Blogging With Recipes: Get Your Food Posts Seen (2024)

FAQs

How do I get my food blog noticed? ›

There are many good sources out there, including cookbooks, magazines, and friends and family who are willing to share their secrets. One thing is sure: if you want to be a successful food blogger, you need to have a reliable source of recipes you can use as inspiration to create your own dishes.

The Midwest Foodie Blog earned over $60,000 in income in just the first quarter of 2022. Pinch of Yum stands out as a prime example of what's possible in the world of food blogging. It earned $90,000 monthly in 2019 and soared to $10.5 million in 2021. A Sassy Spoon has a steady monthly income of around $7,000.

77% of internet users report regularly reading blog posts. 80% of bloggers say that blogging drives results. 44% of buyers report consuming 3 to 5 pieces of content before engaging with the seller. Food, lifestyle, and travel niches have the highest percentage of blogs and more than 50,000 blog visits per month.

Your first 6 months. Your only job during the first 6 months of running your food blog is to get a new recipe put out every week. Do not underestimate how difficult this is. You need a minimum of 20 high quality, unique pieces of content (recipes) before search engines even consider you anything other than a spammer.

If you plan to post two recipes per week, at launch, your blog should feature at least eight recipes. Even with this initial content in place, shortly after you launch, you should begin publishing new recipes. For that reason, it's smart to have some content written and ready to publish.

How Much Do Food Blogger Jobs Pay per Year? $40,000 is the 25th percentile. Salaries below this are outliers. $50,000 is the 75th percentile.

How many words should a recipe blog post be? ›

The ideal blog post length is between 1,500 - 2,500 words, with a sweet spot right at 2,450. This length allows you to provide your readers with enough information to be informative and helpful, while also keeping their attention.

Once or twice a week is a good goal.

As long as you post once or twice a week, you should have no trouble meeting the requirement. Depending on your needs, you may post every other day, every five days, or every seven days.

Actually making a living and managing to create a business and a full-time job from your food blog can be quite challenging. There are so many food blogs available online that finding your niche and making a living through your blog can be rather difficult.

Taking the median number of posts per week, you're looking at about 2-3 posts per week to stay on track the norm for top food bloggers.

Most experts agree that blogging two to four times per week is the best way to see increased traction from your content. This equates to somewhere around eleven to sixteen posts a month, depending on how set you are on the actual times per week you post new content.

Whether you're looking to land a full-time writing job in the culinary world or just a foodie searching for a creative outlet, starting a successful food blog is hard work that takes passion, finesse, and consistency.