Bjork Ostrom

The Food Blogger Pro Podcast

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Welcome to The Food Blogger Pro Podcast, hosted by Bjork Ostrom from Pinch of Yum! Our goal is to help you create a beautiful, functional, and profitable blog. We interview successful food bloggers and industry experts in an effort to surface strategies that can help you more efficiently grow and monetize your site. You'll learn about recipe SEO, food photography, plugins, monetization, traffic, and more. New episodes every Tuesday! Learn more at foodbloggerpro.com/podcast

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Bjork Ostrom

Episodes

258: Uncorked - Conversations on Race and Wine with Julia Coney 24.06.2020 51:14

How to start having conversations about race, how wine and race intersect, and how to support black and people of color in the wine industry. ----- Welcome to episode 258 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Julia Coney about wine, race, and Netflix's "Uncorked." Uncorked If you've listened to The Food Blogger Pro Podcast for a while, you'll know that we lov...

257: Where Do We Go From Here - Pinch of Yum Post Recap 16.06.2020 36:56

Our favorite resources to help support black-owned businesses and learn more about being actively anti-racist with Bjork and Lindsay Ostrom. ----- Welcome to episode 257 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork and Lindsay talk about the resources they're using to learn about racism and some ways that we can support black-owned businesses. Where Do We Go From Here After a...

An Update 02.06.2020 3:16

We're taking a break from our normal podcast schedule this week to reflect and offer help and support to those who need it. Here are the links to the resources and organizations Bjork mentioned in this episode: The Where Do We Go From Here post on Pinch of Yum Lake Street Council NAACP The beauty of anti-racism is that you don't have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racis...

256: Career Transitioning - Love Your Next Career with Wendy Braitman 26.05.2020 49:17

Why connection is important, how to make the most out of growth opportunities, and how to build a career that you love with Wendy Braitman. ----- Welcome to episode 256 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews career coach, Wendy Braitman about the importance of breaking big goals into small, actionable steps. Career Transitioning Do you have a specific career go...

255: How-To Videos - Engaging Video Made Simple with Jake Poses 19.05.2020 49:21

How the Jumprope app works, why how-to videos are great for recipe creators, and the importance of stories with Jake Poses. ----- Welcome to episode 255 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Jake Poses from Jumprope about this new video-sharing app. How-To Videos Creating recipe videos can seem like a big undertaking. Between the set-up, the lighting, the gea...

254: Leveraging Traffic - What You Can Do With More Website Traffic 12.05.2020 34:53

Using Google Analytics to form content decisions, why email list signups are important for food bloggers, and the impact more traffic has on ad revenue. ----- Welcome to episode 254 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks about the results that come from getting more traffic to your blog. Leveraging Traffic As bloggers, we all want more traffic, right? It's one of t...

253: Growth Hacking - How Yumna Jawad Got 2.2M Followers on Instagram and 200K Followers on TikTok 05.05.2020 57:01

How to grow an audience on social media, why connection is important, and how to post unique content to TikTok with Yumna Jawad. ----- Welcome to episode 253 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Yumna Jawad from Feel Good Foodie about how she grew her social following. Growth Hacking In today's episode, you'll hear from Yumna from Feel Good Foodie. You may r...

252: Expert Check-In - What You Should Know About Traffic, Sponsored Content, and Pinterest in 2020 28.04.2020 1:42:53

How website traffic and ad revenue are affected by the coronavirus, how to ask your audience what it needs, and how you can evolve your content calendar based on what's performing on Pinterest. ----- Welcome to episode 252 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Andrew Wilder, Danielle Liss, and Kate Ahl about traffic, sponsored content, and Pinterest strategies...

251: Empathy - The Power of Understanding and Serving Your Audience with Laurie Buckle 21.04.2020 57:30

How creators can navigate the pandemic, how you can evolve your content, and knowing who you're serving as a blogger with Laurie Buckle. ----- Welcome to episode 251 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Laurie Buckle from CookIt Media about knowing and serving your audience. Empathy Let's talk about understanding your audience. As content creators, we publis...

250: Focus Management - Conditioning Yourself to Do More Meaningful Work with Dave Crenshaw 14.04.2020 48:15

The costs associated with switchtasking, the difference between time management and focus management, and how to restore your missing minute with Dave Crenshaw. ----- Welcome to episode 250 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Dave Crenshaw about productivity, avoiding "switchtasking," and managing your focus. Focus Management Do you actually notice how many...

249: Team Check-In - Redesigning a Membership Site, Fulfilling a Need in the Market, and Step-by-Step Recipe Videos 07.04.2020 34:20

What to consider when launching a redesign, how to get involved with Clariti, and step-by-step videos with the Tasty Recipes plugin. ----- Welcome to episode 249 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, the team talks about some of the new and exciting projects they're working on. Team Check-In Today's episode is a little different from some of our more recent episodes. In fact,...

248: Running at an Incline - How Pinch of Yum is Approaching Content in a Difficult Season 31.03.2020 39:10

How Pinch of Yum is approaching sponsored content, planning new content, and letting go of certain tasks during the COVID-19 pandemic. ----- Welcome to episode 248 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Lindsay Ostrom about how Pinch of Yum is coping with this season. Running at an Incline What has your blog looked like these past few weeks? Are you posting mo...

