Blogging in the Age of Social Media [Panel]

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Ah, the good old days. Blogs were a world unto themselves and if we bloggers did anything related to social media it was purely to post URLs and hope that it’d help drive some traffic our way. With the continued rise of Facebook and addition of the surprisingly slick Google Plus, combined with Twitter, LinkedIn, … [Read more]

BlogWorld Presents: Speaker Appreciation Week

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BlogWorld speakers are the bread and butter of our conferences. We pride ourselves on our content and do our best to ensure our attendees are getting their money’s worth. We know coming to BlogWorld is an investment and do what we can to make sure you receive a good return on that investment. That’s why … [Read more]

Are We Hypocrites, Tasteless Smut Peddlers or Just Plain Dumb?

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If you haven’t heard there was quite a reaction to our closing keynote at BlogWorld New York. From some very heartfelt honest posts with valid complaints from people like Marcus Sheridan and Jennifer Fong to the typical peanut gallery who like to use every social media controversy as a way to promote their own agendas. … [Read more]

5 Reasons Why You Should Fill Out Your Own Speaker Proposal (And Not Leave it Up to Your PR Person or Assistant)

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Every Monday night at 9:00, #speakchat takes place on Twitter. Speakers and conference organizers get together and share tips and discuss issues facing both sides.  It’s especially enlightening for those of us who plan conferences because we receive the most wonderful feedback, but also, we give speakers and attendees a chance to see things from … [Read more]

Yet Another Post About Diversity

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Though I didn’t get the memo, apparently this month’s topic among social media bloggers is “diversity.” As in, “why aren’t there enough women or people of color speaking at conferences.” Diversity among conference speakers wasn’t something I thought much about as a civilian.  I assumed that because this field has more white men working in … [Read more]

Looking to Speak at BlogWorld East? BlogWorld West? Gather Round…

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By now you are aware that there will be (w00t!) two BlogWorld events. BlogWorld East, which will co-locate with Book Expo in New York City and will take place from May 24th through 26th, and BlogWorld West which will take place in…well you’ll just have to wait until Tuesday for THAT announcement. Honestly, haven’t you … [Read more]

In Which We Discuss Who You Want to Speak at BlogWorld ’11

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As the person tasked with stocking BlogWorld with the absolute best educational content possible, I’m very interested in knowing who our attendees enjoy hearing speak. We’re pretty sure we have an idea of what you’re looking for, but we can’t base a successful conference on assumptions, right? So we asked. Many of your suggestions aren’t … [Read more]

5 Tips for Gaining Speaker Experience

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I often receive requests from experts who would like to gain speaker experience so they can eventually speak at BlogWorld, but they’re not quite sure how to go about doing this. The thought of public speaking can be overwhelming and figuring out where to start can be equally as daunting.  For many, it’s simply a … [Read more]

Do Big Brands Really Get This Social Thing?

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… by Kay Madati, CNN Worldwide A social media evangelist friend once told me, “big brands don’t incubate innovation, they covet it, so they buy it, then they try to ‘synergize’ and integrate it, all the while giving it a slow and eventual death by a thousand cuts!” These were his unvarnished thoughts as I … [Read more]

BlogWorld Partners With paper.li for Conference News From Our Speakers

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At BlogWorld Expo 2010, paper.li is pleased to announce the release of new features built on top of a completely re-engineered service. Following the runaway success of paper.li since this summer, we have been under great pressure to scale our service to meet the demand for personalized newspapers. After 7 weeks of development, the relaunched … [Read more]