Marketing Ingredients w/ Chef Katrina

Blogging is a key ingredient in today's marketing strategy. 
Recently I attended a high leve mastermind, average cost per attendee was $10,000. 
When you surround yourself with top level preformers you learn a lot. Having been a blogger for well over 5 years, I am still learning about the world of blogging. 
I was making this one critical mistake with my blog and it was costing me. I was losing out on sales and leads. 
In today's podcast I am going to share a very valuable secret. A reminder that when you blog, you are creating life time content. 
Join me live and feel free to invite others to listen in. 
Also connect with me on social media. Just search Chef Katrina. :) 
If you would like to learn more about blogging... grab my free, "How To Blog For Your Business" webinar. 
Inside I reveal exactly how to create a blog in just 5 minutes. Grab your seat. 
Yours in Gratitude, 
Chef Katrina van Oudheusden

As a blogger we are always looking for way to build our brand and our authority. 
So finding the right niche is crucial. In today's podcast I am going to share with you how valuable Google+ is in building your authority and helping you get ranked on the front page. 
Blogging is all about edcuation or entertainment. These are the two reason's people use the internet. Make sure you posistion youself in such a way to gain exposure and maximize your retrurn on your blogging efforts. 
1. Why Google+
2. Person or Business Page for more exposure?
3. The power of a post... this usually surprises people when I share this
4. Power of communities
5. Power of collections
This is going to be one fast paced, yet exciting podcast to be on! 

Getting Syndication For Your Blog! 
One of the most powerfuls you can have for your blog is syndication. The more places you can post your blog, the better your chances of buiding your audience. 
But where do you post? What are the best places to get syndication. In all my years of blogging I have a few tips I am about to reveal on how to get more exposure for your blog. 
How to get others to share your blog post everytime you publish a new blog and do it automatically. This is one topic few bloggers discuss but I'm going to pull back the curtain. 
There are 3 key places to get syndication: Lots of eyes on your blog in the shortest amount of time. 
Are you ready to go viral? 

So you were told you should be blogging. But who are you talking to or targeting? 
As I am going through this process myself, I thought it would be a good idea to talk about finding your target audience and what you need to have on your blog to convey that message. 
Blogging is about building credibility and growing an audience. To do that you have to know what kind of audience you want. 
There are 4 ingredients we will reveal on today's Marketing Ingredients Podcast. 
1. Demograhics
2. Psychographic/Lifestyle
3. Problem
4. Solution Purchase Behavior
We are going to go indepth and show you how to use these ingredients to find the person that is hungry to buy from you. 
Follow me at http://thechefkatrina.com

As a blogger using the wordpress.org platform, plugins are and essential part of your blog. 
These three plugins are crucial to your blog and I recommend them to any new blogger getting started. 
The first plugin protects your site. Trust me when I say your site needs this plugin. 
The second plugin helps you grow your audience. Everyone wants more traffic to their blog. 
The third plugin is helps you generate endless leads. It took me a while to find this plugin but the moment I installed it, I fell in love with it. 
Can't wait to share these powerful plugins and what they can do for your blog!