I’m always looking for good information in regards to tips and tricks on how to make my blog successful, and I get an awful lot of emails asking for advice on food blogging. So here’s a round-up of fabulous tips and tricks from fabulous food blogs and elsewhere that have been very helpful to me. There’s an enormous amount of talent in the food blogging world, and when everyone contributes their expertise, it’s appreciated and helpful. I’m happy to share with you… 150+ links for pretty much everything you want to know about food blogging.
- Go to Bluehost and search for your URL to purchase. If you set up hosting with them too, the cost of the URL is included!
- Start and grow your food blog with Food Blogger Pro (these guys know their stuff- you will learn a LOT)
- Set up your blog with a ready-made theme template: try Studiopress or The Thesis Theme for WordPress or Elegant Themes.
- How to Start a Food Blog (3 easy steps): by Pinch of Yum
- How to Start a Food Blog by From and Away
- Food Blogging 101: How to Start a Food Blog by Eat the Love
- Food Blogging- Advice from David Lebovitz
- 5 Things I Would Tell You if You Told Me You Wanted to Start a Food Blog by The Little Kitchen
- Why You Should Never Start a Food Blog (had to include this one…) by I Am Baker
- Book Recommendation: Food Blogging for Dummies
- Blogging Basics for Beginners- step-by-step how to set up a WordPress blog by Work Your Way
- RSS Feed Subscribers: For now, you’ve gotta go with FeedBlitz (I don’t know of another)
- Email Subscriber Services & Newsletters: I just switched to Mad Mimi (love so far…), but others have recommended Mail Chimp too.
- Recipe Attribution by Food Blog Alliance
- How to Share Another Blogger’s Recipes Correctly by The Spunky Spatula
- How to Code a Button or “Grab My Button” Button in HTML by An Edible Mosaic
- To Captcha or Not to Captcha by Tips for Food Bloggers
- Food Blog Code of Ethics
- 5 Useful WordPress Plug-ins Every Blogger Needs: By Table for Two
- How to Create an Automatic Recipe Index for WordPress Blogs by Chocolate Moosey
- Social Media Cheat Sheet (Lingo, How to, etc) by Marketing Tech Blog
- Setting Up Google Alerts and/or Mentions for your blog
- 58 Ways to Get Noticed as a New Blogger by BlogWorld
- Useful Tips for New, Aspiring and Emerging Food Bloggers by The Hungry Australian
- Tips for New Bloggers by Savory Simple
- Tips for New Bloggers by Fannetastic Food
- The Little I Know About Food Blogging by The Novice Chef Blog
- Food Blogging Guide by Just a Taste
- 16 Top Tips from Blogging Experts for Beginners by Buffer
- Social Media for Newbie Bloggers Part One and Part Two by The Healthy Maven
- Keywords & Titles, Links, Recipe Formatting & Rich Snippets, Tips/Tools/Plugins & Resources by Bake Your Day
- How to Find the Best Recipe Keywords to Maximize SEO by The Wicked Noodle
- A Complete Guide to WordPress SEO by Onextrapixel
- What is NoFollow? by Small Business Trends
- How to Add a No Follow Tag by For Dummies
- Tracking Stats with Google Analytics by Food Blog Alliance
- 20 Must-Know Tips and Tricks to Master Google Analytics Data by HongKiat
- How to See Who Visits Your Blog (Statcounter) by Kevin and Amanda
- 30 Ways to Promote Your Blog by Marketing Tech Blog
- 10 Food Blog Posts That Will Get You Traffic by The Amateur Gourmet
- Converting Blog Visitors Into Subscribers (video) – Community Education Series
- 4 Reasons to Start Building Your Email Subscriber List by The Healthy Maven
- 12 Things to Do After You Write a Blog Post by PR Daily
- Switching from Blogger to WordPress by Creating Really Awesome Free Things
- Use StumbleUpon
- 10 Tips for Growing Your Blog by Katy Widrick
- 10 Simple Ways for Building Traffic to Your Blog by Tips for Food Bloggers
- Tutorial: Photo Sharing Sites by Hungry Couple
- How to Be a Better Food Blogger (video) by Chef Dennis
- Recommended Books: Will Write for Food, The Recipe Writer’s Handbook andThe New Food Lover’s Companion
- Will Write for Food – many, many fabulous posts on food writing by Dianne Jacob
- How to Be a Better Food Writer by David Leite
- How to Liven Up Your Food Writing (with David Leite)- video by Chef Dennis
- Better Blog Writing- how to keep readers coming back for more (an e-Book by Sarah Caron)
- The Recipe Writers Cheat Sheet by Just Cook NYC
- 20 Quick Tips on Writing Great Blog Posts by ProBlogger
- How to Pitch Story Ideas to National Lifestyle Magazines by Chatty Guest
- Pitching Errors: How Not to Pitch by The Open Notebook
- Writing Your Own Cookbook by David Lebovitz
- How to Write a Cookbook (video w/ Allyson Kramer) by Chef Dennis
- How to Get a Cookbook Published (video with Greg Henry) by Bakespace
- The Making of the Toronto Star Cookbook (great read- lots of inside info) by TheStar.com
- 5 Tips for When a Literary Agent Calls– by Dianne Jacob
- A Book Proposal You’ll Be Proud to Present by Dianne Jacob
- How to Find a Literary Agent by Nathan Bransford
- After having MANY problems with some of the big name companies, I opted for using a smaller company called YellowFiber Networks (great, quick, responsive service, they know WordPress- and they keep my site up and running with few, if any, problems!)
- Other recommended hosting companies from blog friends: Liquid Web and BlueHost
- My designer for all of my blogs: Purr Design (highly recommend). Other recommended companies from blog friends: OMSH, Savvy Blog Services, Kohler Created, Hibiscus Creative, MediaGrin, Pretty Lethal Designs, Swank Design, and Fine Lime Designs.
- How I made 40k my First Year of Blogging by Chelsea Lords
- Blogging as a Business: Where to Find Opportunities by Katy Widrick
- Monetizing Your Blog: An Introduction by Tips for Food Bloggers
- How We Make a Full-Time Income Blogging by Pro Blog School
- Advertising 101 for Bloggers by Design Sponge
- The Blueprint for a Profitable Blog by Pro Blog School
- Ad Management Network: Passion Fruit Ads by Katy Widrick
- Ad Management Network: Google Double Click for Publishers
- Why Link Exchanges are a Terrible Idea by Food Blog Alliance
- Food Blog Money-Making Experiment (totally interesting) by Pinch of Yum
- Trademarking your Brand
- Business Card Tips for Bloggers by Crazy for Crust
- Tax Tips for Bloggers by Saving for Someday
- More Tax Tips for Bloggers by Anali’s First Amendment
- Exploring the Law- What Bloggers Should Know (Video) by Casey Benedict
- How to Make Money With Your Food Blog by From Away
- How to Make Money Working with Blog Networks by Diethood
- The Importance of Blog Backups by The Blog Maven
- Carbonite (I used to use Carbonite before I got a MAC. This company does not back up external hard drives)
- CrashPlan (This is what I use to back up all of the content on my MAC. I love Crashplan because it backs up external hard drives too…and the cost is reasonable. I bought a plan for all of the computers in my house, and it was about $150 for a year with unlimited computers). My hosting company auto backs-up my blog content daily.
- Sucuri: I don’t use this one, but a lot of people have recommended it for malware detection, cleanup and protection.
- Last Pass: Remembers ALL of your passwords for you, so you don’t have to. I have this, and it has been a lifesaver.
- PicMonkey: crazy-awesome photo editing (this is a must-have)
- PicMonkey Tutorials: Inserting Text on Photos, Collages, Overlays, Graphics by In Katrina’s Kitchen
- More, great PicMonkey Tutorials by Something Swanky
- Ribbet
- Photoshop Posts/Tutorials by The Pioneer Woman
- How to Edit Photos in Photoshop by Diethood
- Photoshop Cafe
- Photoshop Actions for Food and Portrait Photography (video)
- Tutorial: Adobe Lightroom 4 by No Recipes
- Why Lightroom May Be the Only Photo Editor You Need by Kevin and Amanda
Recommendations:
- What I use: Canon 7D camera, but I’ve gotten some good shots with this cheaper Canon EOS Rebel too.
- My favorite lenses: most used: 18-55mm and for wide angle/macro- the major splurge: 24-70mm
- Love my camera bag + laptop backpack: Case Logic
- Great food photography book from Matt Armendariz: Focus on Food Photography for Bloggers
- Another great food photography & styling book from Helene Dujardin: Plate to Pixel
- These light boxes are a huge help: Lowel EGO Lights (a set of two works well for low light)
- And I love this set of reflective disks too: 5-in1 Disk Set
Links:
- Tasty Food Photography by Pinch of Yum (highly recommend)
- Quick Guide to Understanding Your Digital DSLR Camera by Kevin and Amanda
- Lots of Food Photography Tutorials/Posts by White on Rice Couple
- 10 Important Things I’ve Learned About Food Photography by The Pioneer Woman
- Easy Tips for Photographing Food by Dear Lillie
- How to Customize White Balance by Chocolate Moosey
- 100 Helpful Photography Tutorials for Beginners and Professionals by Photo Tuts
- The Basics of Shooting on Manual by Buns in My Oven
- All About Aperture by Buns in My Oven
- Rules and Tips on Restaurant Photography by Gourmande in the Kitchen
- How to Arrange a Moody Shot by Gourmande in the Kitchen
- Trend: Dark Food Photography by Spatula Magazine
- How to Brighten a Dark Subject on a Light Background by Kevin and Amanda
- How to Take Tack-Sharp Action Photos by Kevin and Amanda
- What Lens Should I Use? by Kevin and Amanda
- How to Take Action Shots in Food Photography by Chocolate Moosey
- Finding the Right Light by Kevin and Amanda
- Tutorial: Focal Length 50mm vs. 85mm by Chasing Delicious
- How to Take Photos with a Bright, Light Seamless Background by Veggie Belly
- Very extensive list of links to Food Photography Tutorials by Jenn Cuisine
- How to Make Your Own Backdrop Boards for Food Photography & Styling by RecipeGirl
- DIY Distressed Wood Photo Backdrop by Love and Olive Oil
- Finding Props for Food Photography (with Naomi Robinson) by Gourmande in the Kitchen
- Create Your Own Vintage Cutting Board by Alexey and Julia
- Wood Vinyl Backdrops on Etsy: Swanky Prints
- More photography backdrops: Ink & Elm
- Use VIRALTAG for scheduling your pins- it’s a lifesaver!!
