Blogalicious 2014 Media Kit_Final

 2014 Media Kit At-­‐A-­‐Glance Snapshot.
Since its inception, Blogalicious has served as a platform for women to celebrate diversity in social media. Born out of a series of unique social media conferences and online properties, Blogalicious has grown into a global movement that enables social media mavens to make connections, draw inspiration, share information, and impact the digital landscape. • Founded: 2009 • Demographic: Multicultural Social Influencers • Online Community: 8,000 • 2014 Projected Attendance: 500 • Site: BeBlogalicious.com • Social Media Profiles: • Twitter: @BeBlogalicious • Facebook: BeBlogalicious • YouTube: BeBlogalicious • Instagram: Blogalicious • Pinterest: BeBlogalicious • Flickr: BeBlogalicious Mission. To grow a community that celebrates digital diversity and to serve as a supportive platform for its members to develop their social media presence, blogs, brands and businesses.
Purpose. Blogalicious is a platform for multicultural women social influencers to collaborate, connect and uplift one another while celebrating diversity in the social media space. Properties. Under the Blogalicious umbrella are several unique efforts, all dedicated to fostering diversity—both of ethnicity, and thought—in social media. These include: • bLink Marketing Network; • #BeUplifted Tweet Chats; • Blogalicious Guides; • Blogalicious Tweetups; and • Blogalicious Weekend Conferences Meet Our Team Stacey Ferguson, Co-­‐Founder and Chief Curator. Stacey, also known as Justice Fergie, is an avid blogger, event producer, brand strategist, social media personality, public speaker and freelance writer. The recovering technology lawyer and mother of three began her blogging career in 2006, and today inspires her readers to celebrate the everyday at Life IS the Party on JusticeFergie.com. Her personal media company, Justice Fergie Lifestyle Media was recently named Best Brand of 2012 by Stiletto Woman Media. Stacey has been a vlogger personality for SheKnows.com’s Mommalogues, a contributor to Babble’s MomCrunch tech column, was named as a Babble Top 50 Twitter Mom, and has lent her social media expertise to events everywhere from MediaBistro’s Social Media Marketing Bootcamp to the BlogHer and ESSENCE Women’s conferences and beyond. She can talk to you about reality TV all day, is plagued with an abundance of new ideas on a daily basis, and derives her boundless energy from gummy bears. Follow her on Twitter: @JusticeFergie Xina Eiland, Publicity Director. Xina, President of The Eiland Group, is a connected and accomplished PR professional who truly believes in the Blogalicious movement. She works with well-­‐known clients and events, from the National Council of Negro Women to Ford Motor Company’s Freedom Sisters Fund to TEDx. We have Xina to thank for the countless interviews, media placements and media partnership opportunities that come our way! And we know we owe her big time for putting up with our, um, strong-­‐willed personalities. Follow her on Twitter: @xeiland Jazmine Jones, Operations Manager. Her resume may say Events and Marketing Concierge, but to us Jazzy is a lifesaver. Period. She gets it done! And she does it all in between her travel jaunts to and fro’, to boot. She is a lover of new adventures, food and wine and writes her own blog Travel Jonez (the name is brilliant, yes?). For a dose of her hilarious one-­‐liners, follow her on Twitter: @traveljonez Terrance M. Gaines, Blogalicious Tech Advisor. Terrance has always been the go-­‐to tech guy for family and friends. Now he helps people of all ages and backgrounds adopt the “Digital Lifestyle”. Terrance shares technology news, reviews, tips and tricks on BrothaTech as well dropping tech gems on sites including Black Web 2.0, Small Biz Go Mobile, PC Magazine, Black Enterprise and in print on Uptown Magazine. You can also find him talking “all things tech” and some other stuff too on Twitter: @BrothaTech Jana Pauldin, Blogalicious Weekend Volunteer Coordinator. Jana is a seasoned and results-­‐
