This event is being organized in partnership with the Las Vegas TweetUp, the Las Vegas Bloggers Meetup Group, and the 2012 Blogalicious social media conference. Las Vegas locals and conference attendees are cordially invited to attend a business networking event that focuses on celebrating the diversity among digital influencers, social media enthusiasts, and media industry professionals.
Registration for Blogalicious 2012 begins at 9am! Located on the 5th Floor in the Veranda C room. Check-in, pick up your conference badge and swag bag here. You can also leave and receive messages here. There will also be sign-up sheets for BarCamp available.
Lost & Found and minor First-Aid available.
In an ever evolving real-time socially driven environment how can you avoid being ‘stuck within your niche’ and attract advertisers to your platform? Learn from @madamenoire @moguldummedia Women EVP Judene Walden how to navigate the new digital advertising landscape, while not compromising your passion for quality blogging and developing your bottom-line.
Express Your Personal Style for Less with Ross Dress for Less
Ross Dress for Less wants to help you express your personal style…for less! Opening at noon on Friday, swing by the Hospitality Suite to talk about your own personal style with Ross Dress for Less style experts, dress up a simple outfit with your own personal flair, check out other blogger’s personal styles and enter for a chance to win a $500 Ross Dress for Less shopping spree!
Suitcase wardrobe bringing you down? Feel like your outfits don’t have enough pizzazz for a night out in Vegas? Use #RossDressforLess on Twitter or Instagram during the conference and you might be surprised by the big thrills that await you!
Ask any veteran blogger what this ‘blogging thing’ comes down to and, invariably, their answer will be: COMMUNITY. The relationship aspect of blogging has become such an integral part of the experience that hundreds of blog communities have popped up over the past several years. The goal of the first-ever Blog Community Jam Session @ Blogalicious is to bring the leaders of several of the top blogging communities together for a candid, in-depth discussion of our craft. An impressive lineup of participants will lead the conversation that will contemplate questions like:
Bring your voices, your questions and your community to Blogalicious Weekend on Friday, September 28th at 2pm. This forum is for us!
#CommunityJam
Antoinette Sykes, MBA, Business & Success Coach and Empwerment Speaker is the founder of "StandingTall Revolution" a movement in authentic marketing, PR and lifestyle event production. As an advocate for women in business, she continues to empower women to StandTall in life and business with an authentic voice that lends to transparency, audience building and profit increase. With her wit, passion and infectious personality, Antoinette is leading the way for women leaders and lifestyle entrepreneurs to break barriers and be bold in their use of effective publicity and complementary events that wow, inspire, encourage and make a profit.
Learn more at http://StandingTallRevolution.com
20-Minute Sessions:
Sears and Kmart invite you to the Shop Your Way "Fashionista" Tea Party, Friday at 3:30PM. Don your high tea finest, relax, unwind and discover Sears and Kmart's new, unique and personalized social shopping experience- Shop Your Way. Stop by for a sneak peek at the brands' 2012 Fall/Winter fashion collections and enter a raffle for the chance to win one of two new iPads!
Wells Fargo invites you to join us on Friday, September 28th at 5:00pm for Conversations, Helping You Empower Your Financial Future. We will have a panel of experts helping you with questions on money management, starting a business, maximizing savings and more.
You can submit a question online at BeBlogalicious.com/WellsFargo. Select questions will be answered that can help you find real options that can work for your situation.
What can you do in 15 minutes? You can have a breakthrough! My coaching session will focus on your "work" whether you work for yourself or someone else.
The session will help you to pinpoint and work through barriers you have in your mind related to your career. In 15 minutes, I will peel back the layers from your area of most pain and frustration. Together we will develop action steps you can begin to implement immediately to handle your situation.
My goal is for you to receive clarity on your situation and begin to work towards a solution. A complimentary recording of our session will be made available to those who wish to have it.
It's your time to find your tribe! Join these lifestyle topic chat hostesses for lively, casual chats by the pool. Get comfy in a cabana and get down with your niche...
