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Eat Drink Blog 2013

Posted on November 12, 2013June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith

As I usually do when there’s a conference on and I’m not at it, I engaged in some hash tag stalking over the weekend. Eat Drink Blog is a niche conference for – well, it’s pretty obvious: food bloggers. Even if food blogging isn’t your niche (as I’ve posted about before, it isn’t mine!), the conference […]

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How to choose sessions at ProBlogger

Posted on September 10, 2013June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith

I’ve noticed on the twitter hashtag for the ProBlogger Event that people are having trouble deciding which sessions to go to. Well, so was I. So I adopted a strategy that seems to have worked quite well.   Know your main … Continue reading →

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Know Yourself: Conference Edition

Posted on March 7, 2013September 28, 2017by Vanessa Smith

To wrap up the blog posts this week from my thoughts of last years ProBlogger Event, I thought I’d include my tips for blogger conferences. These are also valid for other types of conferences and for science fiction conventions. Conferences … Continue reading →

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Heathivate

Posted on March 2, 2013June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith

Today is another day where I’m not at a conference I’d love to be at. Ah well, next year? http://www.healthivate.com/ You can follow the tweets made today using the #hivate hash tag on twitter.   See below for my jumbled thoughts … Continue reading →

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ProBlogger Event Post Collection

Posted on October 14, 2012June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith

I couldn’t afford to go to ProBlogger Event. Ok, I also didn’t think about it far enough in advance to save so I could have gone. I will be going next year for sure! So in exchange for me following the #pbevent hash tag (and making jokes about tagging along with the event) I’m sharing […]

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Taking note

Posted on October 13, 2012June 30, 2017by Vanessa Smith

My greatest learning tip came from my degree. Anthropologists traditionally do field work in remote locations for a few years as a part of their doctoral studies.   I was told by a lecturer to only write on one side of the page in your notebook. Why? Because the page that faces the one you […]

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