2017 #MNBlogCon Speaker Slides 15 Oct 2017 7:33 AM (7 years ago)
Get the slides from our 2017 MNBlogCon presenters!
We will continue to update this list as presentations are made available.
Morning Keynote
Arik Hanson – Growing Your Blog is All About…
10am Breakout Sessions
Suzanne Yang Jaochico – Utilizing Your Heart to Grow Your Blog
Joel Carlson – “Green” Blogging: How to Stretch Your Content Further by Repurposing It
Fatema Karim – Strategies to Grow Your Email Subscribers and How to Retain Them
11am Breakout Sessions
Donna Hup – How to Control Your Content Instead of the Other Way Around
Lisa Baker – From Trade to Paid: How to Move Beyond Free Product and Earn Dollars for Your Influence
David Carlson – Hiring Writers & Freelancers: How to Leverage Others to Increase Your Capacity
1pm Breakout Sessions
Tony Tellijohn – Google Search Console 101: Setup & Insights to Grow Your Blog
Joshua Nite – From SEO-Driven Content to Content-Driven SEO: The Bright Future of Creative Content
Reelika Schulte – Build Your First High Converting Sales Funnel
2pm Breakout Sessions
Haley Nelson – 5 Mistakes Even the Most Experienced Bloggers Make With Their Content
Andy Jacobson – Me, Myself, and Them: Building a Loyal Blog Audience by Writing for Yourself
Tyler Olson – Just Because You Build It, Doesn’t Mean They’ll Come
Closing Panel
Ask the Experts – Video recording coming soon!
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Visit the WordPress and SEO Help Desks at #MNBlogCon 11 Oct 2017 7:31 PM (7 years ago)
We all need some help once and a while. That’s why we’ve gathered some local experts to answer your WordPress and SEO questions during Saturday’s MN Blogger Conference.
You’ll find them in The Resource Room, Room 217 in the Library Technology Center. It’s conveniently located near Breakout Rooms 2 & 3 and will be open from 10am – 2pm.
The WordPress Help Desk is sponsored by Word & Image. Word & Image offers WordPress consulting, support, and training services, and their staff contributes to the WordPress.org Marketing team. They are standing by to arm bloggers with basic WordPress info and resources, answer basic questions, and look at specific blog issues.
The SEO help desk is sponsored by MnSearch. The Minnesota Search Engine Marketing Association strives to help businesses and individuals keep a pulse on the latest news, trends, tactics and tools. A non-profit organization founded for and by search marketing geeks, MnSearch aims to raise the standards and awareness of search in Minnesota. Whatever level you are at, they can offer advice, answer questions, and help demystify your SEO issues.
We thank both Word & Image and MNSearch for their support and the ability to offer this free service to our attendees!
Photo by marc falardeau on Flickr
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Glimpses of Soul Photography Headshots Are Back This Year! 2 Oct 2017 8:25 AM (7 years ago)
By popular demand, photographer Mandy Dwyer of Glimpses of Soul Photography will be back at this year’s MN Blogger Conference to provide discounted headshots for our attendees.
How Does It Work?
Mandy has very generously donated her time & her talent for our event. She will have her professional equipment on site to provide natural-light headshots of our attendees between sessions throughout the day.
Instead of collecting a standard fee, you can take advantage of a special discounted price of $25. Spots fill up quickly, so don’t wait to book your session.
Book your session, get more information and tips to prepare
About Glimpses of Soul
Glimpses of Soul Photography provides modern and casual portraiture for children, families, and professionals in the Twin Cities, as well as candid, unique school portraits for preschools and daycare centers. Photographer Mandy Dwyer specializes in putting people of all ages at ease, capturing natural expressions, and making photo shoots just a little bit more fun.
About Mandy
Originally a Technical Writer, Mandy Dwyer left her job in Corporate America over six years ago to pursue photography full-time and hasn’t looked back.