- Best Pinterest Plugins for WordPress by The Blog Maven
- How to Verify Your Blog or Website on Pinterest by The Blog Maven
- How to Add a Pin-It Button to Your Posts by Kevin and Amanda
- How to Feature Your Most Pinterest-Worthy Posts in Your Sidebar by The Blog Maven
- Everything You Need to Know About the New Pinterest by Mashable
- How to Go Viral on Pinterest by Unskinny Boppy
- The Perfect Pin by Family Fresh Cooking
- How to Label Your Pictures for Pinterest by I Am Baker
- How to Add a Pinterest “Mouse-Over” Button to Your Images by Kevin and Amanda
- 6 Ways to Increase User Engagement on Pinterest by Pro Food Blogger
- 12 Things to Avoid When Pinning by Taste and Tell
- Avoiding Copyright Pitfalls on Pinterest by Saving for Someday
- What it is, Why You Should Use It, Etiquette Tips, and Maximizing Blog Traffic by Chocolate Moosey
- 10 Tips and Tricks for a Powerful Twitter Search by Mashable
- Adding Twitter Followers by the Thousands by Dianne Jacob
- FriendorFollow.com (see who you’re following- and who is not following you back)
- Hootsuite (Twitter account management)
- Manage Flitter (Twitter account management)
- UnTweeps.com (unfollow users with inactive accounts)
- Getting the Most out of Your Facebook Fan Page by Food Bloggers of Canada
- 10 Facebook Tips for Power Users by Mashable
- What Every Facebook User Needs to Know by I Am Baker
- When is the Best Time to Post on Facebook? by Viralnomics
- The Wave System- How to Get Your Facebook Posts Seen by More People by ProBlogger
- Sharing by Chocolate, Chocolate and More
- Facebook can Be a Blogger’s Best Friend by Chocolate, Chocolate and More
- The Food Blogger’s Guide to Google + by Eat the Love
- The Food Blogger’s Guide to Understanding Google + by Chef Dennis
- Food Bloggers Guide to Google + (Video) by Chef Dennis
- How to be a Good Plusser (Video) by Chef Dennis
- The Bloggers Guide to Google + Part 1 by Chef Dennis
- The Bloggers Guide to Google + Part 2 by Chef Dennis
- Great posts: How to effectively use Google +: by Gareth Mark
- Claim Google Authorship for Your WordPress Website by CopyBlogger
- Food Videography– the basics (with Russell van Kraayenberg) by Gourmande in the Kitchen
- How to Make a Video With Your iPhone by White on Rice Couple
- Music for videos: FreePlay Music, Music Bakery and Audio Micro
- Upload videos to: YouTube, Vimeo, and BlipTV
- Q&A w/ RecipeGirl on Working with Brands by Dianne Jacob
- Working with Brands- Community Education Series– Q&A w/ food bloggers (video) by Chef Dennis
- I Can’t Pay My Mortgage with Free Applesauce- a conversation about blogging and PR by Kiersten Frase
- How to Work with Brands (for food bloggers) by Country Cleaver
- Spokesperson Work: What it Is and How to Get It by Dianne Jacob
- Negotiation: Getting What You Want (video) by Margaret Neale
- Bloggers and Brands: 10 Tips for Working Together by Food Bloggers of Canada
- The Pitch (the Ugly Truth About Pitches and PR) by I Am Baker
- Making a Media Kit that Rocks by The Blog Maven
- How to Work with Brands as a Blogger by Fannetastic Foods
- Making a Blogger Media Kit by Katy Widrick
- FTC Regulations: How to Comply with Disclosing Products Provided for Review by Beauty & Fashion Tech
- How to See if Your Photos are Being Used on Another Site by Kevin and Amanda
- Plagspotter is an online duplicate content checking and monitoring tool.
- How to Deal With Copyright Theft by Food Blog Alliance
- DMCA Complaint form for Blogs that Use Google AdSense
- Pinterest Copyright Complaint Form
- Facebook Copyright Infringement Procedure
- Copyright Infringement Form for Blogspot Blogs
- Copyright Infringement Form for WordPress Blogs
- Ebay’s Copyright Infringement Reporting Process
- Instructions for reporting Trademark/Copyright Infringement on a Go Daddy- Hosted Blog
- Asking Google to Remove Copyrighted Content
- The Definitive Guide to Recipes and Copyrighting (What’s right and what’s wrong) by Ancestral Chef
- What to Do When Your Content is Lifted by Food Blog Alliance
- What to Do When Another Blogger Steals Your Photos by The Blog Maven
- How to File a DMCA Takedown Notice by Saving for Someday
- Cease and Desist Letter Tips by Public Domain Sherpa
- About Blogging, Fair Use, Stealing and Copyright by Cookistry
- This has not been updated.
