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#GARDENBLOGCONF

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Adam Japko- MC & Founder Garden Bloggers Conference

@adamjapko

Adam Japko

Adam Japko

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ACTUALLY…

SOCIAL MEDIA IS ABOUT HUMANS…

MY PARENTS AND MY GENERATION ARE EQUIPPED TO SELL STUFF WITH IT!

Searching for help & expressing need

Social media is no longer something to do…it is who we are

Blogging and social media have moved from phenomenon to essential threads of the communications, business, & personal branding fabric…

focus on integration!

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GBC Attendees Hold Top Footprint

Magazine Rate Base& Monthly Visitors (000)s

Garden Blogger Attendees

Fine Gardening

Organic Gardening

Horticulture

Country Gardens

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Regional Representation & Reach

• 25 States • 18% From Georgia

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Thank you to our Advisory Board Members:

– Susan Cohan– Tara Dillard– Kathy Gatten Johnson– Matt Mattus, – Elizabeth Montgomery– Dee Nash– Elizabeth Ralls– Jennifer Prins– Ellen Wells– Mary Kay Woodworth

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Supporting Association Sponsors:– Garden Writers Association (GWA)– Association of Professional Landscape Designers

(APLD)– Georgia Urban Agriculture Council (UAC)– American Hydrangea Society (AHS)– Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA)

Flower Arrangements– Eugene Divine Designs of Roswell, GA

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3 Notable Attendees

-Mary Palmer Dargan - Landscape Your Life-Jeanne Cope- The Joyful Gardener-Jane Grossman – Just Living Green

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