FinCon: Finance, Blogging, and New Media
A peer conference for financial bloggers. Learn to blog and discover the latest trends in the financial world.
Whether you saw Adam Baker’s inspiring and entertaining address in person at FinCon12, or this is the first time you’ve encountered the founder of Man vs. Debt and the producer of “I’m Fine, Thanks,” this is a great time to revisit the energy and enthusiasm he brought to last year’s opening keynote. This will whet [...]
Welcome to the first episode of the Financial Blogger Podcast. This video and audio podcast will feature interviews with today’s prominent financial bloggers. The goal is to learn what makes them tick, and how they do what they do. This is available in MP3 format as well as live (every other Friday), as well as [...]
Donna Freeman is an award-winning career journalist who currently writes for MSN Money, Get Rich Slowly, and Surviving and Thriving. At FinCon12, she shared her expert views on using authentic voice in blogging to draw in readers. Here are her suggestions: Follow along with Donna’s slides below: The Importance of Voice in Your Writing – [...]
I hope you are enjoying the holidays. Here’s our video recap of FinCon12. Kick back and enjoy this quick video showing what went down at the last conference. We’re busy planning FinCon13 and hope to have some details (and tickets to sell) in early 2013. As good as FinCon12 was, I know we can make [...]
Kelly Whalen knows a little bit about finding a blog/life balance. This mother of four is the founder of The Centsible Life, and a principal at the digital marketing firm Splash Creative Media. She also manages to answer emails promptly with the greatest of ease, stay connected through Facebook and Twitter, and find time for [...]
According to Janet Stauble, social media communications manager for Bankrate.com, social media is to blogging as coffee shops are to coffee. You may have the greatest brew or content out there, but if there is no social gathering place or community available for the public to enjoy your product, it’s going to be a lot [...]
For many bloggers, the idea of maximizing Search Engine Optimization can be a frightening proposition–scarier than any Halloween ghost, goblin, or zombie apocalypse. But even if the letters SEO make your hair stand on end and your blood run cold, Greg Go of Wise Bread can help you overcome your fear. In this video from [...]
The 3rd Annual Plutus Awards ceremony took place on Thursday night, September 6, 2012. It was huge hit. Flexo did an excellent job of organizing the event and working with the committee to ensure that everything went off without a hitch. Kevin McKee was the emcee for the evening and kicked off the ceremony with [...]
I’ve got some more recaps for you, including a few “big” media mentions. First up, here’s some coverage we got from the very cool Sandra from SmartCookies.com who featured saving tips from top bloggers on her weekly segment with FOX Denver’s Everyday. Featured in the segment were Liz Weston, J.D. Roth, Adam Baker (ManVsDebt.com), Carrie [...]
I’m still catching my breath from a fantastic weekend in Denver, but plenty of bloggers have covered their weekend in Denver at #FinCon12 on their blogs. Here’s a sampling of some of the first I’m seeing: First, this great video from Jeff Rose of Good Financial Cents who asks the “why” behind our blogs: The [...]
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]