- Food Blogger Pro (these guys know their stuff- highly recommend)
- 4 Steps to Better Blogging Time Management by Blogging with Amy
- National (USA) Food Holidays by Foodimentary
- What Produce is in Season (by state)
- Blog Tutor (tech support & consulting)
- Food Blog Search
- Pro Food Blogger
- Blogging Your Passion
- Food Blog Alliance (helpful blogging-related posts)
- ProBlogger (helpful blogging-related posts)
- Association of Food Bloggers (helpful blogging-related posts)
Disclosure: There are a few Amazon affiliate links included in this post (where recommended products are shared) and other affiliate links too.
Have I forgotten a fabulous resource that you’re aware of? Please share in the comments below…
Excellent post and all the points you have mentioned are spot on. Thanks for sharing this!
Great post Lori! I can’t emphasize enough on the importance of social media. Pinterest and Instagram are hot nowadays (especially in the food niche). People even get some virtual assistants to manage them, and get more exposure.
Do you have any other light box suggestions, the one you suggested is no longer available, thanks!
I use a set similar to this one nowadays: https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Packs-Dimmable-Bi-color-Lighting/dp/B072Q42GXQ/ref=sr_1_15_sspa?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1533835846&sr=1-15-spons&keywords=studio+pro+lights&psc=1
Great list. Thanks for putting all important links together.
Nice article!
Hi Lori! I just wanted to thank you for creating such a great and comprehensive article on starting up as a blogger. I had always wanted to become a blogger (inspired my fav blogger Megan) and then I bumped into your post. This just makes me want to go out there and start. I have a friend who is setting one up for me on Squarespace (?!) and once that’s up, I’ll definitely come back and share my thoughts (and recipes, too). Also, the list of links are fantastic. I just learned how to deal with copyright, which will be very useful once I start posting my own recipes. Kudos, Lori! Great work!
Thanks so much for the great resource!
Thanks for sharing! Great post!
Hi Lori! This is an incredible collection of helpful blog links and we’ve used several of your resources to help us grow. I’m not sure how often you update the list but I thought I would mention that my husband and I also publish a monthly income report for our food blog. It’s not quite the level of Pinch of Yum but for over two years we have been sharing our journey from $100/month to a few thousand. Just want to bring it to your attention. Thanks! 🙂
Thank you so much for posting all these links! This post is so valuable to a new blogger even if it is a few years old!
Thank you so much for putting all of this great information together. What a treasure trove, I feel like a kid in a candy store here.
Do you have any other light box suggestions, the one you suggested is no longer available, thanks!
That’s the one I still use. Looks like you can buy it directly from their website: http://lowel.tiffen.com/ego/
thanks I’m sure this will be very helpful as i start my blog
Lori, other’s have already said it, but this page really is an invaluable resource–especially for someone new to food blogging like myself. Thanks so much for putting this together. It’s awesome.
Wow! What a fantastic list! So glad I ran across this. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into compiling this. Much appreciated!
What an amazing list! I have bookmarked this and I have come back to it so many times already! I keep learning more and more from this awesome list! Thanks for creating and sharing!!
WHAT an impressive list of websites and info. I had to pin this because I am SURE It will take me a few weeks to go through it all. Thank you for so much stuff!!
Wow, what an amazing resource. This is a truly impressive list you put together, Lori!
I’m definitely bookmarking this page, I know I will be referring to it often. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.
That said, I published a little guide to help people take action when their work has been used without their consent. You can check it out here: http://thehealthyfoodie.com/copyright-infringement-claim-how-to-guide/
If you like it, feel free to add it to your list. It would be an honor!
Thanks again for this awesome post!
I am doing PR for a company who has products we would like to GET to more food bloggers. Is there a resource for me that can put me in touch with more bloggers, as there are for fashion bloggers? Thanks!
You can email me and I will be happy to recommend some bloggers!
This is a wonderful resource Lori and I appreciate the link. Thank you!
Wow! This is incredible. Do you have a Top 10 list for newbies? I
There are quite a few posts there for new bloggers.
Thank you, Lori! This is great – you have so many resources here for food bloggers. Here’s a link to http://aaronallen.com/blog/trends to take a look into how the restaurant industry is impacting food trends too. Thanks!
What a fantastic resource!!!!! Thank you so much!
This is a wonderful list. I have bookmarked it and will be using it as a springboard for inspiration in the future. Thank you.
LOVE this Lori! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome resource, I know I will be back many times to this post!
Marvelous, simply marvelous! Sharing and saving as a forever reference.
Lori, you have always been one of the most generous bloggers I know, and this is a shining example of the incredible support you give – THANK YOU! I know I will refer to this about a million times. xo
@kate – thank you so very much!
Wow! This is a great list, thank you! I started my food blog just a few months ago, and I definitely have this page bookmarked for frequent reference!
Great resource for fellow struggling food bloggers.
Google Plus Oned and Twittered and of course bookmarked.
Hi Lori,
On the “Nutritional Fact Links” section you should also include Newtrien.com, a nutrition facts label maker for food bloggers 🙂
Have a very nice day!
