Awarded the
“Rodinstar” Post
of the week!!
Hey everyone,
Am writing in today because I’ve been blogging since the past two months and am now looking at spreading the wings of the blog and trying to slowly monetise it and evolve the blog into a business. For this I had a few questions which I was hoping my fellow Rodinhooders could help me with.
Blog Address: www.bawibride.com
What’s the blog about?: I discovered that there are few resources online for parsis and others interested in Parsi cooking. Most recipes within the community continue to passed down through grandmother’s and through families and there are only a handful of recipe books as well where most dishes are things that can only be cooked on special occasions rather than on a daily basis. I therefore started the blog documenting my journey into learning Parsi food.
Ideas for Monetisation:
1. AdSense – I hear that this is the way that most blogs start making money. However, my readership is probably not that high yet – averaging 50 views/day and 200 views on days that posts are published. So, would ads even help me with revenue or would having them on the blog take away from the overall reading experience? Most of the recipes there are quite basic so I am not sure if this is a good option or not.
2. Selling adspace to other Parsi homecooks & restaurants – there are lots of old grannies and other aunties making Parsi food such as chutneys, cutlets, Dar ni Pori’s etc from their home. Most of their business is generally through word of mouth so would they be open to placing ads? It could also be a promoted post
3. Selling my classic dishes – I am quite good at making dips such as hummus, curry masalas, choc brownies and other chocolate treats. I was thinking then of expanding the brand via a Facebook page and selling my the ‘Bawi Bride’ brand of food.
Some other questions:
1. Can a blog have its own Facebook page?
2. Could you help identify new ways to spread the word about the blog – is PR the right time for this?
3. Looking also to connect with someone to help me optimise the blog for SEO as i am very new to WordPress.
I’ve seen some great response to the blog so far and want to strike while the readership around it is building.
Thanks everyone!
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Editor’s note: Update Aug 5, 2013
Thank you all for the awesomest (I know that’s not a word but that’s the perfect word to describe what happened here) response to this post ever!
Bawi Bride opened Kitchen about 10 days ago with all your suggestions/advice/encouragement!
Kudos to all of you!!!
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