Mary Cressler's guest appearances

Mary Cressler

The Food Blogger Pro Podcast

The Cheeky BBQ Show

Grill Like A Mother

Sean Martin

Pat Flynn

Dorie Clark

David Allen

Steve Chou

Dan Miller

Phil Rosenthal

Shauna Niequist

Mike Johnson

Jeff Rose

Chris Hill

Chris Davis

Kate Ahl

Joel Comm

Bjork Ostrom

OwlTail

In Episode 004, Taryn talks to Mary Cressler and Sean Martin from the popular food blog Vindulge. They discuss BBQ and wine pairings, as well as the food journey that this wife and husband team has had, starting with wine and food writing, then developing grilling recipes, participating in BBQ competitions, writing a cookbook, BBQ catering, and now operating an online wine shop. They also get into the importance of local sourcing for Mary and Sean, both in terms of where they get their meat and other ingredients, and how where they live in the Pacific Northwest impacts the flavors and cooking methods they use. Plus Taryn has the duo go over a number of delicious BBQ recipes that they and their family love.

In Episode 004, Taryn talks to Mary Cressler and Sean Martin from the popular food blog Vindulge. They discuss BBQ and wine pairings, as well as the food journey that this wife and husband team has had, starting with wine and food writing, then developing grilling recipes, participating in BBQ competitions, writing a cookbook, BBQ catering, and now operating an online wine shop. They also get into the importance of local sourcing for Mary and Sean, both in terms of where they get their meat and other ingredients, and how where they live in the Pacific Northwest impacts the flavors and cooking methods they use. Plus Taryn has the duo go over a number of delicious BBQ recipes that they and their family love.

006 - BBQ, Wine, & the PNW with Mary Cressler & Sean Martin

How to understand your blog data, why blogging was more profitable than freelancing, and how to write a cookbook with Mary Cressler and Sean Martin. ----- Welcome to episode 262 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Mary Cressler and Sean Martin from Vindulge about the journey to how they run their food blog today. The Journey of Food Bloggers  Mary Cressler and Sean Martin have done it all: they freelanced, they worked with ad companies, they worked with influencer marketing companies, they catered, they wrote a cookbook –– all in the pursuit of finding what it is that they like to do. This conversation with the Vindulge team will inspire you to think about your own journey and dig deep to figure out the way you want to run your blog. There’s not a “right” way or a “wrong” way to run your blog; this episode will give you some ideas to help make your blogging journey the best it can be for you. In this episode, you’ll learn:  How Mary and Sean started to work together How they transitioned to working on their own thing What it was like to establish their niche How Mary decided to focus on her own blog over freelancing How they started working on sponsored content How they monetize their blog Why it’s important to understand your data (and how to gather it) Why their email community is so important to them How they decide to spend their time How all of their content works together What connectional intelligence means How they wrote a book proposal and pitched their book  Resources:  Vindulge Mediavine AdThrive Sortable CLEVER SurveyMonkey Billy Parisi –– @chefbillyparisi  Will Write for Food Dianne Jacob –– @diannemjacob Fire + Wine Cookbook  If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com.

How to understand your blog data, why blogging was more profitable than freelancing, and how to write a cookbook with Mary Cressler and Sean Martin. ----- Welcome to episode 262 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Mary Cressler and Sean Martin from Vindulge about the journey to how they run their food blog today. The Journey of Food Bloggers  Mary Cressler and Sean Martin have done it all: they freelanced, they worked with ad companies, they worked with influencer marketing companies, they catered, they wrote a cookbook –– all in the pursuit of finding what it is that they like to do. This conversation with the Vindulge team will inspire you to think about your own journey and dig deep to figure out the way you want to run your blog. There’s not a “right” way or a “wrong” way to run your blog; this episode will give you some ideas to help make your blogging journey the best it can be for you. In this episode, you’ll learn: <ul> <li>How Mary and Sean started to work together</li> <li>How they transitioned to working on their own thing</li> <li>What it was like to establish their niche</li> <li>How Mary decided to focus on her own blog over freelancing</li> <li>How they started working on sponsored content</li> <li>How they monetize their blog</li> <li>Why it’s important to understand your data (and how to gather it)</li> <li>Why their email community is so important to them</li> <li>How they decide to spend their time</li> <li>How all of their content works together</li> <li>What connectional intelligence means</li> <li>How they wrote a book proposal and pitched their book</li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.vindulge.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vindulge</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediavine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mediavine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.adthrive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AdThrive</a></li> <li><a href="https://sortable.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sortable</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.realclever.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CLEVER</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SurveyMonkey</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.billyparisi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Billy Parisi</a> –– <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chefbillyparisi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@chefbillyparisi</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Will-Write-Food-Complete-Cookbooks/dp/0738214043" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Will Write for Food</a></li> <li><a href="https://diannej.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dianne Jacob</a> –– <a href="https://www.instagram.com/diannemjacob/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@diannemjacob</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vindulge.com/cookbook/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fire + Wine Cookbook</a></li> </ul> If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to <a href="mailto:podcast@foodbloggerpro.com" rel="noopener">podcast@foodbloggerpro.com</a>.

262: A Food Blogging Journey - Freelancing, Ads, Working with Brands, Catering, and Writing a Cookbook with Mary Cressler and Sean Martin