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Welcome to The Food Blogger Pro Podcast, hosted by Bjork Ostrom from Pinch of Yum! Our goal is to help you create a beautiful, functional, and profitable blog. We interview successful food bloggers and industry experts in an effort to surface strategies that can help you more efficiently grow and monetize your site. You'll learn about recipe SEO, food photography, plugins, monetization, traffic, and more. New episodes every Tuesday! Learn more at foodbloggerpro.com/podcast
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Now displaying: October, 2018
Oct 30, 2018

A free event (and you're invited!), proactive content consumption, and microlearning with Bjork Ostrom.

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Welcome to episode 174 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks about the ways that you can practice 1% infinity with your blog or business.

7 Ways To Practice 1% Infinity

If you’ve been around Food Blogger Pro for a while, chances are that you’ve heard of 1% infinity.

It means making a little bit of progress, every single day, forever, and it’s our philosophy here at FBP HQ.

But how do you actually practice 1% infinity in your own life? That’s the question Bjork is answering in today’s episode.

And we’d love to know: what’s the #1 way you practice 1% infinity in your business? Let us know in the comments at foodbloggerpro.com/174!

In this episode, Bjork shares:

  • Why free events and webinars are valuable
  • What proactive content consumption is
  • How to block out time for microlearning
  • An easy to fill your day with knowledge
  • Why it’s important to connect with both similar and diverse groups of people
  • How conferences or in-person events are inspiring
  • What structure-free times are

Resources:

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

Thanks to our Reviewer of the Week, Aaron from Fat for Weight Loss! If you’d like to be featured, leave a review for us on iTunes and include your name and blog name in the review.

Oct 23, 2018

Diversifying income, a smarter way to choose tools, and forming your path with Sven Raphael Schneider.

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Welcome to episode 173 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Sven Raphael Schneider from Gentleman’s Gazette about starting and growing his business by fulfilling a need.

Creating What You Can’t Find

Sven Raphael Schneider started his business, Gentleman’s Gazette, out of a need. He was looking for information on men’s fashion, and he couldn’t find it.

So he fulfilled the need he saw and created the content himself.

From there, he learned a lot about running a business, from diversifying his income to understanding the correlation between quality and sales. You’ll learn all about his strategies for growth in this episode.

In this episode, Sven shares:

  • How he formed his path online
  • How he dealt with troubles early on
  • The way he’s diversifying his income
  • Why quality doesn’t always equate to sales
  • Why you should think of your goals before choosing your tools
  • Why they switched their focus from Instagram to YouTube
  • Why he likes to produce content in advance

Resources:

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

Thanks to our Reviewer of the Week, Rosscito! If you’d like to be featured, leave a review for us on iTunes and include your name and blog name in the review.

Oct 16, 2018

Staying motivated, avoiding mistakes, and refreshing old content with Olena Osipov.

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Welcome to episode 172 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Olena Osipov from iFOODreal about the importance of dreaming big in order to grow your blog.

Dreaming Big

Your goals, dreams, and aspirations shape the direction in which you take your business and blog, and Olena’s journey is a great example of that. You’ll learn how she stayed motivated and encouraged through all of the ups and downs of blogging and how she managed to take her blog full-time.

Olena is living the dream, and she talks all about how she did it in this episode!

In this episode, Olena shares:

  • What it was like to move from Ukraine to Canada
  • How she decided to start her blog
  • How she stayed motivated
  • How to keep going and connect with others
  • What her biggest mistake was
  • How she saw 75% growth in traffic
  • SEO recommendations she received
  • Why updating old recipes was so helpful

Resources:

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

Thanks to our Reviewer of the Week, HayMade! If you’d like to be featured, leave a review for us on iTunes and include your name and blog name in the review.

We’d like to thank our sponsors, WP Tasty! Check out wptasty.com to learn more about their handcrafted WordPress plugins specifically made for food bloggers.

Oct 9, 2018

How to keep creating content, stay relevant, and get sponsors with Noelle Tarr.

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Welcome to episode 171 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Noelle Tarr from Coconuts & Kettlebells about strategically using a podcast to build a business.

The Business of Podcasting

Let’s talk about podcasting and how it can be an awesome opportunity to get your content seen and heard.

Noelle has a blog, a cookbook, and a podcast, and she finds that the podcast is a great way to reach her audience on a deeper level and create a community with her followers.

You’ll learn how she started her podcast, how she decides on topics, and so much more. If you’ve ever wondered if starting a podcast is right for you, this episode will help you understand the benefits and opportunities behind building your brand with a podcast.

In this episode, Noelle shares:

  • Why she started her podcast
  • How she tracks the success of her podcast
  • Which podcast topics perform best
  • How she’s building her email list
  • How they keep creating content
  • How they schedule their podcast interviews
  • How they keep topics relevant
  • How they use their podcast to communicate other projects to their followers
  • Tips for pricing podcast sponsorships

Resources:

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

Thanks to our Reviewer of the Week, Dawn! If you’d like to be featured, leave a review for us on iTunes and include your name and blog name in the review.

We’d like to thank our sponsors, WP Tasty! Check out wptasty.com to learn more about their handcrafted WordPress plugins specifically made for food bloggers.

Oct 2, 2018

How to get your content seen, use other medias to share your content, and finding the time to get through your to-dos.

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Welcome to episode 170 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, we hear from three Food Blogger Pro members about what’s working to help them grow their blogs and what’s not.

What’s Working and What’s Not

We’re so excited to share this new episode with you today because it’s definitely a bit different from the episodes we’ve shared in the past.

We’re highlighting three Food Blogger Pro members, Katie, Mary, and Sarah, as they talk about the things that really help their blog growth, and the things that they’ve been struggling with.

Then Bjork responds and offers some ideas and encouragement to work through those tough situations. He talks about finding the time to work through your to-dos, tips for social media, and more.

It’s a really fun episode, and we’d love to hear what you think in the comments!

In this episode, Katie, Mary, and Sarah share:

  • Using your blog as a portfolio
  • Getting your content seen
  • Using recipe videos
  • How passion fuels progress
  • Finding enough time

Resources:

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

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