If you don't know what Blogapalooza is, it is an influencer marketing company that helps businesses and bloggers or influencers to connect and learn from each other. Every year, Blogapalooza also host its one-day event where they gather bloggers and influencers from all over the Philippines, experts, celebrities, and businesses in one roof to learn, unlearn, and relearn everything about blogging and improving your own brand. 

This year is my second time with Blogapalooza and I am more than excited to learn more and represent the hijabis in the event.

This year, Blogapalooza is hosted by Janelle Tee which is a social media influencer.

Youtube was the first topic. Jamill, Viy Cortez, and Emman Nimedez were the speakers and they talked about how they started Youtube, their experiences, struggles, technicalities in Youtube and vlogging, as well as tips in vlogging. One thing that struck me the most is what they said about constructive criticism. That we have to acknowledge bashers and haters for us to learn and grow.

Miko David and Nix Eniego's talk is probably what i'm really interested in. Why? Because they mainly talked about tips and tricks on how to garner likes and followers as well as engagement on Facebook and Instagram for us to be marketable to brands and companies in our niche.

Basically, the goal of Blogapalooza is to connect influencers, bloggers, and companies for collaboration that is why aside from the talks, there are a lot of booths from businesses which bloggers can check out. This way, influencers and bloggers might score partnership and sponsorship from different brands and business.

It was 8:30 AM, together with other SOX Bloggers we were inside of what I call our "mini school bus" on our way to General Santos City Airport. And conversations about the upcoming Blogapalooza (the reason why we're going to Manila) filled the car, we can't just hide our excitement. 

When we reached the airport, we were advise that the flight to Manila was full. We were a bit sad but still hopeful that we can be able to go to Manila for Blogapalooza. And after an hour or so of negotiation, we scored a connecting flight (Gensan-Iloilo-Manila), thanks to our Mommy Chiclet and BlogaMomma AceGapuz. Yes, we were a bit behind with our plans but looking on the brighter side, we were able to set foot in Iloilo even for just a couple of hours. No one is to blame here. Things happen and it's okay. Sometimes, we just got to look in to the positive side of misadventures.

The important thing is we arrived safely in Manila for Blogapalooza!

Through the years, it's always a pleasure flying with PAL. So here are 5 reasons why I love PAL and why I will always choose PAL: