
Liz Wilcox
Email Strategist at LizWilcox.com
Topic: I’m Building My Audience. Now What? How to turn followers into customers with email.
The Fresh Princess of Email Marketing, Liz Wilcox is an Email Strategist and Keynote Speaker showing small businesses how to build online relationships + make real money with emails. She’s best known for selling a blog, turning a $9 offer into multiple six-figures (without ads), and helping you untangle the email “knot” with her simple framework, the Email Staircase. She loves the 90s, headbands, and the beach.
Getting subscribers but no idea what to do with them? Join Liz as she shares a simple 3-step approach to turning your new leads into customers with a wicked simple welcome sequence. Walk away with something you can actually go do in less than an hour. BONUS: Your email list will be primed to buy. Complete with sound effects and gifs.

Sarah Gilbert
PR Manager at Lulu
Topic: Decoding the Publishing Process: How to Pick a Path and Build Your Brand with a Book
Sarah is the Public Relations Manager for Lulu.com, the publishing and print on demand company started in 2002 by Red Hat Founder Bob Young. Her primary role is to educate creators about the benefits of Lulu.
With over 16 years experience in the publishing industry, Sarah is passionate about helping authors find ways to connect with their audience. In previous roles, she led author public relations campaigns and coached many more in preparation for their book launches. She lives in Raleigh with her family.
Publishing a book is the best way to build credibility, increase visibility, and monetize your brand. In this session you’ll learn about the three paths to publishing, how to determine which one is best for you, and why a book is the most powerful tool for growing a business built around content.
A book is a tool for growth; from landing more collaborations, to leaving a legacy of your best content, to building a community of fans around your brand. Get the lowdown on one of the fastest-growing ways for creators to grow their businesses and their bank accounts. We’ll cover several ways to use a book as a growth tool and show you how to go from an idea, to a book in hand, with several real world examples along the way.
3 Key Takeaways:
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The 3 paths to publishing and which is best for you
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Why publishing a book is not just about making money directly from that book, but about creating more opportunities for your brand and business (revenue, audience, etc…).
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How publishing a book can elevate your authority in a field or topic and add legitimacy to your brand/business.

Ty Kilgore
Founder at Everything Digital Marketing
Topic: Data Talks: Discover the Next Steps for Winning SEO Optimization Strategies
Ty Kilgore has immersed himself in the world of SEO and Digital Marketing for over 15 years. Prior to starting Everything Digital Marketing, he successfully increased rankings for over 150 websites which included 40 different industries. Now, he's channeling his extensive training, wisdom, and success into the food blogging space, where he has already catalyzed the growth of more than 150 food-focused websites. He’s been married for almost 16 years with 3 awesome children and is enjoying life with them in Austin, Texas.
Let's cook up some SEO magic!

Ben Jabbawy
Founder of Grocers List
Topic: Growing Your Traffic, Email List and Affiliate Sales with Food Specific Playbooks
Ben Jabbawy is the founder of grocers list, the leading growth + monetization platform built specifically for food creators. He lives in Boston with his wife and two incredible daughters, and loves supporting entrepreneurs through new technology.
Join Ben in this workshop designed to educate you on the emerging playbooks the top food creators are using for audience growth and to increase affiliate sales from amazon and grocery delivery services.

Ansley Beutler
Full-time food blogger and Certified Public Accountant at Peach Perfect Financials
Topic: Business & Taxes for Bloggers
As both a Certified Public Accountant and full-time food blogger, Ansley knows better than anyone how crucial it is to stay on top of your accounting—also know how frustrating it is to work with a CPA who doesn’t understand anything about ins and outs of your business.
This is exactly why Ansley founded Peach Perfect Financials: to help creators like you level up your business, to empower you to gain control of your finances, and to provide you with the clarity you need to feel good about where your blogging brand is headed.
Learn what being self-employed really means and how to set up your business for success. We'll touch on how to best plan for taxes and strategies to mitigate your liability.

Sandie Markle
Founder and CEO at Blueberri Consulting
Topic: The Digital Dough: Leveraging AI, Partnerships, and Platforms for Food Blogging Success
As the Founder and CEO of Blueberri, Sandie Markle is dedicated to helping food bloggers reimagine what’s possible in the tech-driven world of food content. With a passion for bridging creativity and innovation, she empowers bloggers to discover new monetization opportunities, elevate their digital presence, and streamline their workflow. Known for making technology accessible and actionable, Sandie has led initiatives from shoppable recipes to AI-powered content strategies, making her a trusted guide for food creators ready to amplify their influence and income through smart tech adoption.
Learn how to harness AI and emerging tech to grow your blog, explore the unique benefits of tech vs. brand partnerships, and gain insights into adapting recipe content for broader reach. This session offers a toolkit to turn your blog into a revenue-generating powerhouse across platforms.

Jeanelle Castro
Food blogger at Jeanelle Eats
Topic: Tiktok: Crafting Short-Form Videos That Sell
Beyond content creation, Jeanelle sells her own products: a musubi mold and food-themed art stationery. She uses her background in Product Marketing to successfully blend creativity into her online business.
Jeanelle will break down her structure for short-form videos on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, and how it fuels her product sales. Learn how to create videos that grab attention and sell your products effectively. Jeanelle will walk you through her go-to storytelling techniques, calls to action that work, and real tips that have helped her sell her own musubi molds and art stationery.

Larisha Bernard and Andrew Bernard
Recipe creators at Makeitdairyfree.com and Youtube creators behind Make It Dairy Free and The Nard Dog Cooks
Topic: Youtube
Larisha and Andrew are the award-winning writer and photographer couple behind Make It Dairy Free, a vegan recipe and resource site they created in 2018 to provide mouthwatering vegan recipes that entice everyone.
They've grown their social channels by providing engaging content that appeals to the average home cook. They live in NJ with their two daughters, who they homeschool.
Bring all your Youtube questions to the table. Andrew and Larisha will share how they've successfully grown multiple Youtube channels to be one of their top income streams and increase page views to your website while growing a loyal community.
You'll walk away understanding how to monetize, research, and understand exactly what your audience wants!

