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| How To Stop Being The Bottleneck In Your Business | 27 Aug 2024 | 00:24:54 | |
In this episode: Do you ever feel like there are not enough hours in the day to get everything you need to get done? Maybe you decide to hire an assistant, thinking that will solve all of your problems! But now you have a bigger problem. Now you have to give your assistants tasks and feedback and now you have more on your plate. If you have ever found yourself in this position, you have been the bottleneck in your business. Today I’m going to unpack a few ways to untangle this web and help create a more seamless experience for you and your team.
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Related Episodes: Episode 101: The Standard and Systems Your Food Blog Needs With Jillian Dolberry Episode 147: How to Create More Content
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| Creative Ways to Showcase Social Proof | 06 Aug 2024 | 00:23:26 | |
In this episode: What is social proof? Essentially it’s the trust that a reader has in your blog or recipe because they’ve seen other people like it. Social proof is really important these days because of how much other social proof is out there already between Amazon reviews, restaurant reviews, etc. If you’ve been wondering the best way to showcase social proof on your blog, listen in for these creative ways you can share your readers feedback and engagement on your blog!
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Related Episodes: Episode 194: 3 Quick Wins for E-E-A-T Connect With Madison Instagram | Website | Show Notes Work with Grace + Vine in 2024: | |||
| Is Your Blog Ready for Growth? | 23 Apr 2024 | 00:18:45 | |
In this episode: 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? Listen in to hear the things you might not have considered that you can prepare for before your blog's growth feels out of control. In this episode:
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| 100: The Reader Journey Through Your Food Blog | 04 Jan 2022 | 00:17:25 | |
As a web designer, I spend a lot of time imagining and studying how users behave on websites. User experience and how a user moves through a website is so important to understand as a food blogger. So in today’s 100th episode, we are going to talk about your reader’s journey through your food blog. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 099: Building Your Website Team with Andrew Wilder | 21 Dec 2021 | 00:37:58 | |
Today we chat about building your website team and what you need to know when you are building that team to manage your website. We talk about building a team for your website and thinking like a CEO. Join us for this fun and casual conversation! In this episode, I'll cover:
Connect with Madison Instagram | Website | Show Notes Connect with Andrew | |||
| 098: The Key Ingredient to Your Brand Strategy | 14 Dec 2021 | 00:17:51 | |
Have you ever wondered which part of your brand strategy is the most important? Is it the main font in your logo? Or your color palette? Is it your website design? Today I’m sharing the key ingredient to your brand strategy! In this episode, I'll cover:
Instagram | Website | Show Notes Resources: How to Connect More with Your Audience Three Days to Discover Who Your Audience is | |||
| 097: Time Management: Setting Weekly Goals | 07 Dec 2021 | 00:18:45 | |
Do you ever get to the end of the week and wonder what you even accomplished? In today’s time management episode we’re going to chat about why setting weekly goals is so important and how you can get started setting weekly goals and managing your time, so that you can be more productive and reach those bigger goals you have in mind for your food blog. In this episode, I'll cover:
Instagram | Website | Show Notes Resources: Time Management for Food Bloggers: Save Time with Time Tracking | |||
| 096: Lessons from Managing a Team and Two Food Blogs with Christine Pittman | 30 Nov 2021 | 00:51:08 | |
If you have ever wondered how some food bloggers manage to run not one but two food blogs at once, and what all this requires behind the scenes, you are not going to want to miss today’s episode. I sat down with Christine Pittman, of Cook the Story and The Cookful, to discuss lessons learned from running two blogs, the team behind this, and her journey on this incredible feat. Plus, Christine tells us about her experience working with us on website design for her two very unique blogs. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 095: Why Does Strategy Matter for Branding? | 23 Nov 2021 | 00:16:54 | |
Around here we talk a LOT about how much strategy impacts your branding. But have you ever wondered why it matters? In this episode I’m digging into why strategy is an essential part of our branding process! In this episode, I'll cover:
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| What is the ROI of a New Website? | 09 Nov 2021 | 00:18:44 | |
When you are considering a big investment in your business, like redesigning your website, you might ask yourself what you’re going to get out of this experience. For some investments, there is a financial ROI that you will see directly as a result of something you do in your business. For others, the results may be more intangible. Let’s talk about what to expect in terms of ROI with a new website. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 093: How to Decide On Big Investments for Your Blog | 02 Nov 2021 | 00:18:11 | |
