Why You’re Not Going to Find Conference Sponsorship on Twitter

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Are you looking for a sponsor so you can attend BlogWorld? If so, are you asking for sponsors on Twitter? Well stop right there, because chances are it’s not going to happen. Now, there’s a few different ways to land a sponsorship, but Tweeting out your intentions aren’t going to land you that gig. Because … [Read more]

The Politics of Scheduling a Conference

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By now you’ve seen the preliminary schedule for BlogWorld ’10. Right now it only contains confirmed sessions and speakers. As we approve more each day, we hope you’ll check back often for updates. Soon after I published the schedule I was met with a flurry of questions about the sessions and panels and why they … [Read more]

And Now…the BlogWorld 2010 Schedule

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Holy Cats! Deb Finally Has the 2010 BlogWorld Conference Schedule Up! Thanks to all for your patience as I get a preliminary schedule going. I know it feels as if it’s taken forever,  it feels that way for me too. It took a while because we needed to confirm speakers and sessions, and double check … [Read more]

BlogWorld v. BlogHer: the Differences are Apparent

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Several months ago, I explored the differences between SXSW and BlogWorld. I did this because many conference attendees only have room in their budgets for one conference and want to know which conference best suits their needs. Also, I wanted to show that we’re different than the other conferences and that we may even be … [Read more]

What's the Hold Up With All Those Speaker Proposals, Deb?

When I logged into my BlogWorld email account on Monday morning there were 211 emails waiting. About 40 of them were from people looking for the status of their speaker proposals. I also have folks contacting me or wondering aloud on Twitter – everyone wants to know if we accepted their proposals. Many are (falsely) … [Read more]

"How to Sell Your Blog for Lots of Money" Panel Announced

On my first day on the job for BlogWorld, Rick Calvert sent me a copy of a blank schedule and told me to create my dream conference. He suggested I write in the sessions I would most like to see as an attendee. At the time, there were several topics that I wanted to see … [Read more]

BlogWorld Speaker Proposal Update

After we released news of some confirmed speakers last week, many of you have been reaching out via this blog, email, Twitter and Facebook to ask for updates. In fact, some of you are incorrectly assuming that since you haven’t heard anything so far we must have rejected your proposal. This isn’t true at all.  … [Read more]

Speaker Agreements and Other Minor, No, Big, Details for BlogWorld Speakers

Most of our speakers and potential speakers used the online form to send us their proposals for BlogWorld. However, those speakers who were solicited by Track Leaders and members of the BlogWorld team, didn’t necessarily go through the form. Also, if you are part of a panel and someone else submitted the proposal, I will … [Read more]

More About Choosing Speakers and Being BlogWorld's Conference Director

Thanks to everyone for reaching out on Twitter, comments and via emails. I’m having as much fun offering you a behind the scenes look at BlogWorld as you are reading it.  In the last post, I went through the process of how we chose speakers. I’m learning that there’s more to it than sending out … [Read more]

BlogWorld's Confirmed List of Speakers…So Far

Leo Babauta is BlogWorld's latest confirmed speaker.

As our early bird pricing ends today, I felt it to be a good idea to list our confirmed speakers. This is by no means all the speakers, most are still on the verge of being notified and some tracks are still being worked out. Our newest confirmed speaker is Leo Babauta, who is the … [Read more]