So You Think You’re Ready for Prime Time? Don’t be a Spokesperson from Hell!

Guest Post By Deb Durham, Spokespersons Plus Network If you want to leverage your expertise, blog, etc. into paid spokesperson assignments, here are my top tips for making yourself the most desirable you can to PR agency folks and their consumer brand clients.  Learn from the mistakes I’ve seen spokespeople make over the years and [...]

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What Bloggers Appreciate At PR Events

On behalf of food bloggers, this message is to PR Peeps and Corporate Folks who invite us to events – dinners, cocktail things, tours of your facility or farm with the goal of our posting about them. We love these things, we do. And we appreciate invitations, so keep us on your lists. But if [...]

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Techniques For Landing a Personal Sponsor

August 29, 2011

The second-most frequently asked question we get at Camp Blogaway is, “How do bloggers land sponsors to send them to Camp?” (The first is “How many bloggers in a cabin?” That answer is found here.) Without business contacts, it may seem overwhelming to start the process of landing a personal sponsor. But really, it’s neither [...]

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Tips For Conference Newbies

March 17, 2011
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Is Camp Blogaway your first blogger conference? Maybe you’ve attended others and this is your first with us.  (GULP, camp?? What did I get myself into?)  Welcome, you are here to learn, network and better your blogging, so note these tips to get the most out of your investment in time and money: Be Present. Sometimes bloggers get wrapped [...]

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What Can You Offer A Personal Sponsor For Sending You to Camp Blogaway?

February 8, 2011
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Camp is THE place for networking, “aha” moments and, yes, sponsors.  We are dedicated to the Corporate Sponsors who invest in making Camp Blogaway a success; without their support, Camp could never happen. We acknowledge that attending Camp often requires personal sponsor support – not a problem!  For YOUR personal sponsor, there are many things [...]

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What PR Peeps Love to Find on Your Blog

December 17, 2010
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MESSAGE FROM CAMP FEARLESS LEADER, PATTI:   Fellow food bloggers, my longtime PR career puts me in the unique position of having one foot on the corporate/agency side, the other in the blogging world (I publish Worth The Whisk). Recently over lunch, I queried some PR Peeps about their web surfing efforts. What are they digging for on your [...]

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How to Add A (c) or URL Right Onto Your Photos

March 19, 2010
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You’ve seen other blogs and notice that their photos have a “watermark” on them, maybe a copyright (c) or their website, such as www.WorthTheWhisk.com.  It’s actually ON that photo… how do you get it there?  Here are the steps to do that, pretty simple: Open your photo in a photo editing program (I use IrfanView, [...]

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2011 Speakers, Topics & Activities

December 31, 2009

  A Discussion With… TasteSpotting!– an invaluable, quick-paced Q&A session with Sarah, TasteSpotting’s founder and the creative mind behind this “Food Porn” phenom. Who doesn’t LOVE the traffic that results from a TasteSpotting photo acceptance? YOUR questions will be addressed here.  Before You Hit RECORD – How to Be a Sparkling Vlogger Carolyn O’Neil, RD, 20 year [...]

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5 New Years Resolutions for Food Bloggers

December 19, 2009

Here are the five top New Year’s Resolutions for food bloggers.

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The 5 Things Bloggers Want Most

September 16, 2009

Here are five top things food bloggers have told me they want most from their blogging efforts.

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Five Effective Opportunities to Promote Your Blog or Sponsor at Camp

September 8, 2009

Blogging conference, here you come! Is this your first? An old pro? Not everyone is a natural self-promoter. Yet putting a little effort into being visible can greatly enhance your attendance value.

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Sponsors in 2011

August 26, 2009

 

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5 Rules of Thumb From Digital Photography Instructor, Art Ramirez

August 15, 2009

by Patti Londre, Worth The Whisk — Long, long time ago, I took a photography course.  And promptly forgot everything again, evolving into a lucky photographer.  I hung onto my trusty Canon Powershot S410 as long as possible because, I figured, my vacation shots from numerous visits to Asia, Africa, Europe, Antarctica were great.  Uh, [...]

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How to Outfit A Photo Studio for Under $25 (sans camera)

August 15, 2009

Hi, I’m Blogger Patti Londre with Worth The Whisk. Pro food photography studios are expensively equipped, right? But shhh… not everything is top dollar. After a few decades of working in food PR and having talented photographers and stylists to work with, I learned that sometimes just a strip of duct tape, a binder clip [...]

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