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A few weeks ago I had my trip to Arkansas to attend the #SoFabCon14 Blogger Conference. It was amazing. I was invited by Walmart #FamilyMobile to be their Conference Ambassador and it sure was a lot of fun. I so have to tell you all about it, so be sure to grab a cup of coffee, tea or chocolate and hang out for a bit.
This conference is for Bloggers, beginners as well as us oldies, that have been blogging for some time. Collective Bias was the one putting on the conference and I have been a member of their Blogger team for almost 4 years now and loving every minute of it. The team is amazing and the conference was that much more exciting to me, I was able to meet up with online friends and bloggers in real life. It was AWESOME to say the least.
The 2 day conference was jam packed with amazing Sessions from how to Embrace Google Plus to Grow you blog lead by Jimmie Lanley to S-E-Oh No! A common Sense Guide to Discoverability and fun sessions like You Tube How to with Sarah Rae Vargas, which was such a funny session even if you weren’t into YouTube, this was the place to be. Sarah was hilarious and you just had to be there to see her dynamic, soo much fun and thankful for being their to see this as the #FamilyMobile Ambassador.
We had fun lunch session and learned about Emerging Blogger trends. I loved that lunch session the most; it was a lot of fun hearing from Kim Janocko, Sr. Community Campaign manager at Collective Bias along with some fellow blogger friends like Sara Blake, Brandi Jeter Riley, Alicia Pfeiffer and Kristin Wheeler ~ love these girls!
Another fun and very interesting lunch session was “Brand and Blogger fails”, the really cool part was the interaction us bloggers had with Gina Allgaier, Marketing Director of the Walmart Team and Kraft as well as Karen Doan, Sr. Manager Customer Marketing for Tyson Foods. We learned so much about the companies and what the companies value were, what the team work between Blogger and Company means and so many more things. I just love seeing these people and learning about Tyson and Kraft a little more and actually seeing the entire team in person. It was amazing! Tell me, at what other Blogger Conference do you get to interact with the BIG people from BIG companies face to face? Only at SoFabCon that’s for sure. We heard funny stories from the marketing team of Tyson and Kraft about campaigns that sounded good at the time, may have turned into a flop down the road, or bloggers telling us their favorite ideas to work with companies.
Besides all the fun sessions we also had a lot of networking to do with many many bloggers. I got to meet Sarah Blake and Alicia in person. We had been working on Blogger campaigns many many times in the past and it was just a highlight to meet these girls and hang out. I loved it. That was such a fun part of the entire conference. I meet a lot of new bloggers, made new friends and connections in the 2 days I was there. It’s such a fun atmosphere to finally meet all these girls (and a few guys) that you have known for so long, it’s almost like a big family reunion.
Another fun thing that I really enjoyed was the Brand Salons and one of them of course was the Walmart #FamilyMobile room. They had the SoFabCon Hackers in the room that would help with Blog related questions, computer help or anything techy related, even questions about your #FamilyMobile phone were answered. The fun part was the phone charging station in the middle of the room. Super cool and very convenient.
They also offered fun games and interaction in the Walmart #FamilyMobile room and it was a blast to hang out there. My phone was awesome during the trip and if you followed me on Twitter, Facebook or even Instagram you saw a lot, I mean… A LOT of updates during the conference with lots of pictures, all done with my unlimited, cheap wireless plan from #FamilyMobile. I couldn’t have been happier and with the charging station I didn’t have to worry about running out of battery life at all!
I had an amazing time thanks to #FamilyMobile for sponsoring me for this event and I already know, next year, I will buy my ticket as soon as possible, I don’t want to miss this amazing conference and may run a chance to miss out on amazing speakers, sessions and parties. Yes.. we had a few parties in the evening, too. You should have been there… we had a BLAST!! Thanks #CollectiveBias you guys are THE BEST!!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
That sounds like such an awesome event. I am under contract with my cell phone provider, but this is definitely something to keep in mind 🙂
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Tammi says
I’m glad you had a positive experience, looks like it was fun and knowledgeable too – the best of both!
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Kelsey Apley says
I would love to go to this!! That sounds like such fun, pretty neat!!
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Susan says
This looked like such a great event! I would have loved to have gone, maybe next year.
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Nicole says
I’m sure it was an amazing experience. I went last year but just couldn’t make it this year. Would have been awesome to hang out with you!
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Mama to 5 BLessings says
Congrats, sounds wonderful. What a great opportunity!
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Dawn Lopez says
It really looks like you had such a great time and sounds like you learned and took away quite a big of information as well! Congratulations on being chosen for such a great opportunity 🙂
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Janice says
Sounds like a lot of fun. That conference sounds great.
Angela S says
I am so glad this was a great experience for you. I have heard nothing but great things about this conference.
Liz Mays says
I had originally planned on going but it just wasn’t going to happen because it was too close to another event. Maybe next year!
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Tammilee T says
I have to say I had to giggle when reading your post and seeing my photo. It was so much fun speaking on the panel about brands and bloggers. I really enjoyed SoFabCon and can’t wait to go again next year.
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Pam says
Glad you had a great time! That phone charging station looks pretty neat, I wish they had one at every conference.
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Kathy says
I really wanted to go to this event, but it was on a very bad weekend for me. I love seeing all the great coverage from the event.
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Nancy Lustri (StyleDecor) says
Looks like you had a great time! You are so lucky to be a family mobile ambassador. I wish I could have been there! 🙂
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JulieK says
This looks like such an informative conference! As a fellow SoFab member, I wish I’d been able to go and learn more about the community!
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Emily says
The social media room like a great place to hang out at a conference!! Glad you had a fun time!
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StacieinAtlanta says
It looks like you had a great conference. I really like having the opportunity to meet everyone and share ideas.
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Brett says
Sounds awesome! I didn’t realize they had more than one ambassador there at the conference. My friend Danielle was also!!
Stefani Tolson says
This sounds like a great experience. I would like to start attending more conferences like this.
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Debi says
Sounds like so much fun. I am glad you enjoyed it.
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