More blog events
Blogger events are also upcoming, next to communities. In every niche, bloggers come together to network and exchange knowledge. In addition, brands also organize blogger events like they used to organize press events. If enough people with relevant online influence come to your product launch, then your promotion is going well. Some examples of blogger (or vlogger) events:
TBEX : international travel event for travel bloggers and writers,
Meet the blogger : Dutch initiative for interior and lifestyle bloggers, in Amsterdam, London and Stockholm. The 5th event will take place on October 1st in the Westergasfabriek, with sponsors such as vtwonen and Dyson;
The Hive : blogger event in Berlin for European lifestyle bloggers, organized for the 2nd time this year with sponsors such as Canon and Etsy;
Vidcon , a conference in Los Angeles for YouTube creators. It's the 4th time it was held, it started with 1200 people and now already 12,000 visitors!
Spin offs are the beauty-con and the YouTube Gathering in our own trade fair with 1500 visitors.
Other networks
In the Netherlands, a number of other networks have also been launched in singapore mobile phone number list the past year, including voomm . Fashion and beauty bloggers can join voomm by invitation. They will then receive, among other things, the voomm box, which contains products to review.
Also I love fashionbloggers is a new initiative that shows feeds of upcoming and established fashion bloggers. In addition to the above networks, there are also a number of media agencies that function as a network for bloggers such as Advice, Blogmij, Adfactor, Adfab and Hot pink Media. Abroad you have for example Nowmanifest, an initiative of fashion blogger Elin Kling, Blogher, Stylehaul. And Big Frame for YouTubers. For more information see this slideshare:
Future of blogging/vlogging
Just like in America, more and more blog/vlog networks will emerge that go further into the niche. In addition, video is booming business for creators, followers and of course brands. In the Netherlands, we are still far from the level of America in terms of numbers and especially quality, but we are going to make progress here, just like many bloggers now also master photography well.
I am very curious about your opinions on communities, paid blogging and vlogging and what you see for the future!