I think it’s fair to say that this week is the biggest week of the Australian blogging calendar. 500+ bloggers, two full official days and all the overwhelm that comes with it. Last year was my first ProBlogger Conference and I ended up with a case of ProBloggeritis. It’s totally a thing. You […]
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Visibility and the Internet
ProBlogger in 2013 was my first big blogging conference. One of the things that shocked me the most was being recognised by people. I’m not saying I’m like, totally famous, or anything, but being a blogger with small stats (I average 1000 hits a month, good thing I write mainly for me!) it does surprise […]
How to Choose Conference Sessions: Recap
As I blogged last year, I decided on a formula for choosing sessions at the ProBlogger Event. These were: Know Your Goal Prioritise Your Sessions by Interactivity & Networking I think it worked pretty well for me, but there was on big variable I didn’t take into consideration: session format. Most of […]
A Confession
With the announcement yesterday of the details of ProBlogger Event 2014, I have a little confession to make. I still haven’t listened to the sessions I didn’t attend last year. I downloaded them all, they’ve all been downloaded on my iPhone pretty much since the conference. So I have no excuse, in reality. I’ve […]
Do I want to be a ProBlogger?
Do I want to be a ProBlogger? Is this my job? My passion? My career? I go backwards and forwards on this. I hate things like SEO and have no interest in thinking about them. I don’t clean and wouldn’t know how to pretend I did if a brand offered to pay me to write […]
Half day 1 of ProBlogger
What have I learned this morning? The speakers are really nice people. Be open to new opportunities. Keep learning. You can’t do it all. Know your goals. Prepare yourself for opportunities. And midday naps in your room are common! Bring … Continue reading
How to choose sessions at ProBlogger
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
Paid vs Free
Paid vs Free was a topic that came up a few times in the 2012 ProBlogger Event tweet stream. This is my view. I know for a fact it doesn’t suit everyone. I don’t believe in working in your … Continue reading
Business of Blogging
This is a short collection of thoughts and notes I made while following the ProBlogger Event 2012 hash tag on Twitter. While I’ve called it the Business of Blogging, it applies to many other things as well! *** … Continue reading
Learning from afar
Can’t go to a conference? Don’t sulk. Make sure you follow the blogs of everyone who is going. Follow them on twitter. Ask live questions while the conference is going on, because that’s when people are inspired to … Continue reading