Blogging4Jobs

As a self-taught blogger I’ve had my share of ups and downs.  The art of blogging is more than just developing a great story and posting a topic out to the internet universe.  It’s about leveraging technology, marketing, public relations, and networking to build your audience and viewership which is what the Throw Your Voice Conference is all about.

Hosted by the Oklahoma Coworking Cooperative, “Throw Your Voice” is a one day blogging conference held at the CoCo on Saturday, October 3, 2009.  Come learn from some of the best bloggers, online marketers, and podcasters the state of Oklahoma has to offer including:

• Mike Koehler is the director of social media at Schnake Turnbo Frank PR. Mike received his bachelor’s degree in English from Missouri State University. He has 15 years of journalism experience, including serving as deputy sports editor and multimedia editor of The Oklahoman.
• Becky McCray is small town entrepreneur. She publishes the popular Small Biz Survival blog about small business and rural issues. She and her husband own a small town retail liquor store and cattle ranch.
• Jean Warner has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma and describes herself as a women’s empowerment advocate. She co-founded and ran Oklahoma’s National Education for Women’s Leadership (NEW Leadership) program
• Chad Henderson is a web designer, podcaster, blogger, all around geek and one of the co-founders of the Oklahoma City Coworking Collaborative in OKC. He has been podcasting since 1995 when he started the Elmocast.
• Lanie James works as an Employer Development Coordinator for Oklahoma State University Career Services in the Oklahoma City area. She holds a B.A. in Journalism Broadcasting from OSU.  She established the social media presence for the Oklahoma Association of Colleges and Employers (@OkACE) and OSU Career Services (@HireOSUgrads) on Twitter.

There are a number of other talented speakers and of course me, Jessica Miller-Merrell with Blogging4Jobs will also be speaking at the event about leveraging free online marketing and advertising as well as developing your own blogging personal brand.

The cost for the event which begins with breakfast at 9:00 am on 10/3/09 is $20.  Space is limited to 100 registrants with the conference ending at 4:00 pm.  To learn more about the other conference speakers or to register, please visit www.throwyourvoice.com.