She’s a recovering Diet Cherry Pepsi addict, a local music fan, an avid flip-flop wearer, and has leanings towards Crazy Cat Lady.
Header image credit: Mandy Dwyer, Glimpses of Soul Photography
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Our 2017 Speaker Lineup 15 Sep 2017 2:13 PM (7 years ago)
We have selected our speakers for the 8th annual MN Blogger Conference!
Lisa Baker
Joel Carlson
David Carlson
Sonal Gerten
Donna Hup
Andy Jacobson
Fatema Karim
Haley Nelson
Joshua Nite
Tyler Olson
Reelika Schulte
Tony Tellijohn
Suzanne Yang Jaochico
The variety of expertise and backgrounds of this group are perfect to tackle this year’s themes of building your blog and growing and scaling your blog. We think you’ll agree.
Click the links for full session descriptions and bios. The schedule is coming soon.
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Introducing our 2017 Keynote Speaker: Arik Hanson 9 Aug 2017 11:00 AM (7 years ago)
We’re proud to announce that our 2017 conference keynote speaker will be Arik Hanson.
No stranger to the #mnblogcon stage or its behind-the-scenes operation, Arik co-founded MN Blogger Conference in 2010 with Missy Voronyak.
He is the principal of ACH Communications, a digital marketing and communications consultancy that helps today’s leading, Fortune 500-level organizations generate business results through integrated campaigns. An award-winning communicator and marketer, Arik has more than 20 years experience in marketing, communications and PR. Over the years, he’s worked with clients like Select Comfort, Walgreens, General Mills, Toro, Thermo King, Cargill and Walmart.
Arik has been blogging for 10+ years and his blog, Talking Points, has been widely noted as one of the “must reads” in the PR, communications and social media space. His take on the state of blogging will kick off the 2017 MN Blogger Conference.
Get your tickets now for the 8th annual MN Blogger Conference on Saturday, October 14th at Concordia University in St. Paul.
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Themes for 2017 (and Other Updates) 3 Aug 2017 11:29 AM (7 years ago)
It’s that time of year — the 2017 MN Blogger Conference is happening Saturday, October 14!
Keep reading to see what we’ve got planned for this year and how you can be involved.
2017 Themes
Based on attendee feedback, we’ve created two main themes for this year’s conference. All breakout sessions will fall into these two categories.
- Building your blog
- Growing and scaling your blog
Additionally, we’re introducing a new opportunity to help attendees to connect with more experienced bloggers and ask questions specific to their blog/website. Stay tuned for more on this early next week.
Call for Speakers
Our call for speakers is NOW OPEN. The speaker submission deadline is on Sunday, August 27th.
The speaker selection committee will meet at the end of August to review all of the submissions. All speakers who submitted a talk will receive an update on their acceptance status the week of September 4th.
Schedule
Our general conference schedule will posted early next week. A more detailed schedule will be provided the week of September 4th once speakers and sessions have been confirmed.
Ticket Sales
Tickets will go on sale Tuesday, August 8th – that’s next week!
Sponsors
MNBlogCon is a great opportunity to connect with the local blogger community. Learn how your company can get involved as a sponsor.
Volunteers
Volunteer opportunities will be announced early September.
We’ll have more exciting announcements and updates about this year’s conference soon.
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2016 #MNBlogCon Recap Roundup 17 Oct 2016 1:59 PM (8 years ago)
Each year, we like to share any recap posts attendees have written about their experience at the conference.
We read each & every one to help get a better idea of what some of the key takeaways were for our attendees.
NK The Marketer – That One Time at the Minnesota Blogger Conference
Faithfully Me – 2016 MN Blogger Conference
Sam, Coffee, Money, & Thyme – MN Blogger Conference 2016
Resounding You – Four Tips for Gutsy Blogging (Or Creating, Connecting, and Just Being Human)
Tracy Jo Blowers – Do You Ever Feel Like You’re Gathering Moss?
