Entries from The Amateur Gourmet tagged with 'blogging'
Tweeting vs. Blogging
On February 5th, 2004, I wrote my first Tweet. This was before Twitter, so it wasn't an actual Tweet, but it may as well have been: I'd just gotten the news that CNN was coming over to my apartment to do a segment about my Janet Jackson Breast Cupcakes. I wrote a post called BREAKING NEWS!!! that said: "CNN IS COMING OVER TOMORROW TO DO A STORY ON MY JANET JACKSON BREAST CUPCAKES! THIS IS NOT A JOKE! I REPEAT, CNN IS COMING OVER TOMORROW! THE STORY WILL AIR MONDAY NIGHT!" Granted, this was 32 characters too long to be an actual Tweet, but the spirit of it was certainly Twitteresque. In fact, the spirit of my blog, in general, before Twitter was so Twitter-like that now that Twitter's here, it's hard to know what's blogworthy and what best belongs on Twitter....
The Food Blogger Episode
This week's FN Dish may be my favorite so far. First of all, it's the first one I actually wrote as a script--so it has a lot more of my voice in it, something that many of you may have felt was missing. Second of all, it features three of my favorite bloggers: Ed Levine from Serious Eats, Luisa Weiss from The Wednesday Chef and Amanda Kludt from Eater. Thirdly, we have a special celebrity guest from America's Next Top Model. Plus, you learn all about food blogging and starting a food blog. So make sure to click the link above or click here or just type in www.fndish.com and go that way. Once you're there: rate it, leave comments and if you love it embed it on your blog. And if you want to know more about starting a food blog, check out my essays: How To Start a Food Blog, More Blogging Advice, and How To Make Your Food Blog Popular....
How To Make Your Food Blog Popular
I received a touching e-mail this weekend from a reader who finds herself in the same situation I was in three and a half years ago: namely, she's a third year law student, she hates the law, and she wants to be a writer. She's just started a food blog and wants to know how to make it popular. "How did you become so widely read?" she asked. I told her I would answer the question on the blog, and it'll probably echo many of the points I've made previously in this post and this one. But it's always good to re-explore a subject, and especially after this weekend's coverage in The Wall Street Journal, it's as good a time as any to offer advice. And so, without further ado, here's my take on how to make your food blog popular....
