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DC Bloggers August 2018 Meetup

How to grow an authentic and engaged audience working with traditional media:

Learn how to grow an authentic and engaged audience working with traditional media, including radio, and how to maximize your current platforms in innovative ways with radio celebrities Belu Barriga and Lady Gamez.

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About Belu Barriga

 
Belen Barriga’s passion in life is media and communications. With a degree in Journalism and Communications from her native Ecuador, she realized that she wanted to cover the world, and so she left her origins in South America to seek adventure in the United States. Our nation’s capital being the mecca for news and broadcasting was an easy destination choice for someone hungry to get started, which is where Belen ended up making her new home. She quickly found herself networking in the media world where she eventually became the producer and radio personality of a popular morning show in the Spanish market.

It is here where she gained her local following in the Washington, D.C. metro region and when other media outlets began to take notice of her talents. Soon enough her vibrant personality was sought after to emcee events for presentations, galas, and charity events, but she always loved the world of entertainment and music due to her radio station experience and became a very popular hostess for a DC concert promoter. It is here where she got to meet many stars and entertainers including Romeo Santos, Maluma, Gloria Trevi and Los Pericos. With the rise and importance of social media, and her love for enjoying life and journalism, her blog www.belubarriga.com was born. Belen promotes a healthy lifestyle with a focus on fitness, fun, and health.

Her prior experience in media allowed her to receive an instant following and she has been fortunate to have partnered up with companies like DriveShop, AT&T, Telemundo and Nationwide Insurance. Belen is growing both as a person and as a social media influencer, and can handle any kind of assignment from promoting, to hosting, to public speaking both in English and in Spanish.

About Lady Gamez

 
Cindy Gamez, known as Ladygamez, is a YouTuber from Guatemala. Ladygamez emigrated from her native Guatemala to start a new stage in the United States in 2005, studied cosmetology, graphic design, art and was a teacher in an art shop teaching “Scrapbooking.”

In addition to her love for fashion she is also a lover of makeup and shoes are her weakness. In 2013 she joined YouTube recording her first video and publishing it without imagining that this pastime would become her YouTube career and the beginning in the world of media. Since that first video people asked for more tutorials. In a very short time the charisma and the spontaneity of Ladygamez helped her to win more and more followers currently has more than 22 thousand followers.

Ladygamez had her first participation in television thanks to the opportunity that Telemundo gave her in one of her shows called “Acceso” where she was in charge of the beauty segment (Acceso Makeover), she attracted a lot of attention from the viewers thanks to her creativity and freshness before the camera.

From small tube the pleasure of participating in beauty contests, winning several titles. In 2015, he decided to participate and represent his country in the United States and achieve the crown. With her great knowledge in social networks, she has become part of New Visual Studios as a Social Media Expert and has managed to maintain a good balance in her social networks. We have seen her participate as a presenter in different local events and she is currently one of the most prestigious and recognized radio talents in the metropolitan area of ​​Washington DC, La Nueva 87.7fm who gave her the opportunity to be part of her announcers giving her her own show weekend, every Saturday from 10am to 2pm where we can listen.

Cindy Gamezconocida como Ladygamez, es una youtuber Guatemalteca.nació en Asuncion Mita, Jutiapa el 6 de Octubre de 1989, Actualmente tiene 28 años y es de signo libra. Su nombre artístico proviene del nombre de su pagina de Instagram, ya que a raíz de no querer tener diferentes nombres en sus redes sociales decidio nombrar también así a su canal de youtube “Ladygamez” y ahora la conocemos por ese nombre.

Ladygamez emigro de su país natal Guatemala para emprender una nueva etapa en Estados Unidos en el 2005, estudió cosmetologia, diseño gráfico, arte y fue maestra en una tienda de arte enseñando a crear albums decorados conocidos en ingles como “Scrapbooking”, es una persona artística y creativa, cosa que le gusta explotar a travez de sus videos. Ademas de su amor por la moda también es amante del maquillaje y los zapatos son su debilidad.

En el 2013 se incorporó a YouTube grabando su primer video y publicándolo sin imaginar que ese pasatiempo se convertiría en su carrera en youtube y el comienzo en el mundo de los medios de comunicación.

Con ese primer video se fue dando a conocer y la gente le fue pidiendo mas tutoriales. En muy poco tiempo el carisma y la espontaniedad de Ladygamez le ayudaron a ganar más y más seguidores actualmente cuenta con mas de 22 mil seguidores. Ladygamez tubo su primera participación en television gracias a la oportunidad que le dio Telemundo en uno de sus shows llamado “Acceso” en donde estaba a cargo de el segmento de belleza (Acceso Makeover), llamó mucho la atención de los visualizadores gracias a su creatividad y frescura ante la cámara.

Desde pequeña tubo el gusto de participar en certámenes de belleza, ganando varios títulos. En el 2015 decidio participar y representar a su país en Estados Unidos y logro obtener la corona.

Con su gran conocimiento en redes sociales logro formar parte de New Visual Studios como Social Media Expert y ha logrado mantener un buen balance en sus redes sociales. La hemos visto participar como presentadora en diferentes eventos locales  y actualmente es uno de los talentos de la radio mas prestigiosa y reconocída del area metropolitana de Washington DC, La Nueva 87.7fm quien le brindo la oportunidad de formar parte de sus locutores dandole su propio show de fin de semana, todos los Sabados de 10am a 2pm en donde la podemos escuchar y percibir su amor por los medios de comunicación.

Ama compartir sus conocimiento y es por eso que fundo  Todas Somos Bellas LLC, un evento anual en donde reúne a mujeres que aman el mundo de la belleza, este 2018 se espera sea un evento con una diversidad aprendisajes que incluye técnicas de maquillaje, cuidado de la piel, empoderamiento y cuidado del cuerpo junto a otras chicas talentosas.

Ademas de ser una persona muy carismática es una chica sencilla con un gran amor al arte. Su mensaje a travez de sus videos y trabajo es llevar un mensaje de motivación, recordándoles a las chicas que la belleza no solo es física si no que viene desde adentro siendo humilde y agradecido en todo momento, y que para lograr sus metas se necesita ser perseverante, constante y creer en uno mismo.

Kimberly Pfaehler About Author

Hola I'm Lola. I'm a Venezuelan new mom and I share my love for fashion and family adventures in www.oh-lola.com.

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