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Let's Team Up Again for Oklahoma!

We're still gathering info and have been in touch with Dr. V and WorldVets about coordinating a Blogger Disaster Response Network effort to help the people and pets in OK, so we'll be updating as often as possible here. Meanwhile, if you haven't already joined, here's an intro and message from Dr. V about the ongoing initiative.

Watch for updates.

BlogPaws 2013 Is Over... Now What?

Guest post by Blog Manager Robbi Hess

For everyone who attended BlogPaws, I imagine it was a whirlwind of networking, knowledge-filled sessions from great speakes, meeting new friends, reconnecting with old friends and pawtying until all hours! But now you're back home, the luggage is unpacked, the swag is being distributed to your furiends and you have a stack of business cards in your hand. What do you do now? 

Here are my best tips for making the most of those connections, keeping in touch and building on the momentum started by your attendance at BlogPaws 2013: 

• Follow up. If you received a business card, send an email as a quick way to touch base. Use the subject line to remind them where you met. If you remember what you'd talked about, bring that up in the email. If you have a product or service to sell, don't do that in your initial email... use that first email contact as a way to build the relationship. 

Taking Twitter Beyond a Tweet

Taking Twitter beyond a tweet sounds too be good to be true, but if you ask Toby Bloomberg about it, she knows it can be done.

Through examples and our session conversation Toby will explore on how 140 characters can help you meet your communication goals when she hosts a session on Saturday, May 18, at BlogPaws in Tysons Corner, Virginia. As you plan the sessions of interest for this sold out event, here's what to expect from Toby's class:

How to Make Money Pet Blogging

If you want to make money pet blogging, then coming to the BlogPaws Conference is pivotal to your goals. If you can't make it, be sure to be a part of our online commuity and BlogPaws Pet Blogger Network.

For those attending the BlogPaws 2013 sold out Conference, Susan Getgood has a treat for you. In her Saturday morning session, Susan plans to tackle "VIP Influencer Marketing." Here's the inside scoop:

Copyright Law for Bloggers

Did that above title catch your attention? It should because it is a very important topic, and one that all bloggers should have an understanding of or about.

Paul Jorgensen, Washington, D.C., will be on hand for this year's sold-out BlogPaws Conference, where he will be dishing all about Copyright Law for bloggers. Here's what to expect:

Foundations of Reporting for Pet Bloggers

How cool would it be if someone could teach pet bloggers what we really need to know about being a pet reporter, from the foundation on up? Robin Bisha is the lady to fit that bill: She's teaching a session in "Foundations of Reporting for Pet Bloggers" at the now sold-out 2013 BlogPaws Conference.

In addition to her teaching duties, she's also leading the charge with pre-breakfast yoga on both Friday and Saturday - and yoga is pet friendly, so bring your furry family member along!

Here's what you can expect at Robin's session this year:

How to Get More Blog Traffic with Email Marketing

If you blog, what is one thing you forever wish for and we all could really use on a regular basis? Readers, right?

Crystal Gouldey of Perkasie (about an hour from Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, knows a thing or two about how to get more readers. Through the magic of email marketing, she will be showing folks at BlogPaws how this tool can work in their favor as well.

Here's what Crystal shared with BlogPaws in advance of her session at BlogPaws' sold out conference:

Wordless Wednesday: BlogPaws Eve

Cuba says, "Raise your paw if you are going to the sold-out BlogPaws 2013 Conference!!"

Cuba is the cutie pie Havanese of Bob Shaughnessy, who will be in attendance at the big 3-day conference this week in Tysons Corner, Virginia. We're sold out, so if you are a lucky ticket holder, make sure to raise a paw toward Cuba and Bob when you see them.

Also we've got the one and only Ron Trotta and Schmitty the Weather Dog with a Northern Virginia weather report. This dynamic duo will be entertaining us Thursday for the opening "kickoff" ceremonies featuring the Sony Dog Harness and its wearable point-of-view camera -- the Action Cam!!!

We're celebrating BlogPaws with the Wordless Wednesday BlogPaws Blog Hop! All pictures posted in the free BlogPaws Community are eligible to appear on this post each week.

On this eve of the BlogPaws 2013 Conference,  we encourage you to make new connections, find followers, join in the blog hop, and grow your blog.

Visit and leave comments on other blogs to make some new buddies and maybe some new followers. You can add the BlogPaws Blog Hop button to your post and/or to your blog sidebar, either by cutting and pasting the image or using the HTML code below.

Need help? Here it is: How to Join a Blog Hop - BlogPaws Tutorial




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Want to see your pet featured? Join our free BlogPaws Community and share your photos! We select our BlogPaws Wordless Wedneday pet from the photos in the community each week.

Busting Myths about Dog Behavior

This year, BlogPaws is adding a lot of new things to our already fab conference. In May, when 500 pet industry leaders, bloggers, celebs, and brands descend upon Tysons Corners, you’ll be treated to many things, one of them being the addition of Lunch Pack Leaders!

BlogPaws has a full schedule with quality speakers and topics, but we know there is always more talk about and more to learn. Our Lunch Pack Leaders have compelling topics for conversation that will be held over lunch on either Friday or Saturday.

You will have the chance to sign up at the conference starting Friday morning at the registration desk. There will be limited seating for these round table discussion lead by our experts in these tabs.

We’ve got an exclusive interview with Debbie Jacobs who happens to be an LPL (Lunch Pack Leader). Sit at Debbie's table where she’ll be dishing “Myth Busting about Dog Behavior.” Want the scoop ahead of time? Here we go:

You Started a Blog and Now What

Who amongst us hasn't felt that way? You start a blog, know that you have a passion and/or desire to write about pets in some capacity, but where to start? The way social media changes, is it any wonder so many o us just don't know how or where to start?

Jodi Stone does.

Jodi is a blogger who has been there, done that, and is coming to the BlogPaws 2013 Conference to show others where to get started and things that worked for here. Here's the inside scoop with Jodi:

After Tragedy Strikes: Blog, Rescue, and Rescue Cats Give Back

We all stopped in sudden silence as the events that occurred in Sandy Hook took place. Lives were taken and many others are forever altered. During the darkest time, there are those who reach out to give light. Robin Olson is one of them.

In her Be the Change for Pets: BlogPaws session, Robin Olsen will be the speaker on Thursday, May 16, for "After Tragedy Strikes: How a Blog, a Rescue Group & 15 Cats Helped Heal Hearts in Sandy Hook, Connecticut." We sat down with Robin to ask her what attendees can expect during her session. Here's what we found out: