Montreal consultant Michelle Sullivan ← was the first PR professional to conduct blogger outreach in Quebec, and has since worked on a number of campaigns for her clients. A blogger herself, on the verge of releasing two new personal podcast projects, she helps her clients navigate the social media landscape and build meaningful relationships with their communities.

Rayanne Langdon → began her career at com.motion, the social media arm of Veritas Communications, where she was heavily involved in blogger outreach and relationship building. Presently part of FreshBooks‘ dynamic marketing team in Toronto, Rayanne is a new face to the world of marketing and PR, passionate about connecting with others. She blogs at Wide-eyed and Jaded.

Eden Spodek ← is the woman behind the ever-so-pink but not-for-women-only shopping blog Bargainista. She has been involved in a number of successful blogger outreach campaigns and receives more than her fair share of bad pitches. Eden recently entered the podcasting world as one half of the Community Divas team. She spends her days working as a digital communications specialist in Toronto.

As bloggers and podcasters, you are the new influencers and subject matter experts. In your world, the trust economy is the only one that matters. Your audiences count on you not to pimp the next new product or service but to follow your heart and speak your mind. You’re not governed by the same rules as traditional journalists. There are no rules. This is the Wild West. PR consultants are scrambling to figure out the best way to reach out to you. And, if you’re like a lot of bloggers and podcasters, you’re getting tired of the shoddy pitches filling up you in-boxes. At the end of the day, it’s all about building relationships of trust.

Join Michelle Sullivan, Kim Vallee, Rayanne Langdon and Eden Spodek for this interactive panel as they share their experiences with the good, bad and the ugly of Blogger/Podcaster relations from both sides of the equation.

This panel’s session is scheduled on Saturday at 16:00.

Michelle Sullivan’s picture is a courtesy of Simon Law.
Rayanne Langdon’s picture is a courtesy of Ryan Couldrey.

Now that women and mom blogs have invaded the Web, Kim asks what is next. How can a blogger/podcaster compete and use the social media networking tools to reach, engage and mingle with the women market? On top of that, traditional women media are starting to listen. The winners will be the ones that better serve the wishes of modern women and moms.

She will cover all these facts based on her journey to build a Web 2.0 stylish living magazine.

Kim’s session is schedule on Saturday afternoon at 15:00.

A week ago, we opened registration. Since then, a good number of interesting speaking proposals have been submitted. Here’s a preliminary list of what you can expect to see and hear at PodCamp Montreal 2008 :

Other potential speakers will be announced later on, as topics are confirmed. Maybe we can expect more proposal related to podcasting?

Video promos

Are you one of this year’s PodCamp Montreal speakers? If so, we want to hear from you… literally. Post a 2 minute video promoting your session on YouTube and/or Dailymotion with the words PodCamp Montreal 2008 in the title and join the tag pcmtl with the video. Send us a link and we’ll post it in our blog. A good way to get some pre-conference buzz going.