We are opening up the Call for Speakers for the 2020 Wine Media Conference to be held in Eugene, OR August 20-22.
We have already done a poll of our alumni regarding which topics they are interested to hear about. While we are not limiting our sessions to this list, it will be weighted in our decision on what to include in the agenda. The sessions of interest to our alumni:
- Techniques to Grow Your Audience
- Travel Writing for the Wine Industry
- Better Journalism for Wine Writers
- Getting Paid Assignments With Wineries
- Advanced Instagram
- Wine Photography
- Storytelling: Connecting with your Audience
- Getting Paid to Write
- Search Engine Optimization
- Writing Interesting Wine Reviews
- Videography On Your Smart Phone
- Video and Photography on a Budget
- Monetizing Your Wine Blog
- Google Analytics
- Podcasting
- Global Warming and the Wine Industry
- Managing Yourself as a Business
- Ethics of Wine Writing & Blogging
- Advanced WordPress
- Legal Issues in Wine Writing
- Creating a Media Kit to Attract Sponsors
- Advanced Facebook
Selected speakers will receive a complimentary registration to the conference but must pay their own travel and hotel costs. Speakers can be media or bloggers (not just from the wine industry), media agencies, wineries, consultants, etc.
Please apply online via our Call for Speakers form. Deadline for submission is December 19th.