Blogger with Balls

Blogs With Balls Radio Premieres on the Joe Sports Fan Radio Network

Blogs With Balls Radio Premieres on the Joe Sports Fan Radio Network

Welcome to the premier of Blogs With Balls Radio on the Joe Sports Fan Radio Network.
From JSF:
Over the past few weeks on our regular installment of the “JoeSportsFan Show”, we teased the fact that big news was coming down the podcasting pipeline here on JoeSportsFan.com. Yesterday, you saw the initiation of this news as our own [...]

Caps Owner Ted Leonsis “Gets It”

Courtesy of BwB 1.0 Panelist Sarah Spain of Mouthpiece Sports:

“Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis has championed the cause of new media, allowing prominent hockey bloggers a place in the press box alongside “mainstream media”. MOUTHPIECESPORTS personality Sarah Spain caught up with Leonsis after the NHL Awards in Vegas to talk about the contributions of blogs [...]

Deadline to Buy Tickets Rapidly Approaching

Have you got your Blogs with Balls ticket yet?
If not, you better hurry up — the cut-off for ticket sales is tomorrow (Thursday) at 7:00pm et. Don’t miss out on the sports media event of the year. Get your ticket today!

Pre-sale Tickets On Sale Now!

We’re pleased to announce that pre-sale tickets have officially gone on sale as of today, Friday, March 20.
To get your hands on a Blogs with Balls gold pass for the discounted rate of $49 (plus a very small — under $2 — service fee), simply head over to blogswithballs.eventbrite.com.
There are a limited number of discounted pre-sale tickets, so act fast!

Introducing the Blogs with Balls Wiki

From the moment we started dreaming up Blogs with Balls, we wanted to ensure that it could be a thoroughly collaborative effort between our team of organizers, the good people volunteering time and energy to speak/moderate panels at BwB, and those who attend and participate in the event.
To that end, we’ve set-up a collaborative space — wiki.blogswithballs.com — to let [...]

First Set of Speakers Announced!

As you may have noticed, we have officially posted the first set of speakers for Blogs with Balls 1.0 in NYC.  They include:

A.J. Daulerio, Deadspin
Dan Levy, On the DL Podcast

John Ness, NBC Local
Jeff Pearlman, Author, SI.com Columnist

Julia Roy, Undercurrent.com, JuliaRoy.com

Matt Sebek, JoeSportsFan.com
Dan Shanoff, DanShanoff.com
Andrew Simon, WhoDeyRevolution.com
Ryan Spoon, InGameNow.com
Jimmy Traina, SI.com’s Extra Mustard
Michael Tunison, KissingSuzyKolber.com
Matt Ufford, WithLeather.com
Pete Vlastelica, CEO, Yardbarker.com

There’s plenty more still to come as we get more [...]

Announcing Blogs with Balls NYC

Unlike conferences of similar ilk, BWB is a social and professional networking avenue and discussion for like-minded/sports-focused bloggers, publishers, podcasters, advertisers and merchandisers.
The tentative agenda & themes include:

Optimizing Social Networks
Ads & Monetization
Joining Sports Blog Networks
Garnering Earned Media
Creating Viral Content
Print Publishing
MSM Blogging
Video & Audio Podcasting
and More!

Each topic will feature a panel of individuals who have excelled in each given area to offer tips and best practices and [...]

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