This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my full disclosure policy Why Food Blogger Pro? Blogging is a tough business. It just is. Before starting you have grand dreams of buying the perfect domain name, website theme, a nice camera and you'll dazzle the world with your amazing recipes. Oh, and a cookbook is on the horizon too! I know many of you are laughing right now because you know it's so much more than that. There are several blogging courses on the market and it's Continue reading

The Simple Pin podcast has grown so much this year. We started the year with around 600 downloads on the day it goes live and now we're up to over 1200! In total, since inception, we're at 300,000 downloads! Thank you so much for all your support, sharing and tuning in to the Pinterest marketing tips I share each week. I did a little digging and created a list of the top five Simple Pin podcasts from 2017 based on number of downloads. But after looking deeper I realized the episodes answered Continue reading

I keep seeing the emails, Facebook Live videos, and 'gurus' who declare that Email marketing is dead! People don't open their emails so just stop focusing on that as a marketing strategy. I'm not sure what these people are doing, but for me, email marketing is very much alive and helping me to grow my business. Here's how it's alive and how I'm doing it. This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my full disclosure policy. First, my email list has a purpose. I'm not just Continue reading

I am so excited to let you all know that I will be speaking at Build Your Blog Conference again in February on How to Make Pinterest work for YOU. I'll be teaching all about how to create a strategy that fits you and your Pinterest marketing. Last year, I spoke on digging deep in Pinterest and so many of you attended they had to close the doors to my classroom! What I loved most about BYBC is that it hit on all levels of blogging. If you were a newbie, there was a place and topics for you Continue reading

Last year, Nicole Culver of Blissful Eats started the Food Entrepreneur Summit to help bloggers move forward in their business. To help move them out of the space of overwhelm and in to the place of productivity. The summit brought together a host of powerful speakers that could teach on topics bloggers needed to know more about. Conferences are an important tool in growing your business both personally and professionally. They give you content, information and provide the opportunity for Continue reading

Scheduling Pins For the last year I've been consulting with business owners in all stages of Pinterest marketing -- newbie, advanced, and totally confused. We start out discussing where they have been, where they are going, evaluating their boards and how to develop a streamlined strategy that not only boosts their page views but doesn't require them to spend hours in front of the computer. When we get to the strategy part most people ask these questions: How do I create a workflow for Continue reading