Comments on: Saying Good-bye to The Everyday Foodie

By: Semi-Homemade Hatch Green Chile Enchiladas | The Best of Thymes

Semi-Homemade Hatch Green Chile Enchiladas | The Best of Thymes — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:07:09 +0000

[...] It’s probably a trademarked term or some shit. If you can no longer use the term ‘everyday’ in the vicinity of a food blog, I’m sure there are plenty of other terms no longer allowed to [...]

By: 2009 in Retrospect, 2010 in Anticipation « Fête & Feast

2009 in Retrospect, 2010 in Anticipation « Fête & Feast — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:06:50 +0000

[...] threatened with legal action by Martha Stewart. I know it may be surprising to find the legal debacle I ran into earlier in the year around the previous name of my blog, Everyday Foodie, at the top of my list. I’ll admit I had [...]

By: Elvis Predley

Elvis Predley — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:47:42 +0000

Well, you’ve just gained another reader and the bully has just lost another customer. The good thing about this is…we the people make those big brands, by voting with our dollars…and we can just as easily decide to vote elsewhere. If this sort of nonsense ends up costing them enough, they will be forced to rethink their strategy.

By: Natanya Anderson

Natanya Anderson — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:19:04 +0000

Wow – such great fun names – makes me want to start a whole slew of blogs for each of the cool names. Today’s the day I pick and this weekend is the change over. Thanks so very much to everyone whose voted, made suggestions, and most importantly, offered support.

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:42:57 +0000

Having the ability to talk about other things wouldn’t preclude her from talking about food every day.

By: Laura Kelso

Laura Kelso — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:51:29 +0000

Hi Natanya,
Way to turn a challenging situation into a great learning experience! I applaud you.
Was thinking about new names for your blog — I really like Fete and Feast, especially since you focus on helping people eat and entertain. Here are a few more ideas:

- Natanya’s Nibbles
- Wine & Dine with Natanya
- Noshing with Natanya
- Delicious Snippets

As many people have said before me, we’ll follow you wherever you go!

Good luck,
Laura

By: Shannalee

Shannalee — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:47:40 +0000

I’m of the opinion that, as a mega powerhouse in the industry, if they weren’t clever enough to buy every domain that resembles their name, it’s their own fault. How can they seriously own the phrase everyday foodie? How can they think they do?

Your response is admirable, though, and I think in the long-run, you’ll be surprised how many good things come of it. Rebranding? Excellent! I’ve wished I could rename my site before, but I don’t have a force pushing me to do it, so I’m not going to. One tip I’d offer –> consider choosing a one-word title. This helps with keywording in search results, and it’s also good if you choose a food, say, that people may search for and find your blog, especially since they’d be the type of readers you’d look for – the ones who read about food online.

Good luck!

By: Woman With a Whisk

Woman With a Whisk — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:31:38 +0000

@stan Why on earth would someone not want to talk about food everyday?! =)

I like Fete and Feast. It connotes exactly what you like doing — entertaining and cooking. I’d stay away from titles with “foodie” in it. It seems like this is the opportunity to completely reinvent the blog, and I think (for me at least) I associate “foodie” with the origins of this incident.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:45:30 +0000

natschats.com

Maybe not ideal since the name doesn’t imply food, but it would give you some flexibility to talk about something else if you felt like it one day.

By: austinmamadrama

austinmamadrama — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:01:46 +0000

The Foodie Files
Or Foodiephiles