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SUMMARY:Closing
DESCRIPTION:Randy Petersen delivers a final speech to conclude this year’s BAcon.
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/closing/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130512T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130512T103000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
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SUMMARY:Blogger Meet Brand\, Brand Meet Blogger
DESCRIPTION:Featuring American Express\, Starwood SPG\, Southwest Airlines\, Hyatt Hotels\, and Lufthansa. \nCase studies and breakdowns of how to build readership through blogging and branding. How can you keep the division between business and editorial as a single blogger? How do you maintain your credibility with your readers\, is it transparent enough? These are some of the questions that you as a blogger may consider as you begin to develop yourself as an endorser\, critic\, or ambassador for many creditable companies. Working with brands is not just about the free stuff\, it’s also about taking your blogging responsibly. Whether you are still getting started or consider yourself a seasoned blogger\, this session takes a look at both sides of the story\, from the blogger to the brand. \nTakeaways \n\nThe trend of in-kind vs. paid political announcement\nTransparency is from the other set of eyes as well\nBrand influencers and brand advocates are not the same
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/blogger-meet-brand-brand-meet-blogger/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,Branding,Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130512T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130512T093000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
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UID:459-1368349200-1368351000@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Recap and The Day Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Randy Petersen will give a recap of previous events and announce what’s to expect for the day ahead.
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/recap-and-the-day-ahead-12-2013/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230707T221157Z
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UID:458-1368298800-1368307800@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Night on the Town
DESCRIPTION:We’ve got plans for you and they include your significant other if along for this conference. What we eat and where we dine remain a top secret. Just know that the night belongs to us … shared with you.
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/night-on-the-town/
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T164500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T223255Z
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UID:455-1368286200-1368290700@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Guest Session with Brian Kelly
DESCRIPTION:While the BoardingArea bloggers go through a program designed specifically for them\, our guest bloggers will enjoy hearing from one of the leading bloggers in the frequent flyer space. Brian Kelly will take our guests through his start\, his stops\, his high and his lows as he wrestled with getting started as a blogger. Learn how he took this blog startup from an idea to a reason to quite a corporate job and devote his time to full-time blogging. First time his complete story is being told an there will be many lessons to be learned from his own success. Also\, several BoardingArea bloggers will be on hand to answer interest and questions about what it is like to be on the BoardingArea host. Helped them grow as bloggers or could have done it alone? Only they know for themselves and will translate their own success and some not so much success on the path toward bloghood. \nBrian Kelly is The Points Guy. Passionate about travel and addicted to adventure since a youth\, Brian’s worldwide jetsetting earned him elite status with US Airways by his sophomore year in college. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh\, Brian became a recruiter for a major investment bank and became a road warrior for a living\, traveling over 125\,000 miles annually and spending over 50 nights a year in hotels while on the job. His extensive travel schedule allowed him to gain an insider’s knowledge of frequent flyer miles and points systems\, as well as master the ins and outs of credit card offers across the spectrum. In 2010\, Brian brought his insights and passion to the masses and became “The Points Guy\,” sharing his travel points knowledge with eager consumers across the globe via his website\, ThePointsGuy.com. Due to the amount of interest in his tips and advice\, Brian left his job on Wall Street in June 2011 to work full-time as a travel blogger and consultant. He has since been featured in The New York Times\, Condé Nast Traveler\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Independent\, and on CNN\, The Today Show\, among others\, and presents at various travel conferences including the New York Times Travel Show and the annual Chicago Frequent Flyer Seminars.
