With now 3.5 Million mom blogs, you might think the community to be huge and impersonal, but the reality is that there is still a fairly tight group of bloggers like me who have been at this thing long enough to really get to know each other. We take the opportunity to get together face-to-face whenever we can and Mom 2.0 Summit was exactly what I needed to feel connected and buoyed and inspired to keep moving forward with this passion of mine.
There is just so much to tell about the three days I spent in New Orleans, I can’t even begin to try in a single post. In case you missed it, I posted a video recap earlier this week. Although I love the Big Easy like nobody’s business, it wasn’t about the city for me. It wasn’t about the Ritz-Carlton where the conference was held, or the food that left me feeling unsatisfied and significantly poorer. There was a time when I very much enjoyed luxury, but these days it is wasted on me.
It was partially about the content of the keynotes, panels and workshops I attended which were heavily focused on the business of working with brands as a blogger. I was assigned to live-blog five sessions for the Mom 2.0 blog but the lack of good wi-fi and any power outlets in the rooms made that impossible so I took copious notes the old fashioned way…with pen and paper. Now I am carefully constructing summaries of the panels one at a time, the first three of which are up:
- The New Style: Bloggers, Brands and the Post Review and Giveaway Era
- How’d You Get that Sponsor? The Nuts and Bolts of Pitching
- Demystifying Marketing, PR & Social Media Strategy; Tactics, Metrics and Semantics
Pam and her stylish panel |
Just to name a few. In no particular order.
Because life is not about the stuff you know or the money you make. It’s not about where you live or what you wear. It IS about the people you meet and love and share with and teach and learn from and invest in every day. So try to remember that and be grateful…I certainly am.