I started the Bawi Bride blog 1.5 months ago on a whim while I was struggling my way through a Parsi recipe wishing that my mom is NZ was awake so I could just ask her for tips. I realised that there are many Bawi brides out there whom a Parsi food blog may help so I quickly started it up.
20 days later, I was happy I started as it became an outlet for me to share my writing and since then I have already learnt about 20 new Parsi dishes that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise.
What does this have to do with the Rodinhoods?
Well, on a similar whim early last week I posted a discussion wondering if there was a way that the blog could become a business considering how passionate I had become about it in the space of a month. I knew there were some uber talented people here so was hoping that I’d get a few ideas that could be implemented some months down the line. And, what a surprise it turned out to be.
Thanks to the awesome community I received so many responses on how I could improve and turn this passion into a business that I was completely overwhelmed and excited.
Here’s what I’ve already achieved thanks to all of you:
- Facebook page is live. Almost at 175 likes in 2 weeks
- Bawi Bride is now on Twitter. Overcame my fear of sounding dumb and even ran my first competition called #DhansakConfessions
- Blog views have increased by 1000 views thanks to the above two activities
- Best of all, decided to start the Bawi Bride Kitchen where I serve up a weekly rotating menu of goodies that are available on order – already received 5 orders for the weekend!
- Went for my first food tasting review and met another amazing community of food bloggers
- Got another Parsi themed event for which I am in advanced discussions
- Working with several Rodinhooders to get my blog looking prettier and more attractive so even more viewers drop by
- PR by iDiva and possibly now in the 2014 Times Food Guide and in a Parsi community newspaper too
Compared to the stuff that many achieve, I am aware that this is really nothing considering I have yet to make some revenue but I still cannot express my thanks. It is completely thanks to how motivated I felt when I received all those responses that I was able to take action.
A big shout out especially to Darshan Bhambiru, Sanjay Shenoy, Nameet Potnis and Sameer Guglani for connecting with me one-on-one. And ofcourse thank you also to Asha, Alok and everybody that commented – this could not have been possible without you!
Do check it all out and if you have any other comments, keep the feedback coming!