DISQUS

Lois · 5 months ago

What an amazing achievement. I've blogged in the past and dropped it but reading this has me inspired to start anew.

HajjFlemings · 5 months ago

Thanks for including me in your 'Blogging While Brown Wrap Up' it was a tremendous event that I was extremely excited to be apart of. There was a lot of energy and talent in the room in Chicago. For those who didn't attend it is a must do for you next year.

Villager · 5 months ago

I appreciate you taking time to share this summary of the BWB conference. The info about the two mini-conferences is new & I look forward to learning more about them. I'll add link to this post in my next Blog Safari...

peace, Villager

Naoko McCracken · 5 months ago

Markus,
Thanks for mentioning me! It's a great write-up. It was a great event and I enjoyed talking to enthusiastic and talented bloggers there.
I'm happy to hear that Gina is planning more events around blogging & community organization!

Naoko

Anony · 5 months ago

Not to be rude. But how do you have blogging while brown conference and the only blog on the list with any real traffic is concrete loop. What about YBF, Bossip, Media Take Out?

What good is listening to people who don't know how to build successful blogs (minus Angel, of course). What exactly are the panels about, how to build an unsuccessful blog?

Sorry if anyone is offended anyone. But whenever I see stuff like this it always strikes me as a HUGE wasted opportunity.

rmcaldwell · 5 months ago

I wasn't at the conference, but wonder if that list is indicative of the attendees. If so, if they weren't present, then it wasn't a slight. Sorry you were offended. No offense intended.

OKnow · 5 months ago

So polluting our people with Filth, is the way to go?
I per say don't consider any of those sites successful per say...
All know GOSSIP/DRAMA sells within our community sadly...

Lois · 5 months ago

Well, if we were to follow your train of thought to its logical conclusion, we would only read and laud NYTimes best seller list authors, only listen to and laud music artists in Billboard's Top Ten, and only vote for politicians with 20 years experience. Well, thank goodness most people don't think that way or there wouldn't be any person such as President Barack Obama.

gochitchat.com · 5 months ago

I found this to be interesting, I wish I would have known about this, As a Black Blogging /Community site gochitchat.com would have loved to have been part of this. Well maybe next year.

markusrobinson · 5 months ago

Just because a blog hasn't reached a million+ page views, does not mean that they're unsuccessful. Traffic alone is not, and should not be the only gauge of a blogs success. Some people are focused on having a voice, others want to make an impact, others cater to a very niche audience. Meeting the authors goals, whatever they are should determine a blogs success.

rmcaldwell · 5 months ago

Amen, Markus. Those are the very reason I love blogging.

gochitchat.com · 5 months ago

Great answer markus

Anony · 5 months ago

Actually that's not the point. I think it IS s a good idea to have a number of different blogs with all different levels of readership. The fact of the matter is that it didn't.

I'm sure the conference was valuable. Just think the organizers missed out on a huge opportunity to have a lot of the newer logs hear from the larger ones.

Just my $.02. If you think there's nothing to be gained from hearing the market leaders' perspective I respectfully disagree.

Lois · 5 months ago

Nothing personal and I don't mean to be rude or offend you, but...there's not much we can learn from people who peddle trash, lies and pictures of celebrity butts and hair. As a blogger, why would I want to know makes the folks at MTO tick with all the heinous lies they tell about black actors and musicians and their families? Have you seen the disparaging and hateful things they say about prominent black figures like the Williams sisters? They should hide their heads in shame, not be headliners at conferences full of impressionable young people. Why would anything they say be relevant to someone trying to do the right thing just because they get a lot of gawkers...not unlike a road accident? That's like saying that a journalism conference is missing out because the folks from the National Inquire and the Weekly World News weren't invited. I think the world has gone crazy with rudeness this week.