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Michelle Tam

Nom Nom Paleo’s Social Media Success

July 12, 2016 by diannejacob 4 Comments

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A voracious user of social media, Nom Nom Paleo’s founder Michelle Tam finds she blogs less as a result.

Since starting Nom Nom Paleo in 2010, Michelle Tam’s social media numbers have exploded. Now she spends more time on social media than the blog. “Most of my posting happens from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., but then when the kids are home, I’m not on my phone and I don’t do it at night,” she says.

As a result, her blog posts slowed. “Our goal is to blog once a week or once every two weeks,” Michelle explains. “I used to blog more frequently, but I learned from my readers that [Read more…] about Nom Nom Paleo’s Social Media Success

Filed Under: Food Blogging, Social Media Tagged With: Facebook Live, Food blogging, Michelle Tam, Nom Nom Paleo, social media strategy

How a Weekly Get-Together Grew Into a Powerful Support Group

July 14, 2015 by diannejacob 21 Comments

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The Kitchn’s Emma Christensen finds it worthwhile to get out of her house for this group. (Photo by Danielle Tsi)

A guest post by Emma Christensen

I love working from home. My own schedule. My own space. Peace. Quiet. No one randomly stopping by my cubicle and interrupting my flow.

But even for a consummate introvert, the work-from-home gig can get lonely. This is why, shortly after moving to Northern California in 2011 and taking the plunge into full-time food writing, I found a few like-minded work-from-homers and forced myself to leave the house once a week.

How It Happened

It was like this: I met Cheryl Sternman Rule of 5 Second Rule in 2011, who introduced me to another South Bay-er, Danielle Tsi of Beyond The Plate. Then I met Sheri Codiana of Pork Cracklings at a press event and it turned out she lived a few blocks away. This felt like a [Read more…] about How a Weekly Get-Together Grew Into a Powerful Support Group

Filed Under: Food Blogging, Writing Tagged With: Cheryl Sternman Rule, Coco Morante, Danielle Tsi, Emma Christensen, Food blogging, food writing, forming a writing group, Michelle Tam, Sheri Codiana

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