Oct 19
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By Murray Newlands
Looking for a fun party at this year’s BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Los Angeles? Looking to have a drink, learn from a live blogger panel discussion and network in a relaxed, fun environment?
You’re invited to BlogUP, the blogger party that is guaranteed to be a good time!
The BlogUP is a unique networking event that enables like-minded bloggers to meet face-to-face. The party is a relaxed way to network and make connections for future collaborations that will help each other grow in the blogosphere.
Unlike other blogging meets, all guests must currently maintain a blog and there is to be absolutely no solicitations. This is simply an event for bloggers to network and discuss collaboration.
REGISTER HERE
This year’s BlogUp party:
- “Content Monetization and Blogs—a Viable Combination?” panel discussion featuring leading blogger speakers
- Launch of LA Blog Club
- “What Is Personal Branding?” by Jim Kukral and Murray Newlands Book Release and Signing
- Complementary Drinks and Appetizers
When:
Thursday November 3rd 8:00 p.m. til 10:00 p.m.
Where:
ICON LA Ultra Lounge
1248 Figueroa Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 867-6000
Register:
Admission: Any BlogWorld pass gets you in to the party! Use code MURRAY20 to get 20% off a ticket to BLOGWORLD
ALSO to find out about ongoing Blog Club events here LA Blog Club
Sponsor:
INTENTclick contains content rich sites in specific performance driven categories, and is able to deliver to these sites the highest monetization levels available in the market.
About Murray Newlands
My name is Murray Newlands and I’m a successful marketing blogger, founder of London, San Francisco and Los Angeles Blog Clubs and author of many blogging eBooks interested in bringing like-minded bloggers together for an evening of fun.
This year’s party is going to be a blast and I’d love to meet you, so please come!
REGISTER HERE
Keywords: Blogging, BlogUp, LA, networking, Party, World Media
Sep 1
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By Murray Newlands
There are actually tons of remarkable bloggers and publishers doing excellent work, and those who stand out deserve to have their hard work recognized, relate with each other, and see their readerships grow. That’s why the World Media Awards exist- to recognize and reward great contributions to media from bloggers and publishers.
In my own career, I’ve learned and benefited so much from others that I wanted to help build some way to give back to an industry I love show appreciation to the up-and-coming leaders. The World Media Awards will culminate in a one day event in San Francisco that will celebrate the best in blogging, forums, publishing and media from around the world.
So if you are a world class blogger, why should you enter?
1. Get Recognized- You Deserve It !
You put a lot of effort into making your blog incredible. You know it and your readers know it. The World Media Awards is a way for you to get authoritative credit from other bloggers and industry experts. That recognition will help you grow your readership, make fresh collaborative connections, and hopefully have a few warm fuzzy moments that make all the late nights even more rewarding.
2. Meet Other Bloggers Who Care
Blogging, forums and most other online media is about conversation and interaction, but sometimes it’s easy to end up hiding away behind a screen in your office or home all alone. Meeting other bloggers and publishers keeps the fire lit and the conversation going. When you enter the World Media Awards, you’ll be listed alongside other bloggers and publishers who put the same level of delight, care and effort into making their blog top notch.
3. Expose Yourself to New Partners
If your blog or forum is part of your business, being part of the World Media Awards will increase your exposure by putting your name in front of the thousands of visitors to our site and the award ceremony. That means you can find out who else is doing great work, strut your own stuff, and expand your network of contacts and collaborators.
4. Make Yourself Irresistible to Clients
What helps your chances at winning that next pitch more than expanding your network? Telling that network that you are the winner of a World Media Award. Winning an award shines a light on your achievements, and it serves as an example of the commitment, engagement and exacting standards you apply to your work.
5. Be Part of the Beginning of Something Big
Because 2012 is the first year for these awards, you have the one-time chance to be the inaugural winner and set the standard for the World Media Awards in your category. Getting in on the ground floor of these awards will open doors for you as a blogger and a publisher.
The bottom line is, the World Media Awards will shine a spotlight on the year’s most prosperous bloggers and publishers, and on the organizations that serve and interact with them.
Now is your chance to be one of them.
The sponsors include Growmap, Pace Lattin, VigLink and Trancos.