It is super easy to get shiny object syndrome when it comes to investing in your blog. At the stage you are at in your business, it’s not surprising that you have probably made big investments before in your business over the years. When one comes up, it’s helpful to have a system around how you can decide if it is the right choice to make right now. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 092: Time Management: Creating Your Ideal Week | 19 Oct 2021 | 00:19:11 | |
One of my favorite productivity tips is all about planning ahead for success. If I had to attribute one productivity tool for the reason that I have been able to handle juggling so many things in my personal and business life, it is definitely the concept of planning your ideal week. Today’s episode will help you to figure out what anchors you need to have every week in order to make real progress on your goals. In this episode, I'll cover:
Resources: Time Management for Food Bloggers: Save Time with Time Tracking | |||
| 091: 3 Things Food Bloggers Need to Do On Every CEO Day | 12 Oct 2021 | 00:18:05 | |
Are you carving out time regularly to work ON your business instead of in it? This is what I refer to as a CEO day and in todays episode I’ll share 3 things every food blogger needs to be doing on every CEO day. In this episode, I'll cover:
Resources: Start Thinking Like the CEO of Your Food Blog | |||
| Monetizing Your Expertise Through Digital Products | 09 Apr 2024 | 00:39:52 | |
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Connect With Madison Instagram | Website | Show Notes Connect With Jillian Instagram | Website | MiloTree Cart Work with Grace + Vine in 2024: | |||
| 090: How to Take Your Food Blog to the Next Level | 06 Oct 2021 | 00:16:20 | |
As an ambitious food blogger, I know you have big dreams and goals for your business. Sometimes it’s hard to know how exactly to take your blog to that next level so today that’s exactly what we are talking about. In this episode, I'll cover:
Resources: >> Sign up for the Food Blogger Summit! << Start Thinking Like the CEO of Your Food Blog | |||
| 089: How to Turn Your Q4 Visitors into Fans | 28 Sep 2021 | 00:17:11 | |
Every year when I was focused on my food blog, I would see an increase in traffic and email subscribers toward the end of the year, followed by a huge drop in January. While some of this is normal, there is a lesson to be learned here. How can you turn your Q4 visitors from random pageviews to raving fans? Today I share a few ways to make this happen. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 088: How to Prep Your Content for Q4 | 21 Sep 2021 | 00:13:55 | |
As a food blogger, content planning is the most important part of your Q4 strategy. Today, you're going to learn in four easy steps how you can prepare your content to maximize the results for your food blog in Q4. Whether this is your third or fifth or 10th Q4 as a food blogger, you can always be more strategic every year. In this episode, I'll cover:
Resources: How to Strategically Plan Your Content 5 Tips for Easier Content Planning Interview with Ty Kilgore: SEO Keyword Research | |||
| 087: 4 Ways to Prep Your Food Blog for Q4 | 14 Sep 2021 | 00:17:58 | |
Today’s episode is going to help get you caught up to speed and ready for the biggest quarter of the year for most food bloggers. I’m chatting about 4 ways you can prep your website to get ready for quarter 4! In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 086: Start Thinking Like the CEO of Your Food Blog | 31 Aug 2021 | 00:15:25 | |
As you up level your food blog it’s important to start thinking more like a CEO and less like “just a blogger”. Today we’re talking about how you can start thinking like a CEO to truly take your blog to the next level. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 085: Time Management for Food Bloggers: Save Time with Time Tracking | 24 Aug 2021 | 00:21:21 | |
Today we’re talking about time management and specifically how you can potentially save hours of time working on your food blog by conducting a time tracking experiment. This is one of the things I love to do often to reset where my time is going and make sure I’m making the most of the limited work time I have. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 084: Ask Me Anything! | 17 Aug 2021 | 00:26:59 | |
Today's episode is the first of hopefully many, where I take feedback from you as a listener, and answer specific questions that you requested I answer. Get ready to cover several fun topics and learn a lot! In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 083: Nurturing Your Email List with Allea Grummert | 10 Aug 2021 | 00:34:05 | |
Have you ever wanted to make a killer first impression with your email subscribers with a welcome and nurture sequence that helps to build brand loyalty and optimize traffic to your food blog? Today, I interview Allie Grummert, an Email Marketing Strategist and Conversion Copywriter, who shares how to grow your food blog subscriber list with a welcome and nurture sequence that will translate into more traffic to your blog. In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 082: 4 Surefire Ways to Know It's Time for a New Website | 03 Aug 2021 | 00:20:42 | |
There are a lot of things to consider when redesigning your website, but the very first thing is, is it the right time? I’m breaking down the most common reasons clients come to us to redesign their website and the surefire ways to know it’s time to redesign. In this episode, I'll cover:
Episode 40: How to Know It's Time for a New Website Design | |||
| 081: Increase Your Traffic Through Keyword Research with Ty Kilgore | 27 Jul 2021 | 00:52:01 | |
