There is an increase in Facebook Pages and Blogs where people create a recipe page and then steal (sometimes on purpose, sometimes not knowing any better) photos and write the recipe out and then give no credit usually pretending the recipe is their own. They get traffic from it and often make money from it as well. While some still have blogging as a hobby the majority of us rely on it as a source of income. In fact between my Tablespoon job and writing this blog it is my full time job. One blog post to write takes about 30 minutes - up to who knows how long to write. Deciding what recipe to make. Creating that recipe. Making that recipe. Photographing that recipe. Photo editing that recipe. And then doing all the social media that comes with letting people know hey I have a new recipe up. I really do spend a good 30-40 hours a week working on my blog. I know clearly I should have a better blog for the amount of effort I put in. :D I never started blogging to make money. Back … [Read more...]