STYLE: Monica Barnett @Blueprint4Style
TECH: Michele McGraw @ScrappinMichele
BEAUTY: Denise Johnson @RainyDayDiva
BILINGUAL IS BETTER: Ana Flores & Roxana Soto @LAFlowers @RoxanaSB
LIFE: "Connecting Through Your Computer- Developing Real and Lasting Friendships" @KrystalGrant
YOUR FABULOUS HAIR: Belinda Baker @AskBelindaBaker
Based on the BarCamp style of unconferences, we're hosting an hour of sessions where YOU decide who speaks and on what topic! If you're not familiar with the BarCamp style, the idea is that all the "sessions" and content are provided by participants.
We'll have a sign-up sheet available on-site for those that wish to lead a session.
Kick-off Blogalicious ’12 at “Viva Las Ladies Nite,” sponsored by McDonald’s at 7 – 9 p.m. Friday. From massages and manicures to cocktails and cheeseburgers, tantalize your taste buds and entice your senses as McDonald’s transforms the Red Rock South Beach Pool into the ultimate ladies night out. #McDBlogalicious @McDonalds @MeEncanta
What's a trip to Las Vegas without hitting the Blvd?
Catch the PRIVATE Blogalicious Shuttle (1 shuttle) leaving from the hotel lobby at 9:30pm for a memorable Ladies Night Out! We're being hosted by the 2 of the HOTTEST nightclubs in the city for an evening of dancing, cocktails and fun.
Our shuttle will leave the Blvd. at 12:00am to take us back to the Red Rock (before we turn into pumpkins!)
You have the passion. You have the skills. Now you need a plan.
Tough questions come up when you're ready to bridge the gap from blog to business. Digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong will share his personal experience to inspire you to create your own plan, with real tips to build your personal brand and start monetizing your hard work.
We know it's not enough just to publish. Mario will talk about how to work strategically to get noticed, build your network, and increase your media exposure. He'll share his success stories with mobile video, real-time publishing, and more. You'll come away with the inspiration to make it real, plus practical steps to develop your content strategy that you can start using immediately.
Registration for Blogalicious 2012 begins at 8am! Located on the 5th Floor in the Veranda C room. Check-in, pick up your conference badge and swag bag here. You can also leave and receive messages here.
Lost & Found and minor First-Aid available.
Express Your Personal Style for Less with Ross Dress for Less
Ross Dress for Less wants to help you express your personal style…for less! Opening at noon on Friday, swing by the Hospitality Suite to talk about your own personal style with Ross Dress for Less style experts, dress up a simple outfit with your own personal flair, check out other blogger’s personal styles and enter for a chance to win a $500 Ross Dress for Less shopping spree!
Suitcase wardrobe bringing you down? Feel like your outfits don’t have enough pizzazz for a night out in Vegas? Use #RossDressforLess on Twitter or Instagram during the conference and you might be surprised by the big thrills that await you!
Join us for an information-packed, how-to-for-success presentation aimed at new bloggers or those seeking to transition personal blogs to websites which motivate communities, as well as bring professional, personal and monetary fulfillment.
Topics covered will include elements of successful blog content and design, how to be your own publicist, readership cultivation, social media engagement, maximizing ad revenue, and using your blog to inspire your community.
Particular attention will be directed towards the benefits of hyperlocal blogs and improving your blog's local search engine optimization (SEO), as the majority of search engine queries seek local information.
This session will give attendees real tools to begin and improve their blogs upon returning home!
How does the intersection of YOU impact your business brand? Are you disseminating the right message? We examine not only effective branding tools, but also methods that convolute or damage the validity of one’s core message. This panel will assess whether personal and business branding are one in the same and if the two compliment one another. Strengthening and maintaining your brand is an ongoing effort and extends beyond your offerings. It’s your voice and position, your culture and style. Effective branding has the ability to attract more clients, generate cash flow, and build credibility. With this mindset, we explore practical concepts to help you create an irresistible brand.
