Trends in site speed, how to publish trendy content on your blog, using hashtags on Pinterest, and creating a patterned Instagram grid.

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Welcome to episode 213 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, you'll learn about tips for optimizing your site speed, how Lindsay publishes trendy content, and how to share smarter on social media.

Trends

This week on the podcast, we're focusing on trends, and you'll hear tips from three experts on site speed, blogging, and social media.

First, Andrew from NerdPress will talk about trends in site speed, and he'll share his photo size recommendations, his favorite plugins, information about caching, and more.

Then Lindsay from Pinch of Yum talks about how she publishes relevant content for her readers and how she stays on top of food trends.

And last, Abby, Food Blogger Pro and Pinch of Yum's Social Media Manager will talk about some of the trends we're seeing on social media, namely hashtags on Pinterest and then Instagram pattern grids.

It's a great episode, and we can't wait for you to dive in. Enjoy!

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why site speed matters for bloggers
• How caching works
• What lazy loading is
• What the latest image size recommendation is
• How Lindsay approaches creating "trendy" content
• How hashtags work on Pinterest
• What Pinch of Yum uses to share content to Pinterest
• How we're customizing the Food Blogger Pro Instagram grid

Resources:

• Google Trends
• WP Rocket
• a3 Lazy Load
• ShortPixel
• 188: Optimizing Your Website's Images with Simon Duduica
• NerdPress
• Tailwind
• Food Blogger Pro Deals
• Tasty Pins
• Follow Food Blogger Pro on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter

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