This was my first time to attend The Blog Societies conference. I learned so much and made so many connections! This year the conference took place in Adairsville, Georgia at the Barnsley Resort.
What is the Blog Societies Conference?
This year marked the 7th annual Blog Societies Conference. It is a blogger conference where you can learn, grow, and network for your blogging business. The Blog Societies Conference is put on by Poor Little It Girl and My Style Vita.
It was a jam packed weekend with so many opportunities to learn more about the blogging business.
Read about the Create and Cultivate Conference here.
Day 1
On the first day was a Friday night networking event. We were able to meet with brand such as Marc Fisher, Grayson, La Croix, Kendra Scott, Joules, Essie, Yankee Candle and many more. This was a fun night as we were able to fill up our swag bags with so many goodies!
Our flight arrived in Georgia at 3pm and the resort was about an hour and a half away from the airport. Once we got our car and made the trek, we arrived at 5:55pm and the event started at 6pm.
Lesson learn: aim for an early flight to be fully prepared.
After networking we were able to grab our food buffet style and sit out with the other blogger attendees to mingle and connect more.
Day 2
The second day of the Blog Societies conference started early as breakfast was at 8:00am. Breakfast was sponsored by La Croix. It was in the part of the resort called the ruins. The ruins was so pretty. After breakfast we headed to our scheduled workshops.
After you purchased the conference ticket an email questionnaire was sent out asking which courses we would like to take. We were able to pick which courses we would like learn more about.
The courses ranged from pitching, legal information, photography, SEO, and others. We were able to choose a total of 4.
Workshops
The morning was split up by two workshops, followed by a lunch, and then 2 more workshops.
I chose these workshops: How to Organize & Streamline your Business, Perfecting the Art of Pitching, SEO Strategy to Grow your Organic Searches, and How to Leverage Email marketing.
The lunch was sponsored by Marc Fisher. They gave a short presentation and then we mingled with our fellow bloggers.
After all of the break out sessions, their was an option to participate in either a cookie decorating class or a floral arrangement class.
I ended up taking the floral arrangements class. It was taught by Petal and Fold. She did such a great job showing us how to make our own arrangements. I cannot wait to put these into action at home too.
From 3-6pm there was a break which me and my roomy actually took naps. We were so tired.
Evening Schedule
Before dinner their was a cocktail party that was in a cute barn. This was part of the sponsored dinner by Yankee Candle. It was so fun seeing everyone’s outfits for the evening and chatting with the girls.
Dinner was sponsored by Yankee Candle. The dinner was lovely! All of the tables were adorned with Yankee Candle’s fall capsule called Farmer’s Market. It was a really nice dinner and afterwards we were able to pick out some of our favorite scents to take home.
To end the night, their was mini bonfires and s’mores. The perfect way to end the night.
Day 3
On the last day, which was a Sunday, breakfast was at 8:15am and then their were speakers lined up for the next few hours until noon. We were able to listen to Matt from Podia, a business that helps you build online courses. Your Social Team which taught us all about instagram, and Brittany who taught us all of the legal requirements of the blogging side.
All of the workshops were informative and I feel like I learned so much!
Overall, the Blog Societies Conference was a good time at a cute place with so much learning and growth involved. I cannot wait to see what is lined up for next year.
5 Things I learned at The Blog Societies Conference
- It doesn’t matter how many followers you have you can pitch an make money blogging.
- Do the hardest biggest task at the beginning of the week.
- Be very transparent when sharing sponsored post. Make sure to use #ad #sponsored for paid and gifted items.
- Know who your audience is.
- Think of your blog as a business.
Have you been to a blogger conference before? Which one would you recommend?
XO,
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