If you have been a blogger for a while, you know how important Search Engine Optimization is to be able to grow your blog (and business!). Today, we talk with Ty Kilgore, founder and CEO of Everything Digital Marketing, to cover all things SEO, and beyond! In this episode, I'll cover:
Connect with Ty: Everything Digital Marketing on IG | Everything Digital Marketing Connect with Madison: | |||
| Helpful Things to do Before a Redesign | 19 Mar 2024 | 00:26:38 | |
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| 080: 5 Tips for Easier Content Planning | 20 Jul 2021 | 00:19:13 | |
If the idea of planning your content is daunting, this episode is going to share some ideas for how you can create a content planning system that works for you and will help you to plan your content for the next month or quarter! In this episode, I'll cover:
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| Keep People On Your Website Longer | 13 Jul 2021 | 00:20:23 | |
Have you ever wondered how you can keep visitors on your website longer? Maybe you have heard that this should be a goal you have, but do not fully understand the reasons behind it. Join me for this discussion that you do not want to miss! In this episode, I'll cover:
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| 078: The Importance of Brand Messaging | 06 Jul 2021 | 00:23:08 | |
If you’ve ever wondered how to describe your blog to someone or wanted to help others spread the word for you, discovering your brand messaging is essential. Brand messaging is the language you use and communicate to your readers that helps them get it If you aren’t feeling super clear about your brand messaging or how to convey the heart behind your blog, this episode is for you. In this episode we'll cover:
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| 077: Get More Traffic from Pinterest with Kate Ahl | 29 Jun 2021 | 00:38:42 | |
If you have been trying to gain traction on Pinterest but haven’t been getting the pin discovery you’ve been after, you have come to the right place! In today’s episode, Kate Ahl of Simple Pin Media, joins me for a conversation around the top Pinterest mistakes you might be making and how you can fix them. In this episode, I'll cover:
Connect with Kate: Simple Pin Media | Simple Pin Media on Instagram | KateAhl.com Connect with Madison: | |||
| Organize Your Blog Categories | 22 Jun 2021 | 00:20:47 | |
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:
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| Increase Pages per Visit | 15 Jun 2021 | 00:22:05 | |
As a food blogger, I can almost guarantee one of your goals is to increase your traffic. Often we think about getting NEW users to your site. But what about the ones that are already visiting? In this episode, I'll cover how to: * Get into the head of your reader * Make it easy to see related posts and/or links * Make sure the structure of your website is set up properly | |||
| 074: How to Pay Yourself As a Food Blogger | 23 Mar 2021 | 00:16:49 | |
In today's episode, I'm going to be talking about a subject that makes a lot of people really uncomfortable, which is money. More importantly, I'm going to be talking about how you can pay yourself as a food blogger and how you can really make this a priority going forward. As you are structuring your business and really looking forward at what you want your food blog to do for you and your family and how ultimately you can start paying yourself or start paying yourself more. In this episode, we'll cover:
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| 073: How to Do a Quarterly Review for Your Food Blog | 16 Mar 2021 | 00:18:42 | |
Reviewing your goals for your blog is so important to making sure that the hard work you’re putting into your blog is working. Setting aside some time to do this every quarter is a great way to make sure you’re routinely auditing your efforts. In this episode I’ll share what you should be reviewing on a quarterly basis to make sure your blog is staying on track! In this episode we'll cover:
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| 072: Rethinking Your Homepage | 09 Mar 2021 | 00:28:55 | |
In today's episode I'm sharing how important your homepage is for your food blog and how you can strategically plan what should go on it. The homepage of a food blog is often overlooked but it can be a huge key to turning random page views into raving fans! In this episode, we'll cover:
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| What You Need to Know About Gutenberg | 23 Feb 2021 | 00:14:29 | |
Have you started using the Gutenberg editor on WordPress yet? If you haven’t or you have no idea what it is, today’s episode will help! I’m sharing what you need to know about Gutenberg, when you need to switch, and how it’s revolutionizing the way people are blogging. In this episode we'll cover:
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| Five Ways to Spend CEO Time | 12 Mar 2024 | 00:27:41 | |
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| 5 Helpful Tips to Include In Your Blog Posts | 16 Feb 2021 | 00:17:33 | |
Sometimes getting started with a blog post is the hardest part! Often bloggers are trying to reinvent the wheel every time they sit down to write a post, instead of having a basic outline they follow every time. In today’s episode, I’m sharing 5 helpful tips you can include in your blog posts to provide more value for your reader and showcase your expertise. In this episode we'll cover:
