Washington, DC, August 14, 2010 — Registration is in progress for the nation’s #1 Conference for Writers, Authors, and Speakers. The National Christian Writers Conference is scheduled for Washington DC, at Howard University in the Benjamin E. Mays Hall building, on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

The conference presents a number of renowned experts who provide solutions, innovative strategies and knowledge on how to write, publish and promote books or brand names in the Christian marketplace. Do you have an idea for a terrific story? Do you need help transferring your ideas into book format? Have you written a manuscript but don’t know where to go to publish it? Come to the National Christian Writers Conference and listen to award winning authors, publishers, editors, publicists, speakers, internet marketers and wealth building coaches share their secrets on how to succeed in the literary industry.

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The workshop leaders include: Antonio L. Crawford, Pam Perry, Michelle McKinney Hammond, Stacy Hawkins Adams, Karen Hunter, William R. Patterson, Cassandra Walton, Eugene Williams, Jewel Williams, Pam Osbey, Sean Isaacs and other top selling writers, authors, and infopreneurs. Panelists include Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds, Kim Beasley and leading industry professionals.

The National Christian Writers Conference provides information, training and resources to people who want to publish stories that heal, inspire and speak to the hearts of readers around the world. NCWC is committed to building an academic platform to encourage people who are ready to take charge to accelerate their talent in the marketplace.

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Registration is required to attend the conference. Special two for one price and $127 early registration is extended to August 1st, 2010. General registration ends August 7th. Discounted lodging rates provided by the Kellogg Conference Hotel and Holiday Inn Washington-Central/White House group code: EG4. 877.786.9480. Click here for more details

Just as so many people around the world do, I enjoy connecting with others via social networks like Facebook or Twitter. Sharing about my latest projects or great news that’s happening in my life are a couple of the things that I have in common with many other social media users. One great question I have is, “How much is too much sharing on social media?”

SPOILER ALERT: A lot of information is shared about a recent “Criminal Minds” episode entitled “It’s Out There”.

Recently, I watched a TV show called “Criminal Minds” and it had an episode about a stalker/killer who was stalking women who shared many personal details about their lives online using various social media websites. He would initially offer to install high-speed Internet access and at the same time he would install a single small camera that would allow him to monitor their activities. Then he would take his time getting to know them and breaking into their homes when they weren’t there to install more small cameras. He would also follow them online to see what they were sharing about their lives and he eventually started following them around until he entered their homes one final time and killed them.

I know this is a TV show and that this is somewhat extreme, but I view it as a very cautionary tale for “how much is too much sharing on social media”? I’m not trying to scare anyone about sharing information on social media websites, I just want to inform you about the dangers of sharing too much information. The video below is about 5 minutes from the episode that is very detailed and should only be watched by adults due to the nature of the video. I am so adamant about informing others about this issue that I felt it necessary to share this video. Please feel free to share your own views by leaving a comment below.

SPOILER ALERT: this shares about 5 minutes from the “Criminal Minds” show and is very detailed. Only suitable for adult audiences.

Recently, I’ve been sharing about a new business tool on Twitter called Blellow.com which is a business social media website where you can connect, collaborate and communicate with other business people. Listen as the CEO, Mandi Leman shares about Blellow and how it can be very beneficial for business people.

Over the last few months, I have been experimenting to see what it would take to grow my blog followers and I’ve come up with some really great ways of doing this. After trying many different things, I have found the following list has helped me to grow my followers:

• Share tips that are helpful
• Ask for followers to comment and share your blog posts with others
• Automatically have your blog update social networks
• Incorporate Feedburner as my RSS manager
• Apply SEO to blog posts
• Invite guest bloggers to share their knowledge
• Be consistent in sharing at least 3 times per week

This is just a starter list of what I’ve done to grow my blog followers. I would like to know what you have done to grow your blog followers so please feel free to share your insight.