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Elise Bauer Sells Simply Recipes Food Blog

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Elise Bauer started her food blog in 2003. It is now the “highest indexing cooking site for women aged 21-49,” according to comScore.

After a 13-year run, Elise Bauer, one of the most successful food bloggers in the world, has sold her blog and business Simply Recipes. Fexy Media, a digital media investment firm that also owns Serious Eats, bought the site for an undisclosed amount.

Fexy Media announced the news in a press release, and Bauer followed up with [Read more…] about Elise Bauer Sells Simply Recipes Food Blog

Blogging Pro Not Afraid to Delete Comments

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Me and Elise Bauer in the dining room at Club Med Ixtapa

Me and Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes, in the dining room at Club Med Ixtapa.

Last week in Mexico at the Club Med Food Blogger Camp, Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes spoke about the history of her mega-successful blog and particularly, her philosophy about blog comments.

At first I was surprised she had so much to say  about comments. Then I was grateful, because I don’t always know how to handle them, particularly the snarky ones that irritate people. Elise’s no-nonsense policy showed just one of the reasons why her blog is so [Read more…] about Blogging Pro Not Afraid to Delete Comments