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Happy Veteran’s Day! Talking To The Army

To all of our veteran's and servicemen and women across the country and abroad, please accept our heartfelt and sincere thanks for your service and sacrifice for your country and our freedoms. I know I speak for all of the people here at BlogWorld & New Media Expo when I ...

What NOT to Say to a Blogger at BlogWorld

My friend Keith Burtis and I were walking the exhibit floor at BlogWorld on the second day when Keith spotted a booth run by some folks from Buffalo. We stopped by the booth so Keith could say hello to his homies, when I recognized the brand logo adorning the booth. ...

5 Things Your Spouse Won’t Understand About Blogging

Thinking of getting into blogging? I hope you have a good support group at home. It's especially helpful if your spouse is someone who "gets" blogging and social media. If not, be prepared for lots of questions. 5 Things Your Spouse Won't Understand About Blogging 1. Why you spend so much time ...

BlogWorld ‘09: How Does Your Light Shine?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtoP4a6ABDU[/youtube] Thanks and good karma sent out to the following for providing the images for this slideshow: Lara Kulpa Keith Burtis Ben Sparks Denise Wakeman Reem Abeidoh

BlogWorld ‘09 One Week Later: Thoughts from Around the Blogosphere

[caption id="attachment_1521" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Dinner on opening day: Lara Kulpa, Darren Rowse, Angie Shwartz and I "][/caption] One week after the BlogWorld and New Media Expo, life returns to normal. We're rested. We're over the "BlogWorld flu." We've hugged our kids, snuggled with our spouses, and did massive loads of laundry. ...

An Open Letter To All From Blogs With Balls and HHR Media

To the illustrious attendees of Blogs With Balls 2.0: We at HHR Media felt that by Tuesday, your BwB 2.0 hangover and double-vision would be mostly gone, and those of you (of which there were a few) who missed plane flights as a result of your excessive "conventioneering" shall we say, ...

Multicultural Blogging

Guest post written by Sensis President Jose Villa The term “multicultural” has grown out the need for the marketing world to understand and categorize the various ethnic and lifestyle minorities that have emerged in the U.S. during the last 30 years. The term has come to represent an amalgamation ...

RSS to E-mail

RSS to Email is the perfect way to streamline timely and relevant content to your inbox. RSS to Email spearheads the embodiment of syndicating content globally. It allows bloggers to feed their subscribers with relevant, updated messages in a timely and targeted medium. RSS to Email also allows subscribers to have ...

Book Signings During BlogWorld

Every year, BlogWorld speakers release books and hold signings sessions live at BlogWorld. Check the schedule below and come meet your favorite new media author. TODD CREAGAR Thursday, 2:00 – 3:00 PM CAROL ANN FRIED Thursday, 3:00 – 4:00 PM BRANDON ELEY Friday, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PATRICK O’KEEFE Friday, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CHRIS BROGAN Friday, 12:00 ...

Getting Down to the Wire:Your BlogWorld Survival Guide

It's getting down to the wire. We're printing out boarding passes and packing suitcases. BlogWorld begins on Thursday. To ensure you're getting the maximum BWE '09 experience, I've listed some very cool stuff all in one place. Read it. Print it. Take it along. I give you... Your BlogWorld Survival Guide Top ...

BlogWorld Sponsor The Light Group Offers Hot Deals For BlogWorld Attendees

BlogWorld Sponsor and operator of several of the hottest clubs in Vegas The Light Group has some special deals for all BlogWorld attendees. So if you are looking for a place to hang out before or after any of the official BlogWorld parties, check these out: Show your conference badge at ...

An Analysis of the Blogosphere: Its Present and Future Impact

I am very excited to tell you that “An Analysis of the Blogosphere: Its Present and Future Impact,” a BlogCatalog commissioned study of the blogosphere by Spectrum Brand Strategy, LLC, was recently completed. I am even more excited to have the report in time for BlogWorld Expo 09 and to ...

New Sponsor For Milblog Track

The Milblog Track is pleased to announce a new sponsor, the VA Mortgage Center. Thanks to their kindness, those attending and participating in the milblog track will enjoy refreshments throughout the day. Sincere thanks and much appreciation go out to them for their generosity. Thank you ...

Guest Post BlogWorld Alum Scott Monty Ford Motor Company

Has it been just over a year since the last Blog World Expo? I vividly remember attending that one – I saw colleagues, friends and made new acquaintances, sharing knowledge and learning some exciting new things. And what an amazing and wild year it's been in the time since. In September ...

BlogWorld Ticket Giveaway for Twitter Followers

***Update 10.11.09 2:23pm** Sorry for the delay in announcing yesterday's winner guys. Just busy with last minute preparations for the show. Our second winner for the Retweet contest is @BlueWorkhorse Congrats! And the third and final winner is...... @BrokeAssBride Congratulations. See you in Vegas! Thank you to everyone who participated. ***Update 10.9.09 10:19 pm*** and our first winner is ...

Too Much Conference Swag? Time to Get Charitable!

[caption id="attachment_1432" align="alignright" width="300" caption="If you're not wearing shirts you receive at conferences, consider donating to the needy."][/caption] Do you have to pack an extra tote bag in your luggage so you can carry home all your conference swag? If so, what happens to the swag when you get home? Be ...

Your Help With Next Year Requested

The major goal of the milblog track at Blog World is to talk with you. Not to you, not at you, not about you, but with you. We want to meet you, get to know you, and have you get to know us as well. To that end, we ...

OFFICIAL Blog World Expo Party & Tweetup Guide

The time is now upon us as we gather for the 3rd annual Blog World Expo and the 2009 conference has grown by leaps and bounds and this year's Las Vegas nightlife is no different. This year we bring you not only a solid conference and exhibition hall bigger ...

Don’t Let The “Blog” Fool You

[caption id="attachment_1412" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Kristie Wells & Dave Peck"][/caption] When you go to Burger King, there is more than just burgers right? I mean you can get a salad, milkshake, those yummy chicken fries..oh and an Angry Burger too.(Yes, it is a burger, but I had to work it in. I ...

