Taking you ‘Back Stage’

I’m excited to share with you a “Behind the Scene’s” look into who I am and what I do when I’m not busy being the “Blog Site Coach”.

Social Media Weekend Event

On Stage:

I’ve been asked to be a Keynote Speaker at the “Social Media Weekend” event that is being held this weekend (Nov 6-7)  in Sacramento, CA.  I’ll be presenting “Integrating Your Blog with Social Media” and will be discussing simple tweaks & tools you can use to drive traffic to your blog and encourage an interactive audience.

A Little Snippet…

Below is a video from the event’s sponsor (and my good friend! ), Alejandro Reyes, discussing some details about the event and giving more information on what I will be presenting.
Take a look:

About the Event:

Social Media Weekend is a 2-day Workshop that will include in-depth presentations, panels & networking to help you better leverage social media to grow your business, build brand equity, cultivate an online-community & better communicate with these tools.  This is a must-attend event, with an amazing line-up of speakers including:

• Josh Unfriend- Founder of MomFaves.com

• Christine Young- Mommy Blogger of FromDatestoDiapers.com & one of Wal-Mart’s “Eleven-Mom’s”

• Jessica Smith- Vice President at Fleishman-Hillard the Public Relations Firm & Social Media Blogger of JessicaKnows.com

• Gordon Fowler- CEO of 3Fold Communications a leading Marketing & Advertising Agency

• Alejandro Reyes- Social Media Marketing Guru & Evangelist of Successfool.com & SacramentoMarketingLabs.com

…and many more wonderful people with amazing experience & information to present!

I look forward to seeing you there!!

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