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10 practical steps you can take to improve your food blog

10 practical steps you can take to improve your food blog

Like most delegates to Food Blogger Connect, I'm sure, I came away full of ideas about how to improve my website. You might think as an established writer I’d have it all sussed by now but not at all. You can - and should - always learn.

What motivates food bloggers?

What motivates food bloggers?

‘So what are they all doing in there’ asked the guy in the coffee shop, gesticulating at the arts centre next door. 'Blawggers or somefink?'

What makes a great food blog?

What makes a great food blog?

So many people are blogging about food these days so how do you stand out from the crowd? This weekend’s sessions at Food Blogger Connect - and my own observations - suggest a few answers.

There are bloggers and bloggers . . .

There are bloggers and bloggers . . .

A follow-up to yesterday’s post following a particularly animated discussion on Twitter the main gist of which is that you can’t tar all bloggers with the same brush. Some will grab every freebie going. Some will discriminate and retain their detachment.

New Fiona Beckett blog!

New Fiona Beckett blog!

Some might say (and they’re probably right) I have more than enough do do on this site without adding a blog to it and while it’s true I’ve dropped a couple of blogs over the past year or so I still have two I try - not wholly successfully - to keep up. (The Frugal Cook and Wine Naturally)

Living like a local in Athens

Living like a local in Athens

I’ve been thinking this past couple of days that I’ve been getting it all wrong about travelling. The frantic search for the best hotel, the hottest restaurants, the relentless attempt to tick the *must see* boxes. But I’m going to have to admit after two days in Athens I didn’t even make it to the centre.

2014 IWSC, Gonzalez Byass Blogger of the Year

2014 IWSC, Gonzalez Byass Blogger of the Year

A fantastic piece of news! I won the International Wine & Spirit Competition, Gonzalez Byass Blogger of the Year award which was announced at the IWSC awards banquet last week.

A day in the life of a wine writer

A day in the life of a wine writer

I wouldn’t say that yesterday was a typical day in the life of this particular wine writer but it was certainly an eclectic one, starting with one huge supermarket tasting (Asda), going on to a Dom Pérignon lunch and finishing with another one (Morrisons).

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