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Wise people always say, “Never be the smartest person in the room,” so we’ve got that covered!!
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The blogs blend humor, storytelling, and insightful commentary about the experience of attending top-industry events as an outsider trying to learn. I document what is said (and not said).
City of Seattle Reverse Vendor Trade Show, 2024
TLDR: A firsthand account of attending Seattle's government-run reverse vendor trade show, where city departments and agencies recruit small businesses for contracting and consulting opportunities. Key discoveries included free-tuition trade school programs with guaranteed jobs, SBA resources, and the importance of showing up prepared with a clear pitch.
DIY-Business, Building a Blog for You and Your Business Seminar, 2024
TLDR: Notes from an early-morning Zoom seminar on building a blog for business, covering niche selection, monetization strategies like affiliate marketing and AdSense, and using AI as a proofreader rather than a ghostwriter. The session emphasized that blogging success comes from personality, consistency, and solving specific problems for a targeted audience.
Evaluators Conference, 2024
TLDR: An outsider's look at the world of college credential evaluators -- the professionals who decide if credits transfer, military experience counts, and graduation requirements are met. The conference revealed a field struggling with inconsistent crosswalk systems between institutions and rallied attendees to send unified feedback to state and federal boards.
KEDA Fall Forum “Celebrating Small Businesses”, 2024
TLDR: A waterfront small business forum highlighting the massive economic opportunity of FIFA World Cup 2026 coming to Seattle, with 750,000 projected attendees and viewership that dwarfs the Super Bowl. Speakers also covered food entrepreneurship, brand-building archetypes, business exit strategies, and small business financing through SBA loans.
Engage in Digital Marketing Conference 2024
TLDR: A packed digital marketing conference covering advanced SEO tactics, crawl budget realities, knowledge graphs, glossary pages as authority builders, and social media content strategy. Key revelations included that Google ignores "Page 2" content, reused or AI-generated images hurt rankings, and 45% of American workers want to quit their jobs.
Kelly at Conventions - Redefined, 2024
TLDR: A meta-post formalizing the blog's new structured approach to covering conferences and events. It introduces the rating system for venue, food, speaker content, networking, and likelihood to return, and explains how each post blends industry notes with personal commentary on business, economics, and media.
Gaming Convention, 2024
TLDR: A sprawling 10-floor gaming convention featuring live Tekken competitions, massive Nintendo exhibits, indie games, and immersive brand experiences. While the scale and energy were impressive, the post calls for more wholesome, educational games in the industry and critiques the prevalence of dark, violent, and oversexualized content aimed at young audiences.
“Mars’ Society” Conference, 2024
TLDR: A serendipitous trip to a Mars-themed mixer turned into a 2.5-day conference covering space technology, bone loss in zero gravity, mapping Mars for greenhouses, and global cooperation for planetary innovation. The event championed an abundance mindset -- working together across nations to explore and preserve humanity rather than fighting over limited Earth resources.
Digital Marketing and Online Sales Conference
TLDR: A digital marketing and ecommerce conference focused on website optimization, cart abandonment solutions, and shipping return innovations. Key takeaways included the power of follow-up emails for abandoned carts, the importance of sub-3-second site load times, and how streamlined refund interfaces can boost customer satisfaction and repeat sales.
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