Blogstock Festival

Heading to London for just a few days it was a pleasant surprise for us to attend Blogstock 2015 hosted in beautiful Aldenham Country Park. As the world's first blogging festival creative minds converged to learn, share, network and party. We were fortunate enough to catch up with old friends and meet up with people we've known for years online face to face for the first time. We also had the opportunity to speak on a couple of panels related to YouTube and other video publishing platforms. Overall, it was a great event and next time we'll bring our tents to enjoy the entire three day experience.
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Bloggers we interviewed (in order of appearance):
1) Elizabeth Sellers -
2) Raj Dhokia -
3) Macca Sherifi -
4) Brenna Holeman -
5) Paul Dow -
Blogstock Festival Travel Video Transcript:
Alright, so this morning we are off to a festival. It is called Blogstock. And as you can guess from the name it is a blogging festival. So we're just heading over there. It is taking place in a park just north of London. And yeah, the weather isn't really cooperating but hopefully it'll get sunnier later on in the day.
Alright, so we've arrived at Blog Stock. I've had my hot cacao so I'm all warmed up. And now we're going to give you a little tour of the place.
What are your sort of like top tips for a startup Youtuber?
Okay, my top tip would probably have to do with SEO. I see a lot of people who don't write a proper title for their video. They don't include any tags. They don't have a description. And you have don't have the audience on your channel yet and you want people to start finding you your video needs to rank when they're searching for the best beaches in Thailand. Or you know, the best restaurants in New York City. So do really good SEO on your videos so that you'll show up in the searches, people will find your channel and maybe if they like what they see they'll end up subscribing. So good SEO can help grow your audience. Even though SEO is kind of boring and some don't want to learn about it.
Your favorite thing about Blogstock?
If I had to narrow it down to just one favorite thing it was networking with other bloggers and brands in the same industry as us. There is so many creative people doing amazing things. It is great to get to know them as individuals and to see what they're doing in terms of projects.
And what was your most memorable experience from blogstock?
I think getting to talk about YouTube and video just because it is something I really enjoy and I wish more people would try making YouTube videos. So that was a lot of fun.
Paul, so tell us why should people come to blogstock?
If you're a blogger you should come to blogstock because there is lots of different sessions from different niches where you can learn all about blogging obviously. Instagram, photography. You can learn about how to make money from your blog. How to be more professional. How to pitch.
All sorts of different sessions. We also have lots of varied sessions so some stuff is more inspirational as well. Like how to conquer your fears and live life to the full. That kind of stuff.
And we have some great food. Some wood-fire pizza. A great bar. Also craft beer and lots of different things going on. We've got fancy castle going on, lots of fun games. Yeah, it's great so come along, camp for the weekend and it is loads of fun.
This is part of our Travel in England series. We're making a series of videos showcasing English culture, English arts, English foods, English religion, English cuisine and English people.
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All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).
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