Planning Your Podcast At Blog World Expo? We Just Made It Easy!

Our new identity this year is to also be the trade show for not just the blogging world, but after our merger with the podcasting and video world of the New Media Expo in 2008, we want to include the podcasters as well. We have been trying to find ways ...

Introduction and Serious Request

For a number of reasons, I want to introduce Tammy Munson to you today. Tammy is a panelist on the milblog track, taking part in the "They Also Serve: Spouse Bloggers" panel. I will skip the normal introductions and short bio for now, and ask you to go read ...

Come Out from Behind Your Blog and Take Your Networking to a Whole New Level

One of the reasons many bloggers dig blogging and social networking is enjoying online conversations. They're talking with like-minded people about the topics in which they share a common passion. Think of how much farther you can take those conversations if you bring them totally offline - away from the ...

Meet the Milblog Panelists: Scott Henderson

Scott Henderson is not a milblogger, he's a Transformer. No, not like in the movies, but a person who helps companies and non-profits transform themselves online so that they can transform their growth. In the Milblog Track, he's going to be discussing the changes and opportunities on the ...

Meet The Milblog Panelists: Barmy Mama

I've said before that milbloggers, and the milblog panelists, span the spectrum. Today, it is a pleasure to begin showcasing that spectrum by starting with Barmy Mama. [caption id="attachment_1361" align="aligncenter" width="178" caption="Barmy Mama's Avatar"][/caption] Now, blogging has been a bit lite of late, but having a newborn tends to do that. ...

No, Milblogs Are Not PAO or Propaganda

In response to something offline, I wanted to add to what I said yesterday. While some PAO's blog, and the Department of Defense is starting to blog and engage in social media, milblogs are not PAO operations. The milbloggers do have to register with their command, which can consist of ...

In Case You Were Wondering Why…

Here is a reason or 10 why you should end up in Vegas! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYdPoTq0e4w[/youtube] Thanks Nicole I needed that one today! If you want to let Nicole know how cool this is, feel free to stop and tell her yourself if you are in Las Vegas at BlogWorld& New Media Expo. Nicole is ...

What is a Milblog, and Why Should You Care?

Aside from being asked what a blog is, the next question that comes up in talking with people -- even other bloggers -- is "What is a milblog?" That's a good question. Milblogs are blogs about the military, or topics of interest to the military, by those associated with the military. ...

Are There Any Original Ideas in Blogging Anymore?

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Demand Studios Creators Conference in Santa Monica. While there, I was speaking with another writer who was sharing an idea she had for a blog. It was an amazing idea. I won't give it away here, but in retrospect, the reason ...

Want To Attend the Milblog Track for Free?

I love a good challenge. It gets things flowing, from endorphins onward. Rick Calvert, founder and head of Blog World and New Media Expo, has issued a challenge. It seems Rick is convinced we can get 200 people to the milblog track on 15 October, quite a good number ...

It Profits To Be A Non-Profit At BlogWorld!

****Update*** You Only Need A Weekend Pass To Attend The Non Profit Track*** Let's face it, money is tight. If you are a large corporation or a hobbyist, an employee or an employer, you know of what I speak. This is not more prevelant that in the non-profit world. They have ...

Next 5 People To Use Tweet35 Get 35% Off Any Blogworld Registration!

Ok you were out of town and missed the deadline to register for BlogWorld & New Media Expo before prices went up. Your dog ate your calendar, your boss didn't give you the ok in time, you just plain old forgot. Well here is your chance. The next 5 people ...

Get A Taste of Blog World Expo

I am going to be talking tomorrow with some of the speakers that will be speaking at BlogWorld & New Media Expo in October. I have watched as our schedule came together and have many people to thank for that, but none more than the speakers that will be providing ...

Chad Vader Breaks The Internet and Turns To Blog World Expo For Help

If you have not seen this video of Chad Vader now is a good time to check it out. We have had quite a chuckle here watching and sending it out via Twitter. Our special thanks to Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda for their hard work in putting it together ...

Software Versus Physical: Why Go to Conferences?

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="470" caption="Networking, Not in the IT Sense"][/caption] By Guest contributor Chris Garrett With all the buzz and hype around social media, you might wonder why someone would go to a physical rather than virtual conference. What are the advantages of a conference over staying at home? As someone who is ...

Cirque du Soleil Tickets At BlogWorld

We are very grateful to Cirque du Soleil and their Social Media Manager Jessica Berlin @jessberlin for once again providing free tickets to several of the hottest Cirque du Soleil shows in Vegas for BlogWorld attendees. This year, Cirque du Soleil is offering a limited number of ...

Barnes & Noble Official Book Store Vendor for BlogWorld & New Media Expo 2009

We are happy to be partnering with Barnes & Noble again this year on the BlogWorld Book Store. So if you are speaking, or attending BlogWorld & New Media Expo this year and you are an author and want to have your book included in the book store this is ...

Medblogging and Patient Privacy

(Mike Sevilla, M.D. is a board certified family physician in Northeastern Ohio. We know him as medblogger and Blog Talk Radio star Doctor Anonymous. Mike is moderating the Medblogger track session "Staying on the Good Side of HIPAA: Safe and Ethical Blogging Practices". Here is his take on the session and the ...

Top 10 Things to Take to BlogWorld

BlogWorld is a little less than a month away. If you've been to The BlogWorld and New Media Expo in the past, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect. If you're new to this conference, there are a few things to consider. BlogWorld isn't only parties, though ...

Win a Free Pass to BlogWorld with Hotel Included – Courtesty of Alltop

Wishing you could come to BlogWorld but can't quite scrape together the cash to get there? Perhaps there's another way: Guy Kawasaki and Alltop are giving away three passes to the BlogWorld and New Media Expo, plus they'll even throw in the hotel stay for one lucky grand prize winner. Intrigued? Read ...

