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Have You Ever Been To The BarkWorld Expo?

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I’ve known about the BarkWorld Expo for a while now, but unfortunately I was unable to attend the BarkWorld Expo last year.  However, I’m hoping to change that this year and plan on making a visit to Atlanta, Georgia for BarkWorld 2012!  Have you ever been to the Barkworld Expo?

If you’ve attended BarkWorld in the past then you know all about the event, but did you know about the new features they plan on adding to the conference.  Here are a few bullet points from one of their blog posts.

  • Longer sessions!
  • Roundtable discussions
  • Entrepreneurship for Pet Professionals
  • Showcasing & best practices in gaming & pet mobile apps
  • Video & video editing
  • More lifestyle sessions, i.e. “Using Social Media to Find Your Next Pet-Related Career”; “Agility & My Dog”; “DIY & Home Improvement for Pet Parents”

So what, when, and where does Barkworld 2012 happen?  Here are the details:

BarkWorld 2012

BarkWorld 2012
BarkWorld Expo 2012

What: BarkWorld 2012
When: October 25th-27th, 2012
Where: The Westin Buckhead
3391 Peachtree Road Ne.
Atlanta, GA 30326
Phone: 404-365-0065 · Toll-Free: 1-800-937-8461

What’s BarkWorld all about?

Who’s Barkworld? – Founded in 2009, BarkWorld Expo was created by Denise Quashie, Social Media Strategist for Socially Planned. After putting her dog, Frankie Beans, on Twitter she realized there was a large pet loving community using social media; however there was little education being provided at other pet expositions and conferences for this community. Being an award-winning event & social media producer, Denise thought it only made sense to create a conference for this community. With that, she created BarkWorld Expo and has continued to build strong online support for the cause of sharing and educating pet lovers within social media.

It sounds like a lot of fun!  I’ve attended BlogWorld in the past and I imagine BarkWorld 2012 will be something similar, but with a focus on new media and social media education for pets.

As I mentioned in the in my 2012 goal post 2 of my goals for this year are to attend to of the major petworking events of the year: Blog Paws 2012 and BarkWorld 2012.  They are definitely going to be some travelling expenses getting out to Salt Lake City, UT and Atlanta, GA, but I’m sure it will all be worth it.

How about you?  Have you ever been to the BarkWorld Expo?  Are you planning on going to BarkWorld 2012?

Blog Paws 2012 – Pet Blogging And Social Media Conference

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I love learning about all of the new internet marketing technology as it applies to pet bloggers.  One of the doggy blog websites I visit regularly and subscribe to is the Blog Paws Website.  If you’re a pet blogger and you want to learn more about getting traffic, internet marketing, or you just want to be a part of pet blogging community the Blog Paws is the place to go.

Here’s a little excerpt from the Blog Paws Website on exactly what they are about:

BlogPaws is an online community site for pet bloggers, pet enthusiasts, pet people on Twitter and Facebook and brands eager to tap into a growing, vibrant, vocal community of serious writers, bloggers, tweeters. We are the go-to resource for pet people and brands to partner on projects and campaigns, to be educated on social media, and to arrange face-to-face meetings all over the country.

Over the past few years Blog Paws has held an annual conference gathering Pet Bloggers across the country.

Blog Paws 2012
Blog Paws 2012

It is an event I’ve wanted to, but haven’t had the opportunity to attend.  However, this is my year for Getting Things Done.  In the past I’ve:

  • NOT gotten involved in the pet blogger community as much as I’d like
  • NOT gotten as much traffic as I want to my pet blog
  • NOT created as large a community using Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube
  • NOT fully setup my Autoresponder
  • NOT created an e-book
  • NOT created a membership site

In accordance with My 2012 Goal Post I plan to reverse all of the above “NOTs” and check them off my list.  One of the items not listed above is to attend this years Blog Paws 2012 conference and that is what today’s post is all about.

Blog Paws 2012

What: Blog Paws 2012 – Pet Blogging And Social Media Conference

Blog Paws Conference
Blog Paws Conference


When: June 21-23
Where: Sheraton Salk Lake City
150 West 500 South. Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Registration Fee: $199.00 for full conference pass

There are several options for registration including student, company rates, and individual day registrations.

A couple of keynote speakers have already been announced including Betsy Saul co-founder of Petfinder.com and popular blog paws speaker Lena West.  Keep up to date on the latest news regarding the 2012 Blog Paws event by visiting they main 2012 Blog Paws Conference Page.

I plan on getting things done with the Puppy In Training blog this year and that includes trying to lift the blog to the next level by attending this years Blog Paws Pet Blogging and Social Media Conference.  What about you guys?  Are you attending Blog Paws 2012?  Have you gone in the past?  What did you think?  I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments section below.

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