PBEVENT Speaker Announcement : 5 in 50!

July 23, 2014 By Darren Rowse

With less than 6 weeks to go the excitement is building here at ProBlogger HQ about the 2014 PBEVENT.

There are numerous things that I’m looking forward to about this year’s event but topping the list is our amazing lineup of speakers. We’re bringing in 4 amazing international speakers this year but I’m also particularly proud of our local speaker line up.

Aussie blogging has come a long way since the first PBEVENT in 2010 and this year we’re pulling together a wonderful mix of Aussie speakers, half of whom have never spoken at one of our events before.

But wait…. there’s more! 5 more to be exact!

To close Day 1 of our event this year we’ve invited 5 successful Aussie bloggers to come and each share their best advice about blogging into a session we’re calling ‘5 in 50’.

Each of the 5 bloggers selected will be challenged to pack their best advice and most actionable tips into a short, sharp and punchy presentation.

You’ll want to come to this session with a notepad and pen at the ready because we want you to come away with a heap of takeaways!

Here’s who you’ll be hearing from in this last session of Day 1:

Katrina Springer

The Organised Housewife is one of Australia’s most popular parenting blogs. Katrina writes about how she manages her home and family, allowing her readers an intimate view into her home life, right down to the bathroom cupboards!  Kat has been blogging for four years and has an outstanding Facebook community of over 450,000.  Kat has a passion for organising which also aligns with her blog management.  She has strict working hours and manages to fit everything needed into this time.

Kat recently was featured in one of our ProBlogger.com webinars and gave some really great practical advice that helped many so I’m excited to hear what she has to share!

You can follow Kat on Facebook and twitter.

Candice Deville

Since beginning her current blog in 2008, Candice Deville has turned her personal passion into a multi faceted business. Heading up a company specialising in vintage styling, she’s worked with bands, brides and bombshells the world over.  She is a sought after speaker at heritage and social media events alike. Her blog, Vintage Current (formerly known as Super Kawaii Mama), became the go to place for anyone looking for fashion and lifestyle inspiration outside the mainstream offerings. Creating tutorials for her You Tube channel saw her become a cult viewing success with over 2 millions views. In true vintage spirit, Candice has been a web devotee since the days of Bulletin Board systems.

I’ve been hoping to get Candice to come and speak at a PBEVENT for a few years now so was over the moon that she accepted our invitation to share in this session!

Brooke Schoenman

Brooke launched Her Packing List back in late 2010 and has since grown the readership to over 200,000 users every month, making it a premier resource for female travel gear and packing advice. In addition to working with brands and advertisers, implementing affiliate marketing practices and releasing a packing ebook, she has also used Her Packing List as a jumping board for creating and marketing her own travel products. The first, Aroamas solid perfume sticks, was launched in 2013 as an alternative to liquid perfumes for women on the road. Prior to the success of Her Packing List and Aroamas, Brooke wrote regularly on her personal travel blog and worked freelance creating travel content for such outlets as Viator, OneTravel, BBC Travel and BootsnAll.

As a bit of a travel gear junkie I’ve been secretly reading Brooke’s blog for a while now and am excited to hear what she’s got to share with us!

You can follow Brooke on Facebook and twitter.

Yaro Starak

Yaro is the founder and writer of the Entrepreneurs-Journey.com blog. He has managed to avoid full time employment his entire life thanks to the internet, which he discovered and fell in love with in the late 1990s.

Successful projects Yaro started and later sold, include a Magic: The Gathering card game trading forum and e-commerce site, a proofreading business called BetterEdit, and a portfolio of website investments, including a blog called Small Business Branding and a collection of sites in the miniature motorcycles niche. Since 2005 Yaro has made over a million dollars thanks to his blog. His specialty is the “Blog Sales Funnel”, a system that combines a blog with segmented automatic email lists to sell digital products and services.

Yaro spoke at our first ever event in 2010 so I’m excited to have him back!

Today Yaro continues to teach his blogging system through his various coaching programs available from www.ejinsider.com.

You can follow Yaro on Facebook and twitter.

Kate McKibbin

Before launching DropDeadGorgeousDaily.com in 2007, Kate worked for several women’s glossies, both here and in the UK including, Shop Til You Drop, New Woman, Grazia.com.au, Cosmopolitan UK, and even had a column in FHM. She has listed shopping as her number one hobby from about the age of five. Kate was crowned as one of Anthill’s 30 under 30 entrepreneurs in 2010.

Every time we ask PBEVENT attendees who they’d like to hear speak at future events Kate is requested so I’m excited to have her involved from the stage this year!

You can follow Kate on Facebook and twitter.

Come Celebrate the Aussie Blogosphere!

I’m really excited to moderate this session – it’s a new format for us which will be fun but for me the real highlight is hearing a little from 5 great Aussie bloggers who are just a microcosm of the wider Aussie blogging community!