Friday, November 14, 2014

Bupa 2014 blog awards function...

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Yesterday I attended the Bupa 2014 blog awards function...


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I didn't win any awards - and honestly would have been astounded if I had, there were some amazing blogs amongst the finalists! I had a wonderful morning, met lots of lovely bloggers and enjoyed a very nice lunch


The lovely Tash from Beachsidemumma blog was my date!


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A definite highlight was meeting the lovely Carly from Tune into Radio Carly - we have followed each other's blogs for 5 years, so it felt a little bit like a reunion with a long-lost friend

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The day was a bit of a new experience for me, I have never been to a blog event before, and have no idea how to "work the room" in that sort of circumstance - if it had been a work function, I would have been fine! Luckily I found some lovely bloggers to chat with over lunch (including Stace from A Healthy Mum and her beyond-words-adorable little boy!)


It was such a wonderful experience to hear Sally Obermeder tell her story, I was hard-pressed to avoid shedding a few tears to be quite honest! I will henceforth aim to be my own cheerleader

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There was a lot of "blog networking" going on, and discussions on how to market or "monetize" one's blog, which was a foreign concept to me. Honestly, I am constantly surprised that people even read this little blog, I could not ever imagine taking it "to the next level", as we heard about from one of the speakers. It obviously works for some, but I lack to tech savy, amongst other things. Don't quit your day job is my motto hahaha 


Thank you all so much for voting and supporting me, I was so lucky to be involved, it was a fantastic event!

xoxo

3 comments:

  1. Love your outfit and congrats for being nominated!
    SSG xxx

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  2. Awesome! Did you meet Renee? I think she won her category.

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  3. Congratulations Cate!!! Looks like a fun event :)

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