Elisa Camahort

Elisa Camahort is a writer, speaker, consultant and cofounder of the global women's media company BlogHer, a blogging website created in 2005 aimed at encouraging women to blog. BlogHer, which Elisa Camahort co-founded with Jory des Jardins, and Lisa Stone, was just Camahort's hobby at first, but became a movement rapidly fueled by women, sending them into the technological world and providing them with a platform to do so.[1] Aside from her website, she also wrote a book, Road Map for Revolutionaries and serves as a guest speaker in several podcasts where she describes her road to success, challenges she faced along the way, and gives advice to other entrepreneurs.[2] Her books, websites, and leadership roles helped her to land the title as one of the “Top Women in Media” in Folio's annual Top Women in Media Awards in 2016.[3]

Elisa Camahort
Pronunciation"Ee-lee-sa Cah-ma-hort"
OccupationEntrepreneur/Writer/Speaker/Consultant
EmployerBlogHer
Known forCofounder of BlogHer

BlogHer

BlogHer, a multimedia internet platform base out of Belmont, California was founded in 2005 by Elisa Camahort, Lisa Stone and Jory Des Jardines. The "Women's Tech Conference" is described by its founders as it being built on the foundation of creating a safe space for women across the world to voice their opinions, stories and experiences with other women. The founders created Blogher due to the lack of safe space on the internet for women to blossom on their own separate from men. The users of BlogHer are allowed to create their own blogs and learn from other successful women on how too monetize and build their own brand.[4] BlogHer subsequently created a market and ultimately became a national women's media brand with 36 million participating every week, and 15 million with their own blogs.[4] By 2012, the BlogHer platform attracted nearly 92 million visitors monthly, that in combination with around 3,000 blogs on Pinterest and Facebook, BlogHer had created enough leverage to obtain the eyes of high end brands, marketers and advertisers.[5] By the end of 2013, a gross amount of $100 million worth of advertising had been sold by BlogHer to major brands allowing them to in turn pay bloggers 25 million in their share of advertising revenues.[5] The company BlogHer contains two extensions, conferences, which all are invited to attend and a blog advertising network. The BlogHer network, however, is more scrutinized and curated with a set of standards allowing advertisers to know they are on sites that are credible and of quality.[5] In 2014, BlogHer was bought by another multimedia company, SHE Media, with a deal worth an estimated $40 million.[4]

Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All

Elisa Camahort wrote and published Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All in September 2018 along with fellow authors Carolyn Gerin and Jamia Wilson. The book is centered around activism and how to support the "greater good" and the "big picture".[6] It offers advice on how to protest practically and how to stand up to any form of injustice, whether it be local or national in addition to giving a look on how to channel feelings of political or social frustration.[7] It quickly gained popularity, with The Guardian describing it as, "a handbook for people of all ages and backgrounds who are ready to step into advocacy and activism, but don’t know where to begin." [8]

Personal life and accolades

Since Camahort's youth, her mentor and role model in the business world was her mother.[9] Additionally, when Camahort was starting out in the business world, her boss, "vice president of marketing", and her "director of product management" were also her mentors in the business world.[9] Camahort watched her mother climb the corporate ladder, and she wanted to do the same.[9] Soon, she reached the top and discovered that she enjoyed having "control, and accountability and ownership" of being at the top of her own corporate ladder [9] Camahort also likes the idea of people using a social media or blogging in order to shape their life and be able to find support from others.[10] On August 5, 2016, Kim Kardashian met with Camahort to discuss Kim Kardashian's public lifestyle.[11] In 2016, Camahort was recognized as one of the “Top Women in Media” in Folio's annual Top Women in Media Awards.[3] Camahort is also described as an influential person in Silicon Valley.[12] Elisa Camahort is recognized as co-founding "the United States’ largest blog network." [13]

References
  1. Graham, Jefferson. "Women have fueled the rapid rise of BlogHer". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. Borison, Alyson Shontell, Rebecca. "The VCs Who Invest In Startups With Female Founders". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  3. "Folio: Top Women in Media 2016". Folio. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. Jesella, Kara (2008-07-27). "Blogging's Glass Ceiling (Published 2008)". Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  5. Graham, Jefferson. "Women have fueled the rapid rise of BlogHer". USA Today. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  6. Tigar, Lindsay (2019-08-29). "How to bring up your activism in an interview". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  7. Library, Daniel Boone Regional. "Literary Links: Make yourself at home in these books". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  8. "Do the work: an anti-racist reading list | Layla F Saad". The Guardian. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  9. "Interview with Elisa Camahort Page". National Center for Women & Information Technology. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  10. "Entrepreneurial Success Secrets From Female Bloggers". Business Class: Trends and Insights | American Express. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  11. "Kim Kardashian West talks about her critics, her family and why she posts naked selfies". Los Angeles Times. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  12. "O'Brien: The Influencers of Silicon Valley". The Mercury News. 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
  13. "Women bloggers influence millions and want to be paid for it". thestar.com. 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
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