VIBE AND VEGAS SHOW – GINA McCAULEY – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: BLOGGING WHILE BROWN CONFERENCE AND THE BLACK WEBLOG AWARDS

Blacks love social media!! In this episode, we speak and share with Gina McCauley, the executive director of Blogging While Brown and The Black Weblog Awards. This year’s ceremony is being held in Los Angeles on July 9, 2011. It is part of The Black Social Media Weekend that is being held from July 8, 2011 to July 10, 2011. For more information, please go to http://blackweblogawards.com/. Gina started her blog, What About Our Daugthers (http://www.whataboutourdaughters.com/), on August 18, 2007. During our conversation, Gina talks about various subjects including attending her first Blogging While Brown conference in 2007, some game changing moments in her social media journey, the history of The Black Weblog Awards and Blogging While Brown, why she founded Blogging While Brown, why she purchased The Black Weblog Awards in March 2011, the history of Blacks and social media, what are Black bloggers good at, where the opportunities are for Black Bloggers, state of the Black blogosphere, what are the hot trends in social media, the work necessary to put on this year’s awards and the future of the awards. If you would like to find about more information about this year’s awards, please go to: http://blackweblogawards.com/ If you would like to find out more information about Blogging While Brown, please go to: http://www.bloggingwhilebrown.com/ Please feel free to email us at info@blackcanadianman.com. If you live in North America, you can leave us a message at 1-866-280-9385 (toll free). Please feel free to “Like” the “The Vibe and Vegas Show” Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vibe-and-Vegas-Show/155099174532923 God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Vibe and Vegas info@blackcanadianman.com http://thevibeandvegasshow.wordpress.com/ 2011 Black Weblog Awards Finalist (Best International Blog and Best Podcast Series) – http://www.blackweblogawards.com/bwa2011finalists.pdf Black Blog Of The Day – Black Bloggers Network – http://www.blackbloggernetwork.com/category/black-blog-of-the-day/ Twitter – http://twitter.com/vibeandvegas “The Vibe and Vegas Show” Facebook Fan Page – http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Vibe-and-Vegas-Show/155099174532923 iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-vibe-and-vegas-show/id434781229