The Milblog Lounge

Come one, come all to the Army Milblog Lounge! I am pleased to announce that the U.S. Army has stepped forward and as a result, we have a 20x20 area in the exhibit hall, half of which will be configured as a comfortable area for discussions on milblogging and ...

Meblogger Track: The State of the Medical Blogosphere

The medical blogosphere is actually a composite, made up of patients, doctors, nurses, hospital administrators, medical companies...you get the picture. If you are blogging about a health care topic, you fall under the medblogger rubric. "The State of the Medical Blogosphere: We've Come A Long Way, Baby" is one of four sessions ...

Coordinating Participants from Around The World

One of the more interesting, and fun (honest) things about putting together the military blogging track is working with participants who vary a great deal. We literally are planning on having panelists participate from Afghanistan and else where. Adding to the mix is the fact that we even ...

Medical bloggers at Blog World Expo, October 15th, 2009 September 7, 2009 (The following post has been written by Kevin Pho, MD, blogger and medblogger track panelist. The original post can be found here, at Kevin, MD) ******************** I have been graciously invited to participate on a panel in the medical blogger track at ...

Are Social Networking Groups Driving Traffic Away from Your Community

I once worked as community manager for a company that was big into building up social networking groups. We had Yahoo Group, a community on Ning, and of course, a FaceBook group, because everyone has to have them. When it came time to build up a forum on the site ...

Separating Work and Cyberspace: Should You?

I was asked an interesting question today - whether or not we should allow our bosses to become Facebook friends, and if we should feel obligated if they ask. I did a little pondering... We've all heard stories of bosses not appreciating things said by employees in various social networks. We ...

Blogger Sponsorship for Conferences Part III: Your Proposal

If you've been following our series on how to land a sponsorship in order to attend conferences, you already know about figuring out what to offer in return for a sponsorshipand also, choosing a sponsor. I'm going to assume you have your lists at the ready and it's time for ...

On Track with Travel Blogging at BWE09

Are you a travel blogger? Do you want to be one? Does your marketing company work in the travel industry? Then you NEED to be at Blog World & New Media Expo this year. I’m so excited that travel is a dedicated track, which means we’ll have an entire day of ...

Doctor Anonymous Brings BWE to Blog Talk Radio

Doctor Anonymous (aka: Mike Sevilla) will be discussing BlogWorld Expo tonight, as he celebrates the second broadcast anniversary of his popular Blog Talk Radio show. Mike will be moderating the "Staying on the Good Side of HIPAA: Safe and Ethical Blogging Practices" panel during the upcoming Medblogger track at BWE. When he ...

What Talks About

food and drink, sports, weather, politics, travel, and the intricacies of counter-insurgency operations? Your friendly local milblog does, that's who. Millbogs cover a variety of topics and issues, from reports from the front lines by those there doing the fighting to the challenges facing the spouses who hold ...

Medblogging Meets BlogWorld/New Media Expo

Never underestimate the power of a rant! This year will mark the first ever Medblogger track at BlogWorld/New Media Expo. And it all started because of a rather indignant blogger. That would be me. ***** An introduction may be in order. I'm Kim, a registered nurse who has been blogging about my life and times ...

Announcing Wordcamp Las Vegas At BlogWorld Expo

[caption id="attachment_1208" align="alignleft" width="152" caption="Wordcamp Las Vegas @ BlogWorld Expo"][/caption] We wanted to announce something very exciting that we have never done before now, Wordcamp LasVegas @ BlogWorld Expo will take place this year on October 16 - 17, 2009. I had the opportunity to speak at Wordcamp Las Vegas in January ...

Blogger Sponsorship for Conferences Part II: Finding a Sponsor

Finding sponsorship to help defray the cost of attending conferences isn't as simple as it sounds. There are a lot of steps involved, but the hardest part is finding a sponsor. Finding a brand that shares the same message at your and your blog, and, is willing to pay for ...

Blogger Sponsorship for Conferences: Part 1 – What Do You Have to Offer?

If you've been attending conferences for the past couple of years, you may have noticed some bloggers have sponsors paying their conference entry fee and other expenses. In return these bloggers are helping to promote their sponsors. For bloggers who can't scrape together the funds to attend conferences, this can ...

Last-minute pass give-away to Gnomedex 9.0

Jim Turner, our illustrious Social Media Director (@Genuine on Twitter) will be winging it up to Seattle tomorrow for the sold-out Gnomedex 9.0 event. It's one of our favorites, and it's put on by Chris Pirillo. Here's your chance to join him with a FREE All-Access Pass worth $299.00! Put up ...

Speaking of Speakers

It has been a long road or journey, one that I might pack for differently given what I know now, but a journey that has been fun. I first agreed to help work this conference as far back as 2006 when I first met Rick Calvert in Seattle at a ...

BlogWorld New Media Expo Headed To Gnomedex 9.0

I have heard and followed along with this conference for a long time. I actually was able to attend a couple of years ago from the comfort of my own home in my office while watching some of the sessions on Ustream. I really love the conference facility at Bell ...

What the Heck is Up with All these Conferences?

I was Skype chatting with my sister the other morning , talking about IzeaFest as I'm still not sure yet whether or not I will attend. "Wow," she said. "For people who want to work at home, bloggers sure go to conferences to be with people a lot." Though I ...

Cool as Ever Tech TweetUp at Del Mar Racetrack

Our friend Jenn Van Grove (@jbruin on Twitter) is hosting a great TweetUp this weekend at Del Mar Racetrack this weekend, not to be missed. It's called Cool as Ever Tech, it's on Saturday, August 8th from 12:00 Noon 'til 6pm and it's freeeee... So come meet SoCal tech friends from ...

Ode to BlogHer ‘09 – Telling Dad Style

Were you at Blogher '09? Was it truly a swagfest? Would love to hear from folks who have good stories to tell. What did YOU take away from BlogHer - and by takeaway I don't mean things that can be stuffed into a carryon. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70JpKCwbmg&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tellingdad.com%2F2009%2Fode-to-blogher-09%2F&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Blogger Outreach: How to Do it right

Blogger outreach is a big deal lately. Many businesses and PR agencies are hiring people who "know how to talk to bloggers" because, apparently, bloggers are influential people. That's all well and good, but I've received pitches from some of these blogging outreach people and most of them need to ...

