Blissdom 2010: Memoir Writing – The Power and Mystery of Telling Our Stories

February 6, 2010

Presenters include: Catherine Connors (@herbadmother), Megan Jordan (@velveteenmind), Tanis Miller (@redneckmommy) and Michelle Mitchell (@scribbit). Description: What draws some of us to bare our hearts and live our lives outloud through writing? Sharing is a fine art, and helps us to clarify our thoughts, receive feedback (often hard!) and encouragement to grow, and lets us [...]

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Blissdom 2010: Niche Blogging- Experts Talk About Blogging Your Passions and Expertise

February 6, 2010

Description: Focusing on one topic in a defined niche is an art and an exciting blogging model. We’ve gathered leaders from various niches to share their successful experiences to help you define your focus, monetize or increase readership for a niche topic, or have a niche section within your personal blog. Question: The perception is [...]

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Blissdom 2010: Evolving into a Professional Blogger — Paths to Success

February 6, 2010

The presenters for this panel include Barbara Jones (@barbarajones), Audrey McClelland (@AudreyMcClellan), Kim Modolfsky (@kimmodolfsky), Stephanie Smirnov (@ssmirnov), Nancy Smith (@nancydsmith), and Alli Worthington (@AlliWorthington). Description: Travel the path to becoming a top-notch professional step-by-step by learning how to promote yourself, how to develop your brand and how to demonstrate what you can do for [...]

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Blissdom 2010: Leveraging Social Media to Build Your Business

February 6, 2010

This panel was presented by Julie Cole (@juliecole), Kim Christopherson (@youcanmakethis), Lisa Leonard (@lisaleonard), Amy Turn Sharp (@dooblehvay), Kimba (@KimbaASPTL), Kris Thurgood (@JesseKateDesign and @TheDIYDish). Description: Creating a blog and other social media tools can be the foundation for promoting a business of any type, or it can open new doors for increased sales, influence [...]

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Blissdom 2010: Learning from Community Powerhouse Sites

February 5, 2010

This panel is comprised of Janice Croze – (@5minutesformom), Holly Hamann (@hollyk), Debba Haupert (@girlfriendology), Rachael Herscher (@todaysmama), Jennifer James (@mombloggersclub), Erin Kane (@emkprgal). Description: Focusing on one topic in a defined niche is an art and an exciting blogging model. We’ve gathered leaders from various niches to share their successful experiences to help you define your [...]

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Blissdom 2010: Personal Branding – Defining “You” Online

February 5, 2010

This session was led by Alli Worthington (@alliworthington), Shelly Kramer (@shellykramer) and Liz Strauss (@lizstrauss). Description: Your blog and social media presences are a digital representation of you, so make sure you are putting your best foot (or most gorgeous shoe) forward whenever you are leaving a social media footprint. Focus on building a stellar [...]

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Blissdom 2010: A Blogger’s Guide to Legal, Accounting & FTC Guidelines

February 5, 2010

Presented by Susan Getgood (Marketing Roadmaps; @sgetgood), Liza Barry-Kessler (Privacy Counsel, LLC; @lizawashere) and Kristen Berman (Intuit Quickbooks Pro). Starting off with Accounting Best Practices is Kristen from Quickbooks. Her mission is to help the small business and their bottom line. She is going to be speaking from her experience not as an accountant (because [...]

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Blissdom 2010: Opening Keynote

February 5, 2010

Kevin Carroll (@kckatalyst) speaks on Bringing Fun and Passion to Your Work… and Life. Kevin is an author, speaker and agent for social change. Kevin from the very start is a very engaging speaker. He starts out with a personal story that sets the stage for how he got started in life and started to [...]

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Blissdom 2010: Opening Remarks

February 5, 2010

Blissdom 2010 kicked off with opening remarks presented by the co-founders of Blissdom Allison Worthington and Barbara Jones. Ali was clearly overwhelmed by the moment and laid out what Blissdom is all about it. She talked about meeting friends for the first time in person and “getting” other bloggers even if you’ve only read each [...]

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The Joys of Home Ownership (and No More House Hunting)

November 17, 2009

Just a little over two years ago, my husband and I bought our first home. We had been renting from a family member ever since we moved back to NE Ohio from New York and we were searching for a home that was a good compromise between what we really wanted and what we could [...]

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