oriented former marketing director within the corporate and association industries. Jana has over 20 years of strategic planning, marketing development, communications and component relations management, volunteer management and organizational strategy experience. She employs a “leadership by example” approach to manage and deliver projects on time and within budget. She’s also a riot and a fabulous party hostess. Find her on Facebook (We will get her on Twitter forthwith.) Joe Ferguson, Head of Conference Security. JoeFerg is a Senior Software Architect and a certified ColdFusion Developer with over 10 years experience developing web-­‐based applications, software programs, and database schemas. What that means for us is that we can basically depend on him to create, maintain and fix any website, database or coding project that we have screwed up on our own. While he is an avid basketball player and a former cornerback for a Division 1 College football team (GO GATORS), his biggest claim to fame is being married to @JusticeFergie. For incessant updates about Miami, the Miami Heat and more about Miami, follow him on Twitter: @TheRealJoeFerg Pamela Swearengen-­‐King, bLink Marketing Network Account Manager . Pam is a native Memphian & enjoys meeting people. Pamela is the primary principal for CMB Business Solutions. She has been in the virtual assistance business since 2009 and has taken note on how social media is changing the way companies are engaging with their clients. Pamela specializes in social media marketing for small businesses and nonprofits. When Pamela is not assisting businesses with their social media marketing, she and her husband are celebrating marriages. Pamela and her husband are the energy behind Still Dating My Spouse. They encourage couples to reconnect, refresh, and renew their marriage. The mission of Still Dating My Spouse is to empower couples to build strong healthy marriages by implementing regular date nights. Pamela is very active in her community & lends her expertise and influence to several nonprofit organizations by volunteering and serving as a board member. In Pamela downtime, she enjoys spending time with her husband, watching movies and travelling. About Blogalicious Weekend Beginning with the inaugural 2009 conference, Blogalicious Weekend has proven successful in celebrating the diversity of multicultural women in social media. Each year, influential bloggers from across the blogosphere participate in three event-­‐filled days of engaging with the multicultural blogging community. The conferences serve as an innovation-­‐filled vehicle for networking and building lasting, inspirational relationships. In addition to attracting savvy bloggers over the years, Blogalicious Weekend has drawn the attention of top-­‐tier media and well-­‐known sponsors who recognize the importance of this powerful demographic in today’s marketplace.In 2009, the event, themed “Your WOW Factor!”, took place at the swanky W Atlanta – Midtown and was host to 177 bloggers from around the country. Sponsors included household brands such as Walt Disney World Parks, Huggies, General Motors, Lifetime Moms, and Mattel. In 2010, we hit the shores of Miami and enjoyed the luxury of the Ritz-­‐Carlton – South Beach. The agenda grew to offer three tracks of programming: Lifestyle, Technical and Entrepreneurial, and the 300 bloggers in attendance interacted with dozens of name brands like Kenmore, General Mills, McDonalds, Kelloggs, Buick GMC, Sears/Kmart, and Wine Sisterhood. In 2011, the nation’s capital became the backdrop for the conference as we called the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center home for 3 days and brought to life the theme of “Making Masterful Connections.” Johnson & Johnson, Cover Girl – Queen Collection, PineSol, Susan G. Komen, American Cancer Society and Aunt Jemima, among many others, wowed the 340 attendees with their brand offerings in meaningful settings. In 2012, we ventured westward to Las Vegas, NV and convened at the swanky and serene Red Rock Resort and Spa. For 3 days conference attendees were inspired to “Make It Personal” by creating content that builds strong emotional connections among their audience. Miller Coors, Wells Fargo, Shop Your Way {by Sears/Kmart}, and ROSS, debuted at Blogalicious for the first time. Returning sponsors included McDonalds, Gain, and the American Cancer Society. In 2013, Blogalicious Weekend celebrated five years! The conference returned ‘home’ to Atlanta, GA at the Hyatt Regency Downtown for BlogaliciousFIVE! where attendees were encouraged to “Create. Build. Fund.” their passions. KIA Motors, McDonalds, OraQuick, ORS Haircare, 23 and Me, Colgate Optic White and more made lasting impressions on the sold-­‐out event of 400 attendees. Memorable highlights include the Wells Fargo “Perfect Pitch” Contest, Comcast Xfinity Scandal Season Premiere Watch Party, Latina Track sponsored by Sprint and an opening keynote by EBONY Editor-­‐In-­‐Chief, Amy DuBois Barnett. As we continue our mission of educating, connecting and uplifting the social media community, we anticipate 2014 to be bigger than ever. Following is information we hope