If "get better at SEO" is on your to-do list, you need a plan. In this episode, we are going over 5 things you can do right now to increase your knowledge of search, create a better experience for your users and make better-informed decisions for your blog and the content you produce.

In this episode:

• Speed things up.
• Update old content.
• Invest in a keyword tool
• Implement a linking strategy.
• Audit your categories.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• 6 Quick Wins for Site Speed
• Increase Your Traffic Through Keyword Research with Ty Kilgore
• RankIQ
• Linking best practices from Google
• Organizing your categories

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Work with Grace + Vine in 2023:

• All Design Services
• Web Design for Food Bloggers
• Food Blogger Support Package

Curious how you can go from "good" photos to impactful photos? In our episode today, Dyutima Jha shares how a great food photography process creates impactful photos to grow your food blog! This is one you don't want to miss.

In this episode:

• The phases of your food photography process
• Impactful photos vs good photos
• Preparing for the pre-production phase
• Time wasters in the food photography process
• Energy efficiency during your photoshoots
• Photo misses that could be hurting their page views

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Dyutima's 10 Step Photoshoot Guide

Connect with Madison

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Connect with Dyutima

Instagram | My Food Lens Podcast

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dyutima_myfoodlens/?hl=en Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/myfoodlens Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/dyutima_myfoodlens/

Work with Grace + Vine in 2023:

• All Design Services
• Web Design for Food Bloggers
• Food Blogger Support Package

Prioritizing CEO time is the key to being more intentional about the time you spend working on your business instead of staying stuck in the day to day work of developing recipes and writing blog posts. In today's episode I'm sharing 5 ways you should spend your CEO time.

In this episode:

• Pause and check in
• Financial To Do's
• Metrics
• Goal Setting, Planning or Executing
• Education

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• 3 Things to Do For CEO Time
• How to Schedule More CEO Time
• Setting SMART Goals for Your Blog

Connect with Madison

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Work with Grace + Vine in 2023:

• All Design Services
• Web Design for Food Bloggers
• Food Blogger Support Package

At some point as your blog grows, you will likely run out of capacity to do all the things. Even if you have the time to do them, it's unrealistic to do everything that is needed for running a food blog. Learn the unique ways you could grow a team to support you!

In this episode we'll cover different "departments" of growing a team:

• Operations
• Content
• Project Based
• Personal/Other

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Lessons from Managing a Team and Two Food Blogs with Christine Pittman
• Knowing Your Audience and Outsourcing as Your Business Grows with Liz Marino
• Building Your Website Team with Andrew Wilder
• Which Position to Hire First with Emily Perron
• Unusual Ways to Outsource Parts of Your Blog

Connect with Madison

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Work with Grace + Vine in 2023:

• All Design Services
• Web Design for Food Bloggers
• Food Blogger Support Package

Whether you are considering DIYing a website redesign or you plan to work with a web designer, these key things can be helpful to do before you begin that process!

In this episode we'll cover:

• Setting goals for your business
• Content Audit
• Category Audit
• Creating Content
• Research Features on Other Blogs/Websites

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Setting SMART Goals
• My Blog Growth Plan 2023
• Organizing Your Blog Categories

Connect with Madison

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Work with Grace + Vine in 2023:

• All Design Services
• Web Design for Food Bloggers
• Food Blogger Support Package

Learn how to set SMART goals so you can maximize the results you are getting to grow your food blog.

In this episode we'll cover:

• Why Goal Setting is Important
• The SMART acronym
• Make sure your goals are specific
• Measurable goals
• Make your goal achievable and realistic
• Add a relevant action to your goal
• Add time to the goal

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Setting Quarterly and Monthly Goals
• Setting Weekly Goals
• Setting Daily Priorities

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Work with Grace + Vine in 2023:

• All Design Services
• Web Design for Food Bloggers
• Food Blogger Support Package

Getting caught up in the day-to-day tasks of running a food blog can distract you from spending time deliberately working ON your business. That time on your business, or CEO time, can be the key to long term success and growth.

In this episode we discuss:

• How to schedule in time regularly
• Creating a plan for your time
• Habit stacking
• Finding smaller pockets of time

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Blogger to CEO Content
• 3 Things Food Bloggers Need to Do On Every CEO Day

Connect with Madison

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

Food Blogger Support Package

If you want to learn how to create more high quality content for your food blog, without losing your sanity and burning out in the process, this episode is for you! With more high quality content on your website, you have higher chances of ranking on Google and reaching more of your ideal readers.

In This Episode I Cover:

• Updating old content
• Work through backlog
• Looking for hidden treasures
• Batch working
• Turn off distractions
• Reuse parts of the whole
• Outsourcing

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Unusual Ways to Outsource Parts of Your Food Blog
• Building Your Website Team
• How to Save Time with Batching Tasks

Connect with Madison

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

Food Blogger Support Package

With the beginning of the year right around the corner, it's time to start thinking about your blog growth plan for the new year. When setting goals, having a clear action plan to reach those is so important. Today I'm pulling back the curtain to share a behind the scenes look at my own blog growth plan for next year and tips on how you can create yours!

In This Episode:

• Optimizing Content
• Creating Content
• Hiring Team Members
• Blog Promotion
• Tips for creating your own plan

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• How to Manage Your Blog Post Projects with Asana
• 5 SOPs Your Blog Needs ASAP
• Goal Setting for Food Bloggers

Connect with Madison

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

Food Blogger Support Package

If you're looking for a tool that can help you streamline your blog and help you support your team as you grow it, then SOPs are that tool. SOPs are standard operating procedures that help you to do things the same way each time. In today's episode we'll discuss why those SOPs are super useful whether you have a team or not, how to document them and the top 5 SOPs to get started.

In this episode, I'll cover:

• What is an SOP?
• How do you document one?
• 5 SOPs bloggers should start with

Resources:

The Standards and Systems Your Food Blog Needs

Blogger to CEO episodes of The Vine Podcast

Instagram | Website

Show Notes | Podcast Updates

Web Design for Food Bloggers