Table Talk lunch time networking
August 10, 2015 By Darren Rowse
We have 7 table talks each lunch break for those of you after some discussion with like-minded bloggers about topics of interest. These are hosted and moderated by attending brands and agencies. Get yourself some lunch and then find a seat at the talk you’re interested in. No need to book, although there are just 10 seats per table so if you’re keen, be quick! If you miss out, keep an eye on the tables and just grab a seat as they become available throughout the break and join in the discussion.
No need to feel shy – your host will make your feel welcome and you’re joining a group who have similar blog topics and interest as you.
Introducing our Table Talks . . .
Nuffnang
HOSTS: Felicity Grey and Erin Hogan
TOPIC: How to work with a talent agency
TIME: Friday Lunch Break
TABLE: 1
TOPIC: Professionalism and Ethics
TIME: Saturday Lunch Break
TABLE: 1
Nuffnang is Australia’s larget blogging network with over 8300 bloggers in its community and was the first agency in Australia to help bloggers monetise their blogs and connect with brands. Nuffnang’s talent division Bloggerati represent the most diverse group of talent bloggers in Australia, featuring 31 high profile bloggers covering parenting and craft, fashion and beauty, travel and lifestyle and health and wellness.
Nuffnang are a featured networking partner, so you can also catch up with the team at their networking area during morning and afternoon breaks for Q&A on:
- How to deliver and demonstrate ROI
- How to increase Australian traffic
- Know how to handle contra
Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat
HOST: Tracy Willis
TOPIC: Wellness Travel
TIME: Friday Lunch Break
TABLE: 2
Travel can typically be associated with excess by way of too much unhealthy eating and drinking and too little sleep. Combine this with the stress of travelling and jet lag and it can mean people return home feeling more tired than when they left. Yet the very idea of a holiday should be about restoration and feeling good.
Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat is an award winning retreat with a minimum two night stay and a focus on organic and eco principles. It is wellness tourism at its optimum and has quickly become a favourite destination for tired, stressed guests from Australia and overseas.
YouStak
HOSTS: Mike Dunne & Bob Dunne
TOPIC: Building an online marketplace
TIME: Friday Lunch Break
TABLE: 3
Engage your community and build a new revenue stream with a YouStak marketplace. The YouStak platform means that custom marketplace creation is a simple process of following a set of prompts with no technical skills needed! Easily plug your marketplace into your website. You can start for free!
StewArt Media
HOST: Jim Stewart
TOPIC: SEO 101 – 3 common mistakes bloggers make
TIME: Friday Lunch Break
TABLE: 4
Industry renowned, Jim Stewart from StewArt Media is currently in the throes of building a STEP by STEP SEO System that will bring more visitors to your blog. bloggersSEO will not only educate but will hold your hand for 30 mins a day over 30 days to improve the health of your site. Jim will provide a free SEO site audit to all participants at his Round Table talks. This is valued at $295 and will provide you with an invaluable insight to the gaps in the SEO foundations of your blog. Don’t miss this opportunity.
Bloggers Video School
HOST: Caro Ryan
TOPIC: Breaking down the barriers to video
TIME: Friday Lunch Break
TABLE: 5
Building on Caro’s Blogger Showcase session about smashing video barriers, this table talk is all about digging deeper into more of the barriers to video that bloggers have. We’ll be diving more into the topics of lighting, sound, performance, editing, YouTube and time management. Loads of opportunity for questions and insider industry tips.
Jane Writes Digital
HOST: Jane Woodley
TOPIC: Content Marketing Q&A
TIME: Friday Lunch Break
TABLE: 6
I’m here to show you how to get more out of your Digital marketing. I show you how to use digital technologies, content, social media, search, email and analytics to improve. I help you work through the digital maze to choose technologies that work for you. I produce great content too. I’m an accomplished trainer and mentor, providing expert advice in all things digital, marketing and business-related. I have a range of experience across all channels, in traffic-driving/advertising and eCommerce business models, at Enterprise and SME levels, in companies including Virgin Airlines Group (now Virgin Australia), ourbrisbane.com, Worldcare Travel Insurance, Flight Centre, Tourism and Events Queensland and Davidson.
