Am I being ridiculous to not attend the BlogHer conference in August? It's only 20 minutes from my house.
It's just that 1) I don't really want to spend the money, 2) I'm not interested in monetizing my blog, 3) if it was a writing conference I'd be there, 4) I just feel too much of a frumpy pregnant mama at the moment to turn on the spunk, and 5) what would I say to anyone I met "Hi, My name is Kim. I blog, but it's small, not too many followers, I'm okay with that. So what do you blog about?"
So cast your vote! Should I suck it up and try to get a babysitter and go?
Please try to convince me!
7 comments:
I'm going (first time)! And so excited about it. I can understand your reasons for not wanting to, though.
For me, I'm just excited to learn more about the blogging world and to build even more of a community (which is why I blog).
And a little bit of me is just going so I can bestarstruck by some of the *big* bloggers that will be there. It's sort of like meeting a celebrity.
Without knowing how much it costs, I'd go. It's hard to pass up an opportunity so close to home. Surely you will learn lots above and beyond monetizing you blog!
I would totally go if I were you! A great way to meet other bloggers and learn some interesting stuff. Even if you don't plan to monetize your blog, its always good to learn about things that are a part of what your doing - it makes you more well rounded :) You are lucky to be so close! Go for it!
I would go if it weren't across the country... but I'd also love to see blog conferences geared towards writers building an audience. I'm not interested in monetizing... but I am interested in voice, how to make personal blogs interesting, etc. I'm also not interested in product reviews and entertaining PR companies. Yet I spend a lot of time working to make my blog better. I just haven't found a good fit conference-wise. I went to writer conference last year, and there was nothing about building a platform via blogging. I think there's a huge disconnect there.
Yes, this is exactly what I am feeling too Angie. That's why I am debating if it is worth the money to go to the BlogHer conference. I think there might be some great speakers that may address voice and personal blogs, but I also think a lot of bloggers are interested in the aspect of earning money. Mama Spaghetti, I hope you might consider sharing on your blog what you experience at the conference! Kate I really think it would be only beneficial to go, but I just don't know if I should pay the money to do it. I've paid more money in the past only to be disappointed at conferences. So I am just unsure, but leaning towards using the money towards a writing conference instead.
I went to the conference in NY last year. Honestly other than getting to meet up with some (now forever) blog friends, it wasn't worth the money. It's kind of like a high school popularity contest. It wasn't for me at all. I only attended two sessions, and left during one of them. It was kind of a 'I'm a blogger so I'll talk all about me' instead if the topic. I found being with my friends and going to the MOMA and Times Square a lot more fun.
Thank you everyone for your input :) I think this year I'll just wait and save the money for a writing conference. I think it would be fun to go to the BlogHer conference if maybe I wanted to take my blog further in a different direction, but for now I like to just blog as a way of writing. I hope those of you go have fun and learn a lot!!
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