*Taps mic* Hello? Is this thing on? Well…it’s been a minute, huh? A global pandemic is not an ideal time to be a food blogger, it must be said. I took a break at the end of 2019, while I was putting my time into wedding planning. I started to come back in early 2020, …
It’s been accidentally been a bit quieter around here this month. I hadn’t intended to take a break, and I believe it’s traditional to come back from a quiet period and talk about how I’ve had a restful break from the internet, detoxed a bit and come back ready and raring to go. But in …
The Midlands Food, Drink and Hospitality Awards are over for another year. I wanted to stop by and say a massive thank you to everybody who took the time to vote for me. Your support has meant the world to me, and just being a finalist is something I’m immensely proud of. I spent the evening with fellow Best …
I’ve written about blogger problems before, which I confess, even then was very food focused, but I’ve been thinking again about some of the absolute nonsense I find myself worrying about as a food blogger. The below are all ludicrous things to be concerned by, but they’re all part of that food blog life… Canapes. …
All bloggers have heard it. It’s often from a well-meaning friend, or colleague, or your Mum, who has a scroll through your Instagram feed of cocktails and avocado toast. “My God, your life. You’re so lucky!” Sometimes, this is followed with a, “I’m going to start a blog so I can get all this stuff …
Soho based restaurant, Dirty Bones, have created “foodie Instagram packs” where diners can borrow portable LED camera light, a multi-device charger, a clip-on wide angle camera lens, and a tripod selfie stick. Is this the dream for bloggers and foodie photographers, or is this a step too far in “doing it for the ‘gram”? Whether you’re …
From the outside, it can look like bloggers lead a charmed life. A life that is a whirlwind of events, free products and Instagram. Alright, sometimes it is like that, but usually it’s actually pretty unglamorous. At an event last week, I caught myself with a couple of bloggers talking about the really silly parts …
SEO is one of the best tools at a blogger’s fingertips. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation, and if you get it right, you can really boost your traffic, without spending any cash. Combining good SEO practice with a good understanding of what your Google Analytics is telling you is a great way to …
When you start a blog nobody tells you that you’re going to end up having to do a lot of different jobs. For a lot of us, we want to run our blogs in a professional manner, even if we aren’t doing it full time. This means you’re the CEO of the company, the copy …
I posted the other day about blogger clichés that I’m majorly guilty of. Writing that post got me thinking about those blogger staples that I just don’t do at all. This post is of course totally tongue in cheek; I definitely don’t think you need to do these things to be a ‘proper blogger’. That …