Giveaway to Influence Conference
The Dutch Braid
I’ve been blogging for about a year and a half and it’s been such a fun journey. I couldn’t have imagined the opportunities I’ve had working with other bloggers, companies, and simply establishing relationships with my readers.
One of the greatest moments throughout this time was attending Blissdom. This was a blog conference, held in nashville, that was teeming with inspiration, motivational speakers, and tons of community. I had the feeling of “these are my people” while I was there, and hope to go back to Blissdom as often as I can!
If you are a blogger, and have never been to a conference, I recommend that you go. You aren’t too big, too small, too niche, too broad, too anything to attend. There is an opportunity for any blogger to learn something and meet great people.
One of my roommates from Blissdom, Hayley from The Tiny Twig, has joined forces with two other bloggers and they are putting on a conference of their own. It’s called Influence.
It’s being held in Indianapolis in October. They have a bunch of incredible speakers attending, and I’m confident that you’ll leave inspired and refreshed.
This conference focuses on making the most of the opportunities that God has given you with your online presence, and ultimately giving Him the glory because of it.
“The Influence Conference is a fresh and stylish weekend conference, gathering Christian women to help equip them to make much of Jesus online and in their personal lives. With best-selling authors, beloved bloggers, business women and men teaching and speaking, we hope (and are already seeing!) a brand new amazing community grows up out of the conference. We’re excited to gift one of Kate’s readers with a complimentary ticket to the conference!”
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Thank you for sharing your experience in going to a conference. It sounds like it was informative and great to go to.
Maria
http://www.daintyanddecadent.com
I’m definitely interested in attending! I am a newer blogger and would greatly appreciate some outside feedback and influence!
Wow… what an awesome opportunity! I’m new to blogging but this is just what I need to spur my blog in the right direction. I would LOVE to go!
I live in Indy and am a new blogger! I would LOVE to go! Thanks for the opportunity!
I would absolutely love to go to this conference, but I’m not sure I’ll be able to afford to go. This would be an amazing opportunity to go! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
Never been to a blog conference, but have been blogging for about 7 years for friends and family. Would love to go to a conference with such a strong focus on faith and blogging!
I am SO interested in attending this conference! What a wonderful giveaway!
Hi! The logo alone makes me want to attend! I’ve never been to a blogging conf before and I’m passionate about the Good News! And good graphic design! Hahah What I’m trying to say is Pick me! Pick me!
I’m a newbie to blogging, so this would be a great opportunity!!
LilMissQueenie.blogspot.com
I’m a photographer and a foodie and I would LOVE a chance to attend this conference! I’m currently a college junior studying to be a secondary English teacher, and I would love to have a little break and go to this conference!
Oh, I have been thinking and praying about going to this conference! I would love to go!
I have been wanting to go to this since I heard about! Trusting God will make a way! Entering Now!!
I am so excited for this conference! Great giveaway
I’m a tumblr blogger! I hope I get a chance to go!
Would love a chance to go to the conference! It is a goal of mine to glorify God in all avenues of my life– even my Moving Blog!
I would LOVE to attend a conference. I am stuck in a bloggy rut and could use the help!
I think this would be a wonderful conference to attend. I am new to blogging, but love it every day! It gives me something to look forward to, and gives me an excuse to try all the things I always wanted to do ๐ I believe that God pointed me into doing something I love…so thankful.
I would love this opportunity!
I would love to attend this conference – especially because I live in Indianapolis. It would be great!
Amen and God’s Blessings to all of you striving to give God the glory!!!!!
I would LOVE to go to this conference! I’ve been thinking so much about how my voice online could be an influence to others in a positive way, even though every day is not necessarily a positive one. ๐
Also, I met you at Blissdom! You probably don’t remember, but I recognized Caroline and you were standing with her when I came up to say hello. I hate to say that I didn’t know who you were at the time, but I do love your posts now that I found you online. ๐ I had a blast at Blissdom (my first) and can’t wait to go again next year when I’m not quite as overwhelmed. Thanks for this opportunity for the giveaway!
Oh I have been wanting to go to this conference so badly! Especially because of Casey. I can’t even tell you how much that woman has inspired me and my life. I would love to go to this so I could tell her in person and hug her! Thanks for this opportunity to have a chance to win a ticket! I am so excited (fingers & toes are crossed!!)!!
I would love to attend this conference. I want to start blogging SO badly but I am not sure how to talk about my faith and blog at the same time. I am VERY hesitant to start, so this push would be a blessing. I want to start a blog as an online Bible Study and how we should be protecting and using our bodies/health for God.
I have such a passion for God and writing that attending this conference will surely change my life and honestly, I need something to change my life right now as it feels like EVERYTHING is falling apart.
Thanks!
How awesome, I had no idea there were so many faith based, Jesus loving, bloggers out there, I would love to attend this! ๐ Especially if you will be there Kate!
I REALLY wanna go!!
I’ve never been to a blog conference and am not sure if I really can take that plunge without some act of God (like winning this giveaway), so here we go!
I love going to events that declare the name of Jesus! I always leave inspired and on fire! I would love to go to this conference, for my love of blogging is growing more and more each day! Thanks so much for this giveaway!!
I’m so interested in attending! My hubby and I have been trying to tweek the budget to see if I can go ๐ It would be such a blessing to go!
Oooh, oooh, oooh, I would LOVE to win this!!! This has been all the buzz lately in my online circle of friends. Pick me, pick me, pick me!
I would LOVE to attend the Influence conference. A blogger friend of mine just told me about it yesterday!!!
Yay! I have been praying and planning and saving for this conference! It would be a huge blessing to win a ticket!
I am VERY excited at this possibility! I think it would be an amazing opportunity to meet other like minded women and learn and grow together. Pick me! ๐
I would LOVE to win this – I think it would be a life changing event ๐
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I would love to go to this! How exciting!
I posted this on facebook!
The Small Things Blog: Giveaway to Influence Conference
I think I will go to this whether I win or not…. SO exciting!
oh my goodness how i would love to go!
I would definitely be interested in attending a blog conference.
Would love to win a ticket!
Yes! I’d actually like one of my friends to be able to go but can’t afford 2 tickets. This would be awesome!
Been taking a break from blogging for the past month and this would be awesome to help me get going again!
I would LOVE LOVE this! I am trying to attend and praying that the money will come through. I’m a poor college student. :/ Winning this would be amazing! ๐
Jesus + blogging + a conference = perfection.
Winning this would be amazing!!
I’d love to attend this conference!
I posted this on Facebook:
A conference about making much of Jesus in social media! This. Sounds. Awesome.
The Influence Conference
http://www.theinfluenceconference.com
All of us have influence and can use it to give hope through the Good News. For you, this may be it in everyday life or through social media.
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I would LOVE to go to this!! I’m praying that finances will open up!! Thanks for hosting the giveaway ๐
I would LOVE to attend this conference. I want my blogging to be a reflection of Christ and it would be a great inspiration and motivation as I seek to accomplish that!
Here is my post on facebook:
The Life Of Faith shared a link.
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Hey fellow bloggers! Have you heard about the Influence Conference? It looks like it’s going to be fantastic!!
http://www.theinfluenceconference.com/
The Influence Conference
http://www.theinfluenceconference.com
All of us have influence and can use it to give hope through the Good News. For you, this may be it in everyday life or through social media.
Would love to attend and we have friends out this way, so I could even convince the hubs to make it a family trip!!
Totally interested!
I’d love to attend! It isn’t too far from where I live and the opportunity to add Jesus to the conference is amazing!
I would LOVE to attend this amazing conference. ADORE Casey! xOXO
I would really like to go to a blog conference. I’ve never been to one before.
I would love to attend this conference!
I was just looking into this over the weekend! Indy is just 3 hours from me- the perfect opportunity to go to my first conference!
I would love to attend this conference and discover and explore what God may want for my blog! This would be amazing!
Love to attend!!
I posted on FB: https://www.facebook.com/jtwrenn/posts/388222634559451
I would love to attend – so many exciting new friends to meet that weekend!
I would love to attend this conference and this would be my only chance at going since we are living on one income! thanks for the chance!
I shared on facebook.
I would LOVE to make much of Jesus with other bloggers! Sounds like my kind of party!
This is perfect for me and my small blog! I find it so hard to find conferences that fit my goals and this is so PERFECT! I will most certainly be sharing this on Facebook!
oh man i wanna go–it would be my first blog conference!
I’ve been praying about attending this conference. I think winning a ticket would be a good sign ๐
I would LOVE to attend this conference!!!! It sounds like it would be such a blessing for all those involved!!!!
Any blog conference is a good conference! I am in!
Melissa
I love the heart behind the conference and would love to go!
I have wanted to go, but the cost was a factor in not going. Winning this would be an answered prayer!
i’m a student at a school an hour away from where this conference is being held and can’t exactly afford to pay for it, but i’d love to go!
I can’t believe this kind of fabulousness is coming to my home state! I would love to be a part of it.
