So excited to be kicking off the Influence blog with this inaugural post. Each Monday, we’ll be sharing something new with you about The Influence Conference. It will be our “release day” of sorts. This will be the first place to catch the latest news–we’ll release the conference schedule, we’ll let you know about new speakers or community leaders, we’ll fill you in about giveaways happening around the blogosphere, etc.

In that vein, this morning the darling Kelly Stamps of Kelly’s Korner is going to be giving away a ticket on her blog. If you’ve been on the fence about buying a ticket–or if you’re dying to come but don’t have the money–make sure to enter these giveaways!

For the rest of the week, you can expect posts on both the heart and strategy as well as a link roundup of our favorite links from those involved in Influence. We’re excited to start sharing the tone and the vision of the conference–hope you’ll get excited along with us!