you will find useful, including social media reach, past media coverage and more. For more information, please visit www.BeBlogalicious.com or contact publicist Xina Eiland at (703) 785-­‐4358 or [email protected]. Frequently Asked Questions What are Blogalicious Weekend and Be Blogalicious? Launched in 2009, Blogalicious Weekend is the largest multicultural blogging conference that celebrates the diversity of women. It’s the first and only event of its kind. Be Blogalicious is an online community dedicated to building a sisterhood of women of color in social media. Together, they are devoted to celebrating diversity in social media and serving as a supportive platform for its members to grow their blogs and businesses. How did Blogalicious Weekend get its start, and what is the objective of the event? Blogalicious Weekend was founded by women who identified a need to create a forum in the digital world for women to discuss the impact of social media across ethnic communities. Blogalicious Weekend ignites a sense of unity within the multicultural blogging community, and educates marketers on the importance of the demographic in today’s marketplace. Who attends Blogalicious Weekend? The annual, three-­‐day, action-­‐packed conference draws 400+ influential multicultural women bloggers (and some men) and speakers from all over the country each year. Social media enthusiasts of all backgrounds, skill levels, and interests are welcome. Attendees share ideas and inspiration in the context of Web 2.0. Have there been any notable sponsors in the past? Blogalicious Weekend has drawn notable sponsors since its inception, including General Mills, General Motors, Aunt Jemima, Kenmore, McDonald’s, Cover Girl, Johnson & Johnson, Suave, Ross Dress for Less, Kia Motors, The American Cancer Socity, among many others. Have there been any big names associated with Blogalicious? Well-­‐known newsmakers have supported Blogalicious including CNN’s Soledad O'Brien who participated in the 2011 conference with Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, who keynoted one of the sessions. O’Brien also served as a special guest for one of Blogalicious’ popular #BeUplifted Tweet Chats. Blogalicious Weekend has also welcomed actresses Kim Coles and Paula Patton, as well as the Food Network’s Aaron McCargo Jr., former CBS anchor Rene Syler, celebrity stylist June Ambrose, and celebrity makeup artist Tia Dantzler. In 2012, Blogalicious Weekend was enhanced by media personality and digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong; author, media personality and lifestyle expert Harriette Cole; Doug E. Fresh; and reps from BlogHer, LATISM, Babble/Disney, Clever Girls Collective, Latina Bloggers Connect, Digital Sisterhood Network, Mom It Forward and Ella Media. In 2013, Blogalicious Weekend welcomed Ebony magazine Editor-­‐In-­‐Chief, Amy Barnett, as well as social media mastermind Allison Peters, the media genius behind actress Kerry Washington of ABC’s hit show Scandal. Renowned radio and television personality, Jacque Reed, of Tom Joyner Morning Show and New York Live also attended BlogaliciousFIVE. FOR$IMMEDIATE$RELEASE$
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Washington,$D.C.!–Blogalicious,!the!number!one!multicultural!blogging!community!that!celebrates!diversity!in!
digital!media!for!women,!returns!to!Atlanta!on!October!3%5,!at!the!Hyatt!Regency!Atlanta!to!celebrate!their!fifth!
anniversary!in!the!city!where!it!all!began.!The!fifth!annual!Blogalicious!Weekend!Conference,!called!
BlogaliciousFIVE,!kicks!off!with!a!Scandal(Premiere!Tweet!Up!and!Watch!Party!Presented(by(XFINITY(
Celebrateblacktv.com,!on!October!3!from!7!–!11!p.m.!Among!the!featured!guests!in!attendance!for!the!exciting!
premiere!party!will!be!Allison!Peters,(the!social!media!mastermind!behind!actress!Kerry!Washington,!star!of!the!hit!
ABC!television!series!Scandal,!who!will!live!tweet!at!the!event.!Prior!to!the!Scandal!Tweet!Up!and!Watch!Party,!
Blogalicious!will!host!a!welcome!party!for!conference!attendees!with!a!reception!and!pop!up!shop!party.!
“We!are!excited!to!have!the!Allison!Peters,!the!genius!behind!Kerry!Washington’s!social!media!mega%machine,!join!
us!as!at!the!Scandal!Tweet!Up!and!Watch!Party!to!celebrate!the!Season!3!premiere!of!Scandal,”!said!Stacey!
Ferguson,!co%founder!of!Blogalicious.!“During!the!past!two!seasons!of!Scandal,!the!Blogalicious!community!has!
hosted!Twitter!discussions!using!the!hashtag!#Scandalicious,!which!has!generated!thousands!of!impressions.!What!
a!better!way!for!us!to!celebrate!the!season!premiere!than!with!our!first!live!Tweet!Up!for!the!show.”!
