Hiya! And Happy Friday, friends!

This week has been an exciting one over here at FBP HQ. We held an awesome event called the Recipe Video Bootcamp, we started revving up for our open enrollment period next week (!!!), and…

We published a new course!

For those of who missed the Bootcamp, or for those who loved it and want to watch it again, I have some good news: we uploaded the session videos as our new course this month!

Excited? We are too!

Heyo! Happy Thursday!

It’s an especially happy Thursday today because it is…drumroll, please…new course day!

We have been hard at work at FBP HQ for the past few weeks putting this course together, and we’re all really excited to share it with you today. Especially because it can help you generate some extra income from your blog.

Any guesses what it might be about?

Since you probably read the title of this article, you already know it’s about Sponsored Content!

Happy new course day, friends!

We couldn’t be more excited about this course because it’s all about maneuvering the crazy, confusing, wonderful world of recipe plugins. Woo hoo!

We are huge fans of recipe plugins over here at FBP HQ. Not only do they help your recipes stand out and look beautiful on your posts, they also help Google understand the recipes on your site.

Hi, friends! Guess what?

It’s new course day! Can I get a woot woot?

If you’ve been following along, you know that food video has been a huge focus for us in the past few months. We’ve covered the tools you’ll need, we’ve showed you how to plan your shoot, and we’ve taken you behind the scenes of a Pinch of Yum shoot.

Next comes editing. We’ve covered editing in iMovie and in Adobe Premiere Pro, but today we’re covering the editing software that the Pinch of Yum team uses every week to make their awesome recipe videos: Final Cut Pro X.

Do you hear that?

That’s the sound of a viral recipe video, perfectly fitted for Instagram and Facebook, flawlessly edited, getting liked, commented on, and shared by the minute!

Pretty much the dream for a food blogger, right?

But it doesn’t need to be a dream anymore; it’s time for our brand new food video course, Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro!

Hey hey, friends! Guess what day it is?

It’s NEW COURSE DAY! Woot woot!

We’re really excited about this new course, because it’s a continuation of our Food Video series.

Give me an N! Give me an E! Give me a W!

What does that spell?! New!

Yep, it’s NEW course day, and we’re just a little excited about it over here at FBP HQ (could you tell?).

Today marks the release of our third food video course, but this course is a little special. You’ve already learned about the equipment the Pinch of Yum team uses for their food videos, and you’ve learned how to fill out a pre-production planning form to use during your final shoot. But are you wondering how to bring those two elements together in order to create a viral food video?

Well friends, here’s your chance.

Say it with me, friends: New Course Day! New Course Day!

After the release of our first course on food videos last month, we decided to stick with the theme this month. This month’s course is all about pre-production for your food videos.

They day has finally arrived!

What day is it, you ask?

New course day! Video course day! Horray!!!

I hope you are as excited about this as I am, because creating food videos is the hottest thing since sliced bread. Not only are they fun for your subscribers to watch, they also really grow your readership because of their shareability on social media. It’s a win-win!

Happy New Course Day! Who’s excited?!

Today’s course is all about making your blog your own. Yep, I’m talking about branding! Can I get a woop woop?!

You guys better be excited because today is new course day! Today’s course is all about the next-gen social media. It’s fun, it’s hip, it’s totally unscripted, and it’s what all the cool kids are doing.

You better believe I’m talking about Snapchat!

Happy New Course day! I’m super excited about this month’s new course. It’s brought to you by Yours Truly, and is going to be just the thing for all of you who run away screaming whenever anyone mentions “code.”

What could this course be? HTML Basics for Bloggers, of course!

Learning how to finagle with my website was one of the reasons I really loved blogging when I first started. It was so fun to figure out what everything meant, make changes, screw up occasionally (okay, a lot), and eventually learn what it all meant. But that was me… and I know that for a lot of you, the word “HTML” makes the hair raise up on the back of your neck.

It’s time to celebrate! Two reasons (from least to most important):

1. Google just released its iPhone keyboard app, Gboard
2. We have a new course on food styling!

Most of you probably aren’t as excited as I am about the new keyboard. It’s kind of lame how excited I am about it. It’s a keyboard, Raquel. Come on.

But, I think we can all agree on this: this new food styling course is super duper exciting. Let’s dive in!

If you’ve been taking photos for a while now, feel all set up with your camera, know how to use your artificial (or natural) lighting, and have a closet full of props, yet you feel like something is still missing… you’re at the right place.

Food styling is where all those individual elements come together to make a beautiful, well-rounded photograph that really jumps off the screen.

It’s my favorite Thursday of the month: new course Thursday! This month we’ve got a truly awesome one for you: ActiveCampaign!

Here at Food Blogger Pro we talk a lot about how important it is to build an email list. Having an email list means you have the ability to speak directly to your readers - they stay engaged better, they hear from you more often, and they feel a connection with you and your brand.

However, as Barry Moore from theactivemarketer.com talked about in a recent podcast episode, not all of your subscribers want or need to hear the same message at the same time. This is especially true if you are wanting to sell something to your list, contact a specific group of people about a potential project, or simply send timed emails out in an autoresponder.

It's time for another new course! This month: Gumroad!

When I first heard about Gumroad, I couldn't even fathom what it was about. Is it about gum? roads? Gum on a road??

Fortunately, it's neither of those. Gumroad is the easiest way to sell digital - and physical - products online. In one word? Amazing.

Gumroad takes all the hassle (I mean all of it) out of selling products online. You don't have to worry about how to accept credit cards, or whether or not you can use PayPal, or even how to distribute the product to your customers. Gumroad takes care of all of it.

That means that the only thing you have to worry about is creating the actual product. You get more time to do the things you do best without worrying about the things you don't care about.