As a food blogger, you want to continue to grow to reach more people with your blog.  But have you ever considered if your blog is ready for growth? Keep listening to learn how you can make sure your blog is ready for an increase in traffic and for growth. 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• Be ready for comments and email increases
• Be proactive about site speed and hosting
• Make your website easy to navigate
• Have an easy to find email opt in

Resources:

How to Double Your Pageviews with User Experience 

Quick Email Opt In Ideas for Q4

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

If you've ever taken a break or a vacation from your business then you know that it can be incredibly overwhelming to come back and try to get back into the swing of things. In today's episode I'm going to share how you can come back from a break to your business or your blog without overwhelm. 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• Plan your content
• Plan your projects
• Decide on your priorities
• Redefine your ideal week

Resources: 

How to Plan for Time Away from Your Business (and How I Prepared for My Maternity Leave)

Creating Your Ideal Week

Connect with Madison

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

User experience is incredibly important as a food blogger. If you want the people who are coming to your website randomly from Google, to pay attention, then user experience is how you do that.  Today I am sharing how user experience helps you to attract your ideal audience and how you can increase your traffic by focusing on your website user experience. 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• What does user experience mean?
• What are three things that can be done to improve user experience?
• How can improving user experience increase your traffic?

Connect with Christina & Corinne

Website | Facebook | Instagram

Connect with Madison

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

One of my favorite productivity tips is all about planning ahead for success and creating your ideal week. I’m not going to lie, I’m nerding out a little bit out having this conversation around creating your ideal week. Creating an ideal week for my business has been probably the reason that I have been able to juggle so many things in my personal and business life.

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• What is an ideal week? 
• How to know when to reevaluate
• Getting back on track

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

Being strategic when it comes to content creation often means working smarter not harder. That’s exactly what you can do when you use these tips to get more out of your popular content! By using content that has already performed well you can double down on what’s already working. Stay tuned to hear how you can get more out of your popular content. 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• Repurposing your content
• Using popular content for more ideas
• Turning your popular content into resources

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

Let’s talk about categories! One of the conversations I always seem to have with my clients is around how to properly use categories to organize their blog. In this episode, we discuss the importance of categories, how many you should have, and what to do if you’ve never considered your categories before. 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• How to organize your categories
• How many categories do you need? 
• Fully fill out your category pages
• How to fix old categories

Resources

Figuring Out Your Niche as a Food Blogger

What Should Be on the Homepage of Your Food Blog

How to Customize Your Recipe Index

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

We completed our website redesign a few weeks ago and in today’s episode I’m sharing what I learned throughout the process. I hope this episode is a unique behind the scenes look at what it’s like to redesign your website, even when you are someone who knows what they are doing throughout this process! 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• Strategy is the core of the redesign process
• Having others involved in the process makes the results better
• There is value in the process - not just rhe results
• There is always more work to do than you realize when redesigning
• You probably need a redesign sooner than you think you do

Resources:

Episode 94 - What is the ROI of a new website

Episode 110 - Our Web Design Process

Episode 117 - Questions you should ask before hiring a web designer

Episode 134 - Is it time to rebrand?

You can also check out some of the podcast interviews where we have interviewed past clients and they have shared their experiences of redesigning! 

Episode 108 with Kate Ramos

Episode 130 with Liz Marino

Episode 135 with Allie Doran

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

One of the exciting parts about Quarter 4 as a food blogger is the increase in your traffic which means a new audience you can draw in! The best way to do this is by having a clear and strategic freebie to capture that audience. I’m sharing some quick to put together opt in ideas for you to utilize this Q4 and capture more of that new audience! 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• Why you need an email opt in for Q4
• Capturing your ideal audience
• 10 examples of freebies for food bloggers
• What to do after Q4

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

It can sometimes feel like having a niche could put you in a box or limit your creativity as a food blogger. But what if it was the key to opening up a flood of ideas and opportunities for your business? Today I’m chatting with a food blogger who accidentally fell into a niche that has led to selling thousands of cookbooks and led to millions of people making her very specialized recipes. 

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• Discovering your niche
• Niching down further
• Investing in a custom website

Connect with Allie

Website | Instagram | Pinterest | TikTok

Connect with Madison

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

Sizzling Summer Camp - Q4 Challenge

Have you ever wondered if it’s the right time to rebrand? If your logo has felt stale or it’s been a while since you’ve worked with a designer to create your branding, it may be time to consider a rebrand! Today I’ll share some of the reasons our clients reach out to us to rebrand and redesign their branding for their food blog. If some of these resonate with you, it may be time to consider a rebrand!

In this episode, I'll cover: 

• If your logo feels stale or outdated
• If you've never gone through a brand strategy process
• If you're feeling disconnected from your audience
• If your branding is inconsistent across platforms

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Web Design for Food Bloggers

Sizzling Summer Camp - Q4 Challenge