WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 |
Writing Workshop – Don George
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2015 |
Writing Workshop – Don George
Opening Night Party
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015 |
WELCOME & OPENING KEYNOTE
9:15am – 10:30am
Opening & Announcements:
Rick Calvert
Anton Diaz
BREAKOUTS
10:50am – 11:40am
Content | Commerce | Community | TBEX Business | TBEX Business |
Dare To Be Different! (Or… How NOT To Travel Blog Like Everyone Else) | Statistics & Numbers: What Matters and Why | Welcome to TBEX: Tips for First Timers | How to Use Blogger Bridge | Everything You Know About Millennials Is Wrong |
Evo Terra | Yara Paoli | Amber Hoffman | Chris Christensen | Matt Ridings |
BREAKOUTS
12:00pm – 12:50pm
Content | Commerce | Community | TBEX Business | TBEX Business |
Everything You Wanted To Know About Photography But Were Afraid To Ask | Creating Business(es) From Your Blog: Finding the Revenue Model that Works for You | Leveraging Responsible Tourism for trust in your brand | Why Conversations are the Most Important Metric in Travel | The latest PR tips for pitching, FAMs and blogger outreach |
Gary Arndt | Jeff Dobbins | Diana Edelman Ethan Gelber Ian Ord |
Scott Eddy | Leif Pettersen |
LUNCH
1:00pm – 2:30pm
BREAKOUTS
2:30pm – 3:20pm
Content | Commerce | Community | TBEX Business | TBEX Business |
How to Win Readers and Make Money: The Power of SEO | Productivity Tools to get the job done every day | The Power of Pinterest: How to drive traffic from Pinterest and expand your reach | The Travel Consumer’s Journey: The Role of Content in Consumer Travel Decisions | |
Sharon Gourlay | Tammilee Tillison | Natalie DiScala Jennifer Weatherhead Harrington | Sara Meaney |
SPEED NETWORKING
3:40pm – 5:40pm
EVENING EVENT
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2015 |
KEYNOTE
9:00am – 10:15am
BREAKOUTS
10:35am – 11:25am
Content | Commerce | Community | TBEX Business | TBEX Business |
The Art & Heart of Storytelling | How to Create an Affililiate System in Your Travel Niche | Creating a Travel Community: Should Bloggers Compete or Cooperate? | How to Start Working with Bloggers to Build Campaigns That Get Results | The Art of Crisis Management through PR and Social Media |
Don George | Yeison Kim Samantha Wei |
Engin Kaban | Katie Hammel Alexandra Baackes |
Andrew Chow |
BREAKOUTS
11:45am – 12:30pm
Content | Commerce | Community | TBEX Business | TBEX Business |
Why Now is the Time to Start a Podcast | The Antifragile Blogger: Increasing Your Monthly Earnings Through Multiple Income Streams | The State of travel Blogging in Asia | Turning a Critical Eye To Your Travel Website | How DMCs and Tourist Boards Can Creative Successful Blogger Trips |
Nathaniel Boyle Chris Christensen Sheila Dee |
Tim Leffel | Mariellen Ward Jade JohnstonMaggie Wu |
Mitch Canter | Michael Collins |
LUNCH
12:30pm – 1:45pm
BREAKOUTS
1:45pm – 2:35pm
Content | Commerce | Community | TBEX Business | TBEX Business |
Tips for Improving Your Travel Portraits | Always Be Selling: How Sales Skills Can Help You Build a Business | How to Double Your Instagram Following | How Destinations and Brands Can Work with Blogger to Create Content | Scaling the Boutique: How to do Big Business in Deep Travel |
Lola Akinmade Akerstrom | Lee Abbamonte | Beth Williams | Dileep Mudadeniya Jens hTraenhart |
Lily Heise |
SPEED NETWORKING
2:50pm – 4:40pm
KEYNOTE & CLOSING SESSION
5:15pm – 6:30pm
Closing & Announcements: Rick Calvert
Farewell Party
7:00PM – 11:30PM
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 |