Let's meet at BlogWorld!

In just a week, fellow freelancer Amber Karnes and I will be heading to Vegas, baby. Vegas! It will be our first time attending BlogWorld, so we wanted to say hello and introduce ourselves with this video. Beware the social media snake oil salesman!



Amber and I have been working together for over five years. During that time, we've given many social media training sessions, got a Fortune 500 to believe in and embrace social media, and worked for a forward-thinking education professional development company, Powerful Learning Practice. What makes us different is we didn't just learn social media for the sake of selling it to our clients. First and foremost, we blog, tweet, post and share because we love it. We apply our personal experiences as users and content developers to consult our clients on how to genuinely communicate using social media.

I know there are more people like us out there, and I want to meet you. So here is who I'd like to connect with at Blogworld. If this is YOU, let's meet up!

• Cool people: PR practitioners, marketers, writers, freelancers...anyone who wants to toss around creative ideas. I live in a small beach town in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and work from home, so BlogWorld is one of my only opportunities to meet other people passionate about social media in person.


• Kind, green people: I recently launched a social good blog, Greater Good Life, where I share ideas about simple living, being green and giving. I would love to meet people interested in social good who could inspire me with ideas and creative direction. I want to write and do more freelance work for causes and green organizations. I'd also love to guest post on similar blogs and invite bloggers to guest post on Greater Good Life.


• Prospective clients and job opportunities: As a social media consultant, I hope to meet people from forward-thinking organizations who need help implementing all the social media ideas they walk away with at Blogworld.  (And I'm not selling snake oil!)

Does this sound like you? If so, let's get in touch! Also, please leave some feedback about our video. What did you think?

Comments

[Keith Parnell]

Is that a bottle of syrup your snake oil salesman is carrying? :)

Great job, ladies. Have fun at Blogworld!

@parnellk63

[Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot]

Hi Michelle and Amber. First thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment. I love your video and feel the same way. I've been a web designer for 15 years and it's the same thing with that. Now adding social media consultant to my resume is a double black mark against me. But we have to hold ourselves up proud and I think our smart clients can see the difference between dodgy salesmen and passionate, knowledgeable ladies like us:)

I Love your video and it will definitely help me recognise you at BWE. I'll follow you on Twitter and add you to my Twitter BWE list. DM or tweet me if you come up with a meeting place:)Oh, I'm @getinthehotspot

Can't wait to see you in Vegas baby:)

[Joshua]

That "Snake Oil" does look suspiciously like Maple Syrup! Fun video. I would love to say hello at BlogWorld perhaps I'll even have my twitter account live by then, "vegasmavens"

[Kristie]

Cute video. Especially liked "early adapter".