Are Bloggers Going Swag Crazy?

"There's no good swag this year" said the attendee at South by Southwest Interactive. "What's the use in coming if no one's giving out any good stuff?" "I don't know," I told him. "Maybe to learn and meet other terrific people?" Are bloggers going swag crazy? Is it all about the merchandise ...

2009 Blogs With Balls Program At BlogWorld Expo Announced

If you didn’t know already, we are partnering with the folks at HHR Media this year to bring the most amazing sports blogging track ever to BlogWorld & New Media Expo. The sports blogging conference is aptly named Blogs With Balls and drew more than 300 attendees ...

Hey That Blogger Stole My Content: How to Deal with Content Theft

A blogger's words are like a store's inventory. If merchandise is stolen, the shop loses sales. If others are stealing a blogger's words or using his content, there's really no reason for him to bother anymore as. Exclusive content is important for traffic and ad sales. In short, it sucks ...

Twiistup 6 at The Universal Hilton

We would like to make sure everyone knows about the Twiistup 6 at the Universal Hilton coming up this week, Thursday and Friday. This is an event that all of you should attend and they have a killer lineup of speakers. Jason Calacanis Serial entrepreneur, founder of Mahalo and co-founder of ...

Twitter Stepping Towards Commercial Accounts

Looks like all that talking might actually be leading to some doing. That's right, Twitter has finally taken its very first steps out of the world of the free, and into the world of the paid...kind of. Twitter has unveiled a new thing called Twitter 101, which is basically a ...

Build Your Blog’s Community Using Tweetmeme

Of all the bloggy bells and whistles, I'm hearting my TweetMeme button the most. It's sending me the love like you wouldn't believe. TweetMeme is a handy little widget allowing readers to retweet a blog post on Twitter in order to share with friends and followers. I recently installed a TweetMeme ...

Twitter vs. Facebook

During interviews with potential clients, I'm inevitably asked, "what is the difference between Facebook and Twitter." I always tell them this: It's all about how and with whom you choose to communicate. Facebook is the extended family picnic. Twitter is a rock concert. I thought about this a little last night ...

Social Media Explosion Not Translating into Jobs, Yet.

We all know the hype behind social media, heck, we all LOVE the hype behind it. We all know how much easier it is to get in touch, stay in touch and find New people to want to be in touch with, when you're using social networking, and any or ...

Old Media vs. New Media

I began working for a traditional magazine publisher in 1985, the beginning of a long, tumultuous career in "old media". As someone who started out old school, it's been interesting watching old media dissolve and new media evolve. Unlike many of my old school contemporaries, I've been quick to embrace ...

Turning a Blog Into a Network: One Year Down the Road

Almost a year ago, my blog Freelance Writing Jobs grew from a standalone blog with several bloggers to a network of seven blogs. As you can imagine, it's been a challenging experience, one in which I continue to learn and grow. There were several reasons I decided to grow my blog ...

Quick Tip: Want Folks to Follow You on Twitter? Tell Us Why We Should!

Looking for Twitter followers? Wondering why all those people you follow won't follow you in return? It could be because you're not giving them enough to go on. Most people who look for folks to follow on Twitter do so because they're looking for like-minded people to share and converse ...

Blogs in Plain English

Whenever I try to explain to someone who isn't blog savvy about what a blog is or why blogging is so popular, I try to word it as I would explain it to my (late) technically challenged grandmother. Grandma didn't get faxes, emails or the Internet, and trying to explain ...

United Airlines Sucks!

So back on May 23'rd of this year I was flying home out of Schiphol Airport after two long weeks working two separate trade shows in Europe. I arrived at the airport almost three hours early and was one of the first in line to check in. The check in crew ...

Speakers and Schedule Not Yet Complete

I wanted to take a moment and bring everyone up to date on where we stand with the schedule and the speakers lineup. We are completing most of the 11 separate tracks that will be going on at Blog World Expo in October. Panels such as the military bloggers have ...

Who is Reading Your Blog? The Importance of Knowing Your Community

Knowing who visits your blog on a regular basis is more important than you think. Looking at your community as a network of individuals rather than numbers or comments will help you build traffic and better enable you to monetize your blog. While blogs are a personal thing, if you're ...

5 Ways to Lose Followers on Twitter

I talk too much. This isn't a major revelation,though. I've known this for some time. Even back when I was a kid my weary parents used to beg me, pretty please, for some quiet time. My brothers and sisters would invent "let's see who can be quiet the longest" ...

What are People Saying About You Online?

There's a lot more to blogging than just writing a post. Successful blogging also means meeting the needs of your community. Yes, your blog is there so you can say what you want, whenever you want, but if you turn off your regular visitors or don't give them what they ...

The Speakers Lineup Taking Shape For 2009: A Quick Update

All this week I have been working with the staff here to get the lineup of speakers put together for the event and we are just now after pouring through the many submissions and proposals sending out the emails of those that have been accepted as part of our curriculum ...

Why it Pays for Brands to Monitor the Social Networks

Last week I publicly wondered whether or not brands should monitor the social networks, this week I was able to prove my point. I'm not smug about it though, just happy there are folks who get it. A few days ago I tried to upgrade my cable service and was displeased ...

David Lee at Wetoku Interviews Me

Yesterday BlogWorld Exhibitor and Wetoku VP of sales David Lee asked me a few questions using their new video service. It was pretty lag free and despite both of us having lousy web cams the quality looks pretty good to me. That is except for both of us having a ...

CEO’s Are Actually “Social Media Slackers?”

Looks like the biggest big-wigs of the biggest companies in the world might just have some explaining to do. The world is shifting every day to a much more "socially networked" world, and everyone from your grandparents to your grandchildren are jumping on board and taking part. That is, everyone ...

