Cannock Chase Sunrise

Find Your True Nature – Two Years & A Career in Blogging IV

Gavin Wren Food Blogging, Writing

Welcome back for Part 4 of my super special two year anniversary post! This time I’m discussing how to find your true nature, how to see the things that really matter in life and realise which things don’t. Sometimes it can be hard to see the wood for all the trees, but keep on walking and eventually you’ll get some perspective. The photo above was taken at Cannock Chase Forest during my 600 mile drive …

Should There Be a Bloggers Code of Ethics?

Should There be a Bloggers Code of Ethics?

Gavin Wren Food Blogging, Writing

Elizabeth at Rosalilium.com, in her YouTube video on the subject posed the question, should there be a bloggers code of ethics? After spending some time thinking about it, I’ve put together my response to what I feel is a very important subject within the world of blogging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q89m3ANGYo Should There be a Bloggers Code of Ethics? My initial reaction is that yes, there should be, because there’s often questions over the behaviour of bloggers, which …

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Advertising a blog using Twitter ads and promoted tweets

Gavin Wren Food Blogging, Writing

Ad Men This month I decided to look at some different ways to and increase the readership of my blog. I considered various techniques that help to raise the profile of a blog, especially through social media. My personal favourite social media channel is Twitter, simply because of the way you interact with other people through words, rather than images. Don’t, however get confused with my favourite for driving traffic, which is undoubtedly Pinterest. Something …

How to write bad blog posts and lose visitors

How to write bad blog posts and lose visitors

Gavin Wren Food Blogging, Food Opinion Pieces, Writing

If there’s one thing that turns me off when I read a blog post, it’s starting with phrases like “YOU NEED THIS IN YOUR LIFE!” or “This recipe is AMAZING and will CHANGE your WORLD”. You don’t NEED any recipe in your life, you just need basic food and water and the absolute last thing you need in your life is someone telling you what choices you should make. You should work them out for …