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Food Blogging for Dummies

Calling all foodies! Here's how to share your passion with your own glorious food blog

A food blog can help you preserve your family's food legacy, launch your own culinary empire, or just be a feast of fun. Here's what you need to know to manage the technical side of blogging, create a cool design, select the ideal content, style and photograph food, and share your kitchen inspirations as an active member of the online food community.

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Collect your tools — claim your domain, choose a blog platform, and establish your place in social media

Find your niche — survey the blog landscape, meet your fellow food bloggers, select a blog name, and find your unique voice

Serve it in style — see how to design a blog that serves up mouthwatering content as elegantly as a perfect table setting

Feed their eyes — learn simple food-styling tricks and how to take photos that awaken the taste buds

To market, to market — find out how to market your blog, increase your search engine rankings, and make your blog pay

Open the book and find:

Why it's the perfect time to launch your blog

Ways to make your blog credible

Advice on creating and presenting content

A primer in food blog legalese

Design ideas to make your blog user-friendly

Surprising ways to enhance your photos

Insider food-styling tricks

Tips for tapping into ad networks

Learn to:

Find your voice and your niche in the food blogosphere

Enhance your blog with superb design and photography

Make your recipes searchable and connect your blog to social media

IN FULL COLOR!

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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