This weekend I had the great pleasure of attending my first BrightonSEO event - a twice-yearly gathering of the great and the good (and definitely the geeky) from the SEO and digital marketing world.
I attend quite a lot of conferences within the Joomla community, but it's not often that I head to a conference in a venue I've never visited, with a community I've not really engaged with before. Needless to say, being a wheelchair user going into unfamiliar territory by myself can be a little daunting!
Exhibiting at an exhibition or conference for the first time can be quite a daunting prospect - especially if you're a new start-up business or presenting a concept for the first time. You'll probably be bouncing between exhilaration and exhaustion for most of the day, but hopefully these top tips will ensure you make it through to the end of the event!
Picture the scene .. just about to leave work, quickly checking something on a client's Majestic report, when suddenly I discovered Majestic had launched a whole new element of fun on what is usually, let's face it, a pretty nerdy platform where SEO folk crunch some serious numbers about how well a website is performing or what problems there might be with links coming into or going out from a website.
Small businesses are often heavily reliant on their marketing - particularly in the early stages - for generating interest, reaching out to potential leads, and keeping your message in front of their eyes.
Sometimes I find there are annoying little things that I don't know how to fix on my Linux systems, but aren't THAT bothersome that I can be bothered to dig a bit deeper and to find the answer .. setting icons for custom desktop shortcuts is one of those.
Being British has it's advantages. Tea, for one thing, is something I really miss when I'm travelling the world ... good old fashioned tea the way my mum makes it just can't be found! And hobnob biscuits ... mmmmm!
There are some tendencies which aren't so great though, one of which is carrying on in the face of adversity, pushing through difficult times, and coming out the other side better for it. I say this isn't so great, because what happens if the other side never comes?
Today's quote from 'Meditations for women who do too much' is:
"You need to claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality."
~ Flonda Scott Maxwell
A while ago, a good friend of mine gave me a lovely book of hers, slightly in jest but also out of compassion, at my busyness and tendency to do too much, called 'Meditations for women who do too much' by Anne Wilson Schaef.