I’m so excited about Influence! I’m planning to go, but not sure where the money will come from… this would be a big help!
God placed the conference on my heart a couple weeks ago and I have been praying ever since that He would provide a way! I know He will, and maybe this will be it! It’s so wonderful for you to host such an incredible give away like this! Thank you so much!
Would love to attend!!! Winning a ticket would make that possible ๐
I would love to go to a blog conference! It would also be a perfect excuse to get away on a “vacation” on my own!
This is such a great opportunity!!! I would love to see what these awesome women of Jesus have to say!
I would love to hear these ladies talk about Jesus’ role in blogging. As a blogger myself, I know I could learn so much from them!
I would LOVE to win this! I’m very close to Indianapolis so it would be easy to go, but I can’t afford the ticket right now! Thanks for the giveaway!
would love to win this!! such a great opportunity!
This looks awesome. Would love to go.
I am sooo interested in this. I have yet to attend a blog conference, and can’t wait to attend my first one.
lawmoda.blogspot.com
Wow such a great opportunity! Would love to go and meet Casey. She’s absolutely fabulous!!
i have been on a personal mission to make it to this blog. I so hope I win. I want to go to Influence so badly!!
I would love to go to this conference. I’ve been wanting to ever since Casey mentioned it! I’ve never been to one before — would be a great opportunity! So neat that you are giving a ticket away!
I am so excited about the influence conference because I would love to use my little blog space to make much of Jesus name. I think it would be so fun to get better at blogging as well as meet some awesome ladies.
-Ashley
I would LOVE to win a ticket to the conference so I can go!!!
I would absolutely love to win a ticket to this! I have been going back and forth about going to a blogging conference and this would make up my mind!
Drove by the scene of the crime…I mean conference…yesterday evening! My parents live in Indy and it would be a great excuse for another visit from the grandbabies. Also, my birthday is the day before!
this would be an amazing opportunity for both my blog at FancyLittleThings.com and my small business at byAimee.com that supports bloggers & small biz owners. i love the concept and very excited for the chance to go. thank you for hosting!
I posted “Would love to win a ticket to Influence Conference, run by some awesome bloggers!” on Facebook and linked to the page
HI Kate! I would LOVE to go the Influence conference. I recently (as in 2 weeks ago) started a blog on human trafficking. I felt compelled to track my journey of daily simple activism and hopefully make it easier for others too. I’m from Ohio so Indy is “just down the road” from me.
I am interested in winning a ticket.
This conference sounds awesome. Would love to go!!!!
I am absolutely interested in going to the conference! I have been blogging for just under a year & haven’t attending a conference yet so it would be a great opportunity ๐
Left the following on my Facebook page: “There is this awesome conference called The Influence conference that is for women and Bloggers alike. you can get more information at: http://www.theinfluenceconference.com/“
I would love to go to this conference! It sounds like an amazing weekend with some of my favorite bloggers ๐
I would LOVE to attend this conference!
i would love, love, love to go to this conference!!
I would love to win a ticket!!!! this conference sounds awesome!
I really want to go to this, but I can’t justify the cost of the ticket + airfare. This would be a huge blessing!
my facebook status: Check out this awesome giveaway to The Influence Conference on http://www.thesmallthingsblog.com. It is a wonderful opportunity for women to come together & give God glory!
I would LOVE to win this! Thanks so much!
I’ve been following the Influence planning stages via Hayley’s blog. It is going to be one amazing conference!
I want to go to this conference so badly. praying for a way to make it happen!
I would LOVE to go to this! Hope Canadians are eligible:)
I would love love love to go! I am trying to figure out the nexxus between my blog and my faith and this conference may be the key ๐
thanks for this opportunity!
I would love to attend a conference, been waiting for just the right opportunity.
I would love to attend this conference! It would be so encouraging and would be an answer to a prayer. ๐
This conference looks great – as a new blogger definitely very interested in going!!
I read about your giveaway from Hayley. I am so hoping to go to this conference, but convincing my hubby of the money has been challenging. So here’s to hoping I win your giveaway! ~Erin K
i’ve been following this conference since before the announcement, but have NO extra funds right now… long story. want to go desperately! and would LOVE to win a ticket.. THIS conference has my heart written all over it!
