Blissdom: From a New Girl’s Point-of-View

This past week, I had the opportunity to spend 4 fabulous nights at the Opryland Hotel at Blissdom – a conference for women bloggers. I’ve only been writing at Mama’s Laundry Talk for about 2 months, so I was eager to glean every bit of wisdom the speakers could pass along.  And as Alli Worthington would say: they definitely brought the awesome.

In a big way.

FTC guidelines, vlogging, earning money while blogging, how to create better posts and content were just a few of the topics covered.  By Saturday night, my head was literally hurting from content overload.

Since I’ve been blogging such a short time, I have very few friends (if any!) in the online realm.  There were 500 women bloggers at Blissdom, and the vast majority were so welcoming and friendly.  It was such a relief to be one of the many new-girls-on-the-block and be welcomed with such sincerity.  It was a big task for this introverted girl to introduce herself over and over, but I was so thrilled that I did!  I met fabulous lady after fabulous lady.  It was hugely worth it to put myself out there, far out of my comfort zone.

Savvy Blogging.  Did it get any better than this Savvy Blogging Dinner event?  It was definitely the highlight of the conference for me.  How blessed I was to sit at a table with knowledgeable girls.  And they were so willing to share their insight and perspective.  I was shocked that once-strangers were so freely giving of their ideas and were willing to brainstorm.  Marcy from Stretching a Buck led our table’s discussion and answered my 5 million questions very patiently and with expertise. 

A big thanks to the bloggers who make up Savvy Blogging…for organizing it all, for finding sponsors who served a fabulous dinner, and for creating a comfortable environment for experienced and not-so experienced bloggers to benefit.  Not to mention the fab swag.  Wow.

It would be terribly hard to pick just one nugget of wisdom from Blissdom.  I learned so many things from SEO tips to forming an LLC.  But if I had to choose one little gem it would be:

Don’t ‘just a second’ your children all day. Such as, “I’ll be there in just a second.” or “Just a second, honey and I’ll be finished.”  Velveteen Mind told a story all mamas could relate to in which she said ‘just a second’ one too many times in a day to her children.  There is no need to be on Facebook or Twitter several times throughout the day.  All of those conversations will still be going on later.  While I  knew this, it was a much needed reminder.

It is very true that anyone can blog.  Even about laundry!  But no one else can be a mother to my children, so I must be very careful with my computer time.

I am so grateful that well-established bloggers are very willing to share their expertise with those of us just starting.  It’s a great community that I am honored to be a part of.

Tagged as: Blissdom, Blissdom New Girl