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The Food Blogger Pro Podcast

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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Nov 26, 2019

Evergreen content, onboarding your members, reducing churn, and segmenting your marketing lists with Mike Morrison.

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Welcome to episode 230 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Mike Morrison about growing and retaining your membership site audience.

Membership Sites 

You’re an expert in something, so you start a membership site to teach people what you know. But how do you grow your membership site audience?

That’s where Mike comes in. He’s here today to talk to you about not only how you can gain members and grow your membership site, but also how you can retain and support your current members.

And even if you don’t have a membership site, you’ll still be able to apply his tips on segmented marketing, onboarding, and surveying to your own blog. Enjoy!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How his membership site has changes in the past few years
  • Why evergreen content is so important for membership sites
  • Why their free Facebook group helps drive sales
  • What churn is and how to reduce it
  • Why onboarding is so important
  • What it is that gives membership sites “stickability”
  • How specific your niche should be
  • Why audience surveys are important
  • Why segmentation is important for marketing

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

Nov 19, 2019

How to create a long-term nurture sequence, how to encourage your email list to take action, and a six-step process for implementing a successful email sequence with Allea Grummert.

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Welcome to episode 229 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks to Allea Grummert about how bloggers can level-up their email marketing.

Email Marketing 

What comes to mind when you hear the words, “email marketing”? Is it something you’re excited about? Or is it “yet another thing” you have to figure out?

Whatever your relationship with email is, you’ll learn so much from this episode. Allea is here to talk all about email marketing strategies for bloggers and to take you through her six-step process for implementing a successful email marketing strategy.

We’re so excited for you to check out this episode, and if you listen all the way through, you’ll find out how you can schedule a free 30-minute strategy call with Allea!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Allea’s six-step process for email marketing
  • How to audit your current email setup
  • How to perform a technical audit of your current ESP
  • Why you should segment your email lists
  • How to know who is on your email list
  • How to address objections from people on your lists
  • What a long-term nurture sequence is
  • How to move people to act via email
  • Allea’s recommendations for automation-building

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

Nov 12, 2019

Rebranding a food blog, leaning into a niche, and Keep-Delegate-Delete lists with Isabel Orozco-Moore.

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Welcome to episode 228 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Isabel Orozco-Moore about leaning into a niche, delegating tasks, and more.

Focus 

It seems a little counterintuitive that finding a niche, or a specialized focus, can actually give you more freedom as a blogger, but that’s exactly what Isabel found when she decided to rebrand and really fine-tune her niche. By hunkering down and really focusing on Mexican cuisine, Isabel has been able to strengthen her brand and exercise her expertise.

But that’s not all that Isabel and Bjork cover in this episode. In just four years, Isabel has gone all-in on turning her blog into a business, and this episode focuses on that journey. From monetization to hiring to delegating to getting nominated for a Saveur Award, we know you’ll find useful and actionable tips in this episode. Enjoy!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How she was nominated for a Saveur Award
  • How and why she rebranded her blog
  • Why she decided to focus on her niche
  • How she monetizes her blog
  • How she hired a virtual assistant
  • How to make a Keep-Delegate-Delete list
  • How to get better at specific tasks

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

Nov 5, 2019

Why texture is important in food photography, how to capture shadows in food photography, and why color theory is important for food photography with Rachel Korinek.

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Welcome to episode 227 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, we’re rewinding back to one of our most popular episodes with food photographer, Rachel Korinek.

5 Tips to Improve Your Food Photography 

It’s time for another FBP Rewind episode, and this one is extra special because we’re rewinding back to one of our top five most downloaded episodes, 5 Tips to Improve Your Food Photography with Rachel Korinek.

Rachel is such a talented photographer, and this episode will help you fine-tune and tweak your photography to help create a more appealing and yummy visual.

It’s a great episode, and we hope you can apply some of these tips and skills to your own photography. Let’s rewind!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • Why still life photography is difficult
  • What a food stylist does
  • Why it’s helpful to work with a team
  • Why textured backgrounds are helpful
  • How to capture shadows
  • What negative fill is and how to work with diffused light
  • Why layering is important in still life photography
  • What color theory is
  • The tools she recommends to have on hand

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

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