I would love for the opportunity to go to this!! I recently bought a domain name for my blog and have still been trying to figure out the design so it’s not exactly up and running yet, but I know that I want to use my blog to reach others for Christ and be an inspiration and positive influence! This conference would be perfect for me and since I am new to this whole blogging thing ๐
Status update on “The funny Thing Of it is” facebook! AWESOME AWESOME giveaway if you havent seen it! To the Influence Conference In Indiana!! The Influence Conference is a fresh and stylish weekend conference, gathering Christian women to help equip them to make much of Jesus online and in their personal lives. With best-selling authors, beloved bloggers, business women and men teaching and speaking, we hope (and are already seeing!) a brand new amazing community grows up out of the conference. We’re excited to gift one of Kate’s readers with a complimentary ticket to the conference!”
https://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/2012/06/giveaway-to-influence-conference.html?showComment=1339532735961#c88649162448456269
Oh my goodness girl! I cant begin to explain how much winning a conference ticket would mean to me right now. I’m planning on coming but funds are very tight for us as a family so I’m praying that the Lord would open a door and make it possible.
Thanks for hosting such an awesome giveaway.
Much Love!
L
allglorious-within.blogspot.com
Oh my gosh I would LOVE to attend!!!! A couple girlfriends I know are already attending and I REALLY would love to go as well!!! EEK!
I’ve been looking at this conference from some other blogs and really want to go. The speakers sound amazing and to have a huge group of women there sharing their faith…it will be an amazing experience.
Thanks! Hope to see you there!
I’ve been blogging for a little over a year about our family. I just recently started working on another project with another mom friend. We are putting together structured learning plans for toddlers & sharing them with our readers. We are a faith based blog & this would be so awesome for us to attend!! What a great experience!
Have you heard of the Influence Conference this fall in Indy? A huge group of blogging women all sharing their love of food, fitness, and faith. Check it out http://www.theinfluenceconference.com/.
My Facebook status!
I’m starting my blog and speaking ministry *rightnow* and attending this conference would be an incredible boost to my start! Thank you for the opportunity!!
Also, posted this to my facebook feed:
“Kate from The Small Things Blog told me about a brand new Christian bloggers event called Influence Conference in Indianapolis this October…. I really hope I can go!”
This conference is something I would learn from and really enjoy! I would love the opportunity to go!
As soon as I heard about this conference I knew I wanted to go!
This conference sounds amazing. I really hope I can be a part of it!
I would love to go!!!
I am TOTALLY interested in attending!
I would love to attend! I live in Indiana so this would be perfect. Plus, I’m a total rookie at blogging, but am so intrigued by it. ๐
here’s to hoping!!
My friend Jess is friends with Naptime Diaries and told me about this conference a few weeks ago… I would LOVE to go!
Winning would be the bomb-diggidy! I can’t justify the money spent on a ticket right now; newborn & all. I live 30 minutes from the Fashion Mall, so the location couldn’t be more ideal!
jess.gustin@yahoo.com
I posted to Facebook!
Kate’s giving away a ticket to The Influence Conference, held in Indy this Fall! Check it out! https://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/2012/06/giveaway-to-influence-conference.html
jess.gustin@yahoo.com
Oh this would be incredible! Been telling my sister & cousin all about this conference & this would make it possible to actually get to go. thanks for the chance ๐
Sounds fun!
How awesome is that!
I’ve been trying to convince my husband to let me go to Influence. I’ve never been to a blogger conference, but would love the opportunity to meet other bloggers and learn how to be a more effective writer.
schloerbblurb.blogspot.com
I would LOVE to go to this conference. I think it would rock!
http://www.theadventuresofstinkysweet.blogspot.com
Praying for a way to go! Telling facebook about this giveaway!!!
This conference looks incredible. I would love to be able to attend!
I live in Indianapolis and would love to make this my first conference!!
i would loveee to win this! i follow casey’s blog and have been wanting to go since she posted about it ๐
I would love to go ๐ I’m fairly close to Indy in Cincinnati and this would be a perfect easy trip and a great conference I’d love to attend. I’ve recently had some things try my faith this year and I’ve been trying to get my blog to be on the “Right” track. This would be perfect, I need the INFLUENCE! Thanks for the chance
I would love to go and the conference conveniently aligns with my fall break from school!!
Would love to have the opportunity to attend a conference like this! Thanks for giving us a chance. ๐
This looks awesome! I would love an opportunity to improve my blogging skills and meet some incredible women.
This sounds like an amazing and opportunity to gain some encouragement and guidance… Feel free to visit me at http://www.narniaforever.wordpress.com
I REALLY want to go to this conference! It is just a few miles from my dad’s house so I could stay with him, but I’m a student so I am still trying to get the other things figured out! This would be a huge help!
What an incredible opportunity!
