The Blogging Angels – or at least three-quarters of us – were in Nashville, TN last week for the Blissdom Conference, an annual gathering of (mostly) women who blog. With incredibly informative sessions, dynamic speakers, and great sponsors, Blissdom is three days of learning, fun, and inspiration.
The road to Blissdom was not easy, however. After an incredibly bump-free trip to Las Vegas for CES, the weather did not cooperate last week, getting Rebecca and Nancy into Nashville two days late. Heidi wasn’t able to make it due to prior commitments, and we missed her so much! We also missed the Yeti Pro omnidirectional microphone we recorded with at CES. At Blissdom, we were huddled around a microphone from my XBox RockBand game.
We were thrilled, however, to have Kim Moldofsky as our very special guest. Kim blogs at Hormone Colored Days (including the hilarious house-hunting video series Property Sluts) and Mom Impact, which specializes in connecting bloggers with brands. She tweets as @KimMoldofsky.
Some of the things we talked about in this episode:
Kim’s prior speaking credits include Blogalicious, Blissdom, and Type A Mom. She also spoke at the Sweets and Snacks Expo in Chicago, and got to hang with Nancy Pelosi at a press conference.
Rebecca wrote a great post about the importance of conferences for women. That post of Rebecca’s definitely influenced Amy’s comment on a post written by DadaRocks.
Mom Impact hosted a Blog World Expo webinar about how to develop a great speaker proposal, and luckily for us it was transcribed!
Kim was sponsored at Blissdom by ConAgra Foods, and Amy was sponsored by Kleenex.
The survey that Kim put on Mom Impact about getting paid is still there – chime in!
Amy was happy to wear an eBay Classifieds t-shirt at BlogHer last summer, and all of the Angels were very enthusiastic about promoting new Windows phones as part of our sponsorship to CES last month.
And if we all agree on one thing, it’s that you should never, ever, tape a sign to your shirt with info about your conference sponsor.
Golden Halos
Amy gave her Golden Halo to the concept of “owning it.” Granted, there’s no website to point to for that concept, so she’s just going to link to Blissdom for really hammering home the point.
Rebecca’s Golden Halo went to Hallmark’s personalized paper plates, with pictures in the middle of the plate uploaded by you.
Nancy’s Golden Halo gets split between Alli Worthington, Barbara Jones, Paula Bruno, and Megan Jordan for creating such an amazing event as Blissdom.
And that’s it for this week! See you next week, when we’re be back in familiar territory – Nancy’s dining room – with our good microphones.
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I think an official t-shirt is a much better way to represent your brand/sponsor than a piece of paper taped to your shirt. I’m sure the brand would agree.
I agree. I’m betting at the time the blogger thought it was better than nothing, but…no.
Another great podcast. Kim – I just signed up on MomImpact. I’m kind of at the point with my blogging that people are actually wanting me to work with them and do reviews and such. It’s all a little scary since I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing and haven’t a clue how to charge. Your podcasts have been very helpful.
That really is the hardest part to figure out. Feel free to email me at Amy@SelfishMom.com and we can talk stats and numbers.