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Essential tips from the Irish Blogger Association Conference 2015


Where oh where have I been?! Well, no matter, I'm here now, and I'd like to tell you all about the Irish Blogger Association Conference that I went to last weekend. It was a really good day out.

Marion from All The Wee Things and I made the trip down to Cork last Saturday morning with much excitement. In fact, we were talking so much that, as only two girls can, we missed the off-ramp for Cork and continued on merrily half-way to Limerick before we realised!

However, as organised as we were, we still made it to the conference in time for the 12 o'clock start at the Clarion Hotel on Lapp's Quay. And boy, did the conference kick off with a great start. Jamie Tuohy was the MC for the afternoon and he managed to introduce every presenter with such uncontrollable joy and humour that it was hard not to be infected.

Here's a quick list of who spoke and what they spoke about on the day:

Edel from The Beauty Dial
Edel spoke about how to proactively create publicity for your blog and the importance of a good media kit

Ali from Goss.ie
Ali asked us all to think about what our passion is and what our talent is... And to use them as the key to our success. She also shared the invaluable insight that Facebook does not like you to share YouTube videos and will not share them with your audience as much as if it was an embedded video *now we know!*

Anita from Dolledup.ie
Anita told us all about dolledup.ie and how she enlists the help of industry experts to create valuable content for her readers - this site is like Trip Advisor but for all things Beauty and has some great Sunday reading...

Corinna from Cherry Sue Doin' The Do
Corinna stole the hearts and minds of every audience member with her presentation on Prada Travel on a Primark Purse. I loved her philosophy that travel adventures don't end when you have kids (she has five!) and her tips and tricks on how to travel on a shoestring. Corinna writes about travel every Tuesday on Cherry Sue's blog - if you click one thing today, make sure it's her

Ciamh from Insight Consultants
Ciamh delivered a really insightful presentation about the importance of setting goals for your blog to ensure momentum and growth and also how to grow your online presence. Check out her Top 100 Twitter Tips on YouTube

Sue from Cherry Sue Doin' The Do
Sue spoke about the importance of kindness amongst bloggers and supporting each others'  endeavours, as 'a rising tide lifts all boats'. This was a common theme on the day and the positivity and sense of sharing was warm and energising

Allan Dixon
Unfortunately I missed most of Allan's presentation on taking great photos for Instagram. However if this is something you are interested in, he has a really great article on his website all about How To Kick Ass on Instagram

Rebecca from Becboop.com
Rebecca gave a lively presentation on Periscope - Twitter's new live-streaming app. Think YouTube, but 100% live! Started in April of this year, Periscope already has over 10 million users... This is the next Big Thing, if you're looking for it...

James Kavanagh
Listed by the DailyEdge.ie as one of the top 7 Irish people you should be following on Snapchat, James's presentation nearly took the roof off the conference room in the Clarion Hotel - think rude photos and much hilarity... You can follow him here

Darragh Doyle
Darragh was the final and 'keynote' speaker of the day. His presentation was all about creating engaging online content but the thing I loved the most was his shout-out about Nellas Music and her upcoming song Beautiful for Aware's 30th Anniversary. She's looking for people to send in short videos of beautiful moments for her music video - you can find out more here

There was also a panel discussion on the day that was both entertaining and motivational. Central to the whole day was the theme that if you love what you do and you work as hard as you can, you can make your dreams a reality. Great advice for all of us!

All in all, it was an inspirational day that left both of us feeling energised and motivated. I'd like to say a big Thank You to the #IBCC event organisers and also to Marion for driving us all the way there!

You can also check out Marion's amazing post all about the conference here.

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  1. All things nice...5 October 2015 at 18:53

    Holly
    Sounds great. I missed it all as I was away on our holidays. Have lots of info to look up now from all the links you have posted. Many thanks.

    All things nice...

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    1. Sweet Like Cinnamon17 October 2015 at 10:35

      You're very welcome! I hope you find some great new blogs to read :-)

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