I live in Indy and had not yet heard about this conference. I’m a classroom teacher who also teaches online…this sounds like it’s right up my alley. I would love the chance to attend this conference, thanks for sharing!
I’ve made it my goal to attend a blogging conference in the next year or so, and I love that bloggers and non-bloggers alike can find wonderful opportunities and sessions at Influence!
Sounds wonderful! I live driving distance from Indy and my cousin lives there, so I would even have babysitting for my four kiddos. What a fun idea!! Please post more about this conference as you get the info. Thanks so much, –rebecca
I would LOVE to go to this conference! I have never really been super interested in a blogging conference before, and I haven’t been blogging all that long, but this one sounds amazing. I’ve read about it on several blogs recently and just can’t stop thinking about how fun it would be to get to go!
Sounds wonderful!
Polkadottedpeony.tumblr.com
I HAVEEE To go to this conference! it’s in my neck of the woods! i so hope i get picked!!!
Sounds fun!
This sounds amazing!!!!!!!!
I’d love to attend!!
OH, I would LOVE to win this. Thank you for the opportunity!
xo, Alanna
charlieandlu(at)gmail(dot)com
Praise God for leading these women to host this conference. In a realm so coated with narcissism, what a fantastic opportunity to be refreshed and challenged!
I’ve heard about this conference from the beginning and it sounds so cool! I would LOVE to attend.
Alesha <3
Attending this conference sounds awesome!
I’d love to go. How fun!
I read Casey Leigh’s blog and have been dreaming to go but haven’t gotten the nerve to actually buy a ticket. This is the perfect opportunity to start a blog with my mom (neither her or I and technically savvy). This would be an amazing trip for her and I ๐
I’ve always wanted to go to a blogging conference!! I think it would be so much fun!!
I definitely want to attend! I’ve never been to a blog conference before, and Influence looks awesome!
Posted this on facebook:
Would love to win this giveaway to the Influence Conference!
https://www.thesmallthingsblog.com/2012/06/giveaway-to-influence-conference.html
This sounds phenominal! Would love to attend and enter the giveaway.
I posted this to a Christian Mompreneur group on Facebook: I just happened upon a conference: http://www.theinfluenceconference.com/ It sound really intriguing and right up my ally – Jesus in style! Thought you ladies might like to see.
I would love to attend this conference!
I’d love this opportunity!
I live in Indy–it’s meant to be! ๐
I can’t imagine a better opportunity for where I’m at in my life right now. I’ve been praying that I figure out whatever it is I feel fulfilled by, and blogging has definitely been an answer to that prayer.
I’d love to attend!!
Thanks for offering this opportunity and even more for bringing it to our attention! I’m a beginning blogger and I think this would be a perfect way to become more involved in not only an online community, but a strong faith community as well. ๐
I want to go so bad! I’m a new blogger and would love the opportunity to learn from more experienced bloggers. Aaaannnnd I live in Indy! ๐
I am a new blogger who finally has some time (now that I have graduated, aah!) to actually start blogging the way I would like to. It would be a wonderful opportunity to begin my blog on the right foot.
I really like blogging, but sometimes I wish my blog had a bigger purpose than just being a writing outlet. I love Jesus, and I love social media, and I would love love LOVE to go to the conference and hear others’ ideas on combining those two. It sounds like awesome to me!
i love blogging and attended my first and only conference in april of 2011. It was such a terrible experience for me that I stopped blogging all together until my hurt feelings could heal. I am finally back to the point that I feel like I can try a blog conference again. This conference sounds exactly like what I am looking for. I would love to be given a chance to attend.
:)gina at hiyaluv dot com
I’m in need of a little direction and am really hoping to go to this conference. Thanks for the giveaway!
Would love to attend and be a part of something wonderful ๐
I’ve heard a lot about this lately and would love to attend!
I have never attended a blog conference, but have wanted to for awhile and this one would be perfect since I love the theme and it is fairly close to home ๐
I would love to attend! I have yet to go to a blog conference and this one sounds so great!
Yes, I’m very interested in the Influence conference. Would love to win a ticket.
This sounds like an amazing opportunity. I would love to attend.
After almost a year of saying I should, I’m finally just starting my blog and am overwhelmed with all the steps. Advice and tips from experienced bloggers would be amazing, and Christian ones? All the better!
Although I’m a guy, it’s just so inspiring to see so many women interested in The Influence Conference which I think is so amazing and if I was a woman I would totally go. I’d love to support this conference somehow even from all the way in the UK. Jesus is so amazing and I’m blessed to have stumbled onto this even many years later.
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