Lori, under “Security,” you have listed Carbonite for your blog backup. Hate to tell you this but I have Carbonite and just called them; they informed me that they do not back up blogs, that they cannot “backup the internet.”
right- as stated, Carbonite backs up computer content, and hosting companies will usually do daily/weekly blog backups for you. I use Crashplan to back up my computer content now- and I love it because it will back up exterior hard drives too.
Thank you so much for this treasure trove of information! Bookmarked!
Wow! Thank you so much for all this much-needed information! I’m going to have some fun with all this. Bookmarked the page. Maria
Lori, thank you so much for this incredible resource! Every time I reference this page, I end up opening at least 15 new tabs. 🙂 Thought I’d share a few blogger resources page that I have on my site. I’ve worked really hard to make them thorough guides. http://cookieandkate.com/how-to-start-a-food-blog/, http://cookieandkate.com/food-photography-tips-for-food-bloggers/ and http://cookieandkate.com/top-20-tips-for-food-blogging/. Thanks again!
This must have taken you many days or weeks to put together!. Very impressive!
I can see many people asked you questions that I hadn’t even thought of. It’s good hanging with people who are smarter than I. 🙂
Thanks for this post and all the hard work it must have taken! Your great for sharing. 🙂 Bookmarked!
Lori, this is such an amazing and important post. What incredible work, research and effort you put in this Food blogger How-to. Thank you for this essential list, it will be very helpful to me and other food bloggers. Your post is NOW one of my favorite bookmarks and I will refer to it often.
This is just amazing ….unbelievably comprehensive. I’m definitely including a link to it on my food blogging resources page. Thanks so much!
This was very helpful! I am a new blogger and this is a really comprehensive list.
Thanks!
WoW! This is an incredible list. Thanks for the compilation.
Thanks for sharing such a huge list. You might have spend a lot of time composing this. This is very helpful for beginners like me.
Found a link to this post on Averie Cooks Pinterest page. What a wonderful gift you’ve given. Such a comprehensive list and things I never would have considered. Thank you for taking the time to share all this valuable information!
This is such an amazing post – I’m booking this for sure! I’ve been blogging to over a year now and there is still so much to learn. Thank you for sharing – it is very generous!
I enjoyed reading your blog, it was well organized and interesting. I just stared blogging in September and a lot of blogger is still new to me. I am glad I was able to find your blog because you had alot of “How To’s” that are everyday questions that I have. I am blogging about Food and one of your links help me to improve my blog such as “How to be A Better Food Writer”, your tips will help me jazz up my blog.Thank you and I look forward to visiting you again soon
Thanks so much for taking the time to share such valuable information!!!
What a phenomenal post! Thank you SO much for the resources Recipe Girl! xo
Fantastic! although not new to food blogging it never hurts to learn a few new tricks! thanks and greetings from Germany.
Wow, girl! What a collection of links! Nice work.
This. is. fabulous. I just worked through the first two sections, reading a few articles that caught my eye and I already feel like I’ve learned a lot (and added about 10 things to my to-do list). Thank you so much for sharing!
Glad I could help!
Wow! This is fantastic! Wish I had come across this before I started my (still fledgling) blog, but these are all going to be super useful since I’m still in the very beginning phases of it. So helpful!
Wow, this is simply an amazing list for a newbie!
Thanks for the extensive list here.
Wow, wonderful information! I already noticed some great links to follow up on. Thanks for such an incredibly informative post. Greetings from Colorado. Kirsten
I’m just throwing my hat into the food blog ring and found this to be such an incredible resource! Thank you for your time and thoroughness. Cheers!
HOLY MOLY Lori – this is the comprehensive list if I’ve ever seen one. Wow. Great post darlin!!!
Wow, what a great resource. Totally pinning, bookmarking, etc. Thanks!
Thanks for all the tips. We’re travel bloggers who want to focus on food more. People only travel a few times a year but they eat every day.
Cheer,
Larissa & Michael
This is such a great resource, Lori. I’ve been recommending it to everyone who writes to me for food blogging advice. I think in addition to the ever-important photography, SEO and community aspect of blogging, writing is super important too because it’s what turns that Google searcher into someone who checks out what else you’ve been writing about and hopefully brings them back for more (that’s true of all blogs, not just food blogs). To add one more link, my e-book Better Blog Writing might be helpful too. http://amzn.to/XRF68n
Thanks, Sarah- I just added your link 🙂
What a fantastic resource for a newbie food blogger! Thanks!
Thanks for listing our 58 Ways to Get Noticed as a New Blogger resource! 🙂
Hi Lori, I am new to the world of food blogging. I don’t know any other food bloggers yet. I’ve been thinking, over the past few months, how much I would appreciate having a few friends in the business to reach out to when I have questions or concerns about my blog. This article is the answer to so many of my questions. Thank you so much for this. I haven’t explored the rest of your blog yet, but I’m looking forward to doing so. Lisa
good luck!!
I know I’m late to commenting on this post, but what a really fabulous and comprehensive list of resources! Thank you so much for including me and for providing all of this info!
