Sessions
Below are list of all the sessions that have been added for this topic. Sessions are listed based on the number of votes that they have recieved.
If you do not see a session you are interested in, suggest it! We would love to add it to our schedule.
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Blogger may be one of the easiest ways to start a blog, but to the bloggy elite, the blogspot.com address has become a kind of badge of shame. Good news: Blogger has introduced a slew of new ways to make your blog look - and work - cool. We'll take a tour of SmallBizSurvival to see what's possible. We'll look at some sharp new themes, a custom .com address, fun tricks with feeds, and special "pages." You can even make the WordPress snobs say, "I didn't realize you were on Blogger!"
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This round-table discussion will cover the basics of running a blog or website that has multiple participating authors and contributors. Learn the best way to handle moderation, and other issues that arise from a community blog.
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How I took my blog from an Alexa rank of 17 million to 700,000 in one year.
This will include:
How I developed a niche
How I built a following
How I landed a state and national interviews that led to my blog being mentioned in more than 75 news sites nationwide including MSNBC, Tulsa World and my favorite of all - my hometown paper The Daily Oklahoman
How I’ve achieved recognition from two top 5,000 bloggers on Technorati
How I’ve made plenty of “walking around” money with my blog
How my blog has led me to serious freelance writing assignments
How I have connected with accomplished writers who have already received major book deals from publishers
How I garnered the attention of a legitimate publisher and how I am now working on my first book, a devotional guide for Generations X and Y...
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Businesses are still waking up to the power of social media in promoting themselves, connecting with their customers and enhancing their brand, and as those in the know, it’s up to use to help them from skepticism to understanding. Here’s what clients are saying about what they know about social media, what scares them and some talking points we can use in convincing them to let us help them.
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Help determine the future of the Okie Blog Awards. This session will be a discussion on how to take the Okie Blog Awards forward after OkieDoke has stepped down as organizer. It is hard to imagine the awards going on without him, but he has given us his blessing to try!
Join discussion moderator Jennifer James and voice your ideas about the future of these awards.
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What happens when a post on your blog suddenly gets picked up and goes viral? What do you do when it appears on AP, CNN, Fox News, CBS, NPR, and eventually TV stations and newspapers literally across the US? Jean recently had this happen and shares her experiences in how to survive this experience and how to make sure the information that goes out is the information you want to go out.
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Learn about creative ways to make connections, build relationships, and drive traffic to your blog. Learn how to increase your traffic and develop meaningful connections that lead to offline opportunities and business clients.
