[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] graceandvine: Hey friends!!
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] Debra Rosenblatt Klein: Hey….from cold and dreary Boston.
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] Xristianna Papalexopoulou: Hi!
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] Tonje: Hi! I’m so excited for this presentation!
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] theStressBaking: +1 to cold and dreary MA hah
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] LoriMurphy: Hey Madison!! And hi everyone from Chitown where IT’s SNOWING!😂
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] Bethany Sundstrom Smith: Hello all!
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] Skye Haas: hi
[Oct 26, 10:00 AM] Victoria: HELLO!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Anna Hettick: Hello!! From Oklahoma!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Flour de Liz: Cold and dreary Boston here too!!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Gitta Grether-Sweeney: Hi Madison!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] theStressBaking: @Lori my dad is in Chicago and texted me a picture this morning and I was so surprised!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Xristianna Papalexopoulou: oh yes I can relate lol!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] graceandvine: Anyone else relate to this Target experience? 😂
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Lisa Johnson: Hello….All the time!!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Victoria: literally every visit to Target…
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Amy Shen: Hi all!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Victoria: also Trader Joe’s π
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Skye Haas: Oh Target!!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Flour de Liz: Yes, and also usually not the things I actually do need!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] LoriMurphy: haha – I don’t know why we are surprised anymore at it but yes!!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Ginni Kelley: Hi from London, England
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Marjory Pilley: Yes…always!!!
[Oct 26, 10:01 AM] Debra Rosenblatt Klein: For sure at the grocery….and I’m only shopping online now…so I miss out on all that stuff.
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] Bianca: Hello to everyone from Switzerland π
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] Mireille Roc: all the time!
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] Amy Shen: Trader Joe’s is so dangerous!
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] LoriMurphy: 100% on Target!!
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: Agreed on Traderβs!
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] Sherri Sage Hall: I literally order on target to pick it up and then end up getting more and having to wait in line anyway lol
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] Skye Haas: I was there on Friday!
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] graceandvine: Hahaha Lori, it should be expected for sure.
[Oct 26, 10:02 AM] Mireille Roc: this happened to me last week when to Hmart korean market for gochujang and ended up with $70 worth of stuff
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Guest9157: Hi from Tampa!
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] graceandvine: Hi Bianca!
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] LoriMurphy: for me it’s also Costco…$$$$
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] graceandvine: Ooh that sounds fun Mireille!
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Liz Falcigno: love this analogy!!
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Skye Haas: Target and their starbucks is an enabler too. Darn masks can’t sip and shop now
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Sherri Sage Hall: Hi @guest9157 I’m in Cape Coral π
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Xristianna Papalexopoulou: I’m Greek! Moved to the States right before the pandemic (perfect timing) and now I’m blogging at siftnwhisk.com sharing family recipes!
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Ginni Kelley: @Lori – I’m like that with costco too!
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Guest9157: Hi @SherriSageHall!
[Oct 26, 10:03 AM] Cathy Brak: Hi, Madison!
[Oct 26, 10:04 AM] Skye Haas: I’m pretty good with costco lately thanks to covid
[Oct 26, 10:04 AM] Skye Haas: @madison now I want grilled cheese
[Oct 26, 10:04 AM] graceandvine: Sorry y’all not sure why it’s going back in between!!
[Oct 26, 10:04 AM] Marjory Pilley: You give the best specific details to think about!!! Always so helpful.
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Skye Haas: The video stopped but the time ticker is moving anyone else get the black screen?
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Debra Rosenblatt Klein: THanks…thought I had a connection problem.
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Mireille Roc: yep me too
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Kathleen Pope: Absolutely!!
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: I have a black screen too
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Aimee: Hello from the Philippines! ❤️
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Mireille Roc: its back
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] graceandvine: Skye – no idea why that’s happening, I’m sorry! It’ll come back in a few seconds.
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Guest9157: Yes
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Guest9157: It’s in and out.
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Flour de Liz: the black screen passes after a few seconds!
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Skye Haas: Technology love it
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Victoria: it seems like whenever it cuts to a slide or something it goes to black.
[Oct 26, 10:05 AM] Victoria: it’s happened a couple times so far for me
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Skye Haas: yeah happening again. Weird.
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] graceandvine: Sorry y’all – you’re not missing anything except a text slide.
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Guest9157: I’m not seeing any slides.
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] LoriMurphy: I so struggle with the stories but paring down has really helped me to refine my post template
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] graceandvine: I’ll get this video updated after this presentation is over.
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Skye Haas: Thanks madison
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Ginni Kelley: I don’t see any slides either – it just goes black
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Guest9157: Thanks Madison
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Skye Haas: our best intentions with technology.
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Ginni Kelley: Thanks Madison
[Oct 26, 10:06 AM] Flour de Liz: Will you be able to share the slides, or should we come back to re-watch the video to see them once you update it?
[Oct 26, 10:07 AM] Skye Haas: I tried to do a zoom meeting with my dad recently who couldn’t get his speakers to work.
[Oct 26, 10:07 AM] Beth Ann Haggerty: Hi BA Haggerty here from the suburbs of Philadelphia and from FoodMarriage.com π And yessssss -spend WAY too much at Target!
[Oct 26, 10:07 AM] Flour de Liz: (and thank you, Madison! Technology always gives us challenges!!!)
[Oct 26, 10:07 AM] graceandvine: The slides literally just have words on them! So if you’re listening, you won’t miss anything.
[Oct 26, 10:07 AM] Skye Haas: Speaking of target I need to do a return! Phew get $$ back but I’m sure I will get sucked in too
[Oct 26, 10:07 AM] graceandvine: First tip: Have a clear CALL TO ACTION.
[Oct 26, 10:08 AM] graceandvine: I tried to be fancy y’all. Didn’t work 🙃
[Oct 26, 10:08 AM] Flour de Liz: I saw the Call to Action slide!! Looks great!
[Oct 26, 10:08 AM] Mireille Roc: i have that as last block on all my posts
[Oct 26, 10:09 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: I need help with the email list. Thatβs another thing I struggle with and will need that presentation.
[Oct 26, 10:09 AM] graceandvine: Yay Mireille! And love the block reference π More on that too!
[Oct 26, 10:09 AM] graceandvine: What types of Calls to Actions are you using or could you use?
[Oct 26, 10:09 AM] Victoria: I JUST created a reusable block for this purpose but now I need to start implementing it everywhere π
[Oct 26, 10:09 AM] graceandvine: Yesss Victoria!
[Oct 26, 10:09 AM] theStressBaking: Right before my recipe card on each post, I have a “leave a comment, upload pictures to pinterest” call to action
[Oct 26, 10:10 AM] Guest9157: Is there a way to tell if someone clicks through to your recipe index or a link to another post on your site? Can you see it in Google Analytics?
[Oct 26, 10:10 AM] Amy Shen: A reusable block is a great idea, I have one for IG but I should add others!
[Oct 26, 10:10 AM] Mireille Roc: one thing I have been asking but no one is doing is when they make recipe to tag me on IG with their pics
[Oct 26, 10:10 AM] Victoria: on mine I have put comment/rate and follow on social media as my two things.
[Oct 26, 10:10 AM] Mireille Roc: lots of people on pinterest try my recipes and upload pics
[Oct 26, 10:10 AM] Mireille Roc: wish they would do that on IG
[Oct 26, 10:10 AM] Guest3421: where in the post is the best place to put call to action. I usually do it just before the recipe card but is there a better place?
[Oct 26, 10:11 AM] graceandvine: @Guest9157 – yes you can! If you look at the recipe index page, you can see which page people came from.
[Oct 26, 10:11 AM] Kathleen Pope: Love Gutenberg (once I jumped in!
[Oct 26, 10:11 AM] LoriMurphy: i have a newsletter sign up popup after they scroll and a related post section
[Oct 26, 10:11 AM] Guest9157: Great! Thank you.
[Oct 26, 10:11 AM] Victoria: @lori I have those too! a newsletter popup and related posts are both great. I wish more people would click on them though π
[Oct 26, 10:11 AM] graceandvine: @Guest3421 — everywhereee! Haha. But really, in your sidebar, under your blog post, WITHIN the blog post (most importantly)
[Oct 26, 10:12 AM] LoriMurphy: @victoria I agree!!