Also!in!attendance!at!the!Scandal(Premiere!Tweet!Up!and!Watch!Party!will!be!Luvvie!Ajayi!of!Awesomely!Luvvie,!
whose!blog!encompasses!everything!pop!culture!including!weekly!recaps!on(Scandal.!As!part!of!the!Scandal!
festivities,!Luvvie!will!host!a!lively!chat!via!Twitter!with!bloggers!and!fans.!
!"Comcast!is!pleased!to!be!a!partner!with!Blogalicious!and!the!presenter!of!the(Scandal!Premiere!Party,”!said!Jose!
Velez%Silva,!Comcast!Senior!Director!of!Multicultural!Marketing!Communications.!!“Our!XFINITY!
CelebrateBlackTV.com!portal!is!the!premier!destination!site!for!lovers!of!Black!Entertainment!%!including!fans!of!
Scandal.”!
!On!Friday,!October!4!at!2:45!p.m.,!Luvvie!will!join!other!blogging!powerhouses!including!Lamar!Tyler,!Patrice!
Yursik!(AfroBella),!Maggie!Mason!(Mighty!Girl),!Sheila!Dowd!(Clever!Girls!Collective),!Isabel!Kallman!(Alpha!Mom),!
Denene!Miller!(My!Brown!Baby),!and!Shameeka!Ayers!(The!Broke!Socialite)!on!the!Blogalicious!All%Star!Panel!
where!they!will!dish!on!how!they!started!their!media!empires.!Earlier!in!the!morning,!Ebony!Editor%In%Chief!Amy!
Barnett!will!officially!open!the!Blogalicious!Conference!as!the!keynote!speaker.!
“I!am!delighted!to!be!speaking!at!the!fifth!annual!Blogalicious!Weekend!in!Atlanta,”!said!Amy!Barnett,!editor%in%
chief!of!Ebony!magazine.!“Their!creativity!in!the!social!media!world!is!inspiring!and!I!am!so!glad!to!be!able!to!share!
my!story!with!the!Blogalicious!community!to!help!inspire!them!as!they!move!forward!in!their!work.”!
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KIA MOTORS AMERICA NAMED EXCLUSIVE AUTO SPONSOR
OF BLOGALICIOUS WEEKEND IN ATLANTA
July 12, 2013 (Washington, D.C.)—Blogalicious, a multicultural blogging community that celebrates diversity
in digital media, is proud to announce that Kia Motors America (KMA) will sponsor the fifth annual
Blogalicious Weekend in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3-5, 2013. This is the first time the automaker has
participated as a corporate sponsor of the popular and diverse social media conference. BlogaliciousFIVE
boasts an amazing list of iconic speakers and bloggers who will come to discuss how to take the business of
blogging to the next level.
“Blogalicious is thrilled to have Kia to serve as our Title Sponsor of BlogaliciousFIVE,” said Stacey Ferguson,
chief-curator of Blogalicious. “Kia has established itself as one of the fastest growing, and innovative
automotive brands; the company fits perfectly within our conference theme of Create.Build.Fund.”
Kia, which recently joined the exclusive ranks of Interbrand’s “Top 100 Global Brands” and “50 Best Global
Brands,” is one of only three auto brands to increase U.S. sales in each of the past four years, and the company
surpassed the 500,000 unit mark for the first time in 2012. By combining European-influenced styling with
cutting-edge technologies, premium amenities, affordable pricing and one of the lowest cost of ownerships in
the industry, Kia is advancing value to new levels of sophistication. As part of the sponsorship, Kia will have an
opportunity to interact with hundreds of attendees and bloggers who will then be able to share, with their
millions of followers, the exciting things that Kia is doing. Kia also will create unique experiences for attendees,
including vehicle test drives, to provide opportunities to learn more about the brand and its award-winning cars
and CUVs.
“Connectivity is one Kia’s primary marketing pillars and serving as the title sponsor of Blogalicious will allow
us to forge deeper connections with women and their audiences in the digital media community,” said
Candelaria Powell, Multicultural Marketing Manager, KMA. “The mission of Blogalicious is consistent with
our company’s core values and we are excited to have the opportunity to engage and interact with conference
attendees and showcase the tremendous advancements the Kia brand has made over the last few years.”
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June$5,$2013$(Washington,$D.C.)—!Blogalicious,!a!multicultural!blogging!community!that!celebrates!diversity!in!
digital!media!for!women,!announced!today!that!acclaimed!brand!architect!and!Ebony!magazine!Editor%In%Chief!
Amy!Barnett!will!be!the!featured!keynote!speaker!at!the!fifth!annual!Blogalicious!Weekend!in!Atlanta,!Georgia.!!
Barnett’s!sweeping!changes!to!Ebony!magazine!uniquely!embody!this!year’s!conference!theme!Create.Build.Fund.!
as!she!transformed!a!family!classic!into!a!highly!sought!after!modern!favorite!for!a!new!generation!of!readers.!
“As!we!celebrate!a!milestone!this!year,!it!is!an!honor!to!have!media!trailblazer!Amy!Barnett!to!headline!
Blogalicious!Weekend!2013,”!said!Stacey!Ferguson,!chief%curator!of!Blogalicious.!!“Her!vision!and!voice!will!
resonate!with!our!Blogalicious!community!of!influencers,”!added!Ferguson.!!
Amy!Barnett!has!made!a!significant!impact!on!the!magazine!publishing!world!in!just!a!few!short!years.!Since!taking!
the!helm!of!Ebony&in!2010,!Barnett!has!changed!the!face!of!America’s!oldest!and!largest!African%American!
magazine.!She!redesigned!the!magazine,!cover%to%cover,!bringing!a!fresh!new!look,!an!exciting!revamped!logo,!and!
several!new!sections!that!cover!a!wide!range!of!relevant!topics!to!heighten!its!appeal!and!accessibility!for!younger!
readers.!!!!
Her!visual!and!textual!changes!strengthened!the!content!of!the!magazine!and!increased!its!circulation!numbers!so!
quickly!that!Advertising!Age!hailed!Ebony!as!the!13th!fastest%growing!U.S.!magazine!in!2011.!In!2012,!Barnett!
relaunched!Ebony.com,!doubling!monthly!unique!visitors!to!its!site.!
“I!am!delighted!to!be!speaking!at!the!fifth!annual!Blogalicious!Weekend!in!Atlanta,”!said!Amy!Barnett,!editor%in%
chief!of!Ebony*magazine.!“Their!creativity!in!the!social!media!world!is!inspiring!and!I!am!so!glad!to!be!able!to!share!
my!story!with!the!Blogalicious!community!to!help!inspire!them!as!they!move!forward!in!their!work.!
The!fifth!annual!Blogalicious!Weekend!will!include!powerful!keynotes,!panel!discussions!and!breakout!sessions!on!
content!creation,!brand!building!and!fund!opportunities.!The!conference!will!take!place!October!3%5,!2013!at!the!
Hyatt!Regency!Atlanta.!To!register,!please!visit!www.beblogalicious.com.!!
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June$24,$2013$(Washington,$D.C.)—Blogalicious,!a!multicultural!blogging!community!that!celebrates!diversity!in!
digital!media,!is!pleased!to!announce!its!partnership!with!Latina!Bloggers!Connect,!a!digital!community!of!top!
Latina!bloggers!and!influencers!focused!on!connecting!brands!with!their!audiences.!As!part!of!this!special!
partnership,!Blogalicious!and!Latina!Bloggers!Connect!will!host!a!series!of!events!designed!to!merge!these!online!
communities!and!share!knowledge!and!generate!excitement!around!the!BlogaliciousFIVE,!the!5th!annual!
Blogalicious!Weekend!conference.!!
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“Latina!Bloggers!Connect!is!a!powerful!community!that!offers!brands!ways!to!connect!with!the!Latina!blogging!
community,”!said!Ana!Flores,!founder!of!Latina!Bloggers!Connect.!“Our!partnership!with!Blogalicious!Weekend!is!
ground!breaking!because!it!allows!us!to!showcase!our!blogging!community!in!a!rich!offline!environment!and!
allows!our!members!to!highlight!issues!and!considerations!specific!to!Latina!social!influencers.”!!
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The!partnership!kicks!off!on!June!26!at!1:00!p.m.!EST!with!a!Google+!Hangout!hosted!on!the!Latina!Bloggers!
