Category: Events

Someday we’ll all be old. And we’ll be smiling about the good old days. For pretty much all of us, blogging started as a hobby. But along the way we figured out that the hobby could very well provide an income. And while it was hard, it was also the most rewarding activity of our…

I was honored to have a chance to speak at the Entertainment New Media Conference, the premiere blogging event for entertainment and travel bloggers. One of my favorite activities is meeting with bloggers who have a different paradigm view of blogging. I absolutely love that. Sometimes it’s just bloggers of a different niche that are…

So the question I have at every conference is “where are we going to hold it?” When you limit something to 40 people, you really do have a LOT of options. Certainly a Grand Ballroom isn’t required, but the back room of Jimmy Noel’s Garage isn’t appropriate either. The Nashville Blogging Concentrated workshop was in…

So I’m talking about doing events today. . . There is no bigger waste of time than putting something big together, having it succeed and then helping to clean up with nary a plan in place to follow-up with the attendees. If you’re going to put together a Tupperware Party, Weekend Retreat, Grand Opening, or…

Most of the takeaways I took from the NAMS Conference were at Jeff and Martiza’s seminars, mostly because I was busy with my own seminars and didn’t get a chance to get to too many others. So here’s what I got:

So the topic that I seem to be talking about most this week is events. No matter what niche you’re in, there are only three kinds of events:

So I got back from the NAMS event in Atlanta on Monday. (If you’re not familar, that’s an event  for people looking to increase revenue from their online efforts). Humbling as it is, I got to share the stage with Carrie Wilkerson, Susanne Meyers, and Jack Born among many others. Can you believe Elsom Eldridge,…

The Savvy Blogging Summit was a journey into a parallel world. I walk away wondering how the world of niche internet marketing, its rules, guidelines, lessons and monetization are so vastly different than the world of professional bloggers. How can I spend an equal amount of time on the internet, building websites, writing content and…

The Savvy Blogging Summit crew really knows how to impress. My “ideas” file from this event is already 15 pages deep and I’ve only been here two hours. Everything from the name tags to the e-mails to the registration table is top notch. And to top it off, I was surprised to hear that they…