Thank you for helping us choose the Breakout Sessions for the 2008 Wine Bloggers Conference. We will have two separate time slots and each time slot will have up to four separate breakout sessions. So, we will have eight total sessions, from which you can choose two to attend.
Right now, we need your help choosing the breakout session topics. Here's what you can do:
1) Vote for those topics below you would be likely to attend (vote for a maximum of five).
2) Comment on session topics if you have suggestions or questions.
3) Suggest new topics for others to vote on.
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37 votes
Increasing Visitors to Your Blog
How did the most highly-visited wine blogs get to where they are now? Learn from a panel of successful bloggers.
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32 votes
Making Money From Your Blog
Hear from industry experts and leading bloggers on what works and what doesn’t in trying to make money from your blog.
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27 votes
Wine Blogger Credibility
What impact and what credibility do wine bloggers currently have? Can this be measured in readers, advertising dollars, or affect on wine sales? Learn from PhD student Tracy Rickman, who will discuss her current thesis on wine blogging credibility and impact on consumer decision making.
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26 votes
Beyond Blogging
How can you go beyond blogging and use other technologies and new media to provide value, increase visitors to your site, or grow sales?
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24 votes
Blogging for Your Wine Business
How to use your blog to grow your winery or other wine business.
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23 votes
Changing the Wine Industry Through Blogging
Instead of simply blogging about wine, why not help bring change to the industry by blogging about topics such as legal impediments to shipping, how the internet is affecting wine marketing, and how small wineries can profit by selling wine direct to consumers?
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18 votes
Winery - Blogger Cooperation
How can wine bloggers and wineries best work together? A group discussion facilitated by one blogger and one winery.
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15 votes
Increasing the Impact of Wine Blogging
Should wine bloggers unite to increase the impact of wine blogging? If so, how?
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14 votes
Ethics in Blogging
A moderated discussion of the role of ethics in wine blogging, including a review of the proposed Blogger Code of Ethics.
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3 votes
Environmental Aspects of the Wine Industry
What is the wine industry doing now and should it do in the future to address environmental concerns?
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0 votes