Can’t Make it to BlogWorld? 5 Ways You Can Still Be There in Spirit

The BlogWorld and New Media Expo is a wonderful celebration of networking and learning, a place where bloggers can talk about their favorite topic and know others will get it. Not all who are feeling the love can attend conferences, however. For many the airfare, lodgings fees, entry and other ...

MySpace Cutting Jobs & Downsizing International Work

Uh oh for MySpace. Looks like the former King of Social Networking just got knocked back to Prince. As Facebook has officially passed MySpace by when it comes to popularity and traffic, MySpace looks like it's being forced to act accordingly and has reportedly made moves to reposition themselves. According to ...

Should Brands Monitor the Social Networks?

Yesterday at dinner with "the girls", the discussion turned to social networks. Some didn't quite get the appeal of Facebook and Twitter and an interesting discussion ensued. It took an even more interesting turn when one of my friends, who works for a major national brand, felt businesses really don't ...

Want More Twitter Followers? Pay For Them!

We're living in a world where the more people you're connected to on the internet, the more successful you are most likely going to be when it comes to your business enterprises. The problem for a lot of people, however, is that they just aren't connected to that many people, ...

Do Your Blogs Bring You Business….Or is it Your Business to Blog?

I read a thought-provoking post yesterday at Men with Pens regarding converting blog readers to clients. The author, James Chartrand, left some interesting food for thought behind. Many bloggers give away all their wisdom for free. Their readers come by to learn, perhaps add a comment or two, and then ...

Social Media: There’s No Such Thing as A News Black Out

As I was preparing dinner last night I had one ear tuned to the television in the family room and one ear tuned to the child playing in the back yard. My attention fully focused on the news as I heard the words "Twitter" and "Facebook." If you're like me, ...

Press Releases Still Work!

Lots of my new media friends like to say the traditional press release is dead. They are dead wrong. Some of them even like to say blogging is dead. They are insane (more like shameless link baiters). This morning we sent out what can only be called a traditional press release ...

Army Lifts Social Media Ban

Chalk this one up as a victory for the brave men and women around the country that are helping to keep our country completely safe and sound. Up until this point, due to security concerns and privacy worries by ol' Uncle Sam, the U.S. Army had blocked the vast majority ...

Does Your Blog Have Balls? Join Us In New York City!

I am headed to New York City on Friday, June 12, 2009 to participate in a very cool blogging conference in New York City at Stout New York. The event is scheduled all day on June 13, 2009. The have lots of panelists and cool topics. Of most interest to ...

Speaking Submissions Deadline Came and Went – Now The Hard Part – Choosing

Now the real work for me begins. I am getting inundated with questions from everyone that has submitted speaking submissions as to whether their submission was chosen. To be frank, I am not done reading the more than, enter large number here, submissions that were submitted and I have yet ...

The $99 iPhone: Apple To Get Even MORE Popular?

In case you were sleeping, living under a rock or were completely off-the-grid for the last few days, you most likely already know that Apple just made a splash. Yes, another one. At the recent WWDC they had a few pretty substantial announcements to make, but the biggest, in my ...

Hotel Discounts Abound for BlogWorld ‘09

Yesterday Rick blasted out (on Twitter) some amazing hotel discounts for BlogWorld attendees. Check out these sweet deals: The Courtyard, directly across the street from the conference center, is $79 per night. You'll save on cab fare too because you won't need to pay a cab driver $20 to get you ...

Put a Little Thought into Your Link Exchange Requests

I receive requests every day for link exchanges. Many newer bloggers especially feel a link exchange from a more established blog or blogger is a good way to get traffic and create buzz. Backlinks are always good, but people, can we put a little more thought into this? Yesterday I received ...

Blogging: You Get What You Give

In May, my blog network had it's highest ever payout in terms of revenue. We're talking more than two thousand dollars for the month. For some serious probloggers this may seem like chump change, but for someone who has watched a slow steady rise over the past four years, yesterday's ...

Yes Drill Sergeant! Military Goes Social Media

Yesterday, my esteemed colleague talked about whether or not blogging has officially jumped the shark. Today, we're wondering what the term will be when it comes to Twitter and Facebook now that news is surfacing that in addition to the White House joining into the social media fray, now the ...

Has Blogging Jumped the Shark?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDthMGtZKa4[/youtube] I live to blog. If I’m not blogging, I’m forming posts in my head. Everything is an idea. I suppose you can call me an old school blogger, but I’m not close minded. I like to consider new ideas and technologies, even if I don’t always get them. That’s why ...

10 Things I Learned From Twitter

It's no secret I harbor a Twitter addiction. Though I'm not yet at the intervention stage, my love for microblogging has stolen away hours of my time. Lest you think this is just a frivolous type of addiction, let me assure you it's far from being harmful. In fact, Twitter ...

The Importance of Following Directions When Applying for a Blogging Job

Last weekend I posted an ad for a blogger. The requirements were simple and I didn't ask applicants to bend over backwards or turn over their first borns. This isn't the first time I hired a blogger and knew the more rules and regs posted in my ad, the less ...

Twitter Turning to Television: Reality TweeVee?

I'm going to be straight up front and honest with this little gem of news: I'm a bit terrified. Rumors are surfacing that Twitter is in talks to develop a television series. Yes, you heard me right, Twitter wants to be on TV. In a word, wow. If all goes according ...

Ashton Kutcher Threatens to Stop Tweeting – Do We Care?

[caption id="attachment_912" align="alignright" width="207" caption="@aplusk"][/caption] Dear Ashton Kutcher, I have news for you. There was a Twittersphere long before you went on national television begging for followers, and there will be a Twitter long after. Your threatening to stop Tweeting if Twitter turns into a reality television show is akin to the many ...

BlogWorld & New Media Expo 2009 Registration Is Now Open

That's right BlogWorld & New Media Expo registration is finally open and we need a few guinea pigs to test it out and make sure everything is working right. If you are reading this post you probably just saw our tweet. So here is how it works. Here is a ...

