CURTAIN RAISER: Blog Now Live Forever BNLF

An international conference on Blogging, conceptualized and hosted by IndiBlogger on 31st Oct - 1st Nov, Mumbai

Influential bloggers from the global online community are gathering this weekend at The Lalit Hotel, Mumbai to interact with the thought leaders and powerful speakers from the world’s emerging change agent- Blogging.

BLOG NOW, LIVE FOREVER

The BNLF event, as promised by the organizer’s IndiBlogger, is going to be…

- The most disruptive conference on blogging

- The only congregation of global speakers on blogging hosted in the Indian subcontinent

- Unique combination of Bloggers, Content creators, Content marketers, Agencies, Speakers and Investors in blogging among the attendees

- An event with in-depth techniques and insights from some of the most experienced in the industry

- A place where you will be finding the ways to help you build a rewarding career in blogging

...the place where every note is a keynote

Thanks to Anoop and Renie, I have had the pleasure to interact with some of the Key Note Speaker’s to understand what makes them click…

HIGHLIGHTS

 

Christoph Trappe

IMA Marketer of the Year - 2015, is a career storyteller who has worked as a journalist, a nonprofit executive, and a content marketing strategist and consultant. The Content Marketing Institute acknowledged him as a 2014 and 2015 Top 100 Most Influential Content Marketer.

Everyone is an influencer to somebody. You, too.

By the way, chasing trending stories is quite OK, as long as we have something of value to add. Being unique counts.

- Christoph Trappe: To read more, click here…

Jeff Bullas

A speaker, consultant and an internationally recognized marketing blogger who is Ranked #8 on Forbes” The World’s Top 40 Social Marketing Talent” – 2014

I would encourage any blogger to think big, be global and be true to your purpose.

Creating an online digital brand means that your voice will be heard even when we no longer breathe. So the web will indeed create a form of immortality or legacy for bloggers.

- Jeff Bullas: To read more, click here…

Arnab Ray

Blogging for more than a decade, writing three best selling books, a PhD in computer science and to top it all, a Bengali living in USA - The perfect recipe for making “Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind” the most widely read blog of the Great Bong.

I think we are. It's not perfect, and nations seldom are, but we are doing more things right than we are doing wrong (and yes we are doing a lot of things wrong).

Anything you write online stays there, it is technically immortal (unless an alien strike or a zombie apocalypse) takes the Internet down forever). Whether this immortality is always a good thing.... I am not exactly sure.

India is not perfect, and nations seldom are, but we are doing more things right than we are doing wrong

- Arnab Ray: To read more, click here…

Preeti Shenoy

A blogger, who managed become India’s most celebrated Author with her six best sellers, listed among the Forbes List of 100 most influential celebrities of India (2013) edition.

The important thing is to choose a good publisher who believes in the book as much as you do and is willing to go the extra mile for marketing.

Blog regularly. Be genuine. Be Nice. Be yourself!

There are so many people who try to copy the personality of a successful blogger/writer. That’s a big put-off.

If the book doesn’t strike a chord or the reader finds the quality poor, he/she is not going to pick up another book by you.

- Preeti Shenoy: To read more, click here…

Purba Ray

A Bengali born in Delhi, who is unable to befriend people more interested in the number of bedrooms in her apartment. She vents her angst writing damning posts on her blog and praying no one reads them. But then people do read and relate to her so much so that she has been winner of numerous awards. She has contributed articles for IBN live, NRI Section of TOI and currently blogs for Huffington post.

Indian bloggers can make a difference. At a time when news is more of subversive, divisive propaganda and news channels a constant cacophony of misplaced indignation, we can be the voice of reason… The blogging community is yet to take their role as influencers seriously.

Bloggers can be the voice of the people, we can be the platform for debate.

As long as we wait for men to treat us as equals, we will never be empowered.

Never underestimate the power of your words, the reach of your blog.

- Purba Ray: To read more, click here…

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Shashi 

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya

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CURTAIN RAISER BNLF II - Jeff Bullas Keynote Speaker

"To inspire and educate people to win at business and life in a digital world" - Jeff Bullas

At Blog Now, Live Forever - The Most Disruptive Conference on Blogging, conceptualized and hosted by IndiBlogger on 31^st Oct - 1^st Nov, Mumbai

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What is BNLF?

The Blog Now, Live Forever is an event, which is carefully constructed from the ground-up to give you a front seat to amazing insights into the world of blogging!

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Jeff Bullas is a speaker, consultant and an internationally recognized marketing blogger who is Ranked #8 on Forbes” The World’s Top 40 Social Marketing Talent” – 2014 among other amazing achievements but 5 - 6 years ago, he was unemployed with around 50K US$ in debt. Then he came across a post in HuffPost, which said if you have got inkling what to blog about, just start. Rest is history as the cliché goes…

And for the blogger in you, Jeff Bullas is conducting a workshop on ‘7 Key Steps to Blogging Mastery’ in second session on 1^st November at the amazing “Blog Now Live Forever” (BNLF) event. This workshop is designed to teach you the core skills that you will need to master blogging on the mobile social web.

"Nothing like sun, scenery and cycling
to bring on happy endorphins" - Jeff

I reached out to Jeff earlier this week to know more about him. He is a keen road cyclist. Keeping fit is a big part of his being. He has a passion for learning, reading, marketing and technology. He said, “I have burning curiosity about the future. The blog is the intersection of those passions.”

He says that creating his blog has been vital to develop writing skills and much more, as writing like anything creative needs practice. Writing authentic stories and finding the right topic to talk about, as in ‘trending’ both are important, but one needs to balance the tension between traffic and story telling. The key thing here is to maintaining your unique blogging brand voice along the way.

Talking about his own social media journey, he says, “I realised that the blog was taking on a life of its own when jeffbullas.com was nominated as one of the top social media blogs on Social Media Examiner in 2010. When your readers start to promote you then you know that something is going on. This happened because I was discovered by my blog powered by a social web. Marketing was my first love but my blog gave me a voice to reach the world and share my curiosity about the way social media resonated with people. I was fascinated with this intersection of technology and humanity.”

He had travelled to India earlier this year and he says that he loved the energy and passion for learning in India.

His mission: "To inspire and educate people to win at business and life in a digital world" 

His advise to Indian Bloggers: “I would encourage any blogger to think big, be global and be true to your purpose.”

“Creating an online digital brand means that your voice will be heard even when we no longer breathe. So the web will indeed create a form of immortality or legacy for bloggers.” - Jeff Bullas

So there you go bloggers, keep blogging and leave you with the interview on Jeff's own blogging journey.

Welcome to India and IndiBlogger, Jeff Bullas, we look forward to a great learning experience with you at BNLF  in Mumbai on 31st Oct - 1st Nov. 

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Shashi 

ॐ नमः शिवाय

Om Namah Shivaya

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