Learn how to upgrade your blog, grow your follower base and connect with your readers by adding photos and videos. This session will outline simple strategies towards creating better photos and videos, teach you how to overcome your video fears, teach you tips and tricks for submitting photos to large blogs and compilation sites and how to connect personally to your reader through photos and video. If you are a food, wedding, craft, design, garden, creative, or review blogger, this session is a MUST for you!
Let’s Play—a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS)—is taking a stand to save play, and rallying local communities across North America to get kids and families active.
Follow us on twitter (@LetsPlay), or join us on Facebook (Facebook.com/LetsPlay). You can Pledge to save play in your own community on our Facebook page by promising to spend 60 more minutes each week playing actively with your kids.
Antoinette Sykes, MBA, Business & Success Coach and Empwerment Speaker is the founder of "StandingTall Revolution" a movement in authentic marketing, PR and lifestyle event production. As an advocate for women in business, she continues to empower women to StandTall in life and business with an authentic voice that lends to transparency, audience building and profit increase. With her wit, passion and infectious personality, Antoinette is leading the way for women leaders and lifestyle entrepreneurs to break barriers and be bold in their use of effective publicity and complementary events that wow, inspire, encourage and make a profit.
Learn more at http://StandingTallRevolution.com
20-Minute Sessions:
The blog can be a launching point for other revenue sources. These four experts will explain how bloggers can find new sources of revenue using their blog as their base. From Mobile Marketing to hosting sponsored social media, selling accounts as intellectual property, advertising, sponsorships, as well as tips on how to be a professional brand spokesperson and developing online courses for other bloggers.
Getting traditional media attention can boost your exposure, set you up as the expert in your field and catapult you into a whole new sphere. You want to write a book? You need to know how to sell it! You want to boost your traffic? Same thing. No matter what your goal, you want as much attention as possible and TV is still the best broadcast channel.
This session is a hands on workshop to help you figure out what you have to say and how to say it. Whether you have already been in this spotlight or are a total newbie, you will find useful tips from a seasoned media vet and have a chance to craft your message and create your own pitch.
You will leave with your own clear picture of how to get and keep the media's attention. Sign up, though, this baby is bound to be popular.
Working with publicists, brands and networking are all fantastic ways to grow your audience and sometimes, monetize your blog. This panel will take you beyond basic research and simple affiliate programs. Here you will have the opportunity to engage with four women from varied facets of the blogosphere and different PR niches. Find out what brands are really looking for in a blog and what you can do to make your site even more attractive for PR. We’re not holding anything back! Come with questions – we promise you’ll walk away with a light bulb over your head (figuratively, of course… unless you’re a magician in which case, you’re pretty awesome).
Today's lunch will include a two-part power talk by two energetic women: Corynne Corbett and Miss Lori.
Corynne Corbett asks: Are you building the brand of your dreams? Does it align with your professional and personal goals? In this interactive session you'll discover how to effectively define your brand for success, craft your brand manifesto, communicate your brand goals and plot a course for success. This is for anyone who wants to take their brand to new heights!
MIss Lori will talk about how to capitalize on an empowered you to build your brand in this digital sphere by clarifying your purpose, power, and position on screen and in real life. By sharing her own experiences in the sphere as well as insightful observations about the community Miss Lori will inspire you to look deeper in the looking glass at yourself and your brand and marry that inner intent with your outward projection to meet and exceed your goals.
What can you do in 15 minutes? You can have a breakthrough! My coaching session will focus on your "work" whether you work for yourself or someone else.
The session will help you to pinpoint and work through barriers you have in your mind related to your career. In 15 minutes, I will peel back the layers from your area of most pain and frustration. Together we will develop action steps you can begin to implement immediately to handle your situation.
My goal is for you to receive clarity on your situation and begin to work towards a solution. A complimentary recording of our session will be made available to those who wish to have it.
Attendees will learn how to convey their unique personal brilliance to engage with content online. Attendees will also hear how identifying what makes them special can be used to engage followers.