Are Businesses Confused by Social Media?

Many businesses are jumping on the social media bandwagon, but do they know what it is or why it's necessary? I see advertisements every day for community managers and social media specialists but the description for each ad varies remarkably. No two jobs are similar. When it comes to business, there's ...

Facebook Fielding $200 Million Bid For 2% Stake

Looks like Facebook is still bringing in some substantial appraisals for just how much it's worth. While we're still a bit unsure if it's actually Worth the money they are claiming it is worth, a Russian company just offered Facebook and its head honchos $200 million for only 2% of ...

Bloggers Have Mad Skills – Pay them Accordingly!

I have a bone to pick. Something's sticking in my craw and I need to get it out. Lately I'm coming across ad after ad for bloggers - yet no one is willing to pay for the work. Instead they're offering "exposure" and "internships." Hello? I'm exposed every time I ...

Facebook as Terrorist Recruiting Tool?

Could this be a big 'uh oh' for Facebook? For now it doesn't look like it, but this recent bout of news does raise some questions as to exactly how Facebook is going to begin addressing some of the more questionable uses of their social networking site. We all know they ...

Social Media isn’t Spam

The past couple of weeks found me on a quest for answers. With everyone claiming to be social media experts nowadays, I went looking for definitions. What is social media? What criteria should one have before claiming social media expertise? I'm still compiling that data, but there is one trend ...

Tweets From Space: Astronaut Twitters

If the White House jumping on the bandwagon and signing themselves up for a Twitter account wasn't enough to convince you that the micro-blogging service had officially gone mainstream and its popularity has blown up, maybe today's little gem of news will. How about this: a NASA astronaut part of ...

10 Tips for Attending Conferences

Every time I attend a conference, I learn a few more tricks. It took a few years of trial and error to get it all right - not that there's a wrong way to attend a conference. Now though, I know a little bit more about saving costs, remembering names ...

Facebook Gives Two Holocaust Denial Groups The Boot

Looks like pressure finally got to Facebook and they did what I am sure the vast majority of people will agree, was the right thing. Freedom of speech in this country is beyond vital. The ability to say what we feel, when we feel it without censorship or controlling is ...

Here Are My Heroes…. Who Is Your Hero?

A few days ago a dear friend introduced me to a group of very special people and a wonderful organization; The Bob Woodruff Foundation. Stephanie asked if we could help them spread the word for their TweettoRemind campaign and their goal to raise $1.65m by Memorial Day. We of course ...

Community Isn’t Only Online

One of the reasons I enjoy attending blog and social media conferences so much is because I love meeting with the folks I interact with online. I'll even go as far as to say I use my online communities only as a tool for making personal connections. I think a ...

Better Paying Opportunities for Bloggers?

As someone who trolls the job boards daily looking for writing and blogging leads, I tend to notice trends. For instance, with so many folks laid off from their jobs, many are turning to freelance writing and paid blogging opportunities for making ends meet, at least temporarily. I started writing for ...

Twitter: The Best Job Search Tool Ever

Twitter fascinates me. If I could, I'd spend the entire day watching the current trends and following shared links. Sometimes I lurk, and watch other conversations unfold, other times I'm an active participant. With my Tweet deck open I can monitor several talks at once. It's a beautiful thing. Because my ...

Over 50 and Jobless? Join Social Networking Sites

We've all heard the saying "you can't teach an old dog new tricks." We all know what it means, we all know how true it usually is, but is it still relevant? Is now the time, if ever there was a time, to start teaching all the old dogs out ...

Which Celebrity Would YOU Choose to Give a Keynote at BlogWorld

After Ashton Kutcher became the first person to reach one million followers on Twitter, there was a bit of discussion as to whether Oprah should give a keynote at BlogWorld 09. As you could imagine, there was a variety of answers, not all positive. It got me to thinking... At the first ...

White House Dips Into Social Networking Pool

Looks like the White House is going 21st century, in a very big way. We all knew during the campaign that Obama was a bit more advanced than any other presidential candidate in history when it came to his embracing and utilizing new technology. That trend is continuing as the ...

College Admissions Using Social Networking Tools

Think you are completely safe when it comes to what's being posted on your social networking profiles? Think all those photos of you or your kids that are tagged, all of those videos you or they might make little cameos in, are safe and sound and seen by no one ...

CDC Using Twitter For Flu Information

Last week we discussed briefly how Twitter was rapidly becoming much more than just a place to find out who's doing what, when, and why, and shifting into much more of a conduit for information. Today, in the midst of a nation-wide pandemic scare, we're learning just how true that ...

Learning Wordpress

This is my third try at writing this post as I have lost my draft three times. Isn't that just the way when you want to talk about a technology? I am writing this in the dashboard of Wordpress. There are many choices when wanting to use a blogging platform, ...

Twitter Becoming Huge Conduit For Information

From Twitter's humble start as a way for you and all of your friends to update each other on what's going on, where you are, what you're thinking and what you're doing, it's hard to believe where things have currently landed. A year ago, would you have believed that some ...

During Recession, Marketers Turning To Social Networks

In today's economy, I'm fairly sure just about everyone has been feeling the pinch. When it comes to bigger companies, one of the divisions that I'm sure has been struggling, is the marketing division. How do you advertise your product to people who are struggling with their own financial issues, ...

Did Ashton Kutcher Exploit The Children Of Africa?

While searching for other blog posts about the recent hubub over the hypothetical possibility of Oprah Keynoting BlogWorld this year, I came across another post that stunned me and brought a whole new perspective to Kutcher's million Twitter follower quest that I hadn't considered before. Blogger Clement Nthambazale Nyirenda has a ...

Job Seeking? Social Networking Can Help!

In today's economy, it seems to me that people fall into one of two categories: Lucky to still have their job, or desperately searching for a new one. Granted this is most likely a very vast generalization, but you get the point. The good news is, the tools available as ...

Should Oprah Be Allowed To Speak At BlogWorld?