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/guest-session-with-brian-kelly/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advice,BAcon 2013,Travel Expert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T151500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T222831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T220038Z
UID:453-1368280800-1368285300@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Website Reviews
DESCRIPTION:Watch the sparks fly as Andy Hayes critiques a handful of BoardingArea sites\, providing priceless comprehensive insight for the bloggers\, as well as the entire audience. He will provide a comprehensive action plan on how to optimize various blogs to increase revenue and reader engagement while decreasing stress. He specializes in picking apart a website from the perspective of the first-time visitor and will offer blog owners specific suggestions that work on how they can increase readership to their blog. \nAndy regularly speaks at industry events and runs Seattle-based Travel Online Partners\, a marketing firm. He’s been featured in a number of publications\, such as the Wall Street Journal\, CNN\, and National Geographic Traveler. He is well regarded as an expert on online travel and he is listed as one of the top 50 online influencers in travel. \nTakeaways \n\nPractical understanding of what blog usability is\, why it is important\, and how to track your progress on improvement\nSimple ways to gather blog feedback on a regular basis from your readers\nReal-life insights on how to improve your blog\, without a lot of technical work or hassle
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/website-reviews-2014/
CATEGORIES:Advice,BAcon 2013,Design
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T134500
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CREATED:20230706T222423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T220047Z
UID:450-1368275400-1368279900@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Lunch and Affiliate Programs
DESCRIPTION:Chase\, FlexOffers\, CardSynergy | Learn more about monetizing your blog using affiliate marketing\, without compromising integrity or crippling traffic. Some of the topics covered include: how affiliate marketing works\, when to monetize your blog\, understanding affiliate agreements\, the best way to integrate affiliate links in your blog that converts\, and much more. \nHave a break and eat lunch! Feel free to have a working lunch if you can’t get enough of BAcon!
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/lunch-and-affiliate-programs/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Affiliate Programs,BAcon 2013,SEO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T123000
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UID:448-1368270000-1368275400@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Increasing Exposure in Search Engines and More Traffic
DESCRIPTION:Led by Amanda Blain\, this session will show you some underused ways how Google+ can increase your presence in Google’s search engine with your already existing blog and posts and how to grow and expand your community. Why Google Authorship (the little picture of you showing in google results) is important and how to set it up in a few steps. \nAmanda Blain creates passionate\, action-taking\, interest-based communities. With an ever-growing base of followers across all social media channels\, including over 2 million people having circled her on Google+\, she is a tour-de-force in many social and technical areas. A self-confessed Geek Girl\, wrapped in an extrovert’s personality\, she is CEO of Girlfriend Social (an online networking hub for women)\, a speaker\, a consultant to companies looking for assistance with their social media presence\, and an enabler to the multitudes of fans reading her posts every day. She is an expert in all things Google Plus \nTakeaways \n\nHow to integrate Google Plus and your blog together\nHow to set up your blog’s Authorship\nHow to use these techniques to increase traffic\, brand\, and build readership
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/increasing-exposure-in-search-engines-and-more-traffic/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Analytics,BAcon 2013,SEO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T104500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T220639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T223225Z
UID:443-1368264600-1368269100@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:From Something to Something Great
DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this session is to learn from other successful bloggers\, get motivated to keep blogging and get empowered with actionable blogging tips. Here are two success stories from BoardingArea in 2012. Andrew of Points\, Miles\, and Martini’s credits the inspiration to get more serious about blogging to his attendance at a BoardingArea-sponsored education trip to BlogWorld. It paid off\, his same-to-same traffic metrics increase of page visits of 859.55% in 2012 is pretty impressive. Enter Greg of Frequent Miles. His change in strategy and embedding himself into the activities of the frequent flyer lead to a similar success story in 2012 for this blog. An increase of 998.27% in unique visitors in similar same-to-same traffic metrics is yet another story to be shared. Join these two bloggers as they recount the small steps that lead to this very huge jump in blogger readership. \nAndrew Lindsay is a part-time blogger and full-time business traveler. He travels the world every week to a new location accumulating points and miles along the way. He enjoys helping friends\, family\, and readers travel better. I’m always interested in learning about new products or destinations. \nGreg Davis-Kean. After working over 18 years in software development\, Greg now works full-time as the author of the Frequent Miler blog. His goal is to seek out creative new ways to earn points and miles\, and to eventually find the “perfect perpetual point machine.” When not traveling\, Greg lives with his wife and teenage son in Ann Arbor\, Michigan. \nTakeaways \n\nHow to identify if your blog is capable of traffic increases\nIdentifying that Aha! moment when progress meant something real\nHow many one-step forwards and two-step backwards is reasonable
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/from-something-to-something-great/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advice,Analytics,BAcon 2013
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130511T093000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T220253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T223241Z
UID:442-1368262800-1368264600@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Recap and The Day Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Randy Peterson reviews what we learned yesterday and announces the schedule for the day ahead.