World Media Award judges include Steve Hall, Sarah Austin, Chang Kim, Julie Wohlberg, Pierre Zarokian, Ivka Adam, Cheryl Contee, Krystyl Baldwin, Adrian Harris, Jeremy Wright, Rob Bloggeries, Dave Duarte, Tanya Alvarez, Dana Oshiro, Tom Foremski, and Judith Lewis. hashtag #wmads on Twitter.
Media partners include Adrants, Bloggeries, MediaVision, The Affiliate Marketing Awards, Read Write Web, My Blog Guest, Web Traffic Control and FeedBlitz.
Murray Newlands is author of How to Make a Blog Book and Online Marketing; a User Guide. He is also founder of the Affiliate Marketing Awards. Born in the UK, he now spends his time in San Francisco and New York. Murray works for Audience Mindshare and consults for Trancos Ins as well as being an advisor for VigLink. Actually he is working on his new book: The Email Marketing Book.
Keywords: awards, bloggers, Blogging, blogs, social media, world media award
Jan 31
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Well, as January 2011 comes to a close, it was a great opportunity to get out my 2011 resolutions list and see if I had accomplished all of my goals. Of course, I knew I hadn’t, but I thought I’d be able to check off something. And that I did. I started a gluten-free diet, which hasn’t been easy, and has taken up a good deal of my time. I had not, however, exercised daily, started cleaning up those children’s stories and writing new ones, or helped my son start his new gaming site. Nor had I started and finished a couple of other major projects.
I’m not sure about you, but making such a huge, daunting list makes me lazy. I feel so overwhelmed. I don’t know where to start and so I just don’t. And so as January comes to a close and February peeks out from behind this cold front coming, I decided not to give up on those resolutions. In fact I’ve found a new way to help accomplish my goals and here’s how.
1. Firstly, don’t expect to accomplish all of your resolutions in the first month. That’s just ridiculous. Even if you have only one – like lose 15 pounds – it’s not an easy task and you shouldn’t expect to accomplish it in one month. In fact, you may not want to because then you are left with 11 months of do-nothing or failure to uphold that resolution (especially after you caved in around February 14th and ate all that Valentine’s Day candy you swore you wouldn’t touch -ahem). If you spread the resolution out a bit, you have time to make up for any mistakes along the way.
2. Spread out the resolutions throughout the year. I’m starting a “Monthly Resolution” list which seems more manageable and will allow me to continue my goals from a month to month opportunity. Since I didn’t finish everything in the first month of the year, I don’t have to wait through 11 months of failure to try again.
3. Next, don’t be so hard on yourself! Remember the only one who will be disappointed that you didn’t fulfill that resolution is you (probably). Your loved ones will support you no matter what, and others in your life will be secretly happy that you didn’t accomplish your goals either. Misery loves company, so remember you aren’t alone.
4. Lastly, make it real and cut it into bite-sized, manageable pieces. Let’s say you decided to run in a 5k race this year. Well, you probably won’t put down the potato chips, stand up from the couch, brush yourself off and start running a 5k without a sweat. You may need to start off with 20 minutes a day or 1k a day and then add a little each week until you reach your goal. Maybe trying to run a race on February 2nd isn’t a good idea and finding one for say May or even September would be more realistic.
I’m sure, if you are like me, you want everything to happen now. I want to be able to run that mini-marathon, have my major projects completed and be super healthy today! But the reality is, whatever your goal – whether it’s to get a job, quit smoking, or uphold your gym membership – you CAN make it happen in 2011 even if it didn’t get done in January. Eleven months to go people – let’s make those resolutions proud!
Keywords: Blogging, blogs, new year, resolutions, success, thoughts, tips
Jun 25
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I realized that taking on the job of blogging for others is very satisfying. I get to blog about different topics in areas that aren’t necessarily my expertise but are interesting to me. I like learning new things, researching different topics and helping my customers help their customers. I like helping people with their SEO and there’s really no better way to help your SEO than to blog, and blog often on topics related to your business.
With that said, I realized that I hadn’t blogged for myself in a few weeks. I realized that I don’t practice what I preach. I tell clients to communicate often with their customers, blog frequently, and use twitter and facebook religiously. I believe that too, and then when the day is done, I log into my blog and am too tired to come up with a great article for my readers. 
How sad is that?
So with that said, I say to you, please keep up your blog if you want to keep your customers interested.
Now, hopefully I will have more content up before three weeks go by again!
Keywords: Blogging, blogs, business, clients, customers, facebook, SEO, Twitter
