As many of you know, my family and I attended a large blogging conference last week in Chicago. This is the second time that I attend a conference and I wanted to have my family with me because I just couldn't bear to be away from them for even one minute. Before the trip, I set personal and professional goals for myself that would keep me focused throughout my stay. My husband and I drove for almost 14 hours to get there and I cannot even begin to describe the excitement that I felt when we finally arrived in the city of Chicago. I felt right at home since I live in a big city myself and I found that there were a lot of parallels between New York City and Chicago right away. I was very fortunate to have had my ticket to the conference sponsored in part by Noodle.org. Our collaboration was a match made in heaven because of my experience being a NYC public school teacher for the past 13 years and the fact that they are the first education search engine. … [Read more...]
Why Should You Sponsor Me To Attend A Blogging Conference?
Many companies don't know that Blogging conferences take place all year. They attract thousands of attendees from all over the world to take part in hands-on learning, intellectual discussions, and opportunities to network with brands that understand the importance of working with bloggers to increase their brand visibility. During these conferences, the connections that have been made on social media platforms between bloggers and brands come to life. It is an opportunity to make those crucial face-to-face connections that have been an integral part of business for decades. I attended a blogging conference last year and it allowed me to network and connect with hundreds of other bloggers and brands and helped me create business relationships that have continued to be mutually beneficial even to this day. I would like to secure a sponsor, or multiple sponsors, to attend some of the largest blogging conferences in the United States. Why should your company sponsor me … [Read more...]
Reflecting On My Blogging Conference Experiences!
I had the distinct pleasure of being sponsored to attend a blogging conference this past weekend by Latinos in Social Media (#LATISM.) It was an incredible honor to represent them and to have the opportunity to attend such an amazing conference right here in my own town of New York City. Since I only had a short time to prepare for the event, I frantically searched the internet for posts and articles that would help me to prepare for the weekend. I was worried about everything from what I was going to wear to what seminars I wanted to attend. Although there is a lot of information out there about blogging conferences, I wasn't able to find any one post/article that addressed all of my questions and concerns. Hopefully, I will be able to give you some insight into the conference in this post. Let's first talk about clothing...The truth is that, although there were some women who had on cute outfits with heels during the seminars, the vast majority of the … [Read more...]
Will You Sponsor Me?
I'm sure most of you who are serious Bloggers like I am have already found out that a certain blogging conference is going to take place in New York City next August. Obviously, I don't have to tell you how exciting that bit of news is to me because I live in NYC so it has become entirely possible for me to attend next year. Attending such a prestigious event with my fellow Bloggers would definitely be the culmination of all my hard work on this blog for the past two years. Recently, I wrote a post about how there is some secrecy in the blogging world with regards to monetizing and PR. You can read all about it here. In any case, I am finding out that this is especially true when it comes to what's involved in having a company sponsor you to attend a blogging event. I'm not sure if everyone is afraid that all of the sponsorships will run out if they share the information with other bloggers or if a lot of them really don't know how to go about obtaining a … [Read more...]
