If you have ever wondered how some food bloggers manage to run not one but two food blogs at once, and what all this requires behind the scenes, you are not going to want to miss today’s episode. I sat down with Christine Pittman, of Cook the Story and The Cookful, to discuss lessons learned from … [Read more...]
Why Does Strategy Matter for Branding?
Around here we talk a LOT about how much strategy impacts your branding. But have you ever wondered why it matters? In this episode I’m digging into why strategy is an essential part of our branding process!Branding is a huge piece of the puzzle when it comes to redesigning your website and since we … [Read more...]
What is the ROI of a new website?
When you are considering a big investment in your business, like redesigning your website, you might ask yourself what you’re going to get out of this experience. For some investments, there is a financial ROI that you will see directly as a result of something you do in your business. For others, … [Read more...]
How to Decide On Big Investments for Your Blog
There are many investments you can make to scale your food blog. It’s hard to know when is the right time to take the leap for many of these. So how can you decide which investments are right for your business right now? It involves a process for evaluating your business to see where your greatest … [Read more...]
Time Management: Creating Your Ideal Week
One of my favorite productivity tips is all about planning ahead for success and creating your ideal week. I'm not going to lie, I'm nerding out a little bit out having this conversation around creating your ideal week. Over the years, I’ve had some many questions about this and one of the biggest … [Read more...]
3 Things Food Bloggers Need to Do On Every CEO Day
Are you carving out time regularly to work on your business instead of in it? This is what I refer to as a CEO day or CEO time and in today's episode, I'm sharing three things that every food blogger needs to be doing on every CEO day. I have talked about this a couple of times on the podcast before … [Read more...]
How to Take Your Food Blog to the Next Level
As an ambitious food blogger, I know you have big dreams and goals for your business. Sometimes it’s hard to know how exactly to take your blog to that next level so today that’s exactly what we are talking about. Let's break "taking your blog to the next level" into actionable steps that won't … [Read more...]
How to Turn Your Q4 Visitors into Fans
Every year, when I was focused on my food blog, I would see an increase in traffic and email subscribers in Q4, followed by a huge drop in traffic and people unsubscribing in January. While some of this is normal, there is a lesson to be learned here: How can you turn your Q4 visitors from random … [Read more...]
How to Prep Your Content for Q4
As a food blogger, content planning is the most important part of your Q4 strategy. Today, you're going to learn in four easy steps how you can prepare your content to maximize the results for your food blog in Q4. Whether this is your third or fifth or 10th Q4 as a food blogger, you can always be … [Read more...]