This is amazing!!! I’ve come across food blogger resources before from other bloggers, but nothing this comprehensive. I can’t wait to start going through all this information and growing my food blog. Thanks!!!
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I’ve had a blog since 2008 but I’ve always wanted it to be better. I’m a personal chef so I cook for families and often times would get discouraged about the time it took to post on a blog as opposed to just cooking! I’m feeling inspired again! Thanks for all the great tips! I found your article via Pinterest!
Thank you, this is perfect. This will be a great resource for me since I am new to the food blogging world.
Wow, great list! Thanks for sharing! This will come in handy 🙂
BRAVO girlfriend. Killer content and obviously tons of work. Thanks for including us. Continued success to you!
Great list! Thank you!
I’m completely and utterly impressed by the wealth of knowledge in this one post; not to mention the talent of everyone listed. Thank you Lori for compiling this information, there were so many articles I had not seen yet and after blogging for 2 years, I still have a lot to learn.
I also wanted to share this free printable blogging planner I found a few months ago from Mama Jenn Blogs. It’s really helped me plan out my posts and keeps me organized.
http://www.mamajennblogs.com/2012/12/my-2013-blogging-planner-free-printable.html
Thanks so much for including my business card post! This is an amazing round up – I will be referencing it often!
Wow great information and help. Look forward to more!
Hey Lori! Wow. What an awesome list. Isn’t it incredible how much amazing information there is out there? People are amazing. 🙂
Thanks for including a link to our monthly reports. We really appreciate it!
Oh man this so helpful…wow. I bet this took forever to put together!!! Love!!
Thank you Lori! What a phenomenal treat! I just tweeted, Google + and Pinned this blog post- and will be revisiting it often. Thank you for your generosity 🙂
Thank you so much for all this great info, Lori! And thank you to Dianne Jacob, whose newsletter turned me on to it! One other resource to add, for nutritional information: http://nutritiondata.self.com/.
Thank you again!
Thank you!
Great post; just added it to my own page of food blogging links.
Thank you!
Thanks for compiling this great list of fantastic resources and for including my article on copyright – I’m sure a lot of people are going to benefit from this!
Your post is tremendously helpful- thank you for writing that!
Lori YOU ROCK! Thank you SO much for all these links! Even as a 6 year “veteran” blogger, I have a lot to learn and really need to up my ante… so these tips and links have been INCREDIBLY helpful to me! Thank you so much for your generosity to others!
wow–this is an amazing post! I’ve just started food blogging so this is like the holey grail for me.
Thanks so much! Bookmarking now 🙂
!! Thank you for compiling this! Even though I’ve been at this for 5 years I still feel like I have so much to learn. Thanks, Lori!
Oh my goodness! You seem to have thought of EVERYTHING! I pinned this and will be using it often.
Thank you!
Lori- this will be so helpful for so many people! A great compilation and so nice to have it all in one place. This will be one to refer to over and over!
Awesome post.
Wow, this is so great and very comprehensive. Thanks for taking the time to put together this list!
Fantastic list of resources, Lori. Thank you so much for including my post here. I look forward to browsing through all the other links!
this is great! thanks 🙂
Wow this is a fantastic list! Thank you so much for doing this Lori <3
Thank you so much for compiling all these links. They are a wealth of information!
Thank you so much for this! I’m bookmarking it and I’m planning to read it through and through!!!
Thanks for including us in this roundup, Lori! Be sure to also check out our other project, http://www.profoodblogger.com. Thanks!
Got it! Thanks!
Fantastic. Thank you for your efforts in putting this together!
This is an incredible gift to all! Thank God for “Pitta” women like you! Your generosity is great. I will treasure and share this.
Lori, this is an impressive and wonderful resource which I would like to share with my students. May I provide a link to this on their reading lists? (Food Writing classes at New York University and Institute of Culinary Education.)
Thank you for putting this together!
Marge
That would be wonderful for all of us- thank you!
This is fantastic post.
This is such a fantastic resource Lori, great job! There are many links I didn’t even know existed and I’m looking forward to reading all of them.
What an incredible, comprehensive guide for food bloggers and burgeoning bloggers. This is amazing, Lori! It must have taken you ages to put together!
This is awesome! Thank you so much for providing a Master Class on food blogging.
Wow…Where to begin??!! Such an awesome round-up, and much appreciated that you put this all together! Thank you!!!
Lori, thank you from the bottom of my heart (and plate.) You’ve done a great thing here and I hope you know how truly appreciated you are. Many thanks!
Wow you really outdid yourself! This list is AMAZING! Thanks for sharing and I’m definitely saving this for future reference! 🙂
Okay, I think this is seriously the best blog post I have ever seen! Thank you for putting this all together. It may take me another 5 years to go through it all. . . but so glad to know it’s here, all in one place. Yay!
As for food blogger conferences, I think you forgot Vida Vegan Con: Vegan Lifestyle Food Blogger Conference. 🙂
Thanks for letting me know- I just added it!
You rock for putting this together, Lori! And thank you so much for including my photo site tutorial. I’m honored to be on this list!
Thanks for writing it!
Wowser, what a brilliant compilation of references! Thanks so much for sharing
This is just amazing, Lori! I’m going to bookmark this post so I can take my time checking all of these out! Thanks for pulling this together!
