Do you want to be one of the best food bloggers out there? It is the ambition of many food bloggers. Still, very few can become Alex Karpovek (100,000 Instagram followers with a 3.8 percent engagement rate), Lily Kunin (107,000 Instagram followers), celebrated chefs like Gordon Ramsay with 11.1 million followers, or Jamie Oliver (8.5 million Instagram followers). Yet, they are not only making the audience drool with the foods they make and eat, but they now have their own shows. These shows are sponsored, so while you are salivating while watching the food, they are making money.
If you want to be one of them in the market, then be aware that you have to work like mad. There are no shortcuts, and you have to be 100 percent dedicated.
All these best food bloggers do not cut any corners when it comes to creating content for their blogs. So, if you are ready to walk the extra mile through creating that unique content, chances are you can become one of the best food bloggers in the market.
How To Create The Best Food Blogging Content?
Though almost every one of us lives food, there are no magic tricks for creating a food blog. Mainly when it comes to food blogging, building trust with your readers is the key. So, If you are making recipe blogs, you must test them. Apart from that, here are few tips you can use to create a successful food blog.
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Try To Be Authentic
Keeping yourself with the latest food trends is important, but following them without much knowledge or something you are not fascinated about yet sharing them with your viewers is a big NO. It means you are not yourself on the blog and people want to know you, so try and create content that represents you and not a trending version.
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Be Original
Often food bloggers tend to repeat the recipes, kitchen, and cooking hacks that are going online. If it is already available, take a minute to think about why visitors would be interested in your content. When you offer original content and viewers like it, they will keep visiting your food blog. For example, Hannah Prakash offers health-conscious food blogging where plant-based lifestyle is supported, and people looking for a healthy lifestyle are her audience.
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Create Your Niche
With so many food blogs and bloggers already in the market, think of a reason why a visitor would be drawn towards your blog instead of others. The best way to find your niche is to identify your preference in the culinary world, i.e., creating recipes, finding new and exotic foods, and tasting them, budget foods, health products, etc., to name a few. After you have the preference start creating unique content along that line instead of dabbling with everything.
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Stick With Your Plan
You are not Angelina Jolie or Justin Bieber that the minute you will start a blog, people will throng to it. So, when you do not see 100s of viewers or subscribers within days or even months, don’t give up. Instead, stick to your plan of creating unique content because growing your blog will take time. It will only start getting momentum as time goes, but if you slack and increase the intervals between posting new content, your competition will take over, and becoming one of the best food bloggers will remain an unattainable dream.
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Be An Enthusiast & Connect!
The community is small in the world of food blogging, so don’t be afraid to shout out to people whose blogs and works you like. It will showcase positivity and your personality. For example, if you see someone having ham and pineapple pizza and you like it, don’t be afraid to show it. Many can say it’s a weird taste, but it’s your blog, and it’s who you are. When you show your enthusiasm for something you like, trust us, there will be others who will show their excitement for something you create for the blog. It will also help you to connect with others and increase your networking with other bloggers. So don’t be shy to leave a comment or promote others’ blogs on your social media account.
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Clean & Easy Website
Do not clutter your blog with unnecessary information, animation, and pictures. People are interested in your content. Also, decluttering will make it easy for them to find the information they want from your blog. Keep the navigation easy, and remember to keep the subscription, email, social media, and RSS icons prominently featured on each page so the visitor can access them easily. Hunting for such icons will decrease your chances of getting shared and thus increase the number of viewers. Another part you need to take care of to become a famous food blogger is to allow people to log in easily and leave their comments. You also have to let the viewers know you appreciate their comments and presence on the blog.
Final Words
These are the few tips you can follow to start your journey to become one of the best food bloggers in town. But whatever it is, be constructive and appreciative of others’ work. This will take you a long way and of possible try to connect with cooking channels or restaurants to review their work. It will bring you more viewership and even money as a food blogger. Working as an influencer in the food business can also help you create your food blog and get lots of traction.
