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Why a National Board or Brand Might Hire You

March 1, 2016 by diannejacob 8 Comments

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Pamela Johnson hires bloggers, cookbook authors and chefs for the National Pork Board.

I’ve enjoyed Pamela Johnson’s straightforward descriptions of how she works with food writers when she speaks at conferences. Pamela has a degree in journalism and joined the National Pork Board in 2003. 

As Director of Consumer Communications, one of her
 responsibilities is to hire chefs and food writers to inspire, educate and advise consumers on incorporating pork into their diets.

Here’s what she looks for when hiring:

Q. How do you work directly with food bloggers and cookbook authors?

A. We hire them to produce content for a specific program. We have retail customers, such as supermarkets, who want to highlight specific pork recipes. So we’ll look at bloggers [Read more…] about Why a National Board or Brand Might Hire You

Filed Under: Career, Food Blogging Tagged With: Food blogging, food writing, Working with brands

Are You Making These 2 Mistakes When Writing Sponsored Posts?

December 8, 2015 by diannejacob 20 Comments

Sponsored-posts

Are you working for brands for peanuts? Those are $1 bills, yet many food bloggers take them.

I meet lots of food bloggers at conferences who are writing sponsored posts. Here are two stories of their first experiences that didn’t turn out well:

1. Prioritizing the brand over readers.

In the Q&A after my talk, a food blogger wanted to know why readers suddenly unsubscribed from her blog after she wrote sponsored posts.

She said she usually buys a years’ supply at a time from a particular nut company. Eventually she [Read more…] about Are You Making These 2 Mistakes When Writing Sponsored Posts?

Filed Under: Ethics, Food Blogging Tagged With: Food blogging, food blogging ethics, sponsored posts, Working with brands

Bloggers Behaving Badly

April 22, 2014 by diannejacob 94 Comments

Disappointed GuyAt a recent conference, I persuaded an executive to give me some dirt about working with food bloggers, as long as he could do so anonymously.

He’s been in the food business for 30 years, working for large food manufacturers, a worldwide commodity board, and a dried fruit company. Now he’s a consultant to six food companies, supplying post-ready recipes to bloggers, and inviting them on tours and to attend trade shows as media.

He might take 80 bloggers on a four-day tour on behalf of a company or board, for example. In addition to their expenses, he pays bloggers [Read more…] about Bloggers Behaving Badly

Filed Under: Ethics, Food Blogging Tagged With: Food blogging, Working with brands

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