How to food blog

May 26, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 2 Comments

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

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Mar 18, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 31 Comments

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

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Mar 13, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 17 Comments

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,

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Mar 06, 2008 | Post by: Phil Lees 23 Comments

How to start a food blog

Honestly ask yourself “Why am I doing this?” I want to share recipes/restaurant recommendations/my boundless food wisdom with friends – If you want nothing more than to share your thoughts about food with people whom you already know (and you are being honest), your best bet is to get over

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