If you’ve been around me for more than 5 minutes, you’ll know that I am a HUGE proponent of blog conferences. I genuinely believe that it is the BEST thing you can do to improve your blogging game.
Blog conferences are the best and least expensive source of training, networking, relationship-building and just plain FUN in the blogging world. I make a point of attending at LEAST one per year, two if I can manage it. And it’s interesting – I am still in touch with literally dozens of people I’ve met at conferences, some of them nearly a decade ago. It’s sort of a special bonding thing, I guess.
If you are thinking of attending a conference (and I really hope that you do), you’ll want to check out my post on what to pack for a blog conference (packed with amazing tips!) and also my post about business cards and headshots for bloggers – both of them are definitely on the list of things to do prior. Here’s another very helpful post on what to do BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER attending a blog conference.
Anyhoo, here is the list of blog conferences you might want to attend. This is in no way a complete or up-to-date list – Mama ain’t got that kind of time, but it’s a good resource to get you started.
Alt Summit
Alt Summit is THE première conference for creative entrepreneurs and stylish social media influencers. It attracts high-end sponsors. You may need to plan a clothing budget as fashion is a focus at the parties and events.
March 12-15, 2023
Palm Springs, CA
Visit website – Altitudesummit.com
BlogHer – Health
No date yet for 2023
Conference Website – https://www.blogher.com
Craftcation – Business & Makers Conference
Craftification features industry experts leading attendees in small business classes and craft workshops as well as social gathering.
April 19-23, 2023
Ventura, CA
Conference website – dearhandmadelife.com/craftcation-conference
CookieCon and Sweets Show
While not specifically for bloggers, many bloggers speak at and attend CookieCon. “Meet thousands of Californians who share your brand’s love for all things sweet, salty and savory in the world of baking and sweets.” Food blogger conferences are great. At least you’ll EAT WELL!
May 2-5, 2023
Sandusky, OH
and
Aug 30 – Sept 2
Orlando, FL
Conference Website – Cookiecon.net
We All Grow Summit
“We All Grow Summit is a conference for Latinas in the digital space. The conversation, networking and learning experiences — all bilingual and in-culture — are crafted to create unique and long-lasting connections, as well as professional growth experiences.”
No 2023 date listed yet
Conference website – WeAllGrowSummit.com
Social Media Marketing World
For all social media types and content marketers. 5,000 social media creators from all around the world.
Mar 13-15, 2023 – San Diego, CA
Conference website – Socialmediaexaminer.com
Digital Travel Summit
The premier interactive conference for travel executives who are looking to reimagine the customer journey.
Sept 12-13, 2023, Weston Hilton Head, SC
Conference website – Digitaltravel.wbresearch.com
Design Bloggers Conference
“The only conference specifically focused on the interests of interior design bloggers, interior design bloggers…Attendees are interior design bloggers, luxury interior designers, traditional design media, new design media innovators, and interior design industry leaders.”
No date set for 2023
Conference website – designinfluencersconfererence.com
TBEX North America
Travel bloggers, influencers and professionals. Includes speed networking events
July 17-20, 2023 – Eau Claire, WI
Conference website – Tbexcon.com
Women in Travel Summit
Conference specifically for female bloggers in the travel niche and also general travelers.
May 19-20, 2023, San Juan Puerto Rico, USA
Conference website – witsummit.com/northamerica
IPW Conference
Showcasing suppliers of US travel products and destinations.
May 20-24, 2023, San Antonio, TX
Conference website – IPW.com
Traffic and Conversion Summit
3 full days of actionable, proven, strategic content from experts and a few celebrities that have been in your shoes and have turned their businesses into juggernauts.
Sep 12-14, 2023 – San Diego, CA
Conference website – trafficandconversionsummit.com
Content Marketing World
Learn from 100+ expert speakers, connect with a vibrant marketing community, and get the tools to advance your future. Join us in Washington, D.C. for three days packed with new ideas and inspiration.
Sept 26-29, 2023, Washington, DC
Conference website – Contentmarketingworld.com
InBound
4-day conference where marketers and other sales influencers can learn, connect, and be inspired.
Sept 5-8, 2023, Boston, MA
Conference website – Inbound.com
Women’s Travel Fest
Female travel bloggers and influencers
Mar 3-5, 2023 – New York, NY
Conference website – Womenstravelfest.com
Podcast Movement
The goal of Podcast Movement has been to bring together and educate active and aspiring podcasters, and industry professionals to grow the podcast community and industry as a whole.
