Confessions of a Blog Conference Attendee

Hi. My name is Fadra. And I have a problem.

I started this whole blogging thing last September with a pretty lame post called “What’s My Theme?” I was trying to explain that I didn’t have a theme and it didn’t matter because it was my blog and it was really just for fun.

Then I got pressured into going to Bloggy Boot Camp in February. I kept explaining to all of the other bloggers that I wasn’t really a blogger. I just had a blog. It was different. In the end, the day was fun. I learned a little. And then something happened. Something clicked. And I decided to really start blogging.

I moved to WordPress all by myself. I wrote every week, sometimes every day. I got invited to go to BlogHer. Tickets were sold out and the hotel was sold out but the stars aligned and I was able to go. I met so many amazing people that I came back more inspired than ever.

I also came back wanting to go to the next blogging conference. And the next. And the next. As it turns out, I’m going to Bloggy Boot Camp again in Philadelphia on September 11th. I’m thrilled to go because I know I’ll get to see many women that I met the first time around but didn’t really “meet” since I was so busy apologizing for not being a real blogger.

Next up is the Type-A Mom Conference. I’m certainly a Type A personality. I’m definitely a Mom. It’s definitely a conference in my home state (North Carolina). But I am technically unemployed. My husband loves me but there is only so far he will let me go with these blogging conferences before I need to bring home some serious man-swag.

So here I am, telling you that you have the power to help me fulfill my dream of attending yet one more blogging conference. And why should you help me?

• I am unemployed (see above) which means limited income.
• My ex-boss was really a super jerk who jaded me from ever wanting to work at an office job ever again.
• I can learn really cool things about the business of blogging which is what I’m totally fascinated with these days.
• I will then be able to spend my days with a Mai Tai in one hand and a laptop in the other.

I forgot the best part. I’m a blogger (yes, I will freely admit that now). What I experience inspires me to write. So what I learn, I will share. And when I figure out this whole blogging thing, I’ll host my own conference and the Mai Tais are on me.

In case you are wondering, you can win a ticket to Type-A Mom Conference in Asheville, NC on September 24th-26th. Read about the contest and enter to win!

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