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Project Files: SOBCon 2010
Posted by: | CommentsRegistration for SOBCon 2010, the blogger’s conference held in May in Chicago and hosted by Liz Strauss and Terry Starbucker, is open and the event’s site has a whole new look, too.
Liz and Terry approached me about designing the site for the second year in a row and I was so honored to be the one to give the site its’ look for another year. The theme of the conference this year is “where the virtual meets the concrete” so we went for a much more pared down look.
Liz wanted lots of white space, cool blues and grays, and the flexibility to feature different media types on the home page as well as use different layouts for the interior pages, too. Luckily for Liz, I had just finished designing a site using the new (and oh, so, super, amazing cool) Headway Theme. The Headway Theme has a built in visual editor which makes it ridiculously easy to place blocks of content where you want them and to use a different layout on every page (if you want).
Anyhow, go check out the site and take advantage of the early bird registration and the New Blogger Bootcamp deals while you are there!!
Tool for Generating Your Own Disclosure Policy
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If you are a blogger, website owner, social media hound or have a presence on the web in any way, shape or form, you have probably heard the new from the Federal Trade Commission this week on disclosure and the potential for fines if you fail to disclose.
Disclosure is a good thing. It helps keep the social web honest.
Personally, I am not going to review, promote or endorse any product I don’t love, use or feel strongly about its benefit anyhow. And when I do receive an item for review, I let my readers know. However, like many bloggers, I have gone one step further by adding a blanket disclosure statement to my site to let my readers know that I do make money from my website and that it comes in many forms – affiliate marketing, product reviews, direct sponsorship and consulting. If I am providing you with good information then why should I not be compensated?
So, what do you put in your disclosure statement? The team at IZEA, one of the leaders in the sponsored conversation space, have put together a very useful tool – DisclosurePolicy.org. Use the tool to customize and build out your own disclosure policy. It’s quick, easy and relatively painless. (And no, I have not been compensated in any way for recommending this tool to you – I just happen to think it is a really good idea!)
SOBCon09 & Its Comment Box Conference Today
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For the past few years, Liz Strauss of Successful Blog and Terry Starbucker have put on a blogging conference like no other in Chicago. For many the conference has dramatically changed the course of their business and how they view their online relationships.
Well, SOBCon09 is going to be even better than its predecesors. Guaranteed. The theme is Business School for Bloggers and getting that return on investment in your online (and offline) business relationships. Its being held May 1-3, 2009 in Chicago.
Want a sneak preview of the type of expertise you will have access to? Stop in at Liz’s site, Successful Blog, today between 11 am (Central) and 10 pm (also Central) for 12 hours of questions, answers, conversation, and fun with:
11:00 - Liz Strauss on How to Build a Personal Development Network
12:00 – Mark Carter on Saving The World With Social Media
1:00 – Lucretia Pruitt on Twittering the Way that Works Best for You
2:00 – Andy Sernovitz on Amazing Word of Mouth for Your Blog
3:00 – Mary-Lynn Foster on Podcast and Blog Interviewing Tips
4:00 – Easton Ellsworth on Visionary Blogging Improvements
5:00 – John Haydon on Social Media and Trust Online
6:00 – VickyHennegan on Writing for the Web
7:00 – Becky McCray on Successful Entrepreneurship
8:00 – Shannon Paul on Internet People and What They Do
9:00 -Angela Maiers on Literacy and Learning in the 21st Century
10:00 -Terry Starbucker on Pitching Social Media to Clients — 5 Key Questions for Potential Clients
Need more reasons why you should be going to the blogging conference of the year? Check out the post I wrote for last years conference – 10 Reasons you should go to SOBCon – and I’ll give you reason 11 now. This year I will be at the conference. (You know what they say, third time is a charm).
Join us for the mini-conference today and then register for SOBCon09 by Feb. 14, 2009 and get the special early bird rate.
