FinCon: Finance, Blogging, and New Media
A peer conference for financial bloggers. Learn to blog and discover the latest trends in the financial world.
Jemstep is giving one lucky blogger a free ticket to #FinCon13. If you already have your #FinCon13 ticket, they will reimburse you. All you need to do is head over to this post and “Like” Jempstep on Facebook using their Rafflecopter widget. That’s it. The deadline to enter is May 24, 2013 at 11:59 pm [...]
The #FinCon12 Twitter hash tag was probably THE primary tool we used to reach active and potential attendees, partners, and press. We used it in every blog post, press release, tweet, and I even plastered it all over the main stage at the conference. Still, at #FinCon12 itself I was surprised to see “#FinCon12″ trending [...]
This is a guest post that comes from Ally, the Platinum sponsor for FinCon12. In 2010, Ally Bank launched the Straight Talk blog, as well as our Facebook page and Twitter feed. We built these communities to bring better banking to our customers by using the Web to talk straight about the financial issues that [...]
Details about our evening events are starting to come in. GoBankingRates.com will host the official Friday night happy hour at #FinCon12. Here are the details: Venue: Tarantula Billiards – 1520 Stout Street. (Corner of 15th & Stout) Date: Friday, September 7th 6-8 All #FinCon12 attendees welcome Appetizers and drink tickets will be provided PF Olympics [...]
GoBankingRates.com will be sponsoring an evening event again this year and they plan on using the event to announce the winners of a community-wide project, the PF Olympics, that you will want to be a part of. Here’s more… FinCon and GoBankingRates.com are teaming up to honor the best personal finance experts in the industry. [...]
This is a special post from Jenna at Adaptu, who shares her experience as a sponsor of last year’s conference. With #FinCon12 just three months away, the Adaptu team has been gearing up for another great conference experience. While all this preparation is happening around the office, I find myself reflecting often on just how [...]
FinCon12 is still three and half months away but we’ve already sold out of bronze level (exhibitor) spots. We started the year with twelve bronze level slots available, and all have been snatched up by generous companies looking to connect with financial bloggers. Bronze level sponsors each get a 6′ table and 2 chairs to [...]
Vinoo Vijay is the Global Brand & Product Marketing Executive at Ally. He will be giving a talk entitled, “Industry Perspective from Ally Bank” during the conference. I’m looking forward to hearing what he has to say to our group. I thought it would be a good idea to do a little Q&A with Vinoo [...]
The 2011 Financial Blogger Conference promises to be an incredible opportunity to meet and network with like-minded peers and professionals. But with more than 200 attendees, including some of the industry’s most successful bloggers, authors and finance companies, how are you supposed to find the time to sit and chat with them all? Go Banking [...]
Who: Financial bloggers, financial professionals, columnist, authors, financial companies, new media types.
What: FinCon is a four day conference designed to bring together the best of the financial blogging community for networking and learning. Read more...
When: October 17-20, 2013
Where: Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch [Book for $119/night]
