Staying motivated, avoiding mistakes, and refreshing old content with Olena Osipov.

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Welcome to episode 172 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Olena Osipov from iFOODreal about the importance of dreaming big in order to grow your blog.

Dreaming Big

Your goals, dreams, and aspirations shape the direction in which you take your business and blog, and Olena's journey is a great example of that. You'll learn how she stayed motivated and encouraged through all of the ups and downs of blogging and how she managed to take her blog full-time.

Olena is living the dream, and she talks all about how she did it in this episode!

In this episode, Olena shares:

• What it was like to move from Ukraine to Canada
• How she decided to start her blog
• How she stayed motivated
• How to keep going and connect with others
• What her biggest mistake was
• How she saw 75% growth in traffic
• SEO recommendations she received
• Why updating old recipes was so helpful

Resources:

• Unsplash
• iFOODreal
• Pat Flynn
• 053: Pat Flynn's Tips for Building Online Businesses That Fly
• 097: How to Create a Full-Time Income from Blogging Using The Egg Carton Method with Bjork Ostrom
• 093: How Finding a Niche Transformed a Business with Meggan Hill from Culinary Hill
• 132: Perfecting Your Story and Your Brand with Laurie Buckle
• 091: Optimizing Recipes for SEO with Joost De Valk from Yoast SEO
• Google Ads Keyword Planner
• Google Trends
• Ahrefs
• Moz
• 133: Optimizing Your Food Blog's SEO with Casey Markee
• 136: Optimizing for Search Results on Google and Pinterest with Raquel Smith
• Tasty Recipes
• Nutrifox
• Tasty Pins
• Follow Olena on Facebook and Instagram

If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to [email protected].

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