Toronto Best Local Bloggers
It’s always a big day when you speak in front of a lot of people, but today was easy. I was backing up Christa Jean the Petite Fashionista, and Raymi the Minx, two of Toronto’s most famous bloggers.
The Smojoe social marketing event How To Be Famous On The Internet was a big success and I got lots of cards, handshakes and smiles. Thank you Deb Lewis of TorontoCityEvents.ca , it was a smart decision to relocate to ICON home design, and although I fumbled the ball a few times getting the address right, and the chairs didn’t show up until two minutes before the presentation, we carried it home.
Our amazing guest speakers, Christa and Raymi rocked the house - it was awesome to behold how two totally different approaches could both yield such success. Christa talked about how she grew her influence by doing charity work for Save The Whales and related details of how she auctioned off dresses worn by Hayden from Heroes. Then Raymi showed us her approach, and what I like most about Raymi is how she gets specific about her stats. Much to my amazement Raymi put up her numbers on screen and left no doubt in anyone’s mind about just how many people she entertains daily (about 3500).
The more I get to know Raymi The Minx the more I like her. She says exactly what’s on her mind and I think being so amazingly candid on her blog has made her so refreshingly bold in real life. She swore a few times during her talk, and although I cringed, I saw other folks smiling and so I think it might have actually added to her presentation - she’s real.
Toronto Local Bloggers
Its not everyday that I get to picture nine Toronto Local Bloggers together.
From left to right, Raymi The Minx, Ted Healy from Dead Robot, Casie Stewart, Sean Ward, Sass Zucket, Meredith from OhMistletoe.com, Stefania from Torontotextstyles, Lisa Charleyboy from UrbanNativeGirlStuff, Andrew Louis from Hyfen.net
Standing behind me, Glen Rostie an internet marketing guru at Your Virtual Butler was there, and Julian Brass of Notable.tv
We all met and talked and maybe gave birth to a very potent local blog squad.
Tags: Andrew Louis, Casie Stewart, Hyfen, Lisa Charleyboy, Meredith, ohmistletoe, Raymi The Minx, Sass Zucket, Sean Ward, Stefania, Ted from Dead Robot, Toronto local bloggers, Torontotextstyles
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May 28th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Was really awesome having everyone together. Really good to actually put the person to the blog. Excited for what that future holds for us!
May 28th, 2009 at 11:57 am
[...] rob was finally finished (he will just talk and talk and talk if you let him but it was good cos i was [...]
May 28th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Wow, strange to see so many faces I recognize all in one photo. I’m glad this event was a success. Looking forward to seeing what comes out of the birth of this bouncing baby blog squad.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:48 am
[...] Rob, Sean, Casie, and Raymi already said enough so I’ll just let you enjoy the glamour [...]
June 19th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Hi Rob; Netchick sent me over to say hi.
It looks like Toronto has a nice group of bloggers if that picture is representative. Very nice, in fact. And if your talk launches them on their way to fame, all the better!
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