I got this from Delphi. I'm copying and pasting the persons post (as I didn't actually see the show)


Today on Martha Stewart, she had seven employees that had entered a contest for the next big idea for the future of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. One of the employees cannot eat gluten and has suggested a magazine for people with allergies and celiac disease. Martha couldn't decide which idea to pick, so everyone can vote online to choose the next big idea. Please vote - the link is below, and you can read the ideas, then scroll to the bottom for the vote. The magazine idea for people with allergies is not getting many votes - you have until February 7th!


http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/martha/?rs...mepage_Homepage

Thanks for the info.
Headed there right now!

Currently it looks as if the Pet-lovers are going to win. We have 17% votes and they have 38%. Lets vote people!

I just voted

I just voted, and yes, we may only have 17%, but that 17% is tied for 2nd place, which may serve as a wake-up call that this really is an issue and a market niche worth exploring.

Great point!

It would be HUGE to get a big name attached to a gluten free magazine/allergy free!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!

Thanks for the heads up!!

-Jessica

We're barely in 2nd place. The Martha Stewart store is 16% and we're 19%. Arggggh
Vote, vote, vote!

It says you can vote as many times as you would like so go and vote MULTIPLE times!

I voted a few times. Time to send a few more through

Voted!!

Just voted and we are at 20% lets keep the votes going!!!!

It says you can vote once per day. If someone could remember to post to this thread to jog our memories, that would be great! I'm afraid my brain would forget.

i am wondering how they know how many times the same person votes??? seriously, cuz if you just close out of it and reopen it it lets you vote again?? anyhow i sent the link to my mom and asked her to vote and to get all her co workers to vote, also going to send it to my aunt!

OMG - I voted twice - THEN it said you can vote once a day for.......I forgot (have a SEVERE head cold!)....

But I forwarded the link to all females I know and, under threat of death, they MUST vote for what we want.

I think it's AWESOME our choice is in second place!!!!!!!

I posted it to my yahoo group. That should get it a bit more publicity!!! KEEP VOTING!!! We can do it!!! It sounds like you can vote as many times per day as you wish.

-Jessica

Thanks for getting the word out

I just voted, it said our category is up to 22% now

I voted once, then changed clothes and voted again. Do you think they will recognize me?

I also posted this over to the celiacforums board. The more votes we can get the better. If anyone can bring gluten-free into the mainstream, the mighty and powerful Martha can do it.

Im going to send it out threw myspace, things get passed around there so fast lolpaula

Colleen

When i just voted again we had 27 percent, im going to go vote on the other 2 puters now lol.

paula

I cast my vote. It's now in first place tied with pets at 30% each.

okay so just voted on a dif computer, and we were up to 30% pets is 1% more than us, My mom and everyone at her work voted for us, going to put it up on myspace, and hope like heck that people vote!

This is kinda exciting...lol

I voted. Still tied with pets at 31%.

Voted!

I was soo dissapointed the other day when they said she was going to do "allergy free cupcakes" on her show and they were egg, dairy and nut free but chock full of gluten! I watched the whole show in anticipation of that

OMG!!!!

I just voted again, and we're neck and neck at 31%!

I'm in there too...um, several times

Ok so I just went to go vote somemore...when I did it is said we were 29% tied with the pet lovers. I voted a few times and now it says we are 28%...odd

See how can this be, Patti voted 2 hrs before me....

We were tied with pets at 32 percent, but the MSLO employee cookbook is on the move. The votes have been increasing by several hundred every few seconds as the MSLO employee cookbook has risen from 13 to 18 percent and Allergies mag has dropped down to 28 percent. Must be on some other blog somewhere - or lots of employees voting!

Anyway, it was nice for Alexis to come up with the idea and bring it to the forefront. Hopefully it will make mainstream food shows and magazines aware of the market and the need to take special food and diet populations into consideration when planning menus and creating recipes.

i AGREE WITH YA AMANDA
Last time I voted it was 32 and us 31 % what the heck?????????????????

We're neck and neck. Both at 29% this morning!

Don't forget - the numbers are a percentage, not a tally. If another idea starts getting more votes, eventually, their piece of the pie will get larger, and others will get smaller cause they've all got to add up to 100 percent.

I just voted again, and we are beating pets by 1% now. Pets schmets, I say! They have enough magazines! I have 3 computers (1 at work ad 2 at home) and I am voting on each of them every day until 2/7. I think we can really make this happen!

I also just emailed the glutenfreegirl and asked her if she would be willing to put a link on her blog. She gets lots of exposure and that's what we need!

Okay we are still ahead by One percent, will be emailing my mom to have everyone vote for us again!!!!!

30 (us) 29 (pets) just now!!!!

I sent the link to my husband at his office--

I just voted again, and sent it to others who have various food issues, so they can vote, too.

We CAN do it!!!! Keep voting!! YEAH!!

-Jessica

I just voted again this morning.


How scientific is this poll, allowing everyone to vote multiple times?

It now has a picture of Martha voting and checking the polls. At least she will know thereis a calling for this type of magazine from her!!

Also, if you have a few min. read the messages that are posted with the story, many of them are begging for a allergy/intollerance magazine.

-Jessica

Okay so i just looked, pets 28%
allergen publication 31%

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think it's scientific at all. It's a popularity contest, and the most votes wins!

well i hope we are popular then!!

Yeah, and you can vote as often as you want - it's not limited to once per day. Although they might state that - it doesn't prevent you from voting multiple times per day.

The stories are good. I hope this gets some mainstream attention. I love the people who wrote in that, although they do not have food sensitivities, their friends and loved ones do, and they want to know some things to make for their friends/loved ones. Bless them! This shows that there is a need even in mainstream society - not just limited to those with food sensitivities, but all those who know and love us.

this is AWESOME - we are ahead!


someone needs to send this to Celiac Chicks, also - - they get TONS of exposure.

<please? anyone? I am SOOOOOO sick presently and don't have the energy/brain power to do it....also Gluten Free Goddess, maybe? >

thanks!

I just voted ( about 20+ times).
Just hit the back button and vote over and over again.
It is now up to 32%.

http://blogs1.marthastewart.com/martha/?rs...mepage_Homepage

I just voted again and we're ahead by 3%. This could be sooo good for Celiac publicity. Since Celiac is so horribly underdiagnosed, I would hope that they'd have occasional articles ABOUT the disease, along with allergen-free recipes.

I also think it will be HILARIOUS if Martha Stewart puts out a magazine about food intolerances after her daughter was such a cold-hearted witch about gluten-free diets.

Talk about irony

Wahoo - we're still ahead of the game! Tell everyone you know and ask them to tell too! I'm optimistic!!!

It's already on gluten-free goddess - I checked this morning. I also checked all the big yahoogroups, and it's on there too. Just checked celiacchicks and it's there too. If The gluten free girl will get it on there, it will be sooo great. We can do it!

I sent a note to everyone in my address book at home asking people to vote for it, and asking them to forward it on to everyone they know. I have visions of strange people opening their email and saying "Helen - who's colleen and what's a gluten?"

Hope you feel better, Dingogirl. A pox on all the foul germies!!!!