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/recap-and-the-day-ahead-2013/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,General
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T215928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T215955Z
UID:440-1368210600-1368221400@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:SkyMall Monday and More
DESCRIPTION:Let’s have fun with something frequent flyers see on a regular basis … the inflight SkyMall Catalog. Ever wonder if these things are for real and if anyone really buys them? Let’s find out from Mike who has made an “almost” career of trying out item after item\, catalog after catalog of SkyMall products. We’ll all be highly entertained following him along on this humorous journey. \nMike Barish is a freelance travel writer\, host\, and regular contributor to Gadling. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle\, Budget Travel\, World Hum\, One+\, and National Geographic Traveler’s Intelligent Travel blog. He hosted Chevrolet’s Cruze-arati web series and the Mike & Alex’s Travel Show podcast. He also appeared in SOYJOY’s Real Take On series. Since 2008\, he has written SkyMall Monday\, a regular feature for Gadling\, in which he reviews the wildest and weirdest products found in the SkyMall catalog. He has appeared on CBS News and NBC New York as an expert on SkyMall products. \nTakeaways \n\nIt’s the shoes. Creating a unique niche that everyone will know you for\nBeing part of a product pitch isn’t for everyone\, or is it?\nWill being seen as a one-trick pony help or hinder your blogging progress
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/skymall-monday-and-more/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,Travel Expert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T172500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T215234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T215946Z
UID:435-1368203400-1368206700@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:SEO for the Blogger
DESCRIPTION:Search is something that changes constantly\, which means your SEO practices must constantly change to keep up. Learn how to build and maintain a prominent SEO habit that will keep you relevant in both universal and personal search results. \nSpeaker: Cindy Krum is the Chief Executive Officer of Rank-Mobile\, LLC. She brings fresh and creative ideas to her clients\, speaking at national and international trade events about mobile web marketing\, social network marketing\, and international SEO. Cindy also writes for industry publications and has been published in Website Magazine\, Advertising & Marketing Review\, Search Engine Land\, ODG Intelligence\, and quoted by many respected publications including PC World\, Internet Retailer\, TechWorld\, Direct Magazine\, and Search Marketing Standard. Cindy is passionate about bringing creative online marketing solutions to clients and working with clients to develop integrated mobile and international marketing strategies. \nTakeaways \n\nSEO has grown beyond simply building links\, comments\, and optimizing tags\nSEO is not dead\, and it’s not just technology\nGood SEO will have a significant impact on search engine rankings\, traffic\, and affiliate earning
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/seo-for-the-blogger/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,SEO
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T162500
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T212624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230711T221153Z
UID:428-1368199800-1368203100@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Media Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:Greg Lindsay (freelancer)\, Greg Mayerowitz (AP)\, Nancy Trejos (USA Today) \nWhen you’re trying to make your mark as a blogger\, placing contributed articles in various media outlets can only bolster your credibility and lead to more exposure. Every editor may have their own opinions\, and the topic matter is often a subjective business\, but no matter where you’re pitching\, you need to think about the “expert” you are. These writers/editors for national news organizations will take you through the process they use when seeking out “experts” and keeping them on the virtual Rolodex. As well\, veteran freelancer Greg Lindsay takes you along on his own best practices for pitching topics and stories and just getting to know the media. \nTakeaways \n\nWhat to put into your pitch\nWho and how to pitch\nHow to follow up on an introduction to the media
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/media-roundtable-2013/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20130510T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T134000
CREATED:20230706T211436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230707T215927Z
UID:424-1368198000-1368199800@bacon.boardingarea.com
SUMMARY:Welcome Opening
DESCRIPTION:Randy Peterson’s opening speech welcomes you to the first BAcon.
URL:https://bacon.boardingarea.com/agenda/welcome-opening-2013/
LOCATION:Phantom Canyon Brewing Company\, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave\, Colorado Springs\, CO\, 80903\, United States
CATEGORIES:BAcon 2013,General
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