The Lifestyle Bloggers National Conference 2015 #LBNC15 held at Maker City LA was a dynamic and educational event for bloggers. Thank you to Ana Lydia Ochoa-Monaco and her Team who worked tirelessly to present some influential speakers, plentiful food and beverages, fabulous swag bags and so much more!
Nationally recognized lifestyle and business industry experts shared stories of how their hard work and dedication launched them into present-day success with a diverse collection of blogs.
I am always open to learning and exploring the latest blogging trends. Here are some of the pearls shared at the Conference that I’m passing on to you:
- “Even if you have many followers but not engagement, it’s useless.”
- “Be honest and real.”
- “Write about creative and genuine stories in your niche.”
- “Take creative steps to move slowly towards your vision.”
What would you add to this list?
I don’t understand: “Even if you have many followers but not engagement, it’s useless.” I think you asked about that in a comment you made on one of my blog posts. Personally, I don’t think it’s useless – one day, all you need is one person to read your post and comment on it…and that person could be your biggest client ever…all because you solved one if his pain points. Make sense?
Great comment! You make absolute sense. There still needs to be some type of engagement, correct? It goes back to the idea of “if you only reach one person in your audience, it’s worth it.” I’ll have to go back to the person who said this and challenge her statement. LOL Thanks, again, Eydie for your comment.
I can see their end of their reasoning…yet, I’d hate to think that if you don’t blog – then for sure there won’t be any engagement. Nor will the search engines have something to index. Also — people may be reading but not engaging… you’re still reaching them, although you don’t know it.
It’s the “between a rock and a hard place” cliche. You’re darned if you do and darned if you don’t.
Very true, Eydie!
I was going to agree with the engagement comment, until I read Eydie’s statement… that’s very true, and I never thought of it that way.
Did you know that Facebook is sweeping inactive accounts, so we may see our numbers go down after the 12th?
Eydie made sense, Jacqui. I did not know that about Facebook. Thanks for sharing.
Engagement and interaction IS key… Whether it is one or a million. If no-one responds, likes, or interacts… then recalibration is necessary.
ROI (Return on Interaction), correct, Carolyn? Good point about recalibration. Thanks for the reminder!
That’s right regarding the techies acronym ROI. Something to think about…if a chef makes food every day and no-one comes to dine (no-one) should he rethink his menu, technique, location, marketing, audience etc.? This is how I look at blogging and posting. Yes it is important that he preps the food and tries but after a while he would need to recalibrate to attract his audience. It doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with the food maybe one of the other elements needs TLC. Just a thought.