Wrangler Dani

Writer, editor, wife, adoptive mama and cowgirl living in beautiful Central Oregon.

Blog conferences, to attend or what?

Hello my darlings. I have things to do, but instead I’m talking to you, because I have got things on my mind that need your input to be resolved.

So I’ll get straight to the point. Have you ever been to a blog conference? Was it totally awesome or just eh? Is it worth a couple hundred hard-earned bucks? BlogHer is coming to San Diego, so I can hardly miss that, right? I mean, it’s practically next door! Or should save my money to fly across the country to smaller, more focused conferences?

Clearly I have no idea what I’m doing. What do you guys think?

3 comments found

  1. SXSW was not exactly a blog conference, but it was very internet-y, and very beneficial to me. I loved it and loved every session and would LOVE to go again. Of course, the tab for that was picked up by work, so I didn’t really have to debate whether or not to go.

    I know this sounds dreadfully dull and boring, but in deciding about this one, I would ask myself what I was hoping to get out of the conference, what I wanted to come away knowing that I didn’t know already, and truly try to figure out whether or not BlogHer is the type of conference that is going to answer those questions and really feed my freelance work.

    Or you could, you know, flip a coin. 😉

  2. Val does a great job with this question. Way to go, Val. These kinds of decisions can be difficult. The other decision making aspects might be…what is the time commitment, i.e time away from your ever-lovin’ hubby, what has, said ever-lovin’ hubby got on his schedule during that time to keep him occupied and therefore content.
    Of course, conferences that you have to fly to can be an opportunity for a little side adventure – if y’all can get time off from work.
    Or Val’s suggestion – the ubiquitous coin flip:).

  3. My general rule for any purchase: Will I regret it if I don’t do it? Will I shrug my shoulders and move on, or six weeks later will I lie in bed thinking, “man, I wish I’d gotten that _____” I’m curious about blogher and if it were in Austin I would be extremely tempted to go.

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