Amazon Home sponsored an afternoon keynote with authors Sara and Rich Combs on their new book AT HOME IN JOSHUA TREE.BookSparks x Macmillan Audio hosted a pool-side audiobook tent each day where attendees could relax and listen to hot new audiobooks like ANNA K voiced by Glee actress Jenna Ushkowitz and Alicia Key’s autobiography MORE MYSELF.Tons of panels, solo talks, workshops, and roundtables on how to setup and run a blog, SEO best practices and increasing blog traffic, making money from your blog, and growing social media that would be helpful to any book blogger or social media influencer on BookTube or Bookstagram.Some of the ones I attended included topics like: “So You Want to Self-Publish,” “How to Write Your First E-book and Sell it on Pinterest,” “Making Money Monthly-the Power of Subscription” (taught by the gals who own bookish box subscription company LitJoy Crate), and “Book Marketing 101: How to be Your own Publicist.” Writing/Book Themed Workshops: There was at least one and usually two writing or book-themed workshops each day taught by writers, agents, and/or publishers.Some of the ones I attended included topics like: “Writing a Book-From Pitch to Published,” “Everything you Wanted to Know About Publishing a Book,” and “Traditional vs. Writing/Book Themed Panels: There was at least one and usually two writing or book-themed panels each day taught by writers, agents, and/or publishers.Now let’s get down to the stuff I did that bloggers and also writers would be into. Additionally, there are also tons of other “nonlearning” things to do during the day like shop at the bookstore and pop-up shops, meet-ups, happy hours, sponsor dinners, and even a 90’s dance party. There are so many different things to do each day from panels on a variety of topics (taught by a group of people), to solo talks (one speaker), roundtables (one or two speakers at table with a small group to make it more intimate), workshops (hands-on classes on things like photography and arts & crafts), and one-to-ones (where you can sign up to work with an expert). The 2020 conference I attended began Sunday evening and ended on Thursday though you can pick and choose what days to attend. Palm Springs is filled with beautiful, colorful hotels like the Saguaro Hotel, fantastic restaurants, pools, hiking, and gorgeous nature abounds (Joshua Tree, for example, is only a short drive away). Alt Summit takes place every year in the spring, usually in Palm Springs (California), which is blogger heaven. To be fair, this is not a conference only for bloggers or writers but for all entrepreneurs and creatives-mostly female. Are you looking for a blogger or writer conference to attend? I’m sharing all the best secrets and tips I learned and what I wore at my first Alt Summit conference.
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