Heyyyy, I’m back! I’ve got one more round up for you from Go Blog Social. Day two was just as fabulous as day one so let’s get started!
How To Brand Yourself Online by Lauren Felix of La Petite Fashionista and LPF Media
Lauren is the absolute sweetest. She knocked my socks off with her tips and tricks on branding and made me realize I’ve got some serious work to do! Defining my brand is one of the biggest things I want to work on in the coming months.
Feeling less than inspired? Lauren suggests a brain dump. Next time I’m in a rut I’m going to break out the pen and paper and jot down every single word that comes to mind for several minutes, take a break and then come back to review what ended up on the paper!
“85% of corporate blogs have five posts or less.” Crystal’s “make it happen” attitude lit a fire under my ass. If I want something I’m going to have to go out and find it or ask for it, just like she did. I truly enjoyed her presentation on blogging in the corporate world. It got me thinking about some of my favorite brands so I checked to see if they had blogs. Much to my surprise, several of them had them, but they hadn’t posted in months or even years!
My biggest takeaway from Dan’s presentation came from when he said, “your voice sells.” I think it’s so so important to never compromise your voice and who you really are, no matter what you’re talking about or who’s backing your post.
Emily provided some great information on how to make content your own. I heard several times this weekend that everything has pretty much been done before, but there are ways to switch it up and put your own twist on things to make it unique.
Erin’s a DIY pro and she taught me that I need to show people a reason to make the project I’m showcasing. For instance, if you’re creating DIY bookends, show the finished product on a shelf in your home with some of your favorite reads nestled in between them. People are much more likely to recreate a project if they can envision it being used. My current apartment set up doesn’t offer much counter top space, but that doesn’t mean I can’t create my own. I especially liked her marble slab idea to photograph projects on.
After hearing from Kaelin on how bloggers like myself can work with magazines to produce great content together it got me thinking about other magazines I read monthly. I’ve subscribed to several magazines for years now, but it was until I started blogging that I really noticed the people being featured in magazines were just like me!
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| My partners in crime Ashley and Shanley |
If you asked me what my favorite part of the whole conference was, it would hands down be the amazing people I connected with. There were several ladies I had been following along with online and it was so exciting to finally put a REAL face to the name and blog! I’m so happy to have met so many great gals (Maya, Lauren, Alex, Kari and Emily). Two days was simply not enough when it comes to the bonding and networking. There were so many people I wish I could have spent more time with and with that being said, my couch is always open here in Kansas City!
Hi Jess! Love these two posts about the conference, so interesting. I’d absolutely love to attend one of these one day. I wish Switzerland were more active in the blogging world 🙁 And those earrings! To die for! You lucky girl 🙂
Ah man, extra sad I missed this day. Lauren’s presentation sounded amazing! Also, I am trying to convince my company right now to start a blog, so I feel like I could have learned a lot for my full-time job about blogging in corporate world from Crystal!!!!!! Thanks again for these recaps 🙂 Makes me feel like I learned a little bit!
So glad we had the opportunity to meet in person! It was such a great weekend and I’m looking forward to our next blogger meet up. We should totally plan one 🙂
I love Kendra Scott earrings. I just gave some to my friend for her birthday. So chic and classic.
If you have a second, I’d love for you to stop by and check out my latest post.
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Sounds like you really learned a lot!! Love this recap!
Nikki
thefashionablewife.com
Lucky lady winning those beautiful earrings 🙂 Good to see you this weekend! I loved that neon top you had on too! So cute.
Xo Jana
http://www.janalmeister.blogspot.com
Great seeing you too! Thank you so much 😉 Forever 21 steal 🙂 Hopefully we can all meet up soon
Me too! It needs to happen again soon. Let’s do it 🙂
Aw, I’m so glad! I need to reach out to Crystal.. I think she was going to post the slides online. If she does I will be sure to let you know 🙂 I loved that she created a blogging position for herself in the corporate world. You can do it!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Maybe you start to building the blogging community over there. Anything is possible! I felt very, very lucky winning them 😉
I love that you won those gorgeous earrings!
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Looks like you all had a wonderful time! I’m glad you got to meet some great gals!
Thanks for linking up this week!
Tiffany Ima
Style Honestly
It was so much fun and much needed. Thanks for hosting the link up! You gals are great 🙂
Such a great overview about the conference! I’m from St. Louis, but live in North Carolina. I wish I lived closer so I could have made it to Go Blog Social! So many inspiring bloggers there.