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I am an Official Conference Partner for Type-A Parent Conference

cindy — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 18:00:39 +0000

Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in this post are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”I have been blogging for almost 7 years , while you can learn a lot about this industry online, I feel the best learning is done offline. A lot of my best learning has happened at Type-A Parent conferences. I have attended 4 of their annual conferences 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and one bootcamp Type-A WDW in 2014. I had to miss the 2014 annual conference due to a family wedding and I already have my ticket for the 2015 annual conference in Atlanta.

I have attended other blogging conferences over the years, and they are all different. Type-A Parent Conference is the perfect blend of fun and learning. The sessions at Type-A are relevant to what is going on now in the blogosphere. Kelby and her team work hard to have a mixture of topics for both new and seasoned bloggers. The overarching vibe at Type-A is helpfulness. If you have a question about anything blogging/social media someone there has the answer AND they are willing to help you. This is not true of every conference I have attended.

I said Type-A was fun too and Kelby throws the best parties! I am a sucker for themed parties and the ones at Type-A are so much fun. I have been a part of some 80’s dance parties, a Star Wars party, an awesome game night, a British party and many more. Type-A is also about friendships. I have had the opportunity to meet many of my online friends in person at Type-A events. I have even had the pleasure of meeting up with some of them when they are here in Florida on family vacations!

If you would like to read some of my Type-A wrap-up posts from past years just click the link. Those posts are written when I return home from these amazing events and I think they really convey all that Type-A is to me.

I am so excited to have been chosen to be an Official Conference Partner for Type-A Parent Conference. Type-A has its Annual Conference in Atlanta October 8-10, 2015 and a Bootcamp in New York City 8/1/15. I’ll be in Atlanta and i hope to see you there! I am offering a 20% discount on conference passes through 4/10/15 if you use code PARTNERSPECIAL when registering for either the Annual or the NYC Bootcamp Type-A Parent conferences. if you have any questions about the conference, please don’t hesitate to ask, I am here to help!

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Disney Social Media Moms Celebration!

cindy — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:46:51 +0000

The time has finally come! Today (3/17/11) through Sunday (3/20/11) we will be learning and playing with almost 200 other families at Walt Disney World! I am so excited I can hardly stand it! There are so many online friends that I can’t wait to see in real life.

I will be tweeting all weekend with hashtag #DisneySMMoms so please come join the fun on Twitter. Also, Friday’s conference will be live streamed at MomTV.com so follow @MomTV on Twitter for updates.

You can join the fun Friday night as @ResourcefulMom hosts a Twitter party live from the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa! You can RSVP for the party here.

I’ll be taking lots of pictures and video and updating my personal Facebook page as often as I can. Have a great weekend!!

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Izeafest Wrap-Up

cindy — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:30:19 +0000

WOW! Izeafest was my first blogging/social media conference and it was amazing. Prior to last Thursday I had only met 1 Izeafest attendee in person, and she wouldn’t arrive until Friday. I had no roommate and knew no one so I was totally alone and, I don’t do

@MomMaven @ItsToni @CorrinRenee @Laurie_Pooh @DecipherYou

alone well. This was going to stretch me and kick me out of my comfort zone right off the bat. But, I left Izeafest on Sunday knowing I made 5 new good friends and a lot of acquaintences.

I’ve already told you about the trials of my Thursday getting to Orlando and checking into the hotel. As a follow up to that post I will tell you that today they finally charged me for my room and they put it on the wrong card so I was doing some creative financial moves this morning!

I can’t go into detail about the sessions because I am still digesting all the meat we were fed by the amazing line up of speakers, and trying to figure out what it all means for The Mom Maven. I will say Ted Murphy encouraged us to define our personal brand and solidify our identity. Brian Clark gave us a 3 step blog traffic strategy. The screen gems were, ahem, “hot” and entertaining. Rae Hoffman and Michael Gray are amazing at SEO but I didn’t understand a thing they were talking about! Sarah Evans is an amazing, passionate speaker. Lucretia Pruitt can keep a strong panel in order and share about Social Media Promotion. That was all day 1!!

Friday night brought to a VIP party at IceBar Orlando. I don’t normally do the bar scene but this was a networking opportunity and I had to experience the ice room. We had a lot of fun and relaxed as we networked and listened to some interesting karaoke.

Saturday was again filled with great learning opportunities. The day’s keynote was given by Aaron Brazell who inspired us to be better people and better bloggers. Brett Bumeter moderated a panel on “What Advertisers Want” and I think the key is authenticity. Chris Brogan spoke on “Go Deep or Go Home” and being self-aware not self-involved. Then the entire conference was taken over by a 14 year old boy who, while walking into SeaWorld with his family, saw the Izeafest banner and asked to spend the day at the conference instead of in the park! That eloquent teen entrepreneur is Tommy Fishback. Pay attention to that name. He will be famous someday soon. Ted Murphy and Dan Rua closed out the conference with the introduction of Izea’s latest offering, Sponzai-sponsored guest posts.

Saturday night found us at Howl at the Moon. I must admit, this party was a let down. Our VIP party was about 100 Izeafest attenders all dressed up, sitting outside in rickety folding chairs in the hot Florida night, listening to 2 pianists and a drummer bang out requests. The night wasn’t a total loss though, I got to speak with our MC for the weekend-the amazing Bob Kodzis and “The Crocs Guy” George Smith. We left the party early so we could pack and get ready to hit SeaWorld Orlando Sunday morning. I’ll share more about SeaWorld in another post though.

I am thankful that Izea Insider Corrin chose me as one of her ticket winners so that I could attend Izeafest-but I am more thankful that after last weekend I can call her “friend”. I am also thankful to Hotels Combined for sponsoring my hotel stay. It was a wonderful weekend that I won’t soon forget.

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IZEAFest Here I Come!

cindy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:34:01 +0000

The time is finally here, I head to Orlando tomorrow for 4 days of fun, networking and learning. I feel like it has taken forever to get here. I can’t wait to meet tons of online friends in real life! I wouldn’t be going if I hadn’t won a ticket from IZEAInsider Corrin Renee and received a sponsorship from Hotels Combined. Please check out Corrin’s blog and if you are making hotel reservations anywhere in the world please use Hotels Combined’s search engine to find the perfect hotel for you.

I thought I’d give you a few hints into how you will be able to recognize me.

I have 4 of these shirts so I'll be wearing them each day.

I won this when @shamu was @realshamu on Twitter.

This goes with my dress for Friday night's party at Ice Bar Orlando.

I’m just about packed and I’ll be hitting the road around lunch time. This is my first blogging conference and I can’t wait to get started. I’m not going to the kick off at Howl-O-Scream so if you are hanging out at the Renaissance Hotel and want to network, tweet me @MomMaven. I will be tweeting, blogging, whrrling and Facebooking the event so stay tuned and make sure you check out hashtag #izeafest on Twitter.

Friday and Saturday are the conference days and there are tons of the top bloggers who will be speaking. I know I have so much to learn so that I can take this blog to the next level. Sunday is Bloggers Invade SeaWorld Day. I will be riding Manta at some point in the day, yikes! I am not a roller coaster lover but, I promised I would ride it so I will.

I hope you have a great weekend! I’m sure I will.

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