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… Read more »
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Taged with: 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
Who are they? That’s what everyone wants to know. And what do they do, exactly? Raymi the Minx and I have been talking about the way blogging has evolved for the last ten years and where it will go in the next decade. She has been writing and posting her photos online since 2000, and has seen the trends. In the last nine years she has made quite a few friends, and has a thousand stories. She can tell you about all the brand managers, event marketers, recruiters and link farms that have contacted her over the years, looking for blog love and trying to imagine new incentives. She can wax poetic about the history of banners and buttons and affiliate marketing – but after nine years of actually doing it, Raymi understands the utilitarian web empowers the user and offers hard rewards. Zucket has lots of energy. She has… Read more »