Please join MillerCoors for an evening of mixing and mingling and learn more about the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series and Business Plan Competition. You will have a chance to chat with Senior Vice President of Black Enterprise, MUES national judge and fellow blogger Alfred Edmond Jr., and help share in the excitement about this extraordinary opportunity for businesses to vie for grants up to $50,000. Stop by our booth on Friday and Saturday for FREE gifts and learn how you can join in the fun with our #MUES hash tag contest.
Please join us on Saturday September 29 from 6-7PM for a special conversation with filmmaker Ava DuVernay, the first African American woman to be awarded the top directorial prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. In 2010, DuVernay also launched the African-American Film Releasing Movement (AFFRM), a groundbreaking distribution company. DuVernay will talk about her work and strategies for creating a voice for independent filmmakers and also screen an exclusive excerpt of her latest film, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, slated for release on October 12, 2012. The lovely star of MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, Emayatzy Corenaldi, will also be joining DuVernay to discuss the film and her experience as a Hollywood newcomer.
Moderated by movie critic and writer, Sandie Angulo Chen (@UrbanMama)
ABOUT MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Winner of the 2012 Sundance Best Director Award, Ava DuVernay's MIDDLE OF NOWHERE is a portrait of a woman struggling between two worlds and two men in the search for herself. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE will be released with new comer Emayatzy Corinaldi, David Oyelowo (REDTAILS) and Omari Hardwick (SPARKLE) on October 12th in theaters nationwide from AFFRM and Participant Media.
Bowl for More Birthdays
Every birthday marks one more year that cancer has not prevailed – one more year of life – vital milestones, personal celebrations, and simple moments with the people we love. And that’s why here at the American Cancer Society, we are all about creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays. In part due to our work, 13 million cancer survivors are celebrating birthdays this year, but we can’t stop here.
Strike back against cancer and “Bowl for More Birthdays” with the American Cancer Society on Saturday night! Join your Blogalicious friends, knock down some pins and share some laughs in honor of people you love. See how simple actions can make a big difference in creating a world with more birthdays. 7 to 9 p.m. at the Red Rock VIP Lanes.
http://morebirthdays.com
Let’s Play—a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS)—is taking a stand to save play, and rallying local communities across North America to get kids and families active.
On the morning of September 30th, join us in our mission to make life more playful by participating in a playground spruce up project at Walter Bracken Elementary School! Grab a shovel or a paintbrush and help make a small playground for pre-K students more beautiful and playful! The bus for the playground project leaves at 7:30 a.m. from the tour lobby—to RSVP, visit http://letsplayatblogalicious.eventbrite.com/.
In the meantime, follow us on twitter (@LetsPlay), or join us on Facebook (Facebook.com/LetsPlay). You can Pledge to save play in your own community on our Facebook page by promising to spend 60 more minutes each week playing actively with your kids.
Antoinette Sykes, MBA, Business & Success Coach and Empwerment Speaker is the founder of "StandingTall Revolution" a movement in authentic marketing, PR and lifestyle event production. As an advocate for women in business, she continues to empower women to StandTall in life and business with an authentic voice that lends to transparency, audience building and profit increase. With her wit, passion and infectious personality, Antoinette is leading the way for women leaders and lifestyle entrepreneurs to break barriers and be bold in their use of effective publicity and complementary events that wow, inspire, encourage and make a profit.
Learn more at http://StandingTallRevolution.com
20-Minute Sessions:
Registration for Blogalicious 2012 begins at 8am! Located on the 5th Floor in the Veranda C room. Check-in, pick up your conference badge and swag bag here. You can also leave and receive messages here.
Lost & Found and minor First-Aid available.
P&G: From Morning to Night, Helping You and Your Family Power Through the Day
Stop by the P&G Booth to see how our trusted brands power you and your family through the day, from morning to night! To keep up with P&G throughout the conference and beyond, follow @PGConnect and #PGMorningtoNight.
What can you do in 15 minutes? You can have a breakthrough! My coaching session will focus on your "work" whether you work for yourself or someone else.
The session will help you to pinpoint and work through barriers you have in your mind related to your career. In 15 minutes, I will peel back the layers from your area of most pain and frustration. Together we will develop action steps you can begin to implement immediately to handle your situation.
