Hello and welcome to another dose of my thoughts on blogging, entrepreneurship, and our industry in general. My goal with these newsletters is to help you feel less lonely in our space, and occasionally teach you something about self-publishing cookbooks. these recipe apps are like a game of whack-a-mole I was recently made aware of yet another “recipe app” that’s scraping our recipes, pulling them into their app, and profiting off of our IP. I posted about it in the Transparency in Blogging...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Hello and welcome to another dose of my thoughts on blogging, entrepreneurship, and our industry in general. My goal with these newsletters is to help you feel less lonely in our space, and occasionally teach you something about self-publishing cookbooks. tldr; 🍿 The results of the survey I sent out last week 🍿 Thoughts from the folks at Siftr the survey recap Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who participated in the survey I sent out last week! More responses = a better feel for what's going on....
8 months ago • 3 min read
Hello and welcome to another dose of my thoughts on blogging, entrepreneurship, and our industry in general. My goal with these newsletters is to help you feel less lonely in our space, and occasionally teach you something about self-publishing cookbooks. tldr; 🍿 Blogging has been weird for about a year. How are you feeling about it? I'll share the results next week. 🍿 An SEO newsletter that won't make you feel like a blogging dummy (sponsored) 🍿 Cookbook Lab updates as a new school year...
8 months ago • 3 min read
Starting this email with a confession: I run a food blog. I love cooking, but... I also really love when other people cook for me. ✅ Trying something new? ✅ No dishes in my house? ✅ Getting to soak in the vibes and atmosphere of a local restaurant? YES to all of this. Unfortunately, this summer we're not eating out that often. I have an 11 month old who in general is pretty patient at restaurants, but it's a whole extra level of organization to schedule, bring food for him, etc. Eating out is...
10 months ago • 1 min read
Hello and welcome to another dose of my thoughts on blogging, entrepreneurship, and our industry in general. My goal with these newsletters is to help you feel less lonely in our space, and occasionally teach you something about self-publishing cookbooks. tldr; 🍿 Working with recipe testers is important - don't skip it. 🍿 I wrote a long form blog post all about recipe testers - click to read. 🍿 I started a Facebook group all about self-publishing cookbooks! let's chat - Let's chat about one...
10 months ago • 2 min read