Event: Bloogy Boot Camp by SITS Girls
Date: August 21, 2010
Location: Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco CA
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
What a fantastic introduction to blog conferences! Bloggy Boot Camp graced San Francisco yesterday. The group was small (~100), we played musical tables (after each speaker), and everyone was tweeting like crazy. SITS (The Secret is in the Support) created a great opportunity to meet and talk to some amazing bloggers.
Friday I was frantically searching to see if anyone was selling their ticket. After spamming all tweeters with #bloggybootcamp, I was able to get one. I’m glad I did. The whole ‘women and social media’ conferences were a bit of a mystery for me.
I think these are great for those just starting out to get a better idea of the basics. As the focus of each blogger was different there were bound to be some parts that were more applicable than others. These are the points I was able to take away and can hopefully implement:
- Keep it short. For vlogging pay attention to movement, lighting, angle, and background. Listen to constructive criticism. – Jessica Bern
- Careful of what you post online as almost everything can be tracked. – Julie
- Marketing is not ‘icky’. You are a consumer with strong opinions. “We see, we like, we share.” – Ciaran Blumenfeld
- People can unfollow just as quickly so respond to tweets/email/etc. Be careful what you tweet as it can be held against you. – Jennifer James
- You own your text and images. If you make money create a separate bank account. Use capitals and puntuation. – Linsey Krolik
- Affiliates hijack your traffic. Opensky allows you to be the retailer, not the referrer. There is no contract and Opensky takes care of everything else for you. – Ted Rubin
- Choose your brand/name carefully as it sticks. Tweets should always be genuine so do not use bots and engage people. – Tiffany from SITS Girls
I also got a chance to meet local bloggers as well as those a bit further away. The conference part was educational but the real benefit, at least in my eyes, was the great networking experience!
Victor’s Palace on the 32nd Floor
Conference Check-In
Name, Twitter handle, seat assignments
Conference set up and Julie from Angry Julie Monday speaking
Delicious lunch sponsored by FRS
Julie from Dutch Being Me and me, private after-party at Slide
‘Swag Bag’ from amazing sponsors
12 comments
Hi TerriAnn!
Great to meet you this weekend! What a fun and unique experience! It was so nice to see some faces in person!
Great wrap up post! Nice to see some pictures… my camera broke the day before so I have nothing!
Thanks for joining my Boot Camp Hop!
It was sooo great to meet you…fabulous post!!!!
It was so fun to meet you too – especially since I had recently found your blog. You were a great speaker and brought up fab points – thanks!
Sounds like you had fun!
I did. Next time we need to figure out a way to meet 🙂
Great Post! Loved it so much I featured it over on my Everyday Mommy blog! I also created a Bloggy Boot Camp Post Link-Up opportunity so please stop by when you get a chance.
Thanks again for taking pictures!
Thank you for the linky love! Cute page and nice idea for a post.
What fun! I got to go to the one in Baltimore and had a blast!
Really? I’m sure you met some amazing bloggers there as well. Bloggy Boot Camp has a nice atmosphere so you can get to know a few people and talk.
Hi Terri Ann,
It was nice meeting you afterwards, in the lounge! The day passed so quickly, we hadvery little time to interact and I would have loved more of that. I appreciate your recap, nicely done and you caught all the key points.
I am nicely defrosted now, finally!
Take care,
XO
Heidi
I know, it was freezing. Nice meeting you also. Maybe we can make a point to get together at the next meet-up! Thanks for stopping by and reading the post.
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