Adding content for the sake of adding content has long been a bad idea. When someone comes to your website looking for a recipe, don't go on a 5-paragraph rant about your weekend and mother in law ...
Monetizing Content
Food Blogger Income: Personal Chefs
Running a food blog is in simple terms, just another small business. Like all businesses, food blogs should have multiple income streams. Not only does this earn you more money each month, it ...
Disclosures for Food Bloggers
Food bloggers that take compensation (in any form) for promoting content are legally obligated to disclose it. This can include: moneyfree productsfree trials or subscriptionsquid pro quo ...
Paywalled Recipe Posts
A popular avenue for large, long-established editorial sites is to create a paywall for their content. A paywall is a feature that blocks visitors from accessing content on your site (like a wall), ...
Foodie Rates for Recipe Development, Sponsored Posts
A common question we get is: How do I set rates for my freelance work? The all-encompassing answer is: whatever the market will pay. We'll address the issue of creating sponsored posts for a ...
When should I start using ads?
Broadly speaking, we don't recommend adding ads until you qualify for Mediavine or AdThrive. Why? The pay out just isn't worth it. While it can be enticing to think you can start to "cover ...
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Here’s a Holiday Gift Idea: Why Not Publish a Food Blog Cookbook?
Have you made your Christmas shopping list yet? Let me guess. Golf balls for Dad? A new pair of kicks for hubby? Maybe a Sephora gift card for your best friend? Yeah. Okay. Maybe that's ...
How to get started selling online with WooCommerce
This is a guest post from Michelle Martello from Minima Designs. She's your gal when it comes to digital strategy for modern entrepreneurs! Running a blog or other type of online business? At some ...
Six Ethical Ways to Earn Money With Someone Else’s WordPress Themes
Building a WordPress theme takes a lot of work. It's not just the designing and the coding – it's setting up a shop where you can sell your themes, promoting them, managing an affiliate program, ...
Monetize This: 3 Things To Know Before Selling Sponsored Content
With the recent news about Facebook allowing verified pages to publish sponsored content, you're probably wondering if it's something you can offer for yourself. If you're thinking about how you can ...
How to Craft a Sponsored Post Without Seeming Inauthentic
Working with brands to create sponsored posts is a great way to bring in extra income with your blog. But writing these posts in a way that seems completely genuine can feel like quite the ...
The Kick-Butt Blogger’s Guide to Boosting Earnings Through Brand Collaborations
You absolutely love working on your blog, and take pride in the content that you produce. But if you could still feel that way and pull in some extra cash while you're at it? Well, I think you'd be ...