Photo from Dad2.0 Summit 2013
Most professions have annual conferences for their practitioners. Blogging is no different. In fact, there are dozens of blogging conferences occurring during any given year. If you’re serious about your blogging career, you must attend conferences because they allow you to network with like-minded people, build relationships, share ideas, and learn.
I’ve listed a few conferences that will occur in 2013. This list is not definitive, but it does contain conferences that I have attended or will attend. Because I blog in the parenting and multi-cultural space, the list is heavy on these types of conferences. However, anyone can attend these conferences and they offer a broad range of useful information for any blogger.
Last year, I attended three conferences. I met new friends and made contacts that helped my business to grown significantly. If you’re ready to take your blog to the next level, attending these conferences will help you to meet that goal.
Hispanicize – April 9-13, Miami, FL
Hispanicize brings brands, media, marketers, celebrities, filmmakers, innovators and bloggers together in a unique creative environment focused on ideas and best practices. The event is a launch pad for creative endeavors, new products, technologies, marketing campaigns, films, books and more targeting Latinos.
SoFabCon - May 2-4, Bentonville, AK
SoFabCon is the blogging conference for the Collective Bias and the Social Fabric community. The conference will have sessions on SEO, photography, HTML, social media, and branding. Best of all we are taking the brands out from behind the expo booth and putting them at the table next to you so you can build relationships.
Mom2.0 Summit - May 2-4, Laguna Niguel, CA
This conference offers an open conversation between social media influencers, industry leaders, and leading brands. Meet smart people. Hear success stories. Discover what’s working. Discuss ways to create smarter creative content, impactful web-based marketing, as well as new programs, people, and platforms that engage your audience and build relationships.
Blogging While Brown – June 21-22, New York, NY
Since its launch in 2008, Blogging While Brown has grown to become the premier blogging conference dedicated to education, collaboration, and innovation among bloggers of color. The conference brings social media experts, speakers, and independent content creators together to educate, inspire, and expand their influence in social media and technology.
BlogHer – July 25-27, Chicago, IL
In 2005, BlogHer Co-founders Elisa Camahort Page, Jory Des Jardins and Lisa Stone held a conference to answer the question, “where are all the women who blog?” Today, BlogHer conferences bring together thousands of these women from around the world to discuss, inspire and connect with each other.
The Niche Parent - September 5-7, Ft. Lauderdale Beach, FL
The Niche Parent Conference is for social media influencers who embrace diversity and multiculturalism. The conference will offer attendees empowering keynote addresses and continuing education in branding, business, relationship building, and content development.
Latism - September 19-21, New York, NY
Latism is the premier conference for Latinos in social media. The conference will focus on multi-cultural marketing, politics, social media, businesses, and technology.
Blog Elevated – September 19-21, Houston, TX
Blog Elevated is here to help you take your blog to the next level. Created by the founders of HoustonBloggers and #TXBloggers, we’re going to give you the skills to turn your blog into a business. We’ll equip you with the training you need to become a professional blogger.
Type-A-Parent - September 27-29, Atlanta, GA
Type-A Parent Conference is the world’s top conference for mom and dad bloggers. The conference has a well-established reputation for outstanding learning with actionable takeaways. It features power networking with the best and brightest parents who blog plus the major brands and firms who want to engage them. Type-A is where the power parents grow their business and connect.
Blogalicious – October 3-5, Atlanta, GA
The annual Blogalicious Weekend is the go-to destination for influential multicultural women social media enthusiasts from all over the world to collaborate, connect and uplift one another. Blogalicious Weekend is not just a conference; its a celebration.
Please share any other conferences you may know about.
