I’m Moderating the “Your Social Media Solar System” Panel at BlogHer Handmade

BlogHer is coming to the Twin Cities! BlogHer Handmade is the one-day social media pre-conference for The Creative Connection.

I’ll be moderating a panel called Your Social Media Solar System.

Website, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Etsy, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. The social media universe keeps expanding, and most of us swing between thinking we obviously must use every single tool and app out there to raise our profile and thinking that it’s all a waste of time without any return on the investment of our time and energy. The answer may be to choose one or two platforms to be the sun in your social media solar system and let all of the other tools and apps and channels be the planets and satellites that revolve around your primary platform. This panel will review the various social media opportunities and their strengths and weaknesses as a vehicle to feature your crafty work.

I’m not crafty or DIY at all, but I do know my social media tools. I’m looking forward to presenting Kathy Cano-Murillo, Nancy Malay, and Stacie Tamaki who will help other creative geeks and geeky creatives figure out what’s out there, what to do with it, and why they should bother.

I attended BlogHer in 2006 and 2007, the second and third years of that conference. Those events were a turning point in my life in some ways, so I’m happy to help out and give back.