[Oct 26, 10:12 AM] Mireille Roc: since I do global recipes, substitutions are key I get lots of comments that they find this helpful
[Oct 26, 10:12 AM] Guest3421: Thank you @graceandvine π
[Oct 26, 10:12 AM] graceandvine: Mireille, I love that π
[Oct 26, 10:13 AM] Natalia Ilina: Thank you!
[Oct 26, 10:13 AM] LoriMurphy: I love the idea of the pro tip and thinking ahead – what about the recipe might they not know!
[Oct 26, 10:13 AM] Beth Ann Haggerty: Regarding recipe indexes – any resources of best ways to set up your recipe index?
[Oct 26, 10:13 AM] Flour de Liz: I just started adding to the bottom of my posts to leave a comment (it doesn’t look like my site has the option to rate, so maybe I need a new plug-in), share on Instagram and tag me, and pin on pinterest. Probably too many CTAs, but I didn’t know which ones were most important!
[Oct 26, 10:13 AM] graceandvine: Beth Ann – yes! I have a podcast episode about that π https://www.graceandvinestudios.com/how-to-customize-your-recipe-index/
[Oct 26, 10:13 AM] Beth Ann Haggerty: Thank you!!!!
[Oct 26, 10:14 AM] graceandvine: @flour de liz – yes, it is dependent on the recipe card! I don’t think that is too many CTAs as long as they are not ALL together.
[Oct 26, 10:14 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: I donβt have any call to actions. Now I have to go add those to my recipe posts!
[Oct 26, 10:14 AM] Flour de Liz: Oh, they are, I list them all at the bottom of the blog post, right before the recipe
[Oct 26, 10:14 AM] graceandvine: Yes Itaira!
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] Skye Haas: Guilty on wanting to find the recipe card on other blogs
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] A Red Spatula: I’m not?
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] graceandvine: Hahaha yes, Skye!
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] LoriMurphy: really like Gutenberg!
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] Debra Rosenblatt Klein: Yes….to the blocks. Makes it so much easier.
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] Victoria: will adding color backgrounds to text blocks slow down my site?
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] graceandvine: Let me know if you can see the video of my blog post.
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] graceandvine: When the funky music comes on π
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] Tonje: I love Gutenberg! I add colored blocks throughout my posts with lots of CTAs, tips etc. It looks so much better.
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] theStressBaking: Been on Gutenburg for about 6 months and still learning
[Oct 26, 10:15 AM] Skye Haas: I tend to do that when I find bloggers who have 10 paragraphs + of rattling on
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Victoria: I’m using Gutenberg and love it
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Tonje: I can see the video of the blog post
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] graceandvine: Yay! Thanks Tonje.
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Gitta Grether-Sweeney: Yes-I love Gutenberg. I have used it for over 1 year. It is great.
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: Iβve do t use Gutenberg
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Mireille Roc: I LOVE gutenberg
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Kathleen Pope: Thanks!!
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Ginni Kelley: Not familiar with Gutenberg and never heard until now
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Mireille Roc: it took me a while I hated it at the beginning but now it makes life so much easier
[Oct 26, 10:16 AM] Guest9157: I have a call to action just under my intro paragraph before my first photo about pinning for later.
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] Karen Puleski: I am slowly changing over. Change is HARD y’all, LOL. I like the reusable blocks, but I really have to force myself not to use the Classic Editor because I just know it better
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] Guest9157: I love gutenberg
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] peachhtreee: yes, but I have no clue what I am doing with it, lol
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] Amy Shen: I use Gutenberg but need to start using colors!
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] Susan Blades: not using it yet!
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] theStressBaking: Omg, having this outline is SO MUCH LESS CHAOTIC than what I’m doing lol
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] graceandvine: Hahaha Leslie!
[Oct 26, 10:17 AM] Guest9157: @Amy I need to figure out the background color.
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] Mireille Roc: the reusable blocks is the best thing – such a time saver!
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] LoriMurphy: @madison do you suggest using the colors and font size changes like that repeatedly?
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: What are reusable blocks?
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] Gitta Grether-Sweeney: I have not tried to change the background color! Love it!
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] Guest9157: I have some reusable blocks I need to delete. Can’t figure it out.
