SheKnows Media Announces Sarah Michelle Gellar to Keynote #BlogHerFood15 November 7 in Chicago
Emmy® Award-Winning Actress Shares Her Entrepreneurial Journey with
SheKnows Media’s Community of Food Experts, Content Creators and Online
Influencers
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SheKnows
Media, a leading women’s media company with 80 million unique
visitors a month* and 162 million social media fans and
followers, today announced that Sarah Michelle Gellar, an
award-winning actress and newly-minted, food-focused lifestyle and
curated commerce entrepreneur, will keynote #BlogHerFood15,
taking place in Chicago, November 6-7, 2015. Hundreds of food-focused
bloggers, writers, cookbook authors, photographers, videographers,
stylists, social influencers, experts and brands will attend the event.
A veteran of television, theater and the big screen, Sarah Michelle
Gellar is best known for her roles on the television series Buffy the
Vampire Slayer and The Crazy Ones, and in films Cruel
Intentions and The Grudge. This fall, Gellar is stepping into
a new role as start-up co-founder, launching Foodstirs (www.foodstirs.com)
in October 2015 along with Galit Laibow and Gia Russo. Foodstirs is a
culinary lifestyle brand that offers convenient, delicious and healthier
ways to bring families together in the kitchen. From creative cooking
kits to premium signature baking mixes, Foodstirs inspires creativity
and curiosity, while emphasizing the importance of a healthier lifestyle.
At #BlogHerFood15, Gellar will sit down for an interview that will cover
a broad range of topics, from her storied entertainment career to her
transition to entrepreneur, including the intensive process she and her
partners have gone through to research, develop, position and launch a
new company in the competitive culinary lifestyle space.
“Our food community is passionate, and many of them are focused on
building their online platforms into a viable livelihood,” said Elisa
Camahort Page, Sr. Vice President, Community Content and Events,
SheKnows Media. “We look forward to gleaning insights about birthing
a new food-focused start-up like Foodstirs with Sarah Michelle. Sarah
Michelle’s unique path as a content creator and an innovator will
inspire our attendees to master their life transitions and seize
opportunities for their own exciting new ventures.”
In conjunction with Gellar’s keynote appearance, she is collaborating
with SheKnows Media on a series of Instagram Challenges leading up to
the conference, and will join the SheKnows Experts program to share her
own expert content about how to educate and engage with children in the
kitchen.
“I’m truly honored and excited to be part of the SheKnows Media family,”
said Sarah Michelle Gellar, Co-Founder and CEO, Foodstirs.
To register for #BlogHerFood15, click here.
Join the conversation on social media using the #BlogHerFood15 hashtag.
To learn more about Foodstirs, visit www.foodstirs.com
or sign up for Sarah Michelle Gellar’s newsletter here: http://bit.ly/smgnewsletter
More information about SheKnows Media can be found at corporate.sheknows.com.
* comScore, Media Metrix, Multiplatform Key Measures Report,
May 2015, U.S.
About SheKnows Media
SheKnows
Media is the number-one women’s lifestyle digital media company with
more than 85 million unique visitors per month (comScore, Media Metrix,
Multiplatform Lifestyles Category Ranking Report, February 2015, U.S.)
and 162 million social media fans and followers. The company operates a
family of leading media properties that include SheKnows.com,
BlogHer.com,
StyleCaster.com,
DailyMakeover.com,
BeautyHigh.com
and DrinksMixer.com.
With a mission of women inspiring women, SheKnows Media is
revolutionizing the publishing industry by forging a new kind of model
that seamlessly integrates users, editors and content creators onto a
single platform designed to empower all women to discover, share and
create. Whether it’s parenting or pop culture, fashion or food, DIY or
décor, our award-winning editorial team, Experts, bloggers and social
media influencers produce authentic and on-trend content every day. We
dig deep to learn what makes our audience tick, revealing unexpected
insights on women and digital media. Our robust, end-to-end suite of
premium branded content and influencer marketing solutions generate more
than 2 billion ad impressions per month (sources: DFP and OAS), allowing
brands to distribute authentic content and integrated advertising at
scale.
SheKnows Media is based in New York and Scottsdale, Ariz., with offices
in Los Angeles, Chicago and Belmont, Calif. We also operate
internationally in Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Contacts
SheKnows Media
Lori Anderson, 916-616-6363
Lori.anderson@sheknows.com
