Blog Indiana

BIN2010 Call For Speakers & Open Voting

Noah — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:25:36 +0000

This year, we are letting you vote for which sessions make it into Blog Indiana 2010! Starting today, we are accepting session nominations and allowing people to vote up their favorite sessions. The most popular sessions, weighted against votes from Blog Indiana, will make it into the conference.

We’ve already received several sessions, so be sure to check out the new voting site at http://sessions.blogindiana.com and cast your votes!

Blog Indiana: Valparaiso

Noah — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:00:28 +0000

Douglas Karr

Join us for an evening of social media chat, a great presentation by marketing technology expert Douglas Karr, and some networking at the February Blog Indiana regional event in Valparaiso!

Douglas Karr is the founder of The Marketing Technology Blog. Doug is President and CEO of DK New Media, an online marketing company specializing in social media, blogging and search engine optimization. Their clients include Webtrends, ChaCha and many more.

Description of the session:
Everyone is screaming at businesses to get online and get social. Why? What has changed? What are the best practices? Douglas Karr will discuss blogging, search and social media at length at our next Tweetup. Douglas is an Indiana entrepreneur and helps businesses to realize their full potential online. In a 90 minute session, Douglas will speak to us about what’s changed, what we can do to adapt, as well as answer any questions from the audience.

Date: Wed. Feb. 24th @ 8PM (7PM Central)
Speaker: Douglas Karr (presentation TBD)
Location: Golden Tech (map)

Drinks provided by Pass Times.

Blog Indiana: Bloomington

Noah — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:00:07 +0000

FEATURED TOPIC:
“Promote your blog with social media”
by Erik Deckers

Does anyone besides your mom read your blog?

Noah — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:49:05 +0000

I’m sure more than just your mother is reading your blog (in fact, your mom probably is not reading it). But, if you are interested in expanding your blog’s readership and not sure where to start, Blog Indiana: Bloomington is the place to learn how.

This Wednesday, Blog Indiana will be holding our first evening regional event in Bloomington at the graciously provided SproutBox headquarters. The event is from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM and will feature blogging expert Erik Deckers talking about promoting your blog through social media and how to find new readers. There will be snacks and refreshments (provided by Scotty’s Brewhouse). Best of all, the event is free!

After Erik’s presentation, the rest of the time will be spent chatting and networking with everyone. Below you will find more info about Erik and his topic for Wednesday night. We hope you can make it. At the time of writing this, there are only 10 open slots left!

Register today!

New Media, New Year: Jump Start Your Online Presence for 2010
Erik Deckers

Are you blogging? Are you sharing your brilliance with the world, but other than your mom, no one knows it’s out there? How can you tell more people about your blog, besides knocking on every door in your neighborhood?

Erik Deckers will speak about promoting your blog through social media, and show you several tips and techniques for finding likely readers, growing your network of interested readers, and even tools to help improve your blogging promotion.

Erik is an owner of Professional Blog Service, and frequent speaker on blogging and social media. He has been a blogger for many years, and a social media practitioner and consultant for several corporate clients.

Regional events to begin in January

Noah — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:50:04 +0000

We’re taking this Blog Indiana thing on the road.

On January 27th, Blog Indiana will hold its first regional event in Bloomington, IN. This 1.5 hour event will give south central Hoosiers an opportunity to see their fellow Blog Indiana Alums and hear featured speaker Eric Deckers give his presentation New Media, New Year: Jump Start Your Online Presence for 2010.

We’re really excited about the location, too: The Box at SproutBox HQ. Located in the Johnsons Creamery building in downtown Bloomington’s Farmers Market Square, the facility is an epicenter for the local tech community. Serving as host for a number of tech events, it’s one of the most plugged-in places in town. The Box is the perfect environment for working together and getting things done.

Here’s where we need your help: what do you want to accomplish with or change about your online persona in the new year? Let us know & we’ll pass it on to Eric. Your suggestion might make it into the presentation!

The event is free, but you need to register as seating is limited.

Also, this event will be streamed live via the BlogIndiana.com website!