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] chefjanetk: Love guttenberg! so much easier and more intuitive
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] Debra Rosenblatt Klein: YAY….that course sounds perfect.
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] graceandvine: Itaria, basically you can create a customized block and insert it over and over into posts.
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] LoriMurphy: I’ve done it very sporadically
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] Debra Rosenblatt Klein: I don’t have a template yet for guttenburg
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] Mireille Roc: @itaira you basically can set up a block and save it so that every time you use it just add the preformatted block
[Oct 26, 10:18 AM] HeatherMcCurdy: Not using Gutenberg yet. I’m a little overwhelmed at the though of switching and risking breaking things and getting past the curve.
[Oct 26, 10:19 AM] Mireille Roc: so if you use something on every post – 2 clicks and its in
[Oct 26, 10:19 AM] graceandvine: Yes, Heather!! It’s overwhelming to switch. That’s exactly why this course has a whole module about that π
[Oct 26, 10:19 AM] Debra Rosenblatt Klein: Is this good for someone already using Gut…
[Oct 26, 10:19 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: Nice! Thanks @Madison and @Mireille
[Oct 26, 10:19 AM] graceandvine: Debra, if you feel like you haven’t mastered Gutenberg yet, then YES!
[Oct 26, 10:19 AM] graceandvine: Here’s the link to sign up for the course for 50% off π Just through the end of this summit! >> https://www.graceandvinestudios.com/simplify-fbs/
[Oct 26, 10:20 AM] Cathy Brak: Oh, yes! I love Gutenburg!
[Oct 26, 10:20 AM] Beth Ann Haggerty: Have not used Gutenberg!
[Oct 26, 10:20 AM] Flour de Liz: I don’t really have anything that’s in every blog post. At least not yet.
[Oct 26, 10:20 AM] graceandvine: Let me know what questions y’all have on keeping visitors on your website longer OR if you have any questions about this course π
[Oct 26, 10:20 AM] Renee Fuentes: Once you create the template is it added to every new post?
[Oct 26, 10:20 AM] LoriMurphy: Congrats on the course Madison!
[Oct 26, 10:20 AM] spabettie: THANK YOU. this was great!!
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] graceandvine: Renee, you can save it as a group and then insert it into the post. Not automatic, but takes about 2 seconds π
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] graceandvine: Thanks Lori!
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: Are the reusable blocks something in Gutenberg or in the regular block editor as well?
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] graceandvine: Thanks Spabettie π
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] graceandvine: Gutenberg and the block editor are the same π
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] peachhtreee: Oh my gosh!! This is so exciting!
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] Skye Haas: Will we have lifetime access to the course that way we have time to learn items
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] Samantha Garner: I had to go vote and now I’m back for the next session, just started
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] Gitta Grether-Sweeney: Thanks Madison! Great presentation!
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] LoriMurphy: So you save blocks as a group and those become a template?
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] Renee Fuentes: Ok thanks, I have reusable blocks I use, but I saw that you already had them inserted when you started the post.
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] graceandvine: So yes, reusable blocks are part of Gutenberg/the block editor
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] graceandvine: Thank you Peachhtreee!
[Oct 26, 10:21 AM] Beth Ann Haggerty: Graceandvine, what type of Recipe Card do you use?
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] graceandvine: Yes Skye!
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Skye Haas: So the wordpress editor is going away?
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] LoriMurphy: or you save them as reusable blocks, right?
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Guest7714: Great demo!
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Amy Shen: This was super helpful, thanks Madison!
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Skye Haas: Crap more stuff to learn and changes!
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] graceandvine: Not a template in the sense of a page template, but just a reusable group you can insert and create your own “template”
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Guest3421: I have never used reusable block. Can you explain it once more. I still don’t get it.
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Gitta Grether-Sweeney: For those of you not using Gutenberg, it was an easy switch. I am 59 years old and was able to do it without any problems. If I can do it so you can you!
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Susan Blades: What happens to your hundreds of older posts in Classic when you change over to Gutenberg?
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Megan Porta: Thanks, Madison! Always full of great tips!
