Photography, blogging as a career, and finding balance with Ali Martin.

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Welcome to episode 175 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, we're rewinding back to episode #24 with Ali Martin from Gimme Some Oven.

How to Find Balance in Blogging

Every once in a while, we like to rewind back to a past episode of the Food Blogger Pro Podcast, and this one is a good one. It's one of our most popular episodes, and while a lot has changed since this episode aired in December 2015, a lot of what Ali talks about is as important as ever.

We're so excited about this FBP Rewind episode because the advice that Ali gives in this interview is timeless. She talks about important self-care tips, following your passions, and how she grows her blog every day.

In this episode, Ali shares:

• How she stumbled upon the idea for a blog & got started
• What motivated her to keep blogging when she didn't even know she could make money with a blog
• Her tips for white photography
• When she quit her job to be a blogger full-time, and how long she thinks she'll be doing it
• What she does to continue to grow her blog every day
• How she uses the Google Keyword Planner to get post ideas
• Why she surveys her readers every year
• Her best advice for new and experienced bloggers

Resources:

• Food Blogger Pro enrollment opens on Thursday, November 8! Join at foodbloggerpro.com
• Gimme Some Oven
• 016: How Elise Bauer Built Simply Recipes and Recovered from a 70% Drop in Traffic
• White Balance Eyedropper Tutorial
• Google Keyword Tool (note - this link will only work if you have an AdWords account set up)
• Gimme Some Oven on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram
• Ira Glass quote on creative work
• foodbloggerpro.com/one

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

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