247: Covering the Basics - Running a Business During a Pandemic 24.03.2020 27:16

Remembering to care for the essentials, how to approach content creation during the COVID-19 outbreak, and the importance of avoiding disastertunity. ----- Welcome to episode 247 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks about how we're approaching the COVID–19 outbreak personally and with our businesses. Covering the Basics Oof. These past few weeks have been interes...

246: Hiring - Building a Better Team with Moses Balian 17.03.2020 51:36

Hiring a contractor vs. an employee, how employee benefits work, and how you can start building your team with Moses Balian. ----- Welcome to episode 246 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Moses Balian about contractors, employees, and building a team. Hiring As you're growing your business, there may come a time when you're ready to hire some help. But sh...

245: Feeling Stuck - What To Do When You Feel Like You've Done Everything with Bjork Ostrom 10.03.2020 39:55

The importance of limiting comparison, how to be flexible, focusing on your craft, and why posting frequency isn't very important with Bjork Ostrom. ----- Welcome to episode 245 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork reads an email we recently received and offers advice on how to overcome the feelings of feeling stuck. Feeling Stuck Today's podcast episode is actually on...

244: Diversification - Solving Business Challenges & Acquiring Profitable Businesses with Kevin McArdle 03.03.2020 58:06

How SaaS businesses solve problems, tips for diversifying your portfolio, and the importance of delegating with Kevin McArdle. ----- Welcome to episode 244 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Kevin McArdle about running businesses, solving challenges, and building your portfolio. Diversification This week's episode is a good one because it's all about diver...

243: Best-in-Class Content - Keyword Research, Creating Value, and Authority with Ewen Finser 25.02.2020 1:02:25

Why keyword research is so important, what EAT means, and updating content with Ewen Finser. ----- Welcome to episode 243 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Ewen Finser about creating awesome content that search engines and your readers will love. Best-in-Class Content We hear from a lot of bloggers who are interested in increasing their traffic. And while...

242: Social Trends - Pinterest in 2020 with Kate Ahl 18.02.2020 50:38

What fresh content is and why it's important for Pinterest, how to use Pinterest Trends, and how often you should be pinning with Kate Ahl. ----- Welcome to episode 242 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Kate Ahl talks about using Pinterest in 2020. Social Trends: Pinterest in 2020 Today marks Part 2 of our two-part series on social media in 2020. Last wee...

241: Social Trends - Facebook and Instagram in 2020 with Abby Bayatpour 11.02.2020 36:08

Facebook groups as part of a social strategy, building engagement on Instagram, and how to streamline writing your Instagram captions with Abby Bayatpour. ----- Welcome to episode 241 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Alexa interviews Social Media Manager, Abby Bayatpour, about how food bloggers can be promoting their content on Facebook and Instagram this year. Social Tre...

240: Income - Making More Money Without Doing More Work with Bjork Ostrom 04.02.2020 34:13

How home office deductions work, why you should consider hiring a CPA, and how to track your mileage with Bjork Ostrom. ----- Welcome to episode 240 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks through the ways you can create income without doing more work. Income Making more money without doing more work…that's the dream, right? Well, now it's a reality! Bjork is here t...

239: Ten Years - The Seasons of Pinch of Yum with Lindsay Ostrom 28.01.2020 52:23

How to be light on your feet, the most impactful work for Pinch of Yum, and the sacrifices of building a business with Lindsay Ostrom. ----- Welcome to episode 239 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Lindsay Ostrom about navigating the different seasons in her blogging journey. Ten Years Pinch of Yum is turning 10 this year, and as I'm sure you can imagine,...

238: Understanding Ads - How to Increase Your Earnings from Ads with Bjork Ostrom 21.01.2020 36:48

Ad-supported video players, why user experience is important, and understanding ad impressions with Bjork Ostrom. ----- Welcome to episode 238 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks about how you can optimize and increase the earnings you receive from the ads on your site. Understanding Ads Ads can be an effective way to earn money from blogging, but how do you kno...

237: The One Thing - What We're Excited to Focus On in 2020 14.01.2020 29:20

How Pinch of Yum is repurposing recipe videos, how to manage a remote team, and what to expect with the Food Blogger Pro redesign. ----- Welcome to episode 237 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, the team talks about the "one thing" they're excited to accomplish in 2020. The One Thing This is a different kind of podcast episode, but we think you're really going to like it....

236: Themes - Performance-Focused Designs with Bill Erickson 07.01.2020 43:43

How your site design can impact site speed, optimizing your category pages, and how to build your own thing with Bill Erickson. ----- Welcome to episode 236 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Bill Erickson about the impact your design can have on your blog. Themes Bill is a WordPress developer, and he's here today to chat about the impact your site's desig...

235: FBP Rewind - Three Ways to Set Smarter Goals in the New Year with Bjork Ostrom 31.12.2019 21:08

Setting SMART goals, understanding the why behind your goals, and the importance of gratitude with Bjork Ostrom. ----- Welcome to episode 235 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks about how you can set better goals in the new year. Three Ways to Set Smarter Goals in the New Year Tomorrow we welcome a new year and a new decade ( depending on who you ask ). And that...