Tag Archives: BlogPaws

What Would a Responsible Conference Organizer (or Friend) Do?

By Edie Jarolim | Published: September 16, 2011
I really didn’t want to write this post. I hate pet world politics and I like to keep things positive. And I both admire and like the organizers of the BlogPaws conference personally and professionally; I’ve been extremely grateful in the past for the support I’ve gotten from them for my blog and my book, [...]
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The BlogPaws Pet Bloggers Conference, Unplugged

By Edie Jarolim | Published: July 24, 2011
Did you ever meet a couple of like-minded professionals and think, “We ought to put on an event together?” That’s not precisely how Caroline Golon, Tom Collins, and Yvonne DiVita started BlogPaws, a series of conferences and a community for pet bloggers, but it’s pretty darned close. Perhaps the lesson to be learned from the [...]
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Will My Dog Hate Me: The State of the Blog 1/10/11

By Edie Jarolim | Published: January 10, 2011
As promised — the Pet Blogger Challenge! If you’re here and you’ve already written a post answering the questions that Amy of GoPetFriendly.com and I posted last week, simply add the url to the Linky tool, below. If you haven’t written it yet but are inspired to do so, get cracking. You have until 11:59 [...]
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Paying BlogPaws Forward: Being the Change

By Edie Jarolim | Published: April 16, 2010
This is going to be quick, because explaining what today’s “Be the Change” challenge is all about is better left to BlogPaws, the organization where it all started. And also because I want others to know that even if they’re busy and broke — guilty on both counts! — they can still help. First, there’s [...]
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BlogPaws, the (Partial) Poop

By Edie Jarolim | Published: April 11, 2010
I came, I talked, I learned. And I was inspired. For those who missed BlogPaws, the first pet blogger’s conference, I’m happy to report it was a huge success. I don’t have all the stats about how many attended — a big ballroomful, for sure — or how much money was raised for pet charities [...]
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WMDHM: Greatest Hits of the Dog Dressing Phase

By Edie Jarolim | Published: April 5, 2010
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a year since I started this blog, on April 12, 2009. Whenever I’m tempted to think that I’m not where I wanted to be at this point, which is fairly often, I remind myself of a few things: I had no clear idea of where I wanted to [...]
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