Conferences anyone?

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on January 15, 2009 at 1:21pm

I'm not planning to go to any conferences this year. I am pretty new to blogging and the money just isn't there to go anywhere this year. I wish I would have known about Chicks Who Click because Boulder would have been very doable.

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Permalink Reply by Anne-Marie Nichols on January 15, 2009 at 1:25pm

It was a bit pricey at $175 for one day, but worth it for the networking.

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Permalink Reply by Maternal Spark on January 15, 2009 at 6:08pm

I'm not going to any - I'm in Canada and most are stateside. Plus, there's the whole day job and paying the mortgage thing to worry about as well ;)

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Permalink Reply by A Cowboy's Wife (Lori) on January 16, 2009 at 6:34pm

I'll be at all except Chicks who Click and not sure on Mom 2.0 Summit yet.

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Permalink Reply by Alyssa on January 17, 2009 at 11:42am

I can't afford them. :( BOO HOO. I wish I could find a sponsor to Blissdom 09 so bad!

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Permalink Reply by La Mom on January 17, 2009 at 5:39pm

Can't go (but would love to) since I'm in Paris. Do you know of any conferences in Europe (besides CEBIT which has become the joke of the European IT industry. Only the Germans attend).

What exactly goes on at these blogging conferences? Or more specifically, if I'm not reviewing or selling anything on my blog, how can I benefit from a conference? I just tell stories, complain about the French, and dish on my bitchy expat friends. I would love to pick up new readers, but I'm not sure how attending a conference (vs. being a speaker or being profiled) can get more people reading the La Mom blog.

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Permalink Reply by Amanda E on January 17, 2009 at 11:16pm

I want to go to the Mom 2.0 Summit, because it is only three hours from my house. Unfortunately, it is too close to my due date. SXSW is also too close to my due date. My husband and I would love to go to SXSW, but it is pretty expensive. Most likely next year.

I REALLY want to go to BlogHer in July. And my blog earnings can pay for the conference fee this year! :) My husband and toddler want to go along for the ride, so it is matter of affording the plane tickets, hotel and using the child care services. We'll see. I am not going to buy a conference pass this year until I am definite that will spend the money on the trip.

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on January 18, 2009 at 1:38pm

That is a bit pricey, but if you don't have to pay for hotel and can drive to the event then it might actually be a bargain ;)

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Permalink Reply by Sarah on January 19, 2009 at 1:31am

I'm going to Blissdom and BlogHer because they're close by and I'm lucky to be in the midwest. The others are just too far away and plane tickets don't grow on trees! I just started blogging and am not making the greenbacks that a lot of you ladies seem to be making....yet! I hope to get the hang of this stuff soon though and I hope more people start reading!

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Permalink Reply by Anne-Marie Nichols on January 19, 2009 at 11:43am

I wish I could go to SXSW too, but between the expense and the fact that it's 5 days long, it's not doable. I may be taking the kids and the husband to BlogHer. We have friends in the area, and they can hang out with them while I'm at the conference.

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Permalink Reply by April on February 5, 2009 at 9:15am

no conferences for me :-( too much money and no childcare... and i think i would be really intimidated too :-/

April
www.AprilsLittleFamily.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Grocery Mama on February 5, 2009 at 10:01am

I will be at BlogHer. I wish I knew about Chicks Who Click. I'm super close to that. When's the next one?

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