8 Tips For Starting A Successful Food Blog (2025)
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#1: Mason Woodruff, founder of Kinda Healthy Recipes:
We chatted with with Mason, founder of Kinda Healthy Recipes ($26K/month). In our interview, Mason says:
Perfect is the enemy of good. If I’d waited for perfection to start, I’d still be waiting.
Additionally:
As a creator, your core audience is the ultimate asset in your business. As they say, earning trust takes forever but destroying it takes seconds. If you’re unsure about a partnership, don’t do it.
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#2: Lexi Harrison, founder of Crowded Kitchen:
We chatted with with Lexi, founder of Crowded Kitchen ($17K/month). In our interview, Lexi says:
There’s SO much that goes into a successful blog. Improving SEO is essentially a never-ending process, but there’s incredible potential to make huge ad revenue over time.
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We haven’t ever had content go crazy viral on social media and gained 10k followers overnight, but we have been incredibly consistent over the last several years and have grown a high-quality organic audience as a result.
Further:
Do your research early on. Especially when it comes to SEO and website best practices! I’ve had to essentially re-write almost every single post on the blog (of which there are hundreds) more than once over the last few years.
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#3: Mason Woodruff, founder of Kinda Healthy Recipes:
We chatted with with Mason, founder of Kinda Healthy Recipes ($26K/month). In our interview, Mason says:
I’d encourage you to make sure you’re working on the right things and not be afraid to scrap what’s not working.
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#4: Mason Woodruff, founder of Kinda Healthy Recipes:
We chatted with with Mason, founder of Kinda Healthy Recipes ($26K/month). In our interview, Mason says:
Making $10k/month from my business was once a dream. As soon as I reached that number, the goal moved to $20k, then $30k, and now $40k. It’s important to find enjoyment in the work and where you’re at now instead of constantly chasing the next goal.
Additionally:
Once you find what’s working, triple down on that. We’ve had a breakthrough this year with our content creation process and overall blogging strategy
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