Shaunda Necole
Author, podcast host, and digital creator at The Soul Food Pot
Topic: Promoting Your Products on Pinterest
Author, podcast host, and digital creator Shaunda Necole is the go-to recipe creator for modern soul food cuisine. She's the founder of The Soul Food Pot, Google's #1 Southern soul food site. Shaunda is also Las Vegas’s newest spokesperson, as the writer behind "100 Things to Do in Las Vegas Before You Die," an insider's guide to the City of Lights. She's the creator of the travel site Vegas Right Now, sharing “The Real Las Vegas” tourists rarely get to know!
Shaunda Necole will teach you to view Pinterest as a search engine and a valuable tool for developing an effective keyword strategy. This approach can help promote your products and drive traffic to your blog. With a Shopify integration that includes automatic Pins, you can discover new methods to diversify your income through free, organic Pinterest marketing!

Brittany Roche
Food blogger at Plant Power Couple
Topic: Pinterest Panel & Email Panel
Brittany and her partner Terrence (B&T for short!) are the dynamic duo behind Plant Power Couple. PPC started in 2015 with the aim of offering a wide variety of delicious, high quality vegan recipes that defy preconceived notions of plant-based food.
Plant Power Couple uses their passion for cooking, educating, and public speaking to provide vegan recipes, tutorials, lifestyle content, and product features in a fun and relatable way. B and T have also authored over 18 digital cookbooks. They live in Philadelphia with their 6 adorable cats.

Lynn April
Food blogger at Fresh April Flours
Topic: Instagram Panel
Lynn April started her scratch baking journey in 2010 when she needed a hobby, and from there, started a cottage baking business called Lucky Duck Cakes where she made and decorated cakes and cupcakes for commission. In January 2014, Lynn closed that business and started sharing her recipes on a website (Fresh April Flours) in April 2014.
Lynn worked a full time job in an immunology lab while growing these businesses and finally took the blog full time in October 2019. Lynn approaches recipe creation as a beginner, specializing in helping home bakers learn how to bake from scratch with consistent and reliable results and has authored 3 cookbooks in her career as a blogger. She lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband and two boys.
Instagram is NOT dead. Stop throwing spaghetti at the wall and learn how to create content that connects with your audience. In this session, we will talk about how to grow on Instagram without relying on "hoping to go viral," cultivating a community who sees your value proposition and looks to you as the expert, and how to create a loose content schedule that fits your creative desire. We will do a deep dive into some analytics and talk about why trends work. This session will have a hands-on portion, so come ready to create some great content along with me.

Madison Wetherill
Web Design for Food Bloggers at Grace + Vine Studios
Topic: Balancing Ads and Other Things Your Readers Hate
Madison Wetherill is the founder of Grace + Vine Studios, as well as a food blogger and homeschooling mama to 3 boys. She is passionate about supporting bloggers and helping them to scale their blogs to increase their impact.
She is the host of The Vine Podcast, sharing strategies for content creators to grow their food blog and connect with their audience.
In this workshop style session, we’ll explore the critical balance between ads and reader experience in food blogging. While advertising revenue is vital to your business, it can impact how readers interact with your website. During this session, we’ll chat through ads and other annoyances your readers may have and improvements you can make to improve your readers’ experience on your website. You’ll have plans for a website that supports your business while also gives your readers a place to come back to again and again.

Kara Myers
Food blogger at Sweetly Splendid
Topic: Pinterest Panel
Kara is the recipe developer, photographer, and voice behind Sweetly Splendid, where she shares comforting Southern and Tex-Mex recipes. She is a 6th-generation Texan and has a passion for nostalgic flavors that bring people together. Her work has been featured in outlets like Woman’s World and Food & Wine. She is a seasoned entrepreneur with multiple successful businesses, and specializes in helping others streamline their workflows and build efficient processes. Kara likes to use the approach of combining real-world experience with actionable insights for creators looking to grow and thrive. When she's not working, Kara loves camping, reading, and spending time with her daughter and dogs.
Learn insights from Kara on the topic of Pinterest for food bloggers.

Mika Kinney
Food Bloggers at Joy to the Food
Topic: Instagram Panel & Email Panel (Focusing on Substack)
Mika Kinney is a food blogger turned Instagram fanatic. After being crushed by the helpful content update last year, she turned to the social media platform and honed in on her niche to grow her Instagram from 1300 followers to well over 230,000 followers in just 6 months. By using her background as a civil engineer and her love of creativity, she crafts attention-grabbing content that also converts followers and builds an engaged audience.
Mika will be joining us on two powerhouse panels - Email marketing (her focus is on using Substack to grow and monetize her subscriber list) and Instagram.

Jessica Hylton
Food blogger at Jessica in the Kitchen
Topic: Instagram Panel
Jessica in the Kitchen, founded in 2014 by Jessica Hylton Leckie, is an award-winning vegetarian/vegan recipe website, sharing hundreds of whole foods recipes. It has been described as the “quintessential, modern-day family food” recipe website.
She’s the author of the online cookbook “It’s That Easy” which helps readers to easily transition to a plant-based lifestyle.
Jessica in the Kitchen has a monthly reach of over 8 million impressions on just Facebook and Pinterest, and is visited by 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 readers on her website each month, and has over 1,000,000 and counting followers/readers on social media.
Join Jessica in this Instagram panel where bloggers get into the nitty-gritty details about what is working on the platform.