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Skye Haas: Thanks for the confidence gitta
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] graceandvine: @beth ann – here are my favorite recipe cards π https://www.graceandvinestudios.com/recipe-card-plugins/
[Oct 26, 10:22 AM] Renee Fuentes: Thanks Madison! Great tips π
[Oct 26, 10:23 AM] Mireille Roc: i have never done reusable blocks as a group. I have to look into this. would save even more time
[Oct 26, 10:23 AM] LoriMurphy: I’m with you @Gitta! There is so much to explore and give us so much control.
[Oct 26, 10:23 AM] graceandvine: Guest3421 – the easiest example for this is using an affiliate disclosure. You can save a block as “reusable” so that when you add it in it already has the affiliate disclosure in there.
[Oct 26, 10:23 AM] graceandvine: Love that Gitta π
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] LoriMurphy: @Susan…nothing… they stay in classic and you have the option to convert them as you update them
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] Susan Blades: Thanks Lori
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] Guest3421: ok. make sense now. Thank you @graceandvine.
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] graceandvine: Susan Blades – they become ONE “classic” block if you remove the classic editor plugin/system. And then you can leave them as is or convert them to blocks.
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] LoriMurphy: of course!
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] Mireille Roc: sometimes the conversions are wonky though – I convert as I update posts and of course all new posts i do in gutenberg
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] Gitta Grether-Sweeney: I agree @ Lori!
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] LoriMurphy: @Mireille I do the same thing
[Oct 26, 10:24 AM] graceandvine: @skye – sorry just seeing this. YES the classic editor will no longer be supported after 2022 (I think the beginning of 2022 but they haven’t specified)
[Oct 26, 10:25 AM] Skye Haas: Wow good to know @madison learning so much today already
[Oct 26, 10:25 AM] Susan Blades: Thanks!
[Oct 26, 10:25 AM] Samantha Garner: I only have 1 post in classic accidentally (my first post and of course my most popular so I’m afraid to touch it) and I hjate updating it
[Oct 26, 10:25 AM] HeatherMcCurdy: Thank you. I just checked out the course. That looks super helpful to me.
[Oct 26, 10:26 AM] graceandvine: Thank you Heather!
[Oct 26, 10:27 AM] Flour de Liz: I am using the block editor, but didn’t realize that was Gutenberg and had no idea I could do so much in it!
[Oct 26, 10:28 AM] Flour de Liz: Looking forward to playing with it more!
[Oct 26, 10:28 AM] Samantha Garner: I definitely need to work on my COA for my email list, I neglect it
[Oct 26, 10:28 AM] graceandvine: @flour de liz – sooo much you can do!
[Oct 26, 10:29 AM] graceandvine: @samantha – yes, so important to add in those CTAs for the email list.
[Oct 26, 10:29 AM] Samantha Garner: my block is that I hate emails so I feel like everyone does
[Oct 26, 10:33 AM] Itaira Shanice Clark: Same @flour was using it this whole time!
[Oct 26, 10:37 AM] TrueLivingFoodie: I hadn’t heard of Glutenberg before. Can’t wait to try!
[Oct 26, 10:38 AM] graceandvine: It’s soooo fun TrueLivingFoodie
[Oct 26, 10:39 AM] AddSaltandServe: I have Gutenberg but use the classic editor for almost everything. I’m more likely to use the text tab with HTML though, so I find Gutenberg slows me down a great deal and I already have workflows in place with custom quicktags that duplicate a lot of Gutenberg functionality.
[Oct 26, 10:40 AM] graceandvine: It definitely is an adjustment @addsaltandserve but I find I work SO much faster now that I have a template π
[Oct 26, 10:41 AM] Katie Albright Jasiewicz: Just signing on now as I’m done homeschooling for the day! Happy to be here — I’m Katie from Katie’s Cucina! Planning to read through all the messages!
[Oct 26, 10:43 AM] graceandvine: Yay Katie! So happy you are here π
[Oct 26, 10:46 AM] TrueLivingFoodie: Love all the tips in this presentation!
[Oct 26, 10:47 AM] graceandvine: Thank you TrueLivingFoodie
[Oct 26, 10:57 AM] Katie Albright Jasiewicz: Oh man watching the part where you have your guttenberg blocks set. I love that you already have your images added in sections too I do not have that in mine. I need to add that and streamline even more!