030: How to Customize Your Recipe Index

The Vine Podcast - A podcast by Madison Wetherill

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As a food blogger, this page can be a super valuable resource for your audience. I’ll break down what a recipe index and what it should have. Then I’ll be sharing 4 different ways you can customize a recipe index to fit your audience AND finally how you can promote your recipe index so people actually see it!

In this episode, we'll cover:

  • What is a recipe index?
  • How does a recipe index differ from your homepage?
  • 4 Different Ways to Customize Your Recipe Index
    • 1. All recipes with category buttons
    • 2. Recipe index template that’s part of your theme
    • 3. Page with category images/buttons to link to category pages
    • 4. Advanced recipe index with filtering
  • Promoting Your Recipe Index Ways to promote your recipe index:
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    • Link to it from your homepage
    • Put it after your blog posts
    • Add it to your sidebar
    • Highlight it in your emails
    • Talk about it on social media
  • Take Action

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