your Content and Your Schedule with Amanda Scarlati
March 07, 2022 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBAmanda is the chef, writer and photographer behind Saporito Kitchen. As a mom of 4 kids, she runs her blogging business efficiently and stays organized by batching her content and her work schedule. In this episode, she gives tangible tips so you can accomplish your goals! - Batching is a power and underutilized resource for bloggers. - It may seem daunting, but with just a bit of planning you can tap into the magic of FLOW that comes from batching both your content and your schedule. ...
285: Prioritizing SEO Over Pinterest and Using a Project Management Approach to Food Blogging with Shinta Simon
March 03, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 31.2 MBShinta is the food blogger behind Caramel Tinted Life. In the last 2 years she has managed to make the blog a steady source of income while having a busy personal life. She has applied what she learned in her previous career as a marketing strategy consultant to her blogging business, and has a streamlined approach to getting results with an SEO focus. - There is a lot going on in the world of SEO, but if growing traffic is a goal for you it is worth learning on- and off-page SEO and imple...
284: Building a Business With Your Partner with Mika Pieper-White and Dan Kinney
February 28, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBMika and Dan have been running Joy to the Food since early 2020, while also working full-time jobs. In the process of building their brand, they have learned a ton about criticism, awareness and efficiency. In this episode they share what has worked for them to grow their business quickly! - If schedule freedom is an ultimate goal for you, working with a partner is a great way to accelerate your growth. - Content management tips. - Ways to accept criticism and how to critique gently. ...
283: The State of SEO in 2022 with Casey Markee
February 24, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 40.2 MBCasey Markee is the founder of digital consultancy company MediaWyse. He is a well-known SEO professional who helps bloggers take their businesses to the next level through his expertise and website audits. Listen to this episode to hear about the state of SEO in 2022 in the realm of food blogging. - There have never been more food bloggers than there are now and what this means for you. - Upcoming GDPR issues to have on your radar. - Deferred ad loading defaults and how to navigate wh...
282: 4 Best Blogging Tools So You Can Work Smarter and Take Your Blog To the Next Level with Alison Corey
February 21, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.8 MBAlison delivers whole-food plant-based recipes on her blog Keeping the Peas. She has streamlined her business and figured out a way to work much more efficiently by using a handful of tools. Inside the episode she shares what has helped her work smarter, so come learn from her so you can work smarter, too! - Keysearch: A robust and affordable comprehensive keyword research tool. - RankIQ: A super powerful keyword research tool, helping you to save time and get a page 1 ranking on Google quick...
281: Gain Hundreds of Email Subscribers in 5 Days or Less by Hosting a Free Bundle with Cate Brubaker
February 17, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes - 25.7 MBCate is the founder International Desserts Blog, a side hustle she turned into a full-time income in late 2020. She enjoys challenging herself, sharing joy, and being a lifelong learner and has figured out a fun way to grow email subscribers quickly and drastically. She shares all her secrets inside the episode. - Learn the logistics of hosting a free content bundle. - Use the summer slump as a time to host a bundle and grow your email subscribers. - Don’t overcomplicate things. A few simple ...
280: Taking the Full-Time Blogging Leap and Setting Yourself Up For Success with Lauren Casolaro
February 14, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBLauren started her food blog Pinch of Parsley in March 2021 as a side hobby. She took the leap to pursue blogging as her full-time job in September 2021. Since then, she has mastered mindset, money management, pitching and landing clients. Inside the episode she shares her secrets! - Invest in yourself and learn as much as humanly possible. - Mindset mindset MINDSET. - Get comfortable with pitching yourself. - Learn how to manage your money. - Diversify revenue streams. - Making connections w...
279: Why Whisk and Tiktok Are Useful Tools For Food Bloggers with Julie Tran Deily
February 10, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBJulie Tran Deily is the blogger behind The Little Kitchen and has recently begun working part-time as a Community Growth Manager at Whisk. Inside the episode, she talks about the TikTok-Whisk integration and how food bloggers can benefit from using these tools. - Links can now be shared through TikTok via the Whisk integration and it is easier than you might think. - The power of Whisk communities and how to get started with your own. - What’s on deck for these tools in 2022 and what should b...
278: How To Use Your Photography Skills to Multiply Your Income with Chellie Schmitz
February 07, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBChellie has been food blogging for 12 years at Art From My Table. She learned to supplement her blog income by launching a photography business and believes in working smarter, not harder. Inside this episode, Chellie encourages bloggers to offer up photography services as a way to accelerate blog growth. - Invest time in learning about photography. - Utilize the Facebook groups dedicated to selling food photography. - Raise your prices to match your value when you begin feeling stretched. - ...
277: Use Lifelong Learning to Make an Impact as an Entrepreneur with Lyn Croyle
February 03, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22.9 MBLyn is the food blogger behind Cook Eat Live Love. She uses lifelong learning as a way to accelerate her business growth and to make a bigger impact. Inside this episode Lyn shares about ways you can make a greater impact through learning, whether you consider yourself to be a lifelong learner or not! - There are many different ways to learn, so explore the different avenues available to you. - You don’t need to learn it all at once. Start somewhere and allow yourself to learn as you go. - Le...
276: 5 Things To Focus on in 2022 with Andrew Wilder
January 31, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.9 MBAndrew Wilder is the founder and CEO of NerdPress, a digital agency that provides WordPress maintenance and support for hundreds of food blogs, placing an emphasis on site speed, stability, and security. Inside this episode he provides food bloggers with five things to focus on as we head into a fresh new year. - Site speed/core web vitals. - Invest in good web hosting. - Look at your site from your user’s perspective. - Diversify revenue beyond display ads and diversify traffic beyond G...
275: 4 Tips for Quick Growth and Long-Term Success with Casey Rooney
January 27, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 24.2 MBCasey grew her food blog Get On My Plate from 0 to 55k monthly sessions by following a few simple strategies. She shares her secrets inside this episode, not only for quick growth but also for setting yourself up for a long game by shifting your mindset. - Lean into SEO and keyword research. - Don’t discount social media (but don’t obsess about it, either). - Publish non-recipe content with a focus on modifiers and low competition keywords. - You MUST be willing to adapt and stick with b...