BlissDom is the premiere conference for women who find and express their bliss by publishing online. BlissDom ’12, our seventh conference (including two BlissDom Canada events held in Toronto), is a welcoming oasis in the ever-changing blogging world. Speakers and panels featuring the best blogging, public relations and social media pros will be gathering to mentor new and old friends alike.

This is BlissDom’s most exciting year, with even more incredible content, events, networking and surprises scheduled than ever before. The size of our conference is perfect–full of synergy and opportunity, but intimate enough to get personally benefit from the professional development and personally fulfilling agenda options.

We are dedicated to making sure each of our 750 attendees has a meaningful weekend learning, connecting and cultivating inspiration for her blog, her business, her family and her life. Our partners are excited to support your bliss by sponsoring a rich schedule of experts, a gorgeous time in fabulous Nashville, and an unforgettable event attracting the most amazing and influential women you can imagine!

Who Should Attend BlissDom?

Women who find bliss by blogging and spending time on Internet social media sites.
Women who love to learn more in a supportive, relaxed environment.
Busy ‘mom’ writers, bloggers and business women who need a break to reflect and grow.
PR pros and marketers who want to perfect their digital strategies and develop relationships with influential bloggers.
People who are new to blogging or blogging conferences and want to know what it’s all about.
Internet veterans who want a fresh perspective and cutting edge developments.

YOU!

About The Team Behind BlissDom Events:

Allison Worthington, Paula Bruno & Barbara Jones of BlissDom Events

BlissDom Conferences are produced and hosted by BlissDom Events which is run by Allison Worthington, Paula Bruno and Barbara Jones. Alli, Paula and Barbara each take on very specific roles in the process for each event with Alli focusing on epic content and attendee ‘luv’, Paula devoting her time to making the sponsorship experience meaningful and effective for BlissDom’s sponsors and Barbara dedicating her time on the production side and making sure the vibe (and the entertainment) leaves our attendees feeling truly blissful. Although they all end up doing a little bit of everything, they know that it couldn’t be done without their amazing team that handles content, speakers, community management and leaders, sponsorships, event planning, website and more.

Alli, Paula and Barbara are proud to say that this is the fifth BlissDom conference in the U.S. and they just completed their second BlissDom Canada last October 2011. They love being able to support, expose and develop wonderful women writers/publishers and members of the BlissDom community with each other and with BlissDom sponsors. They have big plans for 2012 kicking off with BlissDom’12. Stay tuned for more announcements to come!

The History of BlissDom

If you want to know the real story, here it is. Alli Worthington and Barbara Jones (who met through Twitter) were going to throw a small party after a one-day blogging event in Nashville in October of 2008. When that event was cancelled, Alli said to Barbara, ‘Why don’t we just do it ourselves?’ They did and BlissDom was born. Since Alli was the founder of the online women’s magazine Blissfully Domestic, they shortened the name and called it BlissDom. (That’s why the ‘D’ is capitalized in case you were wondering.)

Alli wanted to give the beautiful partners she knew from her magazine Blissfully Domestic and throughout the blogosphere a conference that was a little different: one that lacked hot-button topics and negativity. Instead, Alli wanted to create an uplifting gathering in the heartland of Tennessee, for women who wanted to share lots of support and encouragement to build blogs that fit their lives, personal goals and values. A smaller, meaningful conference, in the warm and welcoming South, where women would be invited to make themselves at home, define their bliss, and find the tools and lasting support they need to succeed–without being lost in a crowd.

Barbara, who runs Blissful Media Group,is a vanguard social media marketing professional. Barbara and Alli found they shared a deep desire to offer bloggers meaningful tools and support. Their shared ideals naturally led to the perfect partnership to boost BlissDom’s reach: Alli continued to gather an inspiring community of bliss seekers, and Barbara aligned BlissDom with sponsorship relationships and created a powerhouse environment for professional development and networking. The dynamic balance of their visions, and their passion for quality and community, make BlissDom a must-attend conference for social media mavens, online publishers and sponsors.

The smashing success of the 2008 event led to calls for a command repeat performance which sold out in early 2009. Paula Bruno, who is also Barbara’s business partner in Blissful Media Group, joined the BlissDom Events team in 2009 and helped take BlissDom’10 to the next level with her keen business savvy, dedication to the vision and strong sponsorship relationships. BlissDom has grown to 750 attendees strong which is sold out each year with no plans to grow much larger…intentionally.

Allison Worthington Media

“The Way Women Want Media Today” unifies the diverse array of exciting projects centered at Allison Worthington Media. Founder Allison Worthington is one of the most recognized names in social media and the Lifestyle-blogger community. Allison is well known and respected among her peers and the marketing community. She has worked in every area of digital media since launching her personal site in 2007.

After garnering a large following she made the leap from blogger to entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Blissfully Domestic Women’s Magazine, one of the top women’s destinations online. She is the author of Smart Girls’ Guide to Twitter. Allison is a dynamic consultant and strategist who specializes in advising social media strategy, personal branding, developing promotional campaigns and blogger outreach.Allison and her husband have five sons and live outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Connect with her on Twitter @AlliWorthington.

Blissful Media Group

Blissful Media Group is a women-owned and operated company that creates authentic content with some of the best and brightest talents from the blogging world and has the ability to distribute this content on the most credible and influential sites consumed by women and moms daily.

The combination of expertise in sponsored and earned media, word of mouth marketing and media buying delivers robust integrations with publisher’s platforms including various social networks, giving brands the opportunity to have messaging delivered in an impactful and trustworthy fashion.

Blissful Media Group’s mission is to develop and facilitate beneficial partnerships and impactful programs between brands and women online publishers via social media. Blissful Media Group properties include BlissDom Events, women/moms word of mouth agency One2One Network, women’s magazine Blissfully Domestic,real women webisodes BlissTV and our BMG Talent & Partnerships division. For more information about each division, visit Blissful Media Group.

Blissful Media Group’s parent company, Intuition Marketing, was founded in 2008 by Barbara Jones, a seasoned marketing executive formerly in the music/entertainment industry. She is also a sought-after speaker and consultant on marketing, social media and word of mouth marketing involving women and moms. She happily works in the NYC-Tri-State Area but dreams of the mountains in the West to satisfy her annual snowboarding fix. Barbara and her husband have three children and ~~five~~ six Macs. You can connect with her on Twitter @barbarajones

Paula Bruno serves as President of Blissful Media Group, BlissDom Events and Intuition Marketing. She has over two decades of business experience. In 1996, she co-founded United Rentals, Inc., the world’s largest equipment rental company as well as being an angel investor with Golden Seeds. She specializes in strategic planning, risk analysis, financial analysis, and public relations. Paula’s passion surrounds women’s and girl’s economic empowerment. She lives with her husband and two amazing daughters in New Canaan, CT. You can find her on Twitter as @paulabruno.