I started a blog a few months ago and would have saved hours of time and confusion with this amazing list. Thank you so much for putting it together. I look forward to continuing to develop my knowledge with these many resources.
Lori, what an incredible list and post. {{{{{{applause}}}} for the work, love and talent that went into this compilation. Thanks you.
Holy cow, girl. Bookmarking this…sharing this…all of that. What a resource. Thank you. <3
Another blog conference: Vida Vegan Con –vegan blogger conference.
xo
kittee
Thank you- just added that one!
I’m definitely sharing this! Thanks for compiling such a comprehensive list, Lori! And congrats once again on the release of your cookbook!! 🙂
Lori, Thank you so much for this!! So much to learn!! Thanks for your hard work!!
Thanks so much!!
Wow! You did your research! I am bookmarking this for future keeping! Thank you sooooooooooo much!!
Yay! I’m so glad you did this. Amazing and TOTALLY comprehensive. Thank you for including me, and now you can just point people to this post when they bug you about how to start a blog! 😉
You are the cat’s meow. Thank you for this valuable information.
Wow!!! There is SO much information here! I just wanted to say THANK YOU! I can’t wait to read all your tips 🙂
Good Lord, woman, you’re amazing. This must have taken months to tabulate. It’s gonna take me hours to go through it and I’ll enjoy every minute. I’m adding a link in my quarterly newsletter, just Tweeted it, and thanks for mentioning my blog and book.
A fantastic roundup! I personally love Lindsay’s Tasty Food Photography E-Book and her new website Food Blogger Pro!
http://pinchofyum.com/tasty-food-photography
https://www.foodbloggerpro.com
Seriously an amazing compilation of great tips and tricks! (and I love Amandas post of why not to start a food blog! ha) My head is already spinning from the ones Ive clicked on. Definitely pinning this one 🙂 Thanks for all the hard work on it Lori, I know it couldnt have been an easy one!
What a fabulous compilation! I’ve pinned it so I can go back and read through all those links! No matter how long you’ve been blogging, there is always something new to learn!
Wow! This is quite the list! Thank you for spending you time putting this together! I love to try new recipes and just started a blog to document my adventures. This list will come in really hand. It might take a while to get through it all, but such a great resource.
Thank you!
What a fabulous list!! I bookmarked it and will refer to it often. Thank you!
Lori, this is an incredibly thoughtful and thorough list! Wow.
Thank you so much for making this comprehensive resource for bloggers everywhere. If I might, I would recommend the manifesto listed at my and Leah’s Food Blog Code of Ethics site for a general overview for people new to the world of blogging.
http://foodethics.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/food-blog-code-of-ethics-2-0/
Thanks!
Got it! Thank you!
WOW! This is great Lori, it will help a lot of us, thank you!
This is an amazing resource for a beginner–just in time as I was ‘floundering ‘Thank you.Thank you. Thanks to FB users too.
Wow Lori! This post feels like hitting the blogging motherlode! What a fantastic resource guide!
Thank you so so much for this! It’s similar to the list I’ve been saving in a bookmark file- but soo much more comprehensive and useful. Hugely helpful- thank you for taking the time to get this all down in one spot!
Great list…so well organized and thoughtful! THANK YOU!!!
So I’ll be gone for the next few days reading all of this amazing information!! Lori, you’re a genius for posting this and thanks for taking the time 🙂
What a great list to start with 🙂
Thank you!
Wow! Amazing resources. Thank you for taking time to put this together. I’m going to share this on G+.
This is by far the best post I have ever seen – Its extremely helpful and thanks for sharing this amazing pool of information with us.
Your writing this post is perfect timing for me just starting out in food blogging, thanks for the links. At the moment i use blogger but have previously used WordPress which is where i am going back to very soon, there are so many more resources with plugins on a self-hosted blog.
OMG! This list is amazing, Lori! I have already went through few of the links. So much info! Thank you so much for putting it together!!
Wow….this is amazing. This is a wonderful amount of information all combined into a one stop shop. Thanks for sharing!
This wealth of information, Lori! My blog is still pretty new, and I’m always working on trying to make it better. The more info the better, so thank you for putting this together!
I can’t believe you went through all the trouble to do this awesome link up! You rock!! <3
Thanks, this is incredibly helpful! I can’t even imagine how long it took you to oragnize and find all of the links, but I appreciate it!
WOW, Lori–this is a great list you’ve put together. I can’t wait to go check out a few topics that caught my eye. Thank you for taking the time to put this together.
Wow, Lori. Just…wow.
If you want to take your blogging into the e-book world this is a good book to start with: How To Be A Writer In The E-Age… And Keep Your E-Sanity! by Catherine Ryan Hyde & Anne R. Allen. Ms. Hyde wrote PAY IT FORWARD and 17 other books, and Ms. Allen is also an author and successful publishing industry blogger.
I have a LOTTTT of reading to do now. Thanks so much Lori for putting these all together!!
Ok, I could seriously spend hours on here, and probably will. What a great round up of resources!!
