Adelaide Bloggers Christmas Get-Together

This is my 3rd time to attend the Adelaide Blogger's Meet-up. Although there is not always enough time to chat with each other, I feel that we are getting more comfortable and look forward in doing interesting stuff in the months to come.


If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time that we actually have a sponsor for the meet-up, Kirrihill Wines, who brought a nice selection of wines. I was able to try the two variants and they were just beautiful. If I didn't had to take a bus home, would have surely tried more. Also found out that this particular wine biggest market overseas is in Norway.

Nevertheless, I asked Matt McCulloch about the possibility, if they are interested, of having bloggers come over to their winery, have a tour, discuss and blog about the experience. He seems to be ok with the idea so we'll see how will that go.

I brought a few copies of my Blogging from Home book during the said affair. It is my first time to reach out and promote my book in Australia. It will be interesting to know their thoughts in the weeks to come about it.

Great thanks to Shai and Jim for organizing this beautiful get-together. I missed interacting with Jen at the affair. I should do better next time.

Special thanks also to Geoffrey Kwitko for this beautiful video he made celebrating the folks he met in the past two months.


Will update this post as I get to see more blog post about what happened at the affair. For the meantime, will work on my Busby SEO Test. Cheers!

Adelaide Bloggers Meetup June Edition

I attended the Adelaide Bloggers meet-up event last night with so much enthusiasm. Since the first one last April, I believe we got the chance to know each other more through various social media tools.

Vino Ristorante (Unley Road) was a cozy place and enjoyed a nice plate of pasta cozze (black mussels). No one was able to come along with me and thanks to the Adelaide Metro hot line, I received information on buses that I must take to get there from Findon.

The nice thing about the group being small is that we can easily get cozy to each other. It felt like a family as touch base with what everyone has been up to based on their blog post, facebook posted items and updates, twits, plurks, among others.

The folks who attended last night includes:

• Shai Coggins
  Main group organizer. Thanks Shai and family for the ride home! Also for making it even though though she is not feeling well. Check out her write-up about this.
  
• Kay Walker
  Co-organizer of the meet-up and will be showcasing some of her photography at the FlickrSA event.
  
• Steve Davis
  Cheers to the new baby!
  
• Bridie Gallagher
  All glow last night. Great that she also tagged along Michael Gallagher who is getting into US stock / money market trading.
• Jim Manning
  Active in promoting the Australian wine industry.
  
• Steve Thomas
  Who brought a very nice wine and shared info on the newest social media tools.
  
• Charlie Helen Robinson
  Her blog series on interview the experts are of valuable read. I'm a fan!
  
• Melissa Williams
• Marcia Burgmann
• Stephen Mitchell
  Who attended the event for the first time and wrote a post about it.
• Richard Pascoe
  

We agree to meet again after 2 to 3 months. If you want to be kept posted and get to know this small community, join the group in Facebook.

Practical online marketing via Facebook

A blogger I recently met in the Adelaide bloggers meet-up asked me a question through Facebook chat. This is on how to market bead jewelry products online. She regularly post her items via Etsy but was hoping for higher volume.

I am also into bead jewelry as a hobby although that didn't click much then back in Manila as it is easier to sell items directly face-to-face which my sister and I end up doing through our friends.

But for Australia, the story may be different especially for those of us who are not in the main city areas. I think if I will make my own bead jewelry today, I will create a website still (whether own or via Etsy) and I will market it through Facebook by creating a page and target the more than 1 million Aussie users via an ad campaign.

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Last week, the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2008 writing project was just launched. One major dilemma that I had last year was the lack of international participation. I'm asking for your help and support by joining the writing project.

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On another note, I just arrived in Manila last April 25. The 4th Philippine Blogging Summit or iBlog4 went very well. Campaigns are now in full steam for the upcoming Social Networking and eBusiness Conference on May 20 and 21.

My brother-in-law arrived in Adelaide two weeks ago to start his work contract. My sister will be joining him by next week. I'm excited as it is different to have a family member close by that can be contacted and share some time together. At least Christmas will be different this year.

Will be back soon in time for the June 2008 Adelaide Bloggers Meetup.

Hello Adelaide Bloggers Meet-up Participants

More than 20 bloggers dropped by the Adelaide Bloggers Meet-up, organized by Shai Coggins. This is my first time to attend a bloggers meet-up in Australia.

Some of the bloggers I got to meet are:

• Kay and Nick Morales
• Steve Thomas
• Kay Walker
  
• Chaz
  
• Steve Davis
• Keith
• Andrew
• Simon
• Ivalene
  
• Bernadette
• Charlie Robinson
  
• Melissa
• Lee Hopkins
• Bridie
• Jim Manning
• Miles Crawley
  

There were a few whom I was unable to approach and note their names and blogs. Hope you can take time to reply and will add you here.

There were a few opportunities that I'm trying to validate if they are feasible to do in Adelaide. I must say that I had a much clearer idea after the eyeball and my attendance was well worth it.

I think the big number of participants unable some of us to get to know fellow bloggers better. However, making this connection will be a great step towards the process and look forward to the June meet-up. (I won't be able to make the May one as I'll be out of the country at that time.) Should you like to get to know me more, check out my info. Cheers!

P.S. More photos posted at Facebook.

See you at the Adelaide Weblogger April Meeting

I just got an invite from Shai Coggins who is organizing the Adelaide Weblogger April 18 Meeting, Friday 6 pm. Will post exact venue info soon.

I look forward in attending this event and get to know bloggers in the area such as Simon, Stephen, Lee Hopkins, among others.

If are you in or from the area, I hope you can attend!