Back to BlogWorld Expo

Yesterday I went to BlogWorld Expo here in Las Vegas. It was smaller than I expected. The exhibitors - as I supposed with any conference - were mostly companies that wanted to show their wares. Lots of blog advertising companies and a bunch of companies that have products to make blogging easier or more fun. I ran into Anil Dash and sat in on two seminars:

Secrets of Great Video Production and Vlogging with Bary Rosenweig. I've been meaning to start doing this for a few years now, so it was good for me. He gave some secrets and short cuts that were valuable for a vlog virgin like me, but most of the class was made up of people that were already vlogging.

I also took Making Money with Affiliate Programs with Dan Gray. It was very clear that Dan is making a good living from the web and affiliate marketing and knew a lot, but I had been hoping for instruction that focused more on the options for newbies like myself.

So now I'm trying to figure out if I'm going to take a stab at another Affiliate Marketing seminar or if I'm going to go to a workshop about Creating a Coherent Social Media Strategy with Jeremiah Owyang.

As you know I met the big steers at Utterz. I also was incredibly impressed with Windows Live.  I'm a Mac girl for life but this application could make my blogging life a lot better and make using Word Press a much more pleasant experience for me. So, I'm going to look into what I need to get - VM ware software to make Windows work on my MacBook. I also talked with Kristin Hall, Director of Marketing with Performics who gave me some great advice about my next project (I haven't told you about it yet because talk is cheap). On the way out I met Mike McAllen and we had a drink together while I chastised him for having a blogger blog. Hopefully I made up for it by giving his wife a signed copy of More Sand in My Bra.

CURRENT: Las Vegas, NV
NEXT: San Diego for Thanksgiving

Comments

[Jeremiah Owyang]

I hope you came!

[Jen Leo]

Yep, I went to the Social Media Strategy with Jeremiah Owyang and Chris Brogan. It was good stuff - if there was anything I left with it was to listen to what your readers want and are paying attention to and respond.

But even more than that, I'll be following along with Chris and Jeremiah's blogs as they are definitely thought leaders and excellent resources for adaptive growth in this new media world.

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