What a fantastic list. And to have it all in one place too! Wish I would’ve had this years ago, but it certainly can help me now.
Thanks a ton Lori. This post is like a one stop shop for all the food bloggers. Helpful and insightful as well with every bit of blogging covered so well.
Lori, thank you so much for this extensive list, I think every area is covered. I’m looking forward to reading all of it.
Thanks so much for this wonderful list Lori! I have so much to learn on food blogging, so this is just what I needed! Thanks for you nice comment too on my blog -it means a lot 🙂 I just love your blog and recipes-your such an inspiration!
What a terrific resource for us food bloggers. Thank you for sharing!
I have clicked on many of these and I am so educated now! I really appreciate this post 🙂 I’m excited to take some of the tips and apply them to my blog!!
Lori!!! You are a whirlwind! What a wonderful, totally comprehensive list. I am printing out, pinning, and sharing. Best of luck on your new cookbook!!!!!
Amazing round up! Thank you for sharing (and for including me)!
Okay, I can go home now, it’s all here! What a list. Thanks for thinking of others and giving away your secret stash of resources, because that IS what it’s all about.
Thank you so much! This is an amazing list of information. Looking forward to seeing your cookbook!
WOW! This has to be the best list/round up of links ever posted. I love how incredibly helpful and generous the food blogging community is. When I started almost six years ago the only think I knew was that I loved cooking and sharing food with others and thought a website would be a wonderful outlet for that. I am constantly improving myself and learning more daily. I will refer to this often!
Thank you so much for this post…..I have a lot of homework to do.
Wow, Lori, this is probably the most helpful, comprehensive list I’ve *ever* seen. Thanks for including me in your lineup! I’ll be adding this one to my “Blogging” board on Pinterest. Great work!
WOW!! This is maybe the greatest most informative post ever! I am so excited to go through each and every link! Thank you so much Lori!
This. Is. Awesome. Lori, thank you SO much for taking the time to put this all together! I’m definitely bookmarking this for future reference.
I’m with the others – “wow” is the first word to come to mind! What a fabulous idea to round up all of these invaluable resources in one place. Lots of favorites and a few new-to-me links I can’t wait to check out. Thanks so much for all the work you did on this, Lori!
this is the best post i have seen in a while!
WOW. My head is spinning! I cant even imagine how much time and energy went into putting this together… thank you! You get a gold star for the day. Heck, for the year! 🙂
Wow, Laurie, just wow. What. A great resource for bloggers of all kinds and all experience levels. Your work on this list is much appreciated and many will be able to use it. I love how you separated the categories.
WOW! Thank you so much for this! I am really struggling with my new food blog and this resource is exactly what I needed. You are now officially my favorite blogger of the week!
What a fantastic list and definitely a resource to bookmark. So much to learn. So much to keep up with. So much fun.
WOW! I cannot wait to take some time to read through these resources! The site I used a lot when starting my blog is http://www.bloggingyourpassion.com. It’s not specific to food blogs, but they give great blogging tips!
Oh & just remembered about these great Lightroom tutorials:
http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/tutorials/why-lightroom-may-be-the-only-photo-editor-you-need.html
http://www.jasonandshawnda.com/foodiebride/archives/8900/
Lori.
This is an amazing post filled with such helpful blogging links! It’s going to tale me a while to get through them all!
Thanks for including my link! What a fabulous resource. I can’t wait to look closely at all of these different links! That food prop article from Gourmande in the Kitchen and Bakers Royale is one of my favorites.
Lori – you rock the Universe – what a great list and I will be referring people to it! WOOT!
Lori, this is amazing! Thanks for sharing all this great information. I’m sure I will refer to it many times…
Awesome, Lori! I recognize a lot of these from over the years. Great resources!! To add another link, I wrote one with blogging advice: http://www.thelittlekitchen.net/2012/09/09/five-things-blogging-advice/
I’ll definitely share this link with with friends! Thanks for taking the time to compile this list!
WOW!!! what an amazing resource, and thank you so much for including my posts in this most comprehensive list of food blogging links!
WOW. Thank you so much for this! I’m at the stage where I’m trying to do the Blogger-Wordpress migration and it’s NOT going well haha, so any help like this is welcomed 🙂 Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
Thank you, Lori! This has got to be “the list of all lists…that were EVER lists” for food blogging information. It is so all-inclusive! Truly, you thought of every facet of food blogging and covered each section thoroughly, completely and with quality in mind. LOVE! IT! Pinning! xo
Thank you, Lori. This is a great compilation of tips for fellow food bloggers:-) I can spend hours pouring through all of this information.
WOW! Lori I am soooo impressed by this very informative list you put together. Thanks for all of this ~ I will refer back often. Also happy you shared my post The Perfect Pin. Thank you!
My jaw is on the floor with how comprehensive this is, Lori. BRAVO!!!! Wow. I can’t imagine how long this took you to compile, and for how long you were ‘collecting’ links. With each section, I was like wow, she thought of this. And that. And this, too. You didn’t miss a thing! Thank you. Pinning, saving, and loving this!
WOW – Lori – what a fabulous, fabulous resource for food bloggers, new and more experienced. Bookmarked. Thank you so much for compiling this.