Connect!You!Tube!channel,!followed!by!an!additional!Google+!Hangout!hosted!on!the!Blogalicious!You!Tube!
channel!on!August!14!at!1:00!p.m.!EST.!During!these!hangouts,!participants!will!discuss!the!importance!of!
connecting!in%person!and!social!media!conferences!as!well!as!how!to!pitch!Latino!media.!Additionally,!during!this!
year’s!Blogalicious!Weekend!conference,!Latina!Bloggers!Connect!will!host!a!programming!track!with!three!panel!
discussions!centered!on!pitching!Latino!media,!SEO!online!promotion!tips,!and!brand!opportunities!for!Latina!
bloggers.!
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“Blogalicious!is!thrilled!to!collaborate!with!Latina!Bloggers!Connect!on!this!exciting!effort!that!will!further!
strengthen!how!multicultural!digital!media!communities!uplift!and!celebrate!one!other!and!to!help!brands!and!
bloggers!learn!how!to!better!connect!with!their!communities,”!said!Stacey!Ferguson,!co%founder!of!Blogalicious.!
“The!Latina!Bloggers!Connect!community,!like!ours,!consists!of!women!who!are!content!creators!and!represent!a!
variety!of!genres!and!interests!that!appeal!to!their!diverse!audiences.”!
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Featured!guest!speakers!on!the!panels!include!Andrea!Zimmerman,!senior!manager,!blogs!and!social!media!!
Babble.com;!Lorraine!Ladish,!editor!of!Mamiverse;!Roxanna!Sarmiento,!brand!marketing!director,!Sway!Group;!and!
many!others.!!
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The!fifth!annual!Blogalicious!Weekend!will!be!hosted!in!Atlanta,!GA!at!the!Hyatt!Regency!on!October!3%5!and!will!
include!powerful!keynotes,!panel!discussions!and!breakout!sessions!on!content!creation,!brand!building!and!fund!
opportunities!centered!around!the!theme!Create.Build.Fund.!For!additional!details!and!to!register,!please!visit!
www.beblogalicious.com.!
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In the News Blogalicious Weekend 2013 Social Media Highlights Under the theme, “Create.Build.Fund.” BlogaliciousFIVE encouraged bloggers to seek creative ways to create dynamic content and innovative branding, build diverse and strategic audiences, and find new viable sources of funding. Highlights include: • Opening night Scandal Premiere Twitter Watch Party hosted by XFINITITY CelebrateBlackTV.com with featured guests including digital dynamo Alison Peters. Over 800 Blogalicious enthusiasts tweeted about the show using conference hashtags, with 225 of those media mavens tweeting live from the event. Conference attendees sent out 1,600 tweets that reached 3.1 million people! • Over 4 bloggers and/or businesses took part in the Wells Fargo Perfect Pitch contest, where entrepreneurs took their shot at pitching their business idea to a panel of experts for the chance to win $5,000 to advance their business. Arsha Jones of losinginthecity.com won for her Mumbo Sauce business. • All Star Blogger Keynote featuring BlackandMarriedWithKids.com, MyBrownbaby.com, MightyGirl.com, AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Afrobella.com, and TheBrokeSocialite.com. • Professionalism in Blogging #CommunityJam Session featuring TechSavvyMama.com, ResourcefulMom.com, TypeAParent.com, DevriesPR, UppercaseWoman.com, Everywhere, and Clever Girls Collective. At our peak time frame there were almost 77,692, 969 impressions hourly impressions on Twitter! As seen on Twitter… 2014Blogalicious Weekend Check out the Check out the BeBlogalicious Photostream on Flickr After such a fantastic celebration of our fifth anniversary we thought it might be hard to top last year; but fear not! The 6th annual Blogalicious Weekend is gearing up to be our biggest and best yet! And what’s bigger than going to the state that is known for doing all things BIG? We’re headed to the NUMBER ONE attraction in the GREAT state of Texas-­‐ the San Antonio River Walk! We are taking the conference to new heights with our 2014 theme “#BeGreat” because that’s what we want for each and every one of our attendees, community members, and strategic partners. We’re bringing back the greatness that’s come to be expected with our conference while firing up our creative gears to really dive in to the heart of our community and bring them hands-­‐on, in depth workshops with the top leaders in the field. We hope you’ll join us for a great year ahead! See you in Texas!