Crayon Girl Linz – The Times, They Are a Changin’
Heather Rule – Money-Quote Monday
Gina Micek – Validation on the Blog – a Journey of the Fierce Heart
Wise Owl Factory – Minnesota Blogger Conference 2016
Knotty Things – #mnblogcon
Katie Looking Forward – Blocking the Blog
Africa’s Blog – #MNBlogCon – Recap of a Fun Day Packed Full of Learning!
Everything Emelia – How the Minnesota Blogger Conference was Like the First Day of School
Karla Mae – 5 Way to Create Work You Love (That I Learned at the MN Blogger Conference)
One Girl, Two Cities – Minnesota Blogger Conference 2016
One Grateful Girl – Getting Past the Gatekeeper
Keep ‘Em Coming!
Have a post you’d like us to add to the list? Let us know. We’ll continue to update this roundup as links are provided.
Want more? You can also check out recaps from last year’s conference here: 2015 MN Blogger Conference Recap
Image Credit: Studio McCutch on Tumblr
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2016 #MNBlogCon Speaker Slides 16 Oct 2016 8:02 AM (8 years ago)
As promised, we’ve got speaker slides from MN Blogger Conference 2016 to share with you.
We will continue to update this list as presentations are made available.
Jennifer Kane – How to Become a Fierce and Fearless Blogger
Ben Sailer – What Bloggers Need to Know About SEO
Amy Zellmer – From Blog to Book
Steve Slater – Using the Force of Google Analytics
Sonal Gerten – Get Smarter Working With Brands
Jasmine Brett Stringer – Seek & Leverage Media Opportunities
Ashley Zeckman – Mastering the Art of Blogging
Devin Joubert – Make the Most of Your Content Planning with an Editorial Calendar
Erica Hanna – Live Video Platforms – Kick Butt and Stand Out
Brock Ray – Ghost in the Blog: Putting Words in the Mouths of Experts
Larry Adamson – Monetizing Made Easy
Jason Rehmus – Automation for Humans
Michelle Scheuermann – Podcasting 101
Bob Weiss – Shields Up for WordPress Websites and Blogs
Abbie Burgess – Getting Unstuck: Using Writer’s Block to Your Creative Advantage
Donna Hup – Why Local Is Important
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Jennifer Kane on KARE11: How to be a Fierce and Fearless Blogger 10 Oct 2016 4:47 PM (8 years ago)
Jennifer Kane was on KARE11 today sharing her thoughts on the upcoming conference and her keynote address, “How to be a fierce and fearless blogger.”
Image Credit: Christopher Lower
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Questions About Monetization? Meet the Monumetric Team at #MNBlogCon 1 Oct 2016 10:30 PM (8 years ago)
As bloggers build their audience and their reach, it’s not uncommon to for some to start exploring monetization options for their site.
If you have questions about using ad networks to monetize your site, you’re in luck – the friendly folks from Monumetric are joining us as a sponsor for the 2016 MN Blogger Conference!
Monumetric is your full-service ads partner to help you reach your revenue goals. When you work with Monumetric, you have a team who is crazy about data, performance, and above all, people. Our white-glove monetization services allow you to take control of your income while retaining the best user experience.
The Monumetric team offers display advertising programs for bloggers of almost any size, from 10,000 – 10mm pageviews/month. They offer lots of free resources for bloggers on their site, including information about website monetization, writing, and site design. They also run the Build Your Blog Academy, which provides over 70 courses designed to help you increase your traffic to 100,000 monthly pageviews or more.
Types of ads Monumetric offers include:
- Desktop display ads
- Mobile-specific display ads
- In-image and in-line video ads
- Rich media ads
- Native ads
- Interstitial ads
Besides offering a competitive commissions structure (many ad management companies take 40-60% – Monumetric only takes 5-30%, depending on the ad type), they also provide bi-monthly payouts, easy-to-understand dashboard reporting, and white-glove monetization services.
If you’re interested in monetizing your blog, the Monumetric team will be at MN Blogger Conference, ready to help answer your questions.
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