My goal is for you to receive clarity on your situation and begin to work towards a solution. A complimentary recording of our session will be made available to those who wish to have it.
Dr. Rosemarie Ingleton, leading NYC dermatologist and member of the Eucerin Skin First Council, will be on-hand for a brief discussion and Q&A on overall skin health, proper moisturization tips and debunking skin myths.
About Eucerin
Since 1900, Eucerin has made healthy skin its mission. High-quality, clinically-proven formulations developed for sensitive skin are what has made Eucerin an essential part of everyday skin health for more than 100 years and the brand dermatologists trust most. Eucerin is committed to helping consumers put the health of their skin first everyday by providing skincare education and a line of proven products cleansing, moisturizing, healing and protecting skin..
In 2010, Eucerin went a step further in the importance of skin health by creating the Eucerin Skin First Council. By providing education and tools, Eucerin and the Skin First Council members hope to empower women to make better decisions for themselves and their families about their skincare. Drawing from a diverse section of professional fields including dermatology, medicine, research and lifestyle experts, the Skin First Council demonstrates a holistic approach to skincare that can make a positive impact on overall health.
For more information, visit www.EucerinUS.com
The Art of Storytelling and Brainstorming for Blog Content
Two frequent questions that bloggers often ask are:
1 - How do you get more people to engage with your posts?
2 - How does one overcome writer's block and always create content?
What is your story? Where do you find it? How do you find it? Once you've located it how do you repeat the process? Storytelling may singly be the most powerful and meaningful form of communication we have at our disposal. Via storytelling you can turn your blog into a content-rich experience for readers and brands that keeps people coming back for more... But
you've got to have meaningful and engaging content to become meaningful to your readers.
Join us to learn how to find your story, how to put it out there for the masses to generate engagement, how to overcome writer's block, ways to find content whenever, wherever, and different tools to make blogging easier.
Since the theme for this year’s conference is ‘Make It Personal’, we believe our session on creating communities will help attendees learn how to really make meaningful connections with their readers, personal conversations that yield lasting relationships. Conference attendees will benefit by learning simple but meaningful ways that they can build--and then continue to nurture and grow--strong communities around their blogs, blogs that reflect their own deep and meaningful personal strengths and interests.
Focus of our session:
What attendees will take away:
In today's fast-paced world of "snippets", "takeaways", and "quick hits", personas are often formed without you even knowing it. Is your online/avatar you; or is it the real-world person (which people often never know)? Perfecting your personal image is focused on separating the (wo)man from the myth, providing key insights on how to build your personal brand, and differentiating between when you have to be "on" and when to turn it off. Whether you're a stay-at-home mom, plus size diva, budding entrepreneur, undercover blogger, or mover n' shaker, your personal image is your calling card so exactly WHAT are you saying?
Top Reasons Why No One Knows About Your Blog (And What You can Do About It)
Simply launching a blog about your business or niche is not going to automatically bring visitors. You need to understand why you are not getting the exposure you were hoping for and how you can get results fast. One thing is for sure just having a blog for your business is not enough!
Did you know getting found in search engines is the #1 factor to increase traffic? Driving traffic has never been easier (even if you have no marketing budget). Discover how simply doing 5 things will make Google your best friend!
You will learn:
- Reasons why your blog is not getting exposure
- Learn what your blogs secret weapon is to driving traffic
- 5 easy strategies you need to get Google and visitors to your blog
In this session, Christie and Stacy will show you all about using Pinterest and Google+ to increase your following and "up" your engagement by going beyond the obvious audience. You will learn how both of these tools work, how to find the right people on each, how to make your content searchable, plus how to use both of these tools together!
Causes and Women Online: Making this Relationship Work for You
Want to learn how you can use your blog or business for social good? Join this discussion to hear how causes and bloggers are working together. You’ll learn how to bring a cause into your blog without alienating your readers, what to look for in choosing with charities to work with, and how to make a relationship with a charity meet your needs as a blogger or small business owner!
