{"id":21292,"date":"2012-09-10T07:58:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=21292"},"modified":"2013-06-21T15:42:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T22:42:33","slug":"blogher-12-recap-craziness-summarized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/blogher-12-recap-craziness-summarized\/","title":{"rendered":"BlogHer ’12 Recap – Craziness Summarized"},"content":{"rendered":"

BlogHer ’12<\/a> in New York was completely different than the previous conference in San Diego. First of all, there were a ton of bloggers! Over 5000 attended and the keynote speakers (Martha Stewart, Katie Couric, and Barack Obama via satellite) caused even more congestion in the conference space. Tweets and Facebook posts were flying left and right with hashtags abounding – oh the power of social media!<\/p>\n

This just proved how much of an influence women have on commerce and some brands are finally starting to ‘get it’. Other brands still take advantage of what they call ‘mommy bloggers’ and think a $0.25 coupon will make us jump through hoops just for the chance of working with them (I’m talking to you Jamba Juice<\/a> – I didn’t walk over 16,000 steps to win a beach towel and ball…).<\/p>\n

I didn’t make it to any of the sessions (only two interested me anyway) and skipped the parties (I wasn’t there for drinking and dancing). My main purpose was to\u00a0network with brands and other bloggers. I was able to do so but only at smaller, more intimate events. Here are some points gleaned from those that you might find interesting:<\/p>\n

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\nThanks, Valerie<\/a>, for the pic of me in the Ticket Blaster and the one with the four of us!<\/span><\/p>\n