Ep #133: FriChats – Wild West of Food Blogging

Well, it’s another Friday, so that means Cara and Marly are back with another FriChats. What exactly are FriChats? We’re so glad you asked. FriChats is where Cara and Marly get real about food blogging; we talk about the soulful, voyage of discovery that’s involved when you’re a create entrepreneur. Today we’re talking about the Wild West of Food Blogging. You’re curious, right? Read on for more information. You might like some other soulful blogging chats including when we talked with Finding Vegan Founder Kathy Patalsky about Branding vs Authenticity. Or what about Money vs Happiness.

Today is time for FriChats and Cara and Marly are back with an impassioned chat about the Wild West of Food Blogging. What does that even mean? It’s a good question. Well, here’s the deal, food blogging is still a relatively new industry. Just imagine that 10 years ago or so only a few people had managed to make money with blogging. The field was a lot less competitive as a result. But once people began to breakthrough and realize the financial possibilities, the industry really began to take off.

Now, today food blogging has become really competitive. As a result you see a lot of people providing formulas for success. What do these formulas look like? Well, they oftentimes involve social media sharing strategies, including the number of times you should be posting per day. They might also tell you how many times a week you should be posting content to your blog. Follow these instructions and you too will have a successful food blog.

However, what if these formulas don’t feel great to you? What if being on Facebook and Instagram and SnapChat, and more begins to eat at your soul? What if you feel miserable following the paths that seem to be working for others?

It might just mean that you’re ready to carve your own path. It may be that you’re itching to, in the words of Fleetwood Mac, go your own way.

That’s what Marly talks about with her own site. She’s aspiring to take her site in another direction and shares more about that on today’s episode.

The important thing is to find a path that works for you and allows you to have your own life as well too.

Be sure to check back with us on future Fridays to get your FriChat on!

Our hope is to help you be your best and that today’s chat on the Wild West of Food Blogging is a part of the important work you’re doing!

Now, go forth and Be Your Best You!

Featured Content – FriChats: the Wild West of Food Blogging

Here are some of the highlights of today’s post on the wild west of food blogging:

• Marly introduces Sat Nam, a Kundalini yoga greeting that means, “truth is my name.”
• We talk about the importance of being real
• Cara explains how we’re experiencing the wild west of food blogging
• Marly talks about her plans for her site
• We discuss why it’s important to experiment with new ways of blogging
• Do you feel drawn to rules? We all do. We want the model for success. But being creative can provide lots of happiness

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• Connect with Cara’s site Fork and Beans

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