How Sarah Bond Grew Her Food Blog to 1M+ Visitors and $30-40k Per Month

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Welcome to another great episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Sarah Bond joins host Jared to discuss her journey building the food blog Live Eat Learn.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The site gets over 1 million monthly visitors, and so she has great insights on content strategy and growth tactics.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Sarah started her blog in 2015 with the goal of turning it into a business. She was inspired by the income reports of other food bloggers like <a href= "https://www.nichepursuits.com/pinch-of-yum-success-story/" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pinch of Yum</a> and knew, as a nutrition major, it was the niche for her.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>She actually originally used the blog to document her process of learning how to cook, focusing on a featured ingredient each week. And over time she's not only learned how to cook but inspired millions of others as well.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Sarah's focus is on creating content clusters around specific ingredients or topics to establish herself as an authority in those areas. She emphasizes the importance of SEO in driving traffic to her blog, noting that Pinterest, which was once a major traffic source, has become less relevant.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>And she also highlights the value of recipe development and photography in building trust with her audience. She ensures that her recipes are reliable and visually appealing, using her background in nutrition and photography to create high-quality content.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Her site has been around for a while and has over 1300 posts, so Sarah also has some great, quick tips on updating content. She prioritizes retitling posts to make them more appealing and stand out in search results.</p> <p><!--