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| How to Make Blog Posts Longer | 09 Feb 2021 | 00:18:36 | |
Have you ever struggled with making your blog posts longer, without just adding fluff to them? In today’s episode, I’ll share some easy ways you can make your blog posts longer to make them more engaging and help your readers stick around longer! In this episode we'll cover:
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| 11 Call to Action Ideas For Your Blog Posts | 02 Feb 2021 | 00:17:34 | |
Having the right call to action can be the key to growing your email list, increasing your page views, and pretty much every other goal you may have for your blog! First, you need to understand how a call to action should work on your blog and then can experiment with these 11 ideas for calls to action on your blog! In this episode we'll cover:
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| Consume Less, Create More: Screen Time Tips for Entrepreneurs | 26 Jan 2021 | 00:26:56 | |
Do you feel constantly pulled back onto your phone for work but want to distance yourself from more screen time? It can feel like a never ending cycle to try to reduce your screen time, without reducing your engagement on social platforms that require you to be active on them. Let’s chat about how you can realistically reduce your screen time and focus more on creating content, rather than consuming it. In this episode we'll cover:
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| What You Need to Know Before Starting a Podcast for Your Blog | 19 Jan 2021 | 00:27:54 | |
Podcasting is one of the fastest-growing platforms for content and isn’t slowing down. You may have wondered if starting a podcast could be a good move for your blog. In today’s episode, I’ll share a few things you need to know before starting a podcast and a few tips on getting started with podcasting! In this episode we'll cover:
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| How to Create a Vision for Your Blog | 12 Jan 2021 | 00:26:41 | |
Do you have a vision for your blog in the next year, five years or even ten years? For a lot of online business owners, we can get so caught up in the day to day work that we can forget to look towards the future and where we are going. In today’s episode, we’ll talk about how to create a vision for your blog so that you can be more intentional with the tasks you are doing today to grow your blog. In this episode we'll cover:
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| How to Revive a Stale Blog | 05 Jan 2021 | 00:13:07 | |
Are you feeling unmotivated or unproductive when it comes to your blog? Maybe you’re feeling out of shape when it comes to creating content and publishing new recipes on your blog. Whatever reason your blog has fallen stale, in this episode, I’ll be sharing a few ways that you can revive a blog that feels stale! In this episode we'll cover:
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| 5 Tips for Easier Content Planning | 29 Dec 2020 | 00:17:32 | |
If the idea of planning your content is daunting, this episode is going to share some ideas for how you can create a content planning system that works for you and will help you to plan your content for the next month or quarter! In this episode we'll cover:
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| Strategies to Connect With Your Audience | 22 Dec 2020 | 00:20:50 | |
If you’ve ever wondered how you can create meaningful connections with your audience, you’re not alone! No matter what level of traffic you have, you have probably felt like you’re speaking to no one when you aren’t hearing anything in response to your new content.
Today we’re going to talk about strategies you can use to connect more with your audience and start building those relationships! In this episode we'll cover:
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| How to Find Time to Post More Content | 15 Dec 2020 | 00:22:12 | |
As a content creator, it can sometimes be difficult to find the time to create MORE content. In today’s episode, I’m going to share some really practical tips for finding more time and posting more content! In this episode we'll cover:
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| How to Get More Out of Your Popular Content | 05 Mar 2024 | 00:17:48 | |
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| How to Do an End of Year Review | 01 Dec 2020 | 00:21:09 | |
At the end of every year, I find myself naturally analyzing the year as a whole and starting to make a plan for the next one. Whether you typically review your year or this is your first time, this episode will guide you through the different areas to look at to do an end of year review for your business. In this episode we'll cover:
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| Why You Need A CEO Day | 24 Nov 2020 | 00:24:39 | |
Do you find it difficult to spend time working ON your business, instead of in it? If you find yourself spending all of your work time working on things like writing blog posts, developing recipes, or posting on social media, keep listening to hear how a CEO day can benefit your business. In this episode we'll cover:
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| How to Holiday Proof Your Blog | 17 Nov 2020 | 00:18:31 | |
Every holiday season provides a time to reset and be with family, but for food bloggers, it’s also a time where your blog may see a big increase in traffic! In today’s episode, we’ll chat about how to make sure your blog is ready for the holidays! In this episode we'll cover:
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