The Ultimate Conference to Grow and Market a Successful Blog
Get real-world, actionable solutions for blogging and social media. With only 60 seats available, Blogsville will be an intimate educational experience Our instructors regularly charges $1,000s for their perspective that you can benefit from for FREE!
At the unConference You’ll Learn:
- - How to easily and simply create a blog
- - How to demonstrate the ROI of blogging to your boss or best clients
- - How to produce immediate results by engaging your community differently
- - How to manage and respond to negative feedback
- - How to use a blog to jumpstart marketing initiatives
- - How to integrate blogging with Twitter, Facebook and other social media initiatives to produce results.
- - How to avoid the most common and costly blog mistakes
- - How to write for search engines and readers with a captivating and effective style
Format
With only 60 seats available, Blogsville will be an intimate educational experience Each instruction presents real world, actionable examples of how to make your blog a success. Instructors are available for in-depth Q&A’s and will respond to the challenges you face every day. This environment is perfect for learning and networking.
Why now?
You can’t afford not to blog. Every day your competition is getting smarter about blogging and social media. This is a fast, FREE and highly effective way to see results with social media and blogging right away.
Zach Braiker
ceo: Refine and Focus
runs: Zach Braiker
Zachary Braiker is an experienced marketer and interactive sales strategy expert. He helps advertising agencies, brands, media companies and businesses develop and execute interactive marketing and sales strategies.
He has spoken on interactive marketing and sales to the National Association of Broadcasters on New Media in Rome, the NAB’s annual convention in Las Vegas, the Center for Sales Strategy annual convention and the Entercom Media sales retreat. He is an invited guest to Nokia’s first annual workshop on the future of mobile technology in Helsinki. Braiker graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tufts University, where he studied history and international relations and was a researcher at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Christopher Dawson
writer: http://education.zdnet.com
Christopher Dawson grew up in Seattle, back in the days of pre-antitrust Microsoft, coffeeshops owned by something other than Starbucks, and really loud, inarticulate music. After various adventures in academia and private industry, he now lives with his wife and four kids (with another on the way) in a small town in north-central Massachusetts. He has spent the last 6 years in public education, first teaching computing, math, and science at the local high school and, more recently, as the technology director for the district. He spends his days neck deep in a host of computing and IT issues common to most small businesses, educators, and non-profits. He spends his nights blogging about it at http://education.zdnet.com
Jesse Friedman
founder: Blogsville
writer: Jesse Friedman's Blog and Under The Big Topics
Jesse Friedman is the Chief Systems Architect at Neal Advertising and an Adjunct Professor at Johnson & Wales University. He currently writes for two blogs, his personal blog and Under The Big Topics. His passion for blog design, development and social media integration lead him to create Blogsville a blogging conference for every blogger pro or novice. He would like to thank his wife Joy, for all her hard work to make this event possible
Oct 25th
| 8:45am - 9:00am | Blogsville 2009 Introduction | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Christopher Dawson | Professional and Personal Impact of Living in a Web 2.0 World |
| 10:15am - 11:15am | Zach Braiker | 8 Results from Blogging and How |
| 11:30am - 12:30pm | Jesse Friedman | Blog Design and Effective Usability |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Break for Lunch | (not included) |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | Jesse Friedman | Workshop: Installing, Running and Managing Wordpress |
| 2:00pm - 2:30pm | Zach Braiker | Workshop: Microblogging, Your Message in 140 Characters or Less |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Break | |
| 3:00pm - 5:00pm | Q&A and Discussion | An opportunity to interact, network and get specific questions answered |
Ticket Pricing
The Event is FREE but you must register.
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Jesse Friedman Founder
jesse@blogsville.us
Joy Adamonis Event Planner
joy@blogsville.us
