Blissdom is a yearly blogging conference. This year it took place at the beautiful Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, the last week of January. Imagine 500 brilliant, entrepreneurial women all in one room. The power of our word of mouth could have lit up all of Nashville. We are moms, wives, business women, bakers, crafters, reviewers, socialites, readers, writers, fashionistas, DIYers, and we make up a huge blogging force on the internet today.

The sessions included Pitching to Companies, Monetizing our Blogs, Building Community, Leveraging our Social Media, Establishing our Brand among others. The best part of a conference like that often lies in the conversations outside of the sessions. There is nothing like meeting one of your readers who tell you they love your blog, or talking with other bloggers in your niche about balancing work and family.

The women who attend a conference like this are trying to establish their voice and turn their blogging conversation into a business or simply trying to gain influence in their niche. So naturally, talking about IZEA was simple. Many bloggers don’t know opportunities exist for them to connect with companies or the way to figure out how to make that happen. In my conversations about IZEA, bloggers are dying for a company who will find opportunities for them to give their opinion or pay them for their expertise.

Here is a picture of some of the leading home bloggers showing off their IZEA loot.

Thanks to Beckie for being an advocate of IZEA, and helping spread the word!

You can keep up with Beckie here:

• Blog: Infarrantly Creative
• Twitter: @Infarrantly
• Facebook: Facebook.com/infarrantlycreative

And information on future Blissdom Conference events visit BlissdomConference.com.

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(One of our Developers, Grady. We always give him a hard time. We had to infuse a little humor…IZEA-style!)

So…we thought, how can we get our Peeps involved? Well, why don’t you join us in our cause? Whether at your office, with your friends or family, or even neighbors, won’t you collect items along with us and donate them to your local homeless shelter or organization? This would be a great way to use the power of social media for good, and we’d all be giving back to our collective communities!

To find a shelter in your area, visit the National Coalition for the Homeless website. If there’s not one near you, feel free to choose another cause.

Follow the National Coalition for the Homeless online at:

• Facebook
• Twitter

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Basically, the charity looks for local volunteers to help prepare and serve dinners to the families being hosted in the facilities. The IZEA Team pitched in and made some amazing meals, side dishes and deserts, and then after work on Friday night a handfull of us took everything to the House and prepped it for the families. Needless to say it was a very rewarding experience.

If you have a Ronald McDonald House in your town, why not get volunteer with some of your co-workers or family members sometime?

Thanks to all the IZEA folks who contributed to this cause, and a huge shout-out to Carri Bright for setting-up the opportunity.

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(Lisa Martin, Elizabeth Edwards, Steve Sanders)

You can find out more about the IZEA Insiders here.  Better yet, if you’re planning on coming to IZEAFest in October you can meet them face-to-face!

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These are truly IZEA fans, and I speak on behalf of the entire IZEA Team when I say “thank you” to Drew and his family. Glad you like the new site and can’t wait to see you guys at IZEAFest at SeaWorld!

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Do you like it? Are you interested in reading what’s here? Let us know so we can continue to foster a fun and creative place for you to learn about what’s going on in the IZEA Community!

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