Tuesday, May 1, 2012

World Bloggers Day 2012: It’s More Fun in Blogging and Social Media

Posted by Kevin Ray N. Chua on 3:30:00 PM 0 comments

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These are the simple content and social marketing tasks bloggers do after hitting the Publish button. Posting, of course, takes precedence. But for other bloggers, it can be a challenge to create an article as compelling as those we read (or sometimes frown) on top blogs with the likes of MASHABLE, TechCrunch, LifeHacker, Copyblogger, Jezebel or even Perez Hilton.

World Bloggers' Day 2011 Celebration in different countries

For newbie bloggers, it’s a challenge to connect to other bloggers via online. We know them through reading their blogs. But because of a lack of physical contact, they can still be qualified as strangers at some point.

Bringing all bloggers in one location is next to impossible. Even with the World Bloggers’ Day (WBD) that is now on its 3rd year, the ambitious individuals who started it still find it hard to connect them all.

With the varieties of bloggers who exist in the Wide, Wild World of Internet, uniting them all seems impossible. Nevertheless, the capacity of a few bloggers to gather them is never a remote possibility.

The initiators of World Bloggers Day were able to connect to different blogging communities in different countries. Even though not all countries were involved, the dream of connecting with other bloggers in different countries came true.

Collectively, World Bloggers’ Day was a success. Many blogging communities signed up as WBD chapters organized online and offline celebrations in 2011.

Starting with World Bloggers’ Day Australia, Glen Frost was able to organize an event that involved him and other bloggers in Sydney for a blogging and Internet Marketing session with a keynote speaker. With a theme: How social media is changing corporate & Government communication. How you can use Facebook, Glen Frost and other Sydney bloggers were able to push WBD in Sydney, Australia. What made this event more awesome was that Ogilvy helped him in organizing it.

At Dubai, Ion Gonzaga integrated the World Bloggers’ Day event at GeeksTalk Dubai.

Meanwhile, the Nepalese bloggers chose the World Bloggers’ Day as their platform for launching a social network for bloggers and journalists, the Mero Report (www.meroreport.net).

Bloggers from Lebanon, Singapore, Myanmar, New Zealand and Pakistan were able to join us. Although they chose to celebrate the day online using Twitter, their participation was still valuable to us in more ways that we can count.

In the Philippines, Azrael Codilla, the founder of Manila Bloggers Network, celebrated World Bloggers’ day in a mall with other bloggers. The event was pulled through thanks to the valiant effort of Azrael.

In Cebu, the Cebu Bloggers Society organized a conference session with successful executives. The keynote speaker was Wilson Ng, who entertained the bloggers with his instrumental rendition of Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance.

Executives from Yahoo Philippines and SolidHosting.ph shared their inputs about social media and internet security at the Plenary Hall of RAFI Building.

The World Bloggers Day event in Cebu was also used as the avenue for oath-taking of the newly-elected officers of Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc.

Thanks to our sponsors: Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. Bo’s Coffee and Solidhosting.ph, WBD Cebu was a success.

Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc. is still spearheading World Bloggers’ Day this year 2012. We want to make a challenge to the bloggers worldwide on how they can spend the day after announcing the event in just a short period of time. We aspire to make blogging a fun activity for bloggers with the theme:

This year 2012, the initiators of World Bloggers’ Day came up with a theme that can encourage more bloggers anywhere in the world to push their blogging passion and efforts. It’s now just about posting an article, clicking the social media buttons and connecting with other bloggers. Integrating fun in blogging is a relevant ingredient to ignite or rekindle the passion in blogging--treating the blogs not just for business but regarding a blog as a platform for rewarding enjoyment.

The proliferation and increasing relevance of social media is not a supplementary factor, but an equally significant integration in blogging.

There’s no need for an offline event to organize. We encourage the World bloggers to use the social media to connect with other bloggers, breaking the barriers that only exist in international boundaries of jurisdictions.

The 2012 World Bloggers' Day was sponsored by Diamond Suites and Residences and Tatt Awards 2012. From us in CBSi, thank you very much! :D

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Using the social media, the Earth is a vast check-in place of bloggers with dots connecting them into one big cosmos.

The opportunities are still endless for bloggers who want to make it big online. Despite the competition, one or a throng of dedicated bloggers with a stronghold for determination and success-driven personality can pull off the blogging challenges.

Join us again for world Bloggers’ Day 2012. Use the Social Media to connect with more and more bloggers from around the world.

It’s more fun in Blogging and Social Media. And that’s what we should aspire in this small yet expansive world of blogosphere.

About World Bloggers’ Day

Initiated by Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc., World Bloggers’ day is an annual blogging event that started in 2010 at Cebu, Philippines. In 2011, it expanded to other countries that included Australia, Dubai, Lebanon, Singapore, Nepal, New Zealand, Myanmar, Pakistan and South Africa. It has an initial theme of Uniting the World through Blogs. Its website is www.worldbloggersday.org.

About Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc.

Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc. is regarded an organized blogging organization in the Philippines and is the first to be SEC-registered non-profit blogging entity. All members of this blogging organization are from Cebu. Its main portal site is www.cebubloggers.com.



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