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Are you thinking about how to become a food blogger then this article is for you? In this article, I have explained all the processes required to start a food blog from choosing the best sub-niche to monetizing your blog.

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Step-by-step instructions on how to become a successful food blogger. Follow the same steps I mentioned here and contact me if you have any problem.

Choose a sub-niche
Buy hosting and domain
Choose a good theme
Customize your food blog
Do Keyword research to find the right keywords
Write blog posts
Post blog posts on social media
Get traffic to your blog by running ads
How to monetize your food blog?

#1. Choosing a sub-niche in food

The first important step to becoming a successful food blogger is choosing a good sub-niche. Niche means the category or topic which is very broad and covers a lot of sub-categories or sub-topics.

Here, Food is the main niche/topic. You have to find out the best sub-niche under food to start a blog. It will look like the hardest part in the beginning, but, if you do a little research you can easily find your sub-niche.

If you want you can go further deep into the sub-niche and choose your micro-niche. A micro-niche is a smaller topic in the sub-niche. If you have more content ideas in the micro-niche then go for it or else stay with the sub-niche itself.

Once covering all the topics in the sub-niche you can expand it to the other sub-niches in your niche as well. So, first, focus on one sub-niche at a time.

For beginners, it will be difficult to do research and find a sub-niche. So, I have researched for you and found out the best sub-niches in the food category. Pick one in which you are really interested and move on to the next step.

If you want to do further research you can do it by using the Google keyword planner which is the free and best tool for doing keyword research.

If you want to know how to choose a niche and factors to consider before choosing a niche and also all the earning opportunities from a blog then I recommend you to read this post Top 10 best niches for blogging where I covered everything.

Now, I have listed out the best sub and micro-niches for food

Sub-niches	Micro-niches
Chicken recipes	Chicken breast recipes, chicken thigh recipes
Dinner recipes	Healthy dinner recipes
Healthy diet	Easy dinners
Healthy eating	Vegan dinner recipes
Vegetarian recipes	cabbage recipes
Lunch recipes	Side dishes
healthy lunch	Easy meals
Mexican foods	Spinach recipes
Healthy food	Healthy food recipes
Healthy dinner	Easy vegetarian recipes
Cake recipes	Potato recipes
Banana recipes	Brocolli recipes
Mediterranean food	Mushroom recipes
Soup recipes	Biryani recipes
Cookie recipes	Honey
Indian food	Gravy recipes
German food	Heart-healthy food
Italian dishes	Energy giving food
Asian food	Egg recipes
African food	Lamb recipes
Jamaican food	Healthy chicken recipes
Street food	Fish recipes
Mexican recipes
Greek food
Cuban food
Italian food
American food
French food
Breakfast recipes
Salad recipes
Pasta recipes
Cooking recipes

#2. Buying hosting and domain

To become a blogger, you must have a website. To have a website, you have to purchase a domain name and hosting. If you are a beginner, you will be confused like hey! what is this domain name and hosting? Don't worry I will simply explain you.

A domain name is the name/address of your website (like the address of your house) and hosting is the place where your website is kept on the internet ( like your house). So, you have to buy a name and a place for your website.

Without, having a domain and hosting, you can't start a blog.

Best domain name provider: Namecheap (Don't buy domain names from the hosting providers, they will charge you with a high price, always buy from Namecheap as the name suggests it is the one and only cheap and best domain name providers in the world)

Best hosting Providers: Bluehost, Hostgator

Learn how to buy hosting from Bluehost and install WordPress?

Learn how to buy hosting from Hostgator and install WordPress?

Now you have chosen your sub-niche and purchased domain and hosting and the next step you have to do is to design your website.

#3. Choosing a theme

WordPress is a very good platform for bloggers. Once you purchased domain and hosting, you can install WordPress on your website from cPanel. If you don't know how to install, I have shared the links above, so please read those articles first. Then you will get a clear picture of how to install WordPress. It is very simple anyone can do it.

Now, you have installed WordPress on your website and the next important thing is choosing a theme for your website. I will tell you the simplest way to design a website that requires zero coding and technical knowledge. Using this anyone can set up their blog within an hour.

Here I have recommended some best themes for a food blog below which are 100% customizable. Just go and buy the theme and upload it to your website and choose a pre-made template for your blog and customize the template. You can also change the color, font, and almost anything. If you don't want just change the logo and the titles and then start writing the blog post. It's that simple.

Best recommended ThemeForest themes for a food blog

Betheme
Bridge theme
Pearl theme
Uncode theme
Soledad theme

Read: Best SEO-friendly themes for blogging

After buying your theme, you need to upload it to your WordPress website.

If you are brand new to WordPress, read my WordPress Tutorials that are mainly focused on beginners to completely understood WordPress.

Recommended plugins

Plugins are the second important thing to the website, next to themes. Plugins help to add or enhance the functionalities of your website it may either add a completely new feature or increase the functionalities of the existing features.

Here are some of the must-have plugins for the WordPress website. If you are brand new to WordPress I recommend reading this article. How to install plugins to WordPress?

