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While many may have a hard time fulfilling one job, Samantha Proyrungtong wears many hats and pulls it off too. She’s best known as an online marketing whiz, being the boss of Extrovert Marketing Agency, and has launched many successful projects through social media with the latest being the Natural Wine Festival at About Eatery. Sam founded a women’s group for entrepreneurs and professionals and also administers various Facebook groups including Bangkok Foodies and Phuket Foodies where food lovers go to for restaurant recommendations, promotions and honest reviews. This earns herself a player position in Bangkok’s dining scene. Moreover, she was behind the success of VIVIN, her husband’s fine food specialist grocer, which recently opened a mini boutique in Gourmet Market at The EmQuartier. On top of it all, she manages to find time to contribute as a freelance writer for various Englishlanguage publications. My, that’s a lot. We talked to Sam about how she managed to do it all, as well as her passion for Thailand’s dining scene.