At the Australian Food Blogger Conference yesterday, Michael from My Aching Head mentioned the process of moving a blog from Blogspot/Blogger to WordPress. I’ve had to do this three times over the past few years for friends. Here is the step by step process for moving a blog from Blogspot to WordPress. It does require… Continue reading Moving your food blog from Blogspot to WordPress
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Four tips for food blog PR
There has been debate on the Australian food bloggers group about opting in or out of the public relations onslaught, mostly because when it comes to food blogging, some PR people act like dicks. It is no great secret that Australian business is a long way behind the US when it comes to online PR.… Continue reading Four tips for food blog PR
How to make coconut milk
I make my own coconut milk. It tastes nuttier and richer than that from a can, and frankly, I enjoy spending vast amounts of my spare time preparing food. Most recipes for making milk mention grating up the coconut or extracting the white flesh with a zester or fork – but it is much faster… Continue reading How to make coconut milk
Measuring web statistics for your food blog
Unless you’re going to act upon it, measuring anything is nothing more than statistical masturbation, whether it be on the web or anywhere else. There is the warm afterglow that you get from the first time that you hit a hundred; a thousand or a hundred thousand visitors to your blog a day, but once… Continue reading Measuring web statistics for your food blog
Making Bacon
There is a descent into a darker realm when you begin cooking with a product labelled “CAUTION: Do not swallow”. The possibility of inadvertently killing your loved ones rises and your ability to rely on the way that a preparation tastes before cooking declines. The normal sensory cues that stop most sane people eating food… Continue reading Making Bacon
Making money with your food blog
Selling eggs near Russian Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia As I mentioned in “How to start a food blog“, food blogging is a terrible way to make money if you enjoy living in the First World. This year, food blogging will pay my rent but not much else. Here is how to do at least that,… Continue reading Making money with your food blog
How to make mayonnaise in 20 seconds
Why don’t marketers show you this when they sell immersion blenders? This is no Cuisinart or Braun, it’s the cheapest plastic model on the market. The hours that I’ve wasted, whisk in one hand and slowly drizzling oil in the other, or more likely queuing with my sorry jar of Praise at a store. No… Continue reading How to make mayonnaise in 20 seconds
How to start a food blog, part 2: Design and building an audience
This post follows on from How to start a food blog. How do I design my blog? Don’t. Get someone else to do it, unless you’re lucky enough to be a web designer or are keen to use the blog to practice your web design skills. Good design counts. Firstly, all of the major blogging… Continue reading How to start a food blog, part 2: Design and building an audience