Wow people can really get their shorts in a twist really quickly in the Blogosphere or in this case the Twittersphere. Tonight Twitter and the tech blogs were buzzing with talk about Ashton Kutcher's little challenge to CNN to see who could be the first to get to one million followers ...

How To Monetize Your Blog; A Gary V Post You Must See!

I just had a great conversation with @Jason Falls from Social Media Explorer and had to write this post. We were just talking about how some smallish (1,500 to 2,000 readers a day) but high quality niche blogs kept trying to pitch him to get a world wide brand to ...

Church Encourages Twitter Use During Service

Welcome to the 21st century. I guess when the institution that has been considered the most traditional and least technologically advanced starts to embrace modern technology like Twitter, it's time to say it's officially arrived. I just caught wind of a church in North Carolina that not only doesn't care ...

For Love or Money: How to Find the Blogging Sweet Spot

Being a professional blogger is sexy. You get to make money writing on the Internet in your pajamas. It’s the epitome of the American dream, all idyllic and hypnotizing. Well, it is until your bills come anyway. Then that fantasy land you created while drinking overpriced mochaccinos comes crashing down and ...

Twitter Worm Spreads Over Easter Weekend

Isn't Easter supposed to be the time of getting dressed up nicely, maybe going to a church with your family, eating too much ham, eggs and rolls and finding bright colored eggs hidden all over the yard? I'm fairly sure the last thing it's supposed to be about is the ...

Social Networking Finds Higher Calling

Right when you thought you knew exactly what Social Media and Social Networking was capable of, right when you thought you knew exactly what it's future would be and that it was officially shifting towards business, something pops up that gives you a renewed hope for just what all this ...

Google Wants Twitter…Is Twitter King?

Unless you're hiding under some sort of stone in the past few days and weeks, you've most likely heard the rumors circulating and floating around that Google has officially expressed some interest in acquiring the wildly popular microblogging site, Twitter. Wow. Given the fact that newer rumors are now circulating that ...

Facebook Booms, MySpace Falls

Facebook, Hulu, Twitter, Bebo are all booming. Every day, week and month the traffic numbers continue to steadily rise and their popularity doesn't seem to be slowing down. One of the original founders of social networking, however, has done nothing but show a steady decline in traffic and popularity over ...

Rappin At SXSW? How About Blog World Expo “I Wanna Be A Rock Star?”

This has gone around the blogosphere out on Twitter and a number of other places. Rebecca Corliss did an awesome job of putting together this recap of SXSW in Austin, Texas. Some of the rock stars in blogging, podcasting and conference attendees are in the video. What I would like to ...

Mark Cuban Fined for Twitter Comments

I guess if you're as rich as Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, $25,000 really isn't that much money to lose. If you're like me or the rest of America it is, and it begins to make me wonder just how responsible we're all going to be for the comments we ...

I Love Twitter

I love Twitter, and I might be addicted. Fortunately - or unfortunately - I have to work all day and so can't access Twitter until I get home around six. Even then, I don't dwell on Twitter Lane as many people seem to do; I just love to walk up and ...

CBS Sunday Morning’s Two Takes On Blogging

I never watch this program but for some reason I did this Sunday. I took it as a sign when Tim Bourquin sent me a link to the first video online that it required a post. This first piece is pretty good considering the audience and despite the little dig equating ...

Twitter To Offer Commercial Accounts…For A Fee

The fact that Twitter has had, well, issues, coming up with a way to actually make some money off their service has never been a secret. The fact that they've been desperately needing a way, also, has never been a secret. Looks like steps have been taken for Twitter to ...

Bloggers Blog Because. . . Well, Because!

Why in the world would someone like me want to go to Blog World Expo, or any other blogging conference? Would would someone like me NEED to go? Aren't bloggers twenty and thirty-somethings? Don't they write about diapers and projectile vomit and daycare and breastfeeding at the workplace? Bloggers are also ...

Shaq Tweets At Halftime

In a word: Wow. We've been talking a lot lately about just how big social networking is getting, how huge Facebook and Twitter have become over the last few months and how they are more than likely going to continue to do so. In case you were still a non-believer ...

The Pricelessness of Blogging

I live out in the country, several miles from the nearest small town. I know only one other adult who blogs, living in this area. We met and became friends because of our blogs. We have little in common besides our passion for blogging, but a passion for blogging is ...

Social Networks Changing The Way We Communicate

Remember the days of long winded phone calls, answering machine messages that filled up the entire tape, handwritten letters delivered by snail mail, or worse, horses? Yeah, me either. Those days are fading further and further into obscurity with every day that passes and the simple fact is this: We ...

Blogging for Bargains!

I used to clip coupons from newspapers and magazines, but I don't any more. I don't even take the newspaper, and haven't for several years. I still get a few magazines in the mail, but I'll probably let the subscriptions lapse when they come due again. That being said, I still ...

Blog World Expo Wants to See You At Web 2.0 Expo

We are giving away a free badge to a special Blog World and New Media Expo blog reader, radio listener or other friends. You can win a badge to Web 2.0 Expo very simply. Here is how. Just tell us you want to go to Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco coming ...

Blog World Expo Radio – Episode 1 From SXSW in Austin Texas

Our show comes to you live from last Saturday at SXSW Interactive at the Techset Blogger Lounge presented by Windows Mobile. Our guests on this show live from SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas: Ewan Spence and his Twitter is @ewanspence Wendy Piersall and her Twitter is @emom Justin Levy and his Twitter is @justinlevy Patti ...

Social Media Shrinks the Planet and Enlarges Our Lives

Social Media has so many facets; it's impossible to cover them all in any one blog post, or even any one BOOK. Yes, we make friends online. Yes, we run businesses online. Yes, we ask and get advice online. Yes, we make purchases online. The list goes on and on. For ...

Twitter To Threaten U.S. Trials?

As services like Facebook and Twitter continue to dive deeper and deeper into our lives, it looks like there are some people out there that view the services as more of a threat than anyone previously believed. The fact that they allow anyone, anywhere to get intimate and in-depth looks ...

