Last month, I appealed to you to vote for me for the 2011 Black Weblog Award for Best Lifestyle Blog. And you guys heeded my cries because I received word on Monday that The Cubicle Chick is one of five finalists for that Lifestyle Blog category. I appreciate everyone who took the time to nominate me, and now the voting process has officially begun.

Conferences are a good way to network, build morale, learn new and interesting techniques, and build your brand. Here are a few tips you can use to get the most our of your next social media/blogging conference:

I swore I wasn't going get up at the crack of dawn to watch the Royal Wedding live. But I guess my curiosity got the best of me, so at 4:50, I clicked on the Boob Tube and fired up my social networks to celebrate this event with my friends and tweeps.

Which is why I was so excited when I heard about Shecon, a new media expo for female bloggers and social media types. It's being held in Miami South Beach, and unlike 90% of conferences, it's FREE to attend. You just had to register in time for the free ticket and VOILA, you are on your way!

When it comes to social networks, I am always up for adding another one to my growing arsenal. It's an addiction I am totally proud of.

Yesterday, I was invited to a Cardinals' Social Media event in which we were given a presentation by the team manager John Mozeliak and other Cardinals executives.

I am always interested in trying out new applications and social networks that help me meet new people and share my tastes and interests.

When I arrived, the scene was buzzing with the social media elite of St. Louis as we networked, mingled, hugged, and congratulated one another. The St. Louis social media community is pretty tight---

Plancast has been around for awhile. I first became acquainted with this broadcasting plans site through a colleague who saw that I utilized Foursquare to enhance my visit experiences. Plancast doesn't allow you to broadcast where you are as other geo-location apps do, but it does broadcast your plans of ...

When I thought of creating and planning a local blogging and social media conference, it was a dream that needed execution. All I knew was that I wanted to do something that would positively impact the social media community in St. Louis---one that would create a possible movement of camaraderie ...

Oh, to be a fashion blogger. If you are a serious fashion blogger and has what it takes to bring the haute-ness, then this job may be for you. The lovely people over at Sunglass Hut want you to be their fashion blogger and write about the fabulousness that is fashion. ...

The tweets were watching this week as Gap unveiled it's new logo on their website. A logo that looked like my 6 yr old designed it on a Power Point slide. Gap's logo has always been very sharp, noticeable, and truly a staple in branding. But now, er, it looks like ...

I love how the term "expert" is being thrown around these days. There are indeed a few experts who know their way around social media and Twitter, but it isn't very hard to navigate your brand around Twitter if you use your noggin and watch how others integrate the tool. ...

A Pop-Tarts "shoppe" in the heart of  Times Square? What will they think of next? Kellogg's and their brass decided that the world was ready for a Pop-Tarts dining experience. And what better place to try it out than in the most popular area in the world----New York City's Time Square. ...

Two weeks ago, I announced that I would be organizing a social media and blogging conference here in St. Louis. It met with a positive response and now I am in the full throngs of putting it all together and making it happen. Many people have asked me why I ...

The power of social media, I tell you. MTV thought enough of Twitter and the social media wave that it came up with a contest to engage its readers and followers. The contest was for an MTV TJ (a Twitter Jockey) for their brand, and it was a stroke of genius ...

I am an event planner by nature, and I am always trying to think of new ways to link and network with people. These last few weeks, I began brainstorming about ways in which I can network more in my own backyard as well as grow and enhance my relationships ...

I first came in contact with Kat last year through Blacksportsonline. I needed a logo made for my new blog and she came high recommended from BSO. We quickly began working and collaborating on a logo which I used for several months before developing a brand logo. I can't say that ...