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4 Ways To Prepare For A Blog Conference

February 20, 2017 Christa

By now you know I am heading to We All Grow Latina 2017 as a guest– and it’s my first blog conference ever! After the initial shock of realizing I want to look good for the event- I then realized I had to think about how to prepare my gear for the conference. I definitely want to put my best foot forward when networking with other bloggers and brands!  After doing lots of research and talking to more experienced bloggers, I have put together a list of the things I am going to do to prepare for my first blog conference!

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Business Cards

Conferences are social events- which means I will be talking to lots of people, and processing those conversations after the fact. I want people to remember me and my brand, and the easiest way to do so is by handing out a business card. I took stock of the cards I had ordered when I first started Pura Vida Moms, and saw they needed a refresh. My friend and graphic designer extraordinaire Sarah Shultz of Duo Designs had helped me design my logo, and she came through for me again with an amazing design for my cards. I ordered them at moo.com– and am just waiting for them to come in the mail! (Note- Moo creates amazing designs that are fully customized- but they don’t ship as fast as some other companies. I ordered mine two weeks out, and had to pay a bit of extra shipping to get them here on time. Check the delivery date if you are short on time like I was.)

Site Audit

I’m going through my site with a fine tooth comb to make sure it is up and running in tip top shape. When people visit my home on the Internet, I want it to be welcoming and beautiful. Here’s what I’m working on:

  1. Spiffing up my “About Me” page- as I have grown the business in the past year, my mission has evolved, and I want that reflected on my site. Additionally, I have lots of new and great photos to be add to this section- and my bio in my sidebar needed updating too.
  2. Making sure my top posts have affiliate links in them. Enough said.
  3. Making sure my site speed is good, and double checking I don’t have any plugins that are slowing things down. I also make sure to back up my site using Vault Press.

Preparing My Gear

I will take my DSLR, iPhone and MacBook to the conference with me- and I don’t want them to fail me! I went ahead and got my camera cleaned and checked, and it works so much better now! I have an older Canon T2i (affiliate), but it feels like a new camera after the cleaning. I also purchased a couple extra memory cards so I don’t have to worry about trying to upload photos during the conference. I love these memory cards (affiliate) – they are reliable, inexpensive and hold a ton of photos. I’ll label them as I shoot so I can more quickly identify which photos need immediate uploading when I get home, and which can wait.

I am backing up my MacBook (affiliate). God forbid anything happens to it while I’m gone, I want everything backed up at home- twice. I have two identical external hard drives (affiliate) I use to back up everything. In theory I should do this every week- in practice it happens whenever I remember it.

My Elevator Pitch

I am thinking and re-thinking what I will say to fellow bloggers who ask about my site, and to brands who might want to work with me in the future. More on this in as I figure out exactly how to craft it (ideas, please!)- but I’m thinking it through and practicing it already.

What am I missing? How else do I need to be preparing for my first blog conference? Any advice is much appreciated in the comments below!

 

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Comments

  1. Sharolyn says

    February 26, 2017 at 5:10 pm

    Get it, girl!

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