Aug 21-24, 2023, Denver, CO
Conference website – Podcastmovement.com
Haven Conference
Haven is a 3 day conference designed to educate and empower influencers in the DIY, home decor, and lifestyle spaces.
July 27, 29, 2023, Atlanta, GA
Conference website – havenconference.com
ShiftCon
Health and Wellness Blogging Conference
No date set yet for 2023
Conference website – shiftconmedia.com
Workbench Conference
Be a part of the growing network of diyers, makers, influencers & bloggers discovering new techniques, products and skills all while learning how to take their businesses to the next level.
March 2-4, 2023, Atlanta, GA
Conference website – workbenchcon.com
The Social Shake-Up
SEO and SEM Professionals
No date set yet for 2023
Conference website – socialshakeupshow.com
Mom 2.0 Summit
“An open conversation between Moms + Marketers + Media”
May 7-9, 2023, Scottsdale, AZ
Conference website – mom2.com
Tastemaker Conference
This is for food bloggers, influencers and content creators. And of course, there will be fabulous FOOD! Has several events – both in-person and digital.
In Person Conf – Mar 2-4, 2023, Chicago, IL
Food Creators Retreat – May 18-21, 2023, Lost River Barn, WV
Build a Brand Workshop – June 15-18, Location TBD
Food Videographer Workshop – July 20-23, 2023 Portland, OR
Contract Workshop – Aug 11, 2023 Digital
Virtual Conf – Sept 15, 2023, Digital
Tastemaker SEO Summit, Oct 4-5, 2023, New York, NY
Organize your Sh*t, Nov 16, 2023, Digital
Conference website – tastemakerconference.com/events
NATJA – North American Travel Journalists Association
Our mission is to provide educational and networking opportunities to help members succeed in the evolving multiplatform journalism environment and travel industry with an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
May 16-20, 2023, Fairbanks, AK
Conference Website – NATJA.org
FinCon
The largest Financial Content Expo, “helping hundreds reach millions with a positive money message.”
Oct 18-21, 2023, New Orleans, LA
Conference website – finconexpo.com
Design Bloggers Conference
Bloggers in the interior design space. Many industry professionals will be presenting.
No 2023 date posted yet, but they are mentioning a 2024 event
Conference website: Design-bloggers-conference.com
Flock Presents
FLOCK hosts focused, topical conferences, intensives, and workshops that push attendees to their best. Gather with like-minded individuals. Gain knowledge and confidence around a specific topic. Grow your brands and your businesses
April 25-27, 2023, DisneyWorld, Orlando, FL
Conference website: Flockpresents.com
Bloggy Mini Conference
Bloggy Minis are designed as a one-day intensive mastermind, inspired group session.
Mar 10-12, 2023, Cedar Point, OH
Sept (tbd), 2023, Sandusky, OH
Bloggyconference.bloggymoms.com
SearchLove Conference
Focused heavily on SEO, technology, and automation.
Mar 13-14, 2023, San Diego, CA
https://www.distilled.net/events/
International
TBEX Europe
The world’s largest gathering of travel bloggers, writers, new media content creators and social media savvy travel industry professionals.
May 8-11, 2023, Kalamata, Greece
Conference website – Tbexcon.com
TBEX Africa
The world’s largest gathering of travel bloggers, writers, new media content creators and social media savvy travel industry professionals. This is the first time they are holding TBEX in Africa
Oct 17-20, Durban, S. Africa
Conference website – Tbexcon.com
International Food Blogger Conference
Food bloggers and influencers and content creators in the food niche.
No date set yet for 2023
Conference website – Foodbloggerconference.org
Adventure Travel Show
Travel writers, photographers, and travelers who love insurance.
Nov 11-12, 2023 – London
Conference website – Adventureshow.com
Affiliate World Conference Europe
Affiliate marketing bloggers and professionals
July 12-13, 2023 – Barcelona, Spain
Conference website – Affiliateworldconferences.com/europe
Wine Bloggers Conference
Writers and social media professionals in the wine niche
No date set yet for 2023
Conference website – Winebloggersconference.org
Travel Media – Multiple sites
Bloggers, influencers, and other travel media content creators
WHEN:
Jan 25-26, 2023 – NYC
Feb 23-24, 2023 – Sydney
Mar 7, 2023 – Berlin
Mar 14-15, 2023 – London
Mar 15, 2023 – Paris
Conference Website – Travmedia.com
World Travel Market – Latin America
Travel industry professionals and influencers.
