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7 Tools to Help You Plan Out Your Content Calendar

Leslie Jeon
by Leslie Jeon on Sep 9, 2021 in
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As food bloggers, we do a lot of work.

We test recipes, edit photos, write blog posts, schedule content for social media, republish old posts… and the list goes on and on!

That’s why it’s great to use some kind of content planning tool to map out, outline, and manage all your upcoming content. It’s hard to keep track of all that information in your head, so why not use a tool to make your life easier?

So, without further ado, here are a few of our favorite tools that will make content planning a breeze!

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How to Find Inspiration for Recipes as a Food Blogger

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by Leslie Jeon on Sep 2, 2021 in
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Let me paint a picture for you: the new season is approaching, you sit down to fill out your content calendar with some exciting new recipes… and your mind goes blank. Nada. Zilch. 😱

Let’s be real — we’ve all been there!

As food bloggers and content creators, it can sometimes feel really overwhelming to come up with new recipe ideas time and time again. So what do you do when you need to hit publish on a new post but can’t think of anything?

To help you out, let’s explore some of the unique ways you can find inspiration for recipes and get those creative juices flowing again.

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User Controlled Analytics: The 3 Most Important Types of Analytics in Your First Year of Blogging

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by Alexa @ FBP on Aug 20, 2021 in
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Analytics: The discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data.

Google Analytics is a funny thing. On one hand, it’s a powerful (free!) tool that offers you seemingly limitless data about your blog. On the other hand, it has the potential to be a huge distraction and an emotional roller coaster, as your mood directly reflects the ups and downs of your blog’s traffic.

If you’re new to blogging I recommend that one of the first things you do is install Google Analytics so it can start collecting data right away. After that, however, I’d do whatever you can to check it as little as possible for the first year of blogging.

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New Course: Yoast SEO

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by Leslie Jeon on Jul 22, 2021 in ,
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Guess what? One of our most popular courses just got a makeover! And it’s a must-watch course if you’re focusing on increasing your blog’s traffic.

That’s right — I’m talking about our Yoast SEO course.

As I’m sure you know, things change rapidly in the online world, and WordPress plugins are no exception. The Yoast SEO plugin has changed quite a bit since we last recorded this course, so we wanted to share a brand-new version for all of our Food Blogger Pro members.

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New Course: Google Search Console

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by Leslie Jeon on Jul 15, 2021 in ,
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Hey hey, party people! Do I have an announcement for you…

We just updated our course all about Google Search Console! 🎉

Bjork originally created this course to give you a fundamental understanding of this essential tool, and he covers how to navigate the reports, understand errors, and make changes to strengthen your site’s presence on Google.

And today, we just added a brand-new lesson all about Page Experience and Core Web Vitals.

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Most Popular Ad Networks for Food Bloggers (2023)

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by Leslie Jeon on Jul 8, 2021 in ,
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As a food blogger, ads can be a great way to diversify your blogging income. Your site will earn revenue simply when readers visit a page on your site that has an ad — hello, passive income! 👋

However, you don’t necessarily want to be the person working directly with advertisers to get ads enabled on your site, and that’s where ad networks come in. Ad networks make it incredibly simple for website owners to add, track, monitor, and tweak website ads.

In this post, we’re going to dive deep into the wonderful world of ads, as well as some of the most popular ad networks for food bloggers. Let’s get into it!

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Best Photo Size for a Food Blog

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by Alexa @ FBP on Jul 1, 2021 in , ,
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One of the most common questions we get from food bloggers is something along the lines of, “How big should the images on my site be?”

It’s not too surprising –– you know that phrase, “You eat with your eyes”? Great photos are an essential part of any successful food blog, so it makes sense that bloggers are concerned with making sure that the photos on their sites are on their sites are the right size for their posts, Google, and site speed.

Image size may seem like a simple enough topic, but it’s actually a bit more nuanced than you may think!

So let’s dive into the beautiful world of food photo sizing.

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How to Use the Yoast FAQ Block

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by Alexa @ FBP on Jun 10, 2021 in
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Yoast SEO is one of the most powerful SEO plugins in the wonderful world of WordPress sites, and an incredibly powerful (and likely underutilized!) feature of the plugin is their FAQ block.

This WordPress block allows you to easily add FAQs (or questions and answers) to your blog posts and pages.

We’ve gotten a lot of questions about the FAQ block on the Food Blogger Pro forums over these past few months, so this blog post will serve as a handy-dandy deep-dive into the ins and outs of using this helpful feature.

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7 Mindsets to Combat Blogger Burnout

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by Leslie Jeon on Jun 3, 2021 in
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If you’ve been blogging for a while, chances are you’ve experienced burnout.

Because when you’re living that solopreneur life, the process of starting and growing your blog can get overwhelming. The countless tasks, to-dos, and responsibilities can really add up over time, leading to a sense of fatigue and overwhelm.

And when those feelings of burnout hit, it can feel really easy to throw in the towel and get discouraged.

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