The Chopped Podcast

If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed with your to-do list, you’ll love hearing Catherine McCord of Weelicious talk about how she uses a positive outlook for productivity. Some days can be really stressful, but the more you can find your inner smile to guide you, the more you can tap into the joy of your creativity.

If you don’t have a pitch refined, you may be missing out on lucrative business opportunities. Becoming a Pitching Pro is more than pitching to brands, it’s understanding your business as a food blogger on an entirely new level.

Listen in as Marly talks about the Top 11 Tips for Preparing a Recipe Post for Food bloggers. There are a lot of steps involved in creating recipe posts and Marly talks about best practices to help you refine your process.

It’s easy to focus on the technical side of food blogging, with the SEO, analytics, etc. Cara and Marly love to talk about the soulful side of food blogging during their FriChats and today is no exception! Today they’re talking about Feeding your Subconscious. Listen in for ideas on how you can set yourself up for success by understanding subtle ways your subconscious can either hold you back or propel you to greater levels of success!

Do you ever feel like everyone else has this whose success thing figured out? Well, today Cara and Marly are chatting away on FriChats about the concept of bug soup. It’s what happens to the caterpillar in the process of becoming a butterfly. That’s right. Success doesn’t always look pretty when you’re in the middle of it, but hang on, better days are coming!

Are you earning ad revenue from your blog? If you are then today’s show is a must-listen. If you’re not currently but you hope to soon, then today’s show is still a must-listen! But even if you just love a good conversation today is still in that must-listen category because we’ve got Amber Bracegirdle back on the show. Today we’re talking about Viewability Factors for Food Bloggers, but it’s also a great conversation about food blogging in general as well.

Do you have FOBAL? Not sure? Marly describes FOBAL as Fear of Being a Leader and you know when you have it because it leaves you full of ideas but afraid of taking action on them...because that would require you to be a leader. Marly and Cara talk about ways you can take on FOBAL and you might be a little surprised at Cara's "punched in the face" solution!

Believing in yourself requires Dancing to Your Own Drummer. Marly and Cara are back with another episode of FriChats to help you know how to be the best blogger you can be!

Do you dread the business side of your food blog? You’re not alone. That’s why I’m talking today with Darren Judd about Accounting Principles for Food Bloggers. Darren keeps things interesting, informative, and fun.

If you don’t believe in yourself, how can you grow confidence in the work you’re doing? Cara and Marly answer this question and more on today’s episode of FriChats. It’s a big stumbling block for a lot of bloggers, but once you grow in confidence, there’s no stopping you!

Marly and Cara are doing Frichats today talking about the Wild West of Food Blogging. If you feel like you’re making it up as you go along, just know most all of us feel the same way. And even as you seek rules by which you can work, know that trusting your own path too.

Today on Frichats, Cara and Marly are talking about how to Create Content You Love. In today’s world of productivity and social media frenzies, it’s easy to get lost in all the things we SHOULD do. Cara and Marly are reminding you to make sure you take time to do the things you love, like creating content that makes you proud.

You have big goals for your food blog. The question then becomes, how do you make those goals a reality? Well, today I'm sharing my discussion with Meggan Hill of the site Culinary Hill about how she has taken her blog from good to great and developed a strategy for inspired growth.

How can you go about building engaged audiences for your food blog? The benefits of having an engaged audience may even outweigh having massive traffic. Listen to Sherrie Costellano talk about how to create engagement through finding your authentic voice.

Do you want to make Google Analytics part of your food blogging business toolbox? Today’s guest has lots of great tips for just that.   

Fall in love with food blogging all over again with this discussion with Kelly Senyai of the site Just a Taste sharing food blogging how tos. Kelly is the author of the book Food Blogging for Dummies and she’s put a lot of thought into how to go about doing this work. In addition she shares her passion and joy for doing the work every single day.

Are you building a blog or building a tribe? Today’s discussion with Kay Featherstone of the site Pinch of Nom talks about the importance of building your tribe and creating a story to help your audience connect more with your blog. It’s all about building relationship that makes a difference.

You too can become the Mad Scientist Food Blogger by being adventurous in the kitchen, and by experimenting with what works best for you as a food blogger. For today’s guest, Phillip Fryman of the blog Southern Fatty, that means giving himself space to be authentic in his life, his kitchen, and his blog.

How do you share your story? We talk about being transparent, but today’s show takes that to another level. Learn more about being The Vulnerable Food Blogger as a way of real connection with your audience.

Learn how to create SEO Momentum for food bloggers with one of the top experts, Casey Markee, by taking the breaks off your search engine visibility.