The Book Broads

Mid-Island Business Blender – Think of it as speed-dating for your business. You get access to four consultants in a single event, one-on-one! BLOGGING – PUBLICITY – SOCIAL MEDIA – PODCASTING – eBOOKS – WORDPRESS – All blended into one day. Event takes place on Saturday, June 26th at Origins (6205 Oliver Road) from 9 to 4 pm. Book your spot at http://midislandbusinessblender2010.eventbrite.com/.

We’re excited to have Lantzville resident,  George Plumley, who is a WordPress specialist and blogging expert, giving his WordPress blogging workshop in the main room (3 hours plus to focus on websites). Then, in the breakout areas attendees have a chance to have mini-consulting sessions (one-on-one) with publicity chick and Lantzville resident, Kimberly Plumley, social media Mamma, Angela Crocker and e-Book and affiliate marketing geek, Peggy Richardson.

In less than 7 hours you will have a whole new outlook, clarity on where to spend your time, fresh ideas to rejuvenate your idea, project and product, tools to explore… and the guts to make it happen.

George Plumley, author of Wordpress 24-Hour Trainer (Wiley) is available for interviews to talk about websites, blogging, the Mid-Island Business Blender, his new book all about improving websites and what a great wife I am, please contact Kimberly Plumley at Publicity Mavens at 250-390-9285 or via email at kim@publicitymavens.com.

There’s a lot of information out there about using new technologies to promote businesses, but how do you actually apply it to your business, your needs?

Getting specific is the goal of a new type of marketing workshop developed by three local consultants.  The Mid-Island Business Blender takes place on June 26th in Nanaimo and it aims to give participants unparalleled access to information in four key areas of marketing today:  blogging, social media, publicity, and e-book publishing.

Peggy Richardson, Angela Crocker, and Kimberly Plumley – who also work collectively as The Book Broads – have each conducted and been to numerous business workshops, but one of the limitations of the typical workshop is that information is very general.  They wanted a way for owners to sit down and talk one on one with a variety of marketing experts as well as participate in a small group workshop.

Enter speed-dating.  The Book Broads say the idea of talking one on one with a variety of people in a single evening seemed like the perfect format for a business function, and that’s when the Business Blender idea was formed.

A small number of participants is divided into two groups.  One group spends half a day in a workshop setting, where the limited seats allows for specific questions, while the other group spends twenty minutes one on one with three different consultants as well as working individually at special training stations for various technologies.  Half way through the day the two groups switch.

The result is that participants have plenty of opportunity to get specific ideas for moving their business forward, while covering a lot of ground in one session.

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