Tourism & Events Queensland
HOST: Hannah Statham
TOPIC: Working with tourism boards
TIME: Friday Lunch Break
TABLE: 7
Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) is a statutory body of the Queensland Government and the state’s lead marketing, destination and experience development and major events agency. In partnership with government, regional tourism organisations, industry and commercial stakeholders, we aim to build Queensland’s tourism and events industry to foster innovation, drive industry growth and boost visitor expenditure. Join Hannah for 7 tips on to get on-ground support from a tourism board your next travel or lifestyle story.
Vision6
HOSTS: Belinda Walsh & Kelly Newbery
TOPIC: Email marketing for bloggers
TIME: Saturday Lunch Break
TABLE: 2
Vision6 helps bloggers grow and engage their subscribers with great looking emails. Design, create and send awesome emails in minutes.
Our platform has everything you need to reach your subscribers. Create engaging emails using professionally designed templates that are mobile friendly. Get more subscribers with fully customisable web forms. Make life a little bit easier with autoresponders and heaps of integration options. Best of all analyse your results and improve your email marketing with in depth reports.
Vision6 has been designed for spam compliance and maximum deliverability ensuring your emails reach the inbox.
Talk About Creative
HOST: Dana Flannery
TOPIC: “Get Your Kit Together” – The Nuts and Bolts of Media Kits
TIME: Saturday Lunch Break
TABLE: 3
We run things a bit differently. Of our 42 team members, only two work out of the office. We work from home, around sick kids and school plays so that our team members can have a life, funded by their writing income. As a digital marketing company very active in the blogging community, we see both sides of the monetisation coin and help prepare bloggers to take the “next step”. We provide online bootcamps that give bloggers hands-on help to get their media kit humming and to best report on campaigns – all the pro-blogger skills that make brands want to hand over their dollars, again and again!
The Collaboration Nation
HOST: Kristy Edwards
TOPIC: 5 ways to monetise your blog
TIME: Saturday Lunch Break
TABLE: 4
The Collaboration Nation is a blogger agency representing growing blogs. Behind the scenes, The Collaboration Nation is an online hub for blogger resources. As a member of our tribe, you’ll get hands-on help to develop your audience and grow as a writer. We develop talent; we don’t just rent it out. We believe in connecting what you know with who we know.
RACQ
HOST: Belinda Heit
TOPIC: Are the days of the family road trip over?
TIME: Saturday Lunch Break
TABLE: 5
RACQ was established in 1905 as an advocate for the rights of motorists. Now, more than a century later, it assists over 1.2 million members and their families in a range of areas including motoring, insurance, finance and travel services. The most iconic of these services is roadside assistance, which operates 24/7 through a fleet of more than 700 patrol vehicles and 150 contracted service providers. RACQ is also the State’s largest provider of motor insurance and second largest provider of household insurance, with more than 1.4 million policyholders throughout Queensland and northern NSW.
Set That
HOST: Liz Tehan
TOPIC: Building your personal brand as Style Influencer
TIME: Saturday Lunch Break
TABLE: 6
Set That is an engaging social hub that makes online shopping easier, rewarding and more inspiring. We help bloggers to build their own personal brand by enabling you to share your style with others, inspiring people in their shopping choices. We also feature guest posts on our Love That blog with the stylist’s own blog address included.. All these channels create more ways for people to find you and the opportunity for people to start to build a relationship with you. Come along to our Table Talk on Table 6 to learn more and to see how easy it is to build and share a set or a product to get started!!
Kidspot
HOSTS: Margaret Rafferty & Lucy Kippist
TOPIC: Blogging in the parenting space: how to tell stories with heart
TIME: Saturday Lunch Break
TABLE: 7
