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AI for Content Creators

You don’t need to be a tech genius to use AI.

You just need to be a creator ready to stop chasing the algorithm and start leading with strategy and building content that connects, converts, and gets found in AI-powered search.

This session is for creators who want to use AI the right way – not to churn out generic or unpassionate content, but to amplify your unique voice, protect your energy, and finally keep up with your great ideas.

Become seen and chosen with the human spark that sets you apart.

What You’ll Learn:

✅ Partner with AI to Stay Consistent
Discover how to maintain your creative rhythm and posting schedule without burning out or blanking out.
✅ Scalable Prompts That Multiply Your Output
Learn prompting that’s more aligned with “just another prompt” to fill in the blanks and fails to deliver in context or your spark.
✅ The Truth About AI & Reach
Understand how AI is now powering ranking and recommendations in Google, Instagram, TikTok, and more and what they’re actually looking for in your content.
✅ Get Found in the Age of AI
Learn the key signals that make your content “AI-search ready” – so it shows up in Google results, Maps, and even tools like ChatGPT. You’ll discover the simple but critical updates that prevent your work from going unseen.
✅ Ethical & Creative Boundaries
We’ll talk about where AI should support you and where it should never take your place.

Maria Elena Duron, Certified Chief AI Officer, is on a mission to help businesses GET FOUND. She’s trained over 12,400 small businesses through the Grow with Google program, simplifying digital marketing, SEO, and AI-powered visibility strategies. Recognized by the Texas Governor’s Office and trusted by national organizations, Maria Elena is a leading expert in search engine and answer engine optimization.

Known for her engaging, practical workshops, Maria Elena delivers high-energy sessions packed with real-world tactics that help local service providers, brick-and-mortar businesses, and online brands stand out, attract the right customers, and grow sustainably.

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P.I.V.O.T. – Turning Your Creator Journey Into Possibility, Profit, and Purpose

As content creators, we often define ourselves by the platforms we post on, the brands we work with, or the traffic we chase. But what if your experiences — in and outside of content creation — are actually the key to building a more sustainable, diversified, and fulfilling business?

In this empowering and practical closing keynote, Chas Greener takes you on a journey through her evolution from dance director to multi-platform creator, business coach, marketing strategist, and consultant.

Using her P.I.V.O.T. framework, she’ll walk you through how to:

✅ Expand your identity beyond the label of “blogger” or “YouTuber”
✅ Discover the possibilities that lie within your personal and professional background
✅ Package your value into scalable income streams like digital products, services, and workshops
✅ Seek and create new opportunities — instead of waiting for them
✅ Take immediate action with a custom roadmap you’ll build during the session
✅ You’ll leave not just inspired, but equipped with the first step of your next evolution.

Key Takeaways:

✅ Understand the 5 elements of the P.I.V.O.T. framework and how to apply them
✅ Learn how to translate your existing skills into digital products and service offerings
✅ Identify new income possibilities you may not have considered before
✅ Walk away with a personal action plan for your next pivot
✅ Reignite your sense of purpose and creativity beyond algorithms and sponsorships

Chas Greener is the founder of Chas’ Crazy Creations and Site Consulting Services. She began her journey as a dance director and choreographer before building a successful online brand that spans DIY, YouTube, blogging, and digital products.

With decades of experience in coaching, teaching, and content strategy, Chas now helps other creatives and entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses through smart systems, strong personal branding, and a diversified income strategy.

When she’s not creating or consulting, she’s empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs through her work with Mountain Kids and the SBDC.

Chas is passionate about helping creators realize their full potential and take control of their own stories.

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How to Get Featured in TV, Podcasts, and Major Online Media

Getting media for your platform isn’t just about getting lucky—it’s about showing up prepared and positioning yourself as a valuable resource. Whether you’re pitching a podcast, guest blog, or TV segment, you need to lead with what you can offer their audience, not just what you want to promote. Media outlets are always looking for great stories, but they don’t have time to dig for them. That’s why your pitch needs to be quick, clear, and tailored to their specific platform. Doing your research, understanding their audience, and pitching a timely angle will set you apart from everyone else filling their inbox.

Before you make the call or send the email, make sure you know what you’re walking into. Know the outlet, know their vibe, and know how you fit. Be ready to deliver tight talking points if you get a yes—because in media, things can move fast. Whether it’s podcasts, blogs, or TV, the goal is to serve first and shine second. When you do that well, doors open.

Key Takeaways:
✅ Do your research.
✅ Lead with value.
✅ Be brief, clear, and timely.
✅ Customize every pitch.
✅ Be ready to deliver.

Suzanne Nadell is a wife, mom, and former TV news boss who now consults and trains media professionals.

She is the CEO of She Leads Church and the author of Wired to Lead, a book for women who are wired to lead but often feel unseen or out of place in traditional spaces.

Suzanne speaks and writes about leadership, faith, and juggling the beautiful tension of family, career, and calling.

With more than 20 years of management experience, Suzanne has led large teams and high-pressure newsrooms, and now she’s passionate about equipping busy moms, women of faith, and marketplace leaders to thrive in their purpose.

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How To Pivot When Google Is No Longer Your Friend

Google’s Helpful Content Updates and the implementation of AI Overviews have caused devastating Google search traffic dips for some creators.

Can your blog recover?
How do yo recover?
Should you focus on recovery in the first place?

This presentation will help creators understand the purpose of algorithm updates and steps to take if or when their blogs are hit by a search engine algorithm update.

Stella is the founder of The Stellastra Effect, an award-winning, woman-owned digital marketing firm focused on SEO, content marketing, and website design and development.

She is an award-winning former journalist and content marketing expert with nearly 20 years of editorial experience. Her specialties are in SEO, editorial and content strategy, brand voice development, and thought leadership development.

Stella was named a Marketing Maverick Under 40 by NJ Ad Club in 2025. She is a two-time Content Marketing Awards winner, earning “Best Topic Specific Blog” two years in a row from the Content Marketing Institute in 2023 and 2024.

She was also the 2023-2024 Content Marketing Editor for the American Marketing Association – San Francisco chapter.

In addition to her awards, Stella develops and delivers workshops and panels on SEO, content marketing, and marketing in restricted industries for trade shows and conferences across the U.S.

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Yesterday Is Over / Today Is For Tomorrow…

This Keynote is for you! We’ll celebrate where you’re at in your journey, rather it’s where you envisioned you’d be or not!

We will explore how to make the best out of the moment you’re in while capitalizing on the new opportunities and network available to you during BloggyCon, so that when you check-out Sunday morning, you leave in a better space than you were in at check-in.

Mike Mixon is the driver behind “6 Kids 1 Tank“, where he aims to show others how to save money on travel without sacrificing the fun factor.

Mike along with his wife Charisse (whom he affectionately refers to as his “Ole Lady”) are parents to 7 kids, ranging in age from 5 to 21. Due to many of them being active in multiple sports, they spent over 174 days in hotels last year, giving them an ever growing list of places to recommend and things to do once you get there.

In addition to “6 Kids 1 Tank”, Mike is also a moderator for the Facebook group “Daytrips In Ohio” and has worked with several companies, resorts and visitors bureaus, even having the fortune of his kids being featured on the covers of the Middletown, Ohio and Shores & Islands Travel guides.

An avid coaster fanatic (with a current coaster count of 274), Mikes love for Cedar Point and Sandusky are only rivaled by his affinity for Bucee’s travel stops and trips to Vegas.

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Get Out of Your Own Way: How to Curate a Intentional Expansion in Your Content Creation

When you’re driven, it’s easy to chase all the things and accidentally build a life or business that feels more like a pressure cooker than a passion project. This session is about growing in a way that feels good. The kind of growth that actually fits your life and leaves you feeling lit up instead of burnt out.

We’re getting into how to slow the hustle, get clear on what you’re really working toward, and expand in ways that feel solid, exciting, and totally yours.

Attendees Will Walk Away With:

• A simple, straight-to-the-point framework to define their next level of growth. No vague visions here. We’re talking real steps they can start today.
• A guided exercise to quickly figure out what needs to stay, what needs to go, and what needs to grow in their life, content, or business.
• Go-to strategies for setting boundaries that protect their energy while still making space for the big, bold moves they want to make.
• A clear, easy-to-use decision-making filter to help them know when to say yes and when to say nope, that’s not it.
• Quick, doable daily actions that keep the momentum rolling without piling on more pressure.

Chelsea is a powerhouse life coach, blogger, and mom of three who’s on a mission to help women ditch burnout and build lives that actually feel good.

Through her bold storytelling and no-fluff coaching style, she empowers working moms to drop the “shoulds” and chase what lights them up. Whether she’s breaking down Disney vacations on her Disney blog or guiding women to step fully into their next level at TheCrazyWorkingMom, Chelsea’s all about real growth, real action, and real joy. She’s here to help you take up space, stand on all ten toes, and expand, on purpose.

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From Content to Community: How to Build a Membership That Pays You Back

It’s one thing to create content—it’s another to build a thriving community around it. In this session, Kathy Cruz shares how she turned her niche blog and podcast for retail store owners into a global membership community that not only supports her audience but also generates consistent, recurring revenue.

