Influencer Support and Connecting Bloggers With Brands
By Grant Goggans If you’re like literally thousands of other food bloggers, you had been exchanging reciprocal links with Urbanspoon until the end of May, when Zomato, the new owners of the service, finally closed it down. Zomato purchased Urbanspoon at the beginning of the year, and while some of us were braced for some considerable changes, the breadth…
Do you track your progress? If not you may be a subject of the “Ostrich Problem” – (image above source: linkedin.com). This phenomenon is “the widespread tendency for people to avoid information about progress towards their goals” (source). This phenomenon is a psychological roadblock that causes most of us to fall behind in realizing how…
Have you ever noticed that some sites have a tiny logo beside their URL in your browser window? Does your WordPress blog have one that came with your theme that you’d dearly love to change? For example, Foodie Pro’s default heart icon is cute, but it probably doesn’t perfectly represent you if your blog is…
by Shelby Kinnaird (aka Diabetic Foodie ) Sometimes readers ask for nutrition counts. You want to make your readers happy, but doing all of that math sure sounds like a lot of work. And couldn’t you get into trouble legally if your numbers aren’t 100% accurate? Let’s explore the topic of whether or not to include…
In the latest podcast, I’m talking to Chris Watkins, co-creator of the blog, Eat Drink Repeat. We’ll discuss his journey from the banking world into his dream job of being an editor for a well known food and drink website. Chris, blogging for a handful of years, discusses the risks of leaving a well-established career…
Each day that goes by, blogs are added to the web and are indexed by search engines. This means that there is a growing number of competitors to readership. After all, people only have so much time in the day. There are some things we can do to make our blog posts more attractive to…
It’s difficult out there for a blogger to monetize our blogs. Doesn’t it seem the moment we find something that works, the rules change? Such is the case with Pinterest, banning affiliate links last week. Affiliate links are links that, when a user clicks through via the link and makes a purchase or subscription the…
Looking for some neat gifts for the foodie in your life or to treat yourself that won’t break the bank? Check out these handful of gadgets that make your life and cooking so much easier! We found them at our local store, The Cook’s Warehouse, which sells online as well, but you could probably find…
As I stood in the check out line at the grocery store the other day, the beautiful images of the food splashed across the covers caught my eye. I couldn’t help picking up one to flip through as I waited. But I’m a little cynical now when it comes to these gorgeous spreads. You see,…
There are so many food blogging conferences held all around the country, it is difficult to choose which ones to attend. Techmunch is a traveling conference that takes place in different cities around the country. Techmunch is only a day long, which is both good and bad. While it only requires a day of attendees…