iBlog5, and Coffee With Girl Friday.
Sunday, May 10, 2009 1:23Attended (half) of yesterday’s iBlog5 (The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit at the Malcolm Theater, UP Diliman) event; I got there around 2.45pm, after getting stuck in heavy Marcos Highway and Katipunan Avenue traffic. I only got to hear (in order) Laszlo Lim, Jayvee Fernandez, Nuffnang Philippines‘ own Eric Ramirez, Fitz Villafuerte, and Anton Diaz speak. Loads of information were shared by the speakers on handling blogger events, promoting blogs, client and blogger perspectives on blog campaigns, problogging, and evolving as a blogger. I don’t know how much more I missed – I can only guess there was a lot more I could have gathered, if only I got up early yesterday morning.
But it was okay; since I can’t really tell what I missed, I can only assume being late for the event was worth it, because Friday night, I got to meet up with an old friend for a career discussion. Donna and I talked about online advertising, about SEO and blog advertising, but more importantly, she provided a lot of insights on sales and marketing, the thing I need help with the most (because of the nature of my work).
So, I can call that stretch from Friday evening to late Saturday afternoon very, very productive. Among the things I learned (and confirmed) are:
1. There’s more to blog advertising than I thought; I realized there’s a much better way to approach projects (thanks to Donna), and I’m going to try to do it differently starting next week.
2. Donna and I talked about niche blogging Friday night; Saturday afternoon confirmed the difference between bloggers with regards to “evolution,” as described by Anton Diaz.
3. Jayvee Fernandez’s insights on blogger events confirmed how targeted demands from clients are nowadays; I’ve realized that first-hand, but his talk confirmed the level of awareness the bloggers and clients now have. His points made a lot of sense, and I’m glad to hear someone talk about it the way he did. Eric’s discussion complemented Jayvee’s in the sense that they both shared the needs of advertisers and what the bloggers, the community can do about it. Since we are the front-liners when it comes to marketing blogs to potential clients, their speeches were well-taken opportunities to address the crowd about dealing with clients as business people, thus with respect, fairness, and professionalism: a two-way relationship with us managing both the communities and marketing in the middle.
4. Fitz Villafuerte’s turn on the mic was very informative; he talked about problogging and discussed several “strategies” on how to maximize your blog’s potential, at least in terms of monetizing it. However, the strategies he presented were not really applicable to all bloggers, so I guess it’s pick-your-poison depending on what you want to do with your blog. It ties in nicely with the other presentations, though.
There were a lot more things talked about during the event, but there’s just too much information to discuss here. Besides, I’ve got a lot of digesting to do tonight: I still have to revamp my blogs just because the event called for it.
Janette Toral says:
May 10th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Glad that you were able to catch up and enjoyed the presentations. Thank you for the support. Cheers!
Kevin Ray N. Chua says:
May 10th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Me too, I learned a lot from iBlog5 together with my fellow Cebu Bloggers.
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May 10th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
First, I love the layout.
Second, links ex?
And wow, you’re also on the iBlog5. Had no chance to get to know a lot of people. But I hope this will do.
Hello.
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iBlog5 is a great bloggers’ event. Me and my wife enjoyed the event.
Hope to be here in the Philippines at iBlog6.
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Nuffie ka na that time? Waaaaaaah!
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