{Warning picture extensive}
Last Saturday (September 17, 2011) was indeed a monumental event in the Pinoy blogosphere – the first ever Blogapalooza event was held and it was indeed a blast. DJ Vince Vilongco of When in Manila and his team were able to bring 50 business + 150 bloggers with different niche under one roof. The name of the venue 5F Fully Booked was not only fully booked but oh-so over booked. Spotted are techie, foodies, fashion, events, advocacy/political and other different niche blogs…..i belong to the mommy bloggers group.
I love the idea of business to bloggers concept of marketing. It has been widely accepted in the US that bloggers are now part of the new media, somehow their clout and influence are now widely accepted. The concept was actually the first of its kind here in the philippines.
The first ever Blogapalooza was indeed a resounding success. It is a win-win situation for all the participants – bloggers and business alike. The business participants were all able to introduce their products to the bloggers thru this meet, they give various samplers and products for the bloggers to have a taste of their products and for brand recall. In return, all the blogger participants who were all hyphed by the event will write not only their social networking experience, but their products as well,
Did the blogapalooza event serve the purpose, my answer will be a resounding yesssss……for an organizers who are not really into events, this is actually a feat. Fully Booked venue was true to its name, it was indeed fully booked that time.
Business presenters was able to innovate the way on how they will present their products in just 5 minutes to sell their brands/products. Bloggers by nature has short attention span hehehhe ADHD syndrome, that presenters should really find ways to innovate and catch our attention before we volt in and group into ourselves hehhehe….Likewise, Different brands and products were generous enough to give us a taste of what they offer thru samples, freebies and gift certificates.
Here are some of the snapshots of the event chronicled on pics:
Brown Pinay with DJ Vince (Blogapalooza Organizer) from When in Manila)
Blogapalooza 2011-where business and bloggers meet
Thanks to the food & refreshment sponsors who keeps us full: Healthy First, Italianni’s, Aqua Best and Size Matters Flame Grilled Sausage Burgers
Blogapalooza Swags
It really is interesting to see how the force of the Pinoy blogosphere has evolved.
But of course apart from the organizers, this event would not be successful without the generous business who were been bold and brave to explore the possibility that they can tap bloggers as part of their advertising and marketing campaign. {I will create separate posts re: some of the products which had caught my fancy during the event}
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**Photo credits : some photos are grabbed with permission from: Nuts of More Than Just a Stay At Home Mom
Hi, Brown Pinay, congrats on joining the first ever blogapalooza here in the Philippines. I didn’t know that there are soooooooooooo many Pinoy bloggers. I actually wanted to start blogging, I just couldn’t find the time to do so. But it’s a promise to myself and I’m gonna keep that promise.
By the way, really cool freebies. Lucky you!
Looks like you had a great party with all the bloggers and great enjoyment. Good to know that a lot of bloggers were get together in a place. These occasions are really important to have a great relationship between people who writes different, think different. That day is not so far that blogging will become an official business worldwide.
that was awesome! so many products to review hehe, i was not able to register on time for that event, it’s either I am not online or online but busy doing something else and was not able to check on notifs waaa. naiwan na naman ako sa pansitan huhu
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Hope to see yah around Joy, be there sa EB ha
It was so nice hanging out with you again sis Cielo! Namiss ko ang kabaklaan mo hahaha. *Hugs* Can’t wait to hang out with yah again
I think you got more loots than we did! And I love what you did here for the businesses who were there.
I enjoy being with U and Ken….and mas madami ba akong lootss….waaa baka di ko naramdaman nanguha ang ate nyo dun hahahha
This post is awesome!I think you got more a lot than we did..Thank you for sharing keep it up!
Hola Brown Pinay , Been following your blog for some time now , have to say how impressed i am with the number and quality of companies you have managed to get together to support your blogapalooza.Awesome job
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You sure did warn us about the pictures.
Mouth watering food.
It sure does look like a lot of fun, I wish I could attend every one of these events. I haven’t been to the Philippines but I’ve heard that you guys can really cook some good food.
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