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Is Your Pet Blog Influential? How to Make it Happen

by: Carol Bryant

Celebrities are the influencers much of society looks to and tries to pattern themselves after, right? I mean if Jennifer Aniston is wearing it, someone, somewhere has to have "it." What if Jimmy Fallon does a skit that happens to feature a certain brand; that makes it totally now, current, and a must have item, right?

Move over celebs, today's new influencers are everyday people who have the tools to publish content online on blogs and with microblogging. These tools have made it easy for people to take what they know and their experiences and publish them to very large audiences. Today's influencers in the pet industry are pet bloggers. Is your pet blog influential? Where are these tools found?

Do's and Dont's of Being Sponsored at a BlogPaws Conference

by: Carol Bryant

It’s that time of year: BlogPaws 2013 Conference registration is here. New for 2013 is our very first “choice of track” programming. That’s right: Choose your tracks and customize your educational goals.

Tracks include 101 (Beginners), 201 (Intermediate), and PRO (Advanced), plus exclusive tracks for animal rescue and advocacy, copyright and social media legalities, and pet lifestyle. Coupled with networking, meeting brands, engaging with industry influencers, attending a red-carpet media-engaged blogging award ceremony, and connecting with your friends while making new ones, you really want to be at this conference.

Have you ever considered becoming a sponsored blogger? Lately, we’ve had a few queries cross our desks at the BlogPaws offices, and this post is being presented to answer and guide any further inquiries. Here is what you must know including the do’s and don’ts of what a sponsored blogger is/means:

Five Timely Tips For Your Pet Blogging

Guest post by Blog Manager Robbi Hess

It’s easy to lose focus when you’re trying to squeeze your pet blogging time into your regular daily activities. If you want to make your blogging a priority though you need to take the endeavor seriously; think of yourself as an entrepreneur and take charge of your pet blogging time as you would every other task.

SOS to BlogPaws Fans: Why Should Someone Attend?

By Carol Bryant

As a four-time attendee to the BlogPaws conferences, all of them with my dog in tow, I've become versed in the benefits during and after the event. I still, however, meet people who wonder if BlogPaws the conference is worth attending. I also meet people who are repeat attendees, like myself, who have taken the BlogPaws mantra into their own lives (and blog) and are reaping the benefits.

Then there are those who think the BlogPaws conference lights go dark and we head home to plan for another conference and that's all we do. As Jack told Rose(in Titanic), "quite the contrary, that's just the tip of the iceberg." Here are my top 12 reasons to attend BlogPaws the Conference. How about you?

BlogPaws on Pet Talk Television Show

BlogPaws is happy to announce the appearance of our PR Manager and writer/blogger, Carol Bryant, who taped a segment of Pet Talk with Lauren Collier on News12 Connecticut, airing several times this upcoming weekend. Carol dished BlogPaws and a whole slew of hot new pet products to the marketplace that you can also expect to find at BlogPaws 2012 Conference in Salt Lake City!

Carol is no stranger to tv, print, and radio, and many of you many recognize her from her apperances on Pet Talk and from BlogPaws attendance (her fourth coming up!).  Tune in this weekend to watch Carol with her dog, Dexter, on tv and check out these "haute" products for cool dogs and frisky felines. Say hello to these brands in paw-son at BlogPaws 2012, too!