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7 Mistakes Food Bloggers Make When Writing Recipes

Leslie Hargett
by Leslie Hargett on Feb 2, 2023 in
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As food bloggers, one of the most important things we do is… well, write recipes, of course!

And a lot goes into the recipe writing process: coming up with ideas for new recipes, testing a recipe until it’s perfect, writing down the instructions in a concise way, formatting the recipe on a blog post, and so on.

The more you create recipes, the more you’ll perfect your process, but in this post, we wanted to share some common recipe writing mistakes we see bloggers make. Hopefully you’ll be able to learn a thing or two to help level up the recipes that you share online!

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How to Correctly Attribute a Recipe

Emily
by Emily on Jan 26, 2023 in , ,

As food bloggers and recipe developers, inspiration for recipes can come from many different places. Your grandmother’s famous pound cake, a new product at the grocery store, your local Italian restaurant, and yes, other published recipes can all get your creative cooking juices flowing. 

There are lots of food blogs and cookbooks out in the world, and it’s only natural that you take inspiration from them. Whether you need a little guidance on the process for a complicated baking technique, or want to riff on a unique flavor combination in someone else’s recipe, recipe adaption can come in many different forms.

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6 Ways You Can Make Money with Your Email List

Emily
by Emily on Jan 12, 2023 in ,

Did you know  that one-third of content creators send weekly emails, and less than 26% send an email monthly? Why are so many bloggers, content creators, and marketers leaving money on the table? 

In my experience as an email marketing strategist, most bloggers aren’t taking full advantage of the opportunities their email list offers because they simply don’t know the strategies they have at their disposal.

Many people start and run email lists because “that’s just what you do” as a blogger, but there is a magical realm of high return on investment, or ROI, you can step into, if you know a few solid strategies and how to implement them!

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What are Idea Pins and How Can Food Creators Use Them?

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by Emily on Dec 15, 2022 in

Social media platforms are constantly updating and changing, and it can be exhausting to keep track of those updates to stay current. Pinterest is no exception to this rule! They announced Idea Pins in the spring of 2021 and have been tweaking them ever since.

Love it or hate it, Pinterest is an important traffic driver for food blogs. And based on advice from our Pinterest Expert, Kate Ahl, we know that using a variety of pin formats (Static Pins, Idea Pins, Video Pins) on Pinterest can help improve your performance on the platform and result in greater growth than using Static Pins alone.

So… what are Idea Pins? I’m so glad you asked!

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7 Food Photography Tips for Beginners

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by Alexa @ FBP on Dec 8, 2022 in

We all know that photography is an essential part of food blogging and social media, but it can be overwhelming when you’re just starting out. Expensive equipment! Complicated editing programs! Lighting! That’s why we’ve compiled seven affordable and easy food photography tips for beginners that will help get you started on your food photography journey.

Because you know the old adage, “We eat with our eyes”? Well… it’s true! I know that when I’m looking for a recipe to make, I’ll only consider it if the photos are mouthwatering.

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WP Tasty is Now Part of the Strategy11 Family

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by Bjork on Dec 1, 2022 in
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Hi there! Bjork here.

A little over six years ago, we started working on the businesses you’ve come to know as WP Tasty and Nutrifox. 

We were building some custom plugins for our own site, Pinch of Yum, and thought that other bloggers might find these plugins valuable as well, so we started WP Tasty to offer them for sale.

Within a few years, hundreds of publishers a month were signing up to use WP Tasty plugins on their sites and use Nutrifox to analyze their ingredients and generate nutrition labels.

As these businesses and products have grown, we came to realize that the best home for these products would be with a company that focuses entirely on WordPress plugins and software development, so we started to look for potential acquirers who could dedicate the time and resources needed to continue developing and evolving the products.

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Foods Trending This Winter

Leslie Hargett
by Leslie Hargett on Nov 23, 2022 in
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Oh, the weather outside is frightful… but the food is so delightful! ❄️

It’s almost wintertime here in the Northern hemisphere, and that means it’s time to snuggle up by the fire with a warm, comforting meal. Or a steaming mug of hot chocolate and a cookie or two. Honestly, both scenarios sound pretty wonderful to me!

And if you’re trying to brainstorm some fresh new recipes to share on your blog or social media this upcoming season, we’ve got you covered. In this post, we’re sharing a roundup of foods that will be trending this winter to help give you some inspo for your content calendar!

Looking for more specific ideas for each month? You can check out our monthly food content trends posts here:

Let’s get right into it, shall we?

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