Saturday, June 2, 2012

One Week Away!

We've been huffing and puffing around here.  Getting the place ready for you to come join us next weekend for the first Blog Chat conference has been a great experience for us.  Our family has pulled together and I know you will feel the love when you arrive.

Be watching your email for directions.  The day begins at 9:00 AM.  If you are an online seller, don't forget to bring some of your products.  We'd love to see them!

Eeek!  I can't wait to see you ALL!

Lisa~

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Come Join Us!

Come join us on June 9th for a great day of BLOG CHAT! 

Check out our schedule!  You don't want to miss it.

Click here to register.

We can't wait to see you there!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

The Schedule

This is going to be a fabulous day. We've filled it to the brim with activities to make it worth your time. Each session includes 2 options, there's a panel discussion, lots of time to mingle...it will be just what you need!

9:00 Opening Welcome

Breakfast snacks and coffee while we introduce ourselves.

10:00 Session 1

•Blogging Basics by Gina - From where to start, how to track your stats & spread the message about your blog. This session is for the beginning blogger but takes it up a level to help migrate your site to above average.

•Online Selling by Lisa L - Ways to improve sales, market your business and create customer loyalty.

11:30 Brunch & Keynote

•Creating a Brand by Gina- How to cohesively create branding across multiple platforms to solidify your brand. From graphics to photography and even social media, pulling everything together in one package will help you be the best brand you can be!

1:00 Mingle/Market

If you are an online seller we encourage you to bring some of your products to showcase. This will be an opportunity to see each other's work and get feedback. Also, we will have a CPA here during this time to answer tax and bookkeeping questions.

If you are planning to bring products and will need table space, email Lisa P through the "email us" button in the upper left and let her know.

2:30 Session 2

•Social Networking panel discussion with Stacy and Lisa L - Tips and tricks for using social networking to grow your blog and online sales. This session will cover Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram, among others.

4:00 Snack and Fellowship

4:30 Session 3

•Point & Shoot by Gina- Learn how to work with light and stage beautiful photos with a simple point & shoot camera.

•SLR by Lisa L- Working with an SLR camera, lighting, creative photos and thinking outside the box.

6:00 Dinner & Keynote

•How to Find Balance by Lisa P - We are being pulled in so many different directions these days. Lisa will share ways to find peace and balance in your home and hopefully, help you keep from losing your mind.

7:00 Conference ends, but stay as late as you like.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

We're SO Excited!

If you are living in Texas and are looking for a great way to spend some time with other bloggers and online retailers, this is for you! We've put together a terrific, affordable, one day seminar that will knock your socks off!

On Saturday, June 9 we'll get to know each other, we'll learn some things, we'll show our products and discuss the challenges that only others like us can understand.

Gina from The Shabby Creek Cottage & The Shabby Creek Shop, Lisa (aka the bead girl) from Studio Jewel & Studio Jewel on etsy, Stacy from Kids * Stuff * World and Lisa Pennington from The Pennington Point and Shop 24 are teaming together to put together a perfect, one day seminar just for you!

Some of the topics we will be discussing will be social media, making money with your blog, photographing your products, balancing blog and family, online seller tips and tricks.

Doesn't it sound terrific?! Register now or email us with your questions.

Check out the schedule and see what we have in store for YOU!

We are SO excited!