iBLOG 7 : Philippine Blogging Summit success

The Philippine Blogging Community is as vibrant as ever, and the 7th iBlog Summit is one proof of that. Yesterday wraps up 2 days of successful exchange of ideas in the largest blogging summit in the country. I am glad I was able to attend the second day at Malcolm Theater UP Diliman. To be honest, this is my first iBLOG summit ever.I am a late bloomer, despite blogging for almost 3 years, I decided to go out of my shell just last  year. A few months on, and more than a hundred blogger met to date, summits like the iBLOG serves like a formal passage to a blogger. At least for me.

The first day  targeted businesses and entrepreneurs wanting to understand how to tap blogs as a medium to promote their products and services while the second day saw interesting topics for everyone interested about blogging.

Day 1 --April 1, 2011

•  Blogger Etiquette: How to be a Blogger with Integrity --Earth Rullan
•  Public Relations Success through Effective Social Media Management --Ruben Licera Jr.
•  Be the Blogging and Social Media Champion in your Company --Regnard Raquedan
•  Blog Traffic 102 --Melvin Dichoso
• Organizing Online Contest --Jayson Biadog and another resource person
• Offline Marketing for your Blog --Ginger Arboleda
• Ten Power Blogging Advance Tips --Carlo Ople
• Earning from Blogging --EJ Arboleda
• Are we ready for a National Bloggers Association or Professional Bloggers Association? --Janette Toral

Day 2 --April 2,2011

•  Blogging 101 --Jonel Uy & Jinkee Umali
• Podcasting 101 --Adrian Jeric Peña
• Dealing with Writer’s Block --Roy Dela Cruz
• Blogging for Advocacy --Sonnie Santos, Grace Nicolas, Ivan Henares
• Blog Traffic without SEO--Fitz Villafuerte
• Your Blog and Facebook --Mon Macutay
• Building a Discussion Community --Michael Rubio
• Blogging, Social Networks, Online Relationships as Support System --Ria Tirazona

Building a Discussion Community --Michael Rubio

Your Blog and Facebook --Mon Macutay

I came during the afternoon session of the second day, in time for lunch.kidding. I thought I will be seeing familiar faces which I did but i realized that there are so many bloggers out there who I don't know. This makes me excited. The diversity among bloggers is amazing. This is prevalent in the questions raised after each talk as the bloggers were allowed to ask relevant questions.

Blogging, Social Networks, Online Relationships as Support System --Ria Tirazona

And just when I though I know a lot, the speakers presented many ideas that are really helpful, many of which proved that I still have to learn many thing in blogging. So if you are like me, you can never say you know it all. Attending bloggers Summits such as the iBLOG will definitely help you, either on the technical, social, psychological aspect of blogging or something else. After all, there's more to blogging than just blogging.

with Ms janette Torral and the hosts of iBLOG7

with Mike Abundo accepting the token of appreciation for being there since iBLOG1

I was happy to meet a lot of new bloggers, specially Jeff Zapanta of http://mapanuri.wordpress.com/ who is also a member of our fb group Photobloggers Philippines and also JonJon Mendoza http://www.halojin.com/ who approached me while talking to Winston Almendras. It was nice to meet you guys---finally!!!!

 Jeff  Zapanta with Batangasonline

with Sai, Alex and mommy Jo

with Alex, Omar, Flow, Iris and me
Congratulation to Flow Galindez for the successful hosting this year!!!

with Winston center and Halojin.:D

My attendance makes me feel proud to be part of the community. I realized how I have grown as a blogger and see the need to continuously evolve. A true source of inspiration.

Congratulations to Ms Janette Toral and the rest of the team for the success of iBLOG7. Thanks for helping the community by creating a venue for discussions and therefore growth.

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