WHEN: Apr 3-5, 2023 – Sao Paolo, Brazil
Conference website – Latinamerica.wtm.com
World Travel Market – UK
Travel industry professionals and influencers.
WHEN: Nov 6-8, 2023
Conference website – London.wtm.com
World Travel Market – Africa
Travel and tourism bloggers and professionals
WHEN: Apr 3-5, 2023 – Cape Town, South Africa
Conference website – Africa.wtm.com
Brighton SEO
SEO Professionals for hands on and online sessions
WHEN: Apr 20-21, 2023 – Brighton, UK
Conference website – Brightonseo.com
DMEXCO
Travel bloggers and influencers
WHEN: Sep 21-22, 2023 – Cologne, Germany
Conference website – Dmexco.com
WebSummit
Marketing managers and brand executives. One of the largest tech conferences.
WHEN: Nov 13-16, 2023 – Lisbon, Portugal
Conference website – Websummit.com
Travel Classics West
Freelancers and travel bloggers
WHEN: Sept 14-17, 2023, Vancouver, BC
Conference website – Travelclassics.com
Pinners Conferences
Pinners is not really a blog conference, but it is a very popular event. Has many craft and lifestyle courses, plus lots of female-themed products for sale.
When & Where:
Feb 3-4, 2023 Overland Park, KS
Mar 24-25, 2023 Atlanta, GA
Apr 21-22, 2023 Garden City, ID
Aug 25-26, 2023, Pomona, CA
Sep 22-23, 2023, Ft. Worth, TX
Oct (date TBA), 2023, Indianpolis, Indiana
Nov 3-4, 2023, Salt Lake City
Nov 10-11, 2023, Scottsdale, AZ
Conference website: Pinnersconference.com
Baby Palooza
No 2023 dates listed yet.
Conference website – Babypalooza.com
One more time – you’ll want to check out my BEST posts on blog conferences
What to Pack for a Blog Conference
What to do BEFORE, DURING and AFTER a Blog Conference
Fun times at the Build Your Blog Conference
Thanks so much for this list. I actually found a conference 1/2 hour from me that I would have never heard about.
Thanks for saying that! That is exactly why I created a post like this. I hope you’ll enjoy your conference.
This is a great list of conferences! We’d love if you could include the FLOCK Presents conferences. They’re one day conferences focused on a variety of topics and held all over the country. You can learn more at https://flockpresents.com/events/.
Sure! I’m happy to hear about more conferences. Sorry I missed the one in San Diego, one of my kids isn’t far from there, so that would’ve been a worthwhile trip.
Actually you guys were already on there. I just had you as Flocked instead of Flock Presents. So I updated the name. I’d love it if you guys could promote my conference posts to your attendees. I have an older one on what to pack for a conference – https://helpfornewbloggers.com/expert-tips-on-what-to-pack-for-a-blog-conference/ And I’m working on one right now about what to do BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER a blog conference. Very helpful stuff, especially for conference newbies!
Genius. I have been totally thinking about this. Adrian you are the best!
Fabulous! So happy you are thinking about going to a conference.
Adrian,
We would love to have you include us on your blog conference page.
The Influencers of Midlife Summit is a multi-day conference for midlife women looking to take their business and life to the next level. The underlying theme for this year’s conference is Living Your Best Life Now.
We are teaching intermediate and advanced workshops and we believe attendees will walk away from the Influencers of Midlife Summit with increased knowledge & tools to “up” their business (and life) game as well as develop the connections to help support their dreams.
We created the Summit to give midlife women an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and learn best practices to be successful in their businesses.
https://www.influencersofmidlife.com/
Thank you!
Robin LaMonte, Founder of the Influencers of Midlife Summit
Sure! Thanks for the info. Sounds like a great conference.
Do you have a more current and up to date post with blog conferences for 2021 or 2022? Please let me know, I’d be interested in attending my first blog conference.
Sorry, I’ve been a bit lazy in updating my list. This is a good site with an updated list – https://wonderfulwanderings.com/blog-conferences/. I’m planning to go to TBEX in October, it’s a travel oriented conference in Washington State. My other blog is a lifestyle/travel site.