You’ll walk away with a behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to launch, grow, and lead a membership community in today’s noisy digital world. From platform selection and pricing psychology to content planning and member retention—this is not theory, it’s what works. Whether you’re a blogger, podcaster, coach, or creative entrepreneur, if you’ve got something to say and a group of people who care, this session will show you how to bring them together and build something sustainable.

Attendees will learn how to:

• Identify the difference between an audience and a community (and why it matters)
• Choose the right format and pricing for your membership
• Attract and onboard the right members with content you already have
• Create systems that help you deliver ongoing value without burning out
• Keep members engaged and reduce churn with smart, scalable strategies

Kathy Cruz is the founder of Savvy Shopkeeper, a podcast, blog, membership group and coaching to help independent retailers master their finances and operations.

She turned her niche audience of store owners into a paid global community with 150+ members by blending helpful content, community engagement, and smart systems.

Kathy’s passion lies in helping brick and mortar retail store owners work smarter, profit more and grow.

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Building Authority for Your Blog and You

Learn how to stand out to Google, your readers, and the media by building Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness (EEAT) on your site and off the page. Discover ways to set yourself apart from other bloggers, social media influencers and AI-generated content.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the importance of EEAT for SEO rankings, building a following and becoming a reliable source for various media outlets.
• Brainstorm ways to build EEAT, specific to your blogging topic.
• Get actionable steps to take – both immediately and over time – to improve your site, articles and credibility and create people-first content.
• Learn how EEAT benefits you personally as well as professionally.

Lauren Nowacki is a senior writer at Bankrate.com, where she writes about student loans and other consumer lending products. Her work has also been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Yahoo Finance and RocketMortgage.com.

She draws from more than 15 years of experience editing and writing for various print and digital publications to provide freelance writing and content consultation services for various businesses across the country.

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Profitable Digital Products

Looking for the right tech tools to help you share your digital products with your audience without spending a fortune or experiencing a tech-induced panic attack?

In this session, Christin Cieslarski of My Homier Home will break down the exact tools and processes you need to confidently create, manage, deliver, and sell digital products. Whether you’re starting from scratch or ready to level up, this no-fluff training will show you how to make money faster with what you already have.

• A streamlined tech stack for creating, selling, and delivering digital products
• A plug-and-play funnel formula to boost income fast
• Proven tools and tips to stay organized and avoid tech overwhelm
• Real-life examples and quick wins to launch your next offer with confidence

Christin Cieslarski is the creative voice behind myhomierhome.com, where she helps busy moms create homes they love with her Confident Decorating® framework.

She also offers digital product creation and tech setup services for creators eager to step into the digital product space but feel overwhelmed by the all the tech. As a creator herself in the DIY, home decorating, and lifestyle space, Christin specializes in helping you launch an offer your audience will truly connect with.

When she’s not helping others grow their digital products, you can find Christin turning her own home into a cozy, functional space for her family to enjoy. You can learn more at myhomierhome.com/biz-homies or follow her at instagram.com/bizhomies.

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Personal Branding – how to create a personal brand that elevates and builds credibility

With humor and practical takeaways, Julie will discuss why a personal brand is more important then ever, provide tools and tips to help create a personal brand and share why in these times of AI, visibility lead to credibility – and how that impacts your business.

Meet Julie Cole — a dynamic entrepreneur, recovered lawyer, and mom of six who traded in her legal career to co-found Mabel’s Labels, the award-winning company that transformed from a basement startup into a multi-million dollar industry leader. As Senior Director of Mabel’s Labels, Julie has helped revolutionize the durable label market while becoming a recognized voice in entrepreneurship, parenting, and women’s leadership. She’s an award-winning businesswoman, best-selling author, and in-demand speaker and media contributor, having appeared on major media outlets
including NBC’s The Today Show, HLN’s Raising America, The Marilyn Denis Show, CNN, CP-24, and Breakfast Television. Her written work has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, Profit Magazine, Today’s Parent, and more.

Julie’s achievements have earned her notable recognition, including the RBC Women of Influence Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, YWCA Women of Distinction Award in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Iris Award in Entrepreneurship, to name a Few.

Beyond business, Julie is deeply committed to community engagement, mentoring emerging entrepreneurs, and advocating for women’s rights. Whether she’s keynoting a conference or navigating the chaos of family life, Julie brings authenticity, humour, and heart to everything she does.

Follow Julie for inspiration, real talk, and expert insights into entrepreneurship, parenting, and the power of building something meaningful from the ground up.

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