Elementor – Free version page-builder

Updraftplus – Free plugin to create backups of your website

Wordfence security – Free security scanner for your WordPress site

WebP converter for media – Free Image optimization plugin for WordPress

Site kit by Google – Free plugin to keep track of analytics

RankMath SEO – Free plugin which helps for On-page SEO optimization

WP- Rocket – Premium plugin to speed up your website

Wp Recipe maker – Easily add recipes to your post

#4. Customize your blog

The third important step is the customization after installing WordPress. You can customize your theme by going to Appearance -> Customize. There you will find all the options to customize your theme.

If your theme comes with pre-built websites you can choose a demo template and install it on your website. Depending upon the theme, you will find the pre-built website options on the left side menu of your dashboard.

Click on Pre-built websites and install the demo website for your blog and customize it. All the themes which I recommended come with pre-built websites. So, you don't need to build a website from scratch.

#5. Doing keyword research

After designing your website, you have to create some pages. Then the next step is creating blog posts. To write a blog post you must have a good topic to write about. To find a good topic go to Google Keyword Planner and type your keyword in the search box and click on "Get results".

Aim for long-tail keywords ie. keywords containing more than 3 words. If you are writing recipes then don't worry about picking a long-tail keyword. The keyword you have chosen must have a minimum search volume of 1k per month and also the competition level must be "low". As a beginner, don't aim for keywords with high or medium-level competition.

After choosing your keyword you can start writing the blog posts.

Best keyword examples for your blog

Banana bread recipe	Chocolate chip cookies
French toast recipe	Pizza dough recipe
Sugar cookie recipe	Carrot cake recipe
Pineapple upside-down cake	Butter chicken recipe

#6. Writing blog posts

Now, you have some great keywords to write about. If you don't know how to write blog posts, I strongly recommend you to read my article about posts. You can also use RankMath to optimize your blog post for Search Engines.

Make sure to create a page named "Blog" or "Recipes" or whatever you want to display your blog posts. After creating the page go to settings->Reading and choose the static posts page as the page whatever you have created previously.

Now, all your blog posts will be displayed on that page. You can also display your specific category pages in the menu. To do that go to Appearance->Menus and then click on Categories and select the category which you want and then click on "add to menu".

Read: How to add categories and tags to your post?

Add category to menu — Add category to the menu

#7. Posting blog posts on social media

Social media is one of the best resources to get tons of free traffic to your blog if you do it in the right way. I request you to utilize social media to the full extent.

Create business accounts on social medias like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter etc and start posting your articles. Use Canva to create some stunning posts for your articles and share it on social media.

You can create a page on Facebook for your blog and post your blog posts. Also, join some Facebook groups and share your blog posts on them. Pin your blog post to Pinterest. Also, post regularly on Instagram to gain more followers.

#8. Get traffic to your blog by running ads

There are three ways to get tons of traffic to your website. The first way is getting organic traffic by making your blog rank in Google and other search engines. For that, you need to do on page-SEO, off-page SEO, and technical SEO. But, this will take time and require a lot of hard work.

The second best and easy way of getting traffic is making use of social media. But, it will also take some time to get traffic. The third best way to get traffic to your blog/website is by running ads like Google ads, Facebook ads, and Instagram ads. If you have money, you can opt to get traffic by this way.

Recommended: Free Digital Marketing Course

#9. How to monetize your food blog?

The purpose of starting a blog is to earn money, without earning it's of no use. One must provide value and earn money at the same time. With a food blog, there are plenty of opportunities to earn money.

Unlike other niches, the food niche is very special. In other niches, people will see one or two websites at the top and if they find their answers they will leave. But, with food, people will love to see almost all websites to know which recipe is easy and which suits them and will try all the versions of recipes. So, food blogs will usually get a lot of traffic.

Let's see the earning opportunities in the food niche

1. Google Adsense

After writing some 20 blog posts, you can apply for the Google AdSense program. With Google Adsense, you can earn some decent money. Basically, it is like selling ad space on your blog and earning money when someone clicks on the ad.

2. Amazon affiliate

Amazon affiliate program is one of the best for the food niche. Sign up for the amazon affiliate and start promoting food products, utensils, cooking, and other household equipment. You can write a review about the products or just recommend the product in your post and add the affiliate link to the words.

Not only the products you are recommending but for any other products that the readers purchase on Amazon, you will get a commission.

3. Selling cookbooks and courses

Write your own cookbook and online courses and start selling them on your blog. With this, you don't have to rely on third parties to earn money.

4. Affilate programs

Apart from Amazon, there are a lot of good affiliate programs out there for the Food niche. Some of the best affiliate programs for food blogs are Thrive market, ShareASale, Swoop, VigLink

5. Brand Partners

One of the best ways to earn money is to partner with a brand and recommend that product to your audience. There are several ways to promote the brand, you can use the product in your recipes, post it on social media, and place ads on your website.

I hope you now know some information on how to create a food blog. If you are stuck at any stage comment below, I will help you out.

I think I have covered everything, if you have any doubts you can ask them in the comments below, I am always here to help, or just contact me on Wattsapp. you will the Wattsapp chat on the corner below.