I Want To Meet Guy Kawasaki At BlogWorld

If you would like to meet Guy at BlogWorld this year. Link to this post and to Alltop with your blog post explaining why you want to meet Guy this year at BlogWorld. Pretty Simple. See you Oct 15 - 17 in Las Vegas

The Parenting Blogosphere: A REAL Reality Show in Progress

There are TONS of parents in the Blogosphere, and none of them knows everything about rearing children. (One raises alfalfa; one rears children. Semantics, semantics, semantics. . . .) However, we all know SOMEthing about rearing children, and if you put all of the "somethings" together, we just might have everything. Maybe. It's ...

Social Networks & Blogs Jump to 4th Most Popular Online Activity

Remember the days when all you ever used your computer and internet connection for was to check your email? Yeah, me too, and those days are officially over. Move over email, make way for social networking and blogs because they've 100% entered the limelight. New reports are showing that social networks ...

REAL Bloggers KNOW. We Just. . . KNOW.

When I first started blogging back in 2004, a lot of others started right about the same time. A lot of those people aren't around any more, but those who are? Most of them are my friends. We're friends for many reasons, and when I say that we are "friends," ...

Why Do Celebrities Twitter?

Twitter is huge. You know it, I know it, heck even our grandparents probably know it. With the recent news that even the Queen of England was Twittering, I think it's fairly safe to say that the technology has officially come into its own. The bottom line is, Twittering is ...

Blogging: Not Just For The Young!

Not only am I a blogger, I've BEEN a blogger since April 2004; I'm no newcomer! If I may say so, I know whassup with the Blogosphere. I have several hundred blogs in my blogrolls and readers. Not only do I blog for myself, I blog for several clients as well. ...

Blogging Is The New Prozac

Given the current status of the economy, the lingering winter in much of the country and soaring unemployment rates, the simple fact of the matter is, there are probably a great deal of unhappy people fluttering around this great Nation as of late. What do we need to all get ...

WE Are the Village!

I think sometimes that if there had been blogs when I was raising my children, I might not have made quite as many mistakes. Often, during those years, I felt very isolated. I was sure that nobody else was feeling the same emotions, having the same problems, trying and failing at ...

We Have Bloggers and Blog World Heads to Texas!

In case you haven't noticed, I wanted to introduce you to a couple of new bloggers here on our site that will be providing some content. I want to introduce you to Jane Goodwin and Tyler Knott Gregson. Jane and Tyler are prolific bloggers and will be talking about all ...

Twitter? Even The Queen Does It!

The fact that Twitter has officially "made it" is no longer a secret to, well, anyone. In this day and age of blogging, micro-blogging, status updates and yes, Tweeting, everyone has a Twitter and the sheer number of new accounts every single day is staggering. Want to know what Shaq ...

Blog World Expo: The Best of Both Worlds!

Blog World Expo excites me. It thrills me. Blog World Expo is like the culmination of bloggerhood fantasies: the coming together of people who know each other quite well, often so well that we could order for each other in a restaurant, or pick out shoes for each other. We ...

WINNER! Blog World Gives Free Badge To SXSW Interactive Attendee

One of the better parts of this job is giving out the cool news. As you know we ran a contest over the weekend to give away a free badge and pass to SXSW Interactive to a person that entered and told us why they thought they should be chosen ...

Blog World To Give Away Free Badge to SXSW Interactive

We here at Blog World and New Media Expo love to attend events and meet people and get out into our community. The folks over at SXSW Interactive have allowed us to do all of that and benefit one of our readers at the same time! We are going to ...

“Why Am I The Only Woman Speaker?”

This was a great impromptu type presentation. Kristina Halvorson was on stage and gave a talk on Web Content. Then ended her talk and everyone clapped. I thought wow 15 mninutes that was short. Then she walked back on stage, and said I want to talk about something else. The title ...

The Future of the Web Browser

Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer here are talking about the future of the Browser. I learned something about Ajax and the revolution of the web. I hear lots of developers and others talk about Ajax and it in my mind is the cleanser, but it means big things to the ...

Jason Fried of 37 Signals at FOWA

No this is not his latest dance move of "Walk Like An Egyptian". Talking about the web app world and the footprint we leave. This is not always byproducts like oil ad sawdust, but it is knowledge and experience. That is a byproduct of the industry. Ruby on Rails is a byproduct ...

Blog World In Miami

I made it down for Miami Wordcamp and Barcamp and had an oppotunity to speak at Wordcamp on Sunday. Yesterday I attended the workshops at FOWA '09 did a live radio broadcast for Blog World Expo radio you can listen to over in the sidebar and had an opportunity to ...

Do You Read “Terms of Service”? Who Owns Your Content? Should you Be Scared?

I was recently reading the blog post by Brian Solis over at PR 2.0 entitled "Facebook and the Reality of Your Online Content" and I wanted to ask the question, do you read the terms of service? I came from the legal world before getting into this web 2.0/social media/blogosphere/Twittersphere or ...

The 100 Best Blogs In The World?

At least according to The Times of London Blogger Bryan Appleyard. Bryan not only gives us a great list (this is just part one) including some gems I had never heard of but gives a great explanation about what makes blogging so fun and addictive even for professional journalists: The total ...

Join Us As We Kickoff Blog World Expo Radio 2009

Today we will be kicking off our radio show that we have been doing using the Blog Talk Radio application. Join us today as we get geared up for the rush to the 2009 Blog World and New Media Expo in Las Vegas. I'll be discussing the initial things we ...

Twitter Feeling The Burn But Still Leading Micromedia

I have been following along with the news that Twitter is seeking funding from VC people and have also looked at the idea of Twitter being offered up for sale. Paul Boutin in that piece at the Industry Standard talks a little about the numbers that Twitter is facing as ...

MacWorld isn’t A Trade Show!

Excuse me but I have to rant for a moment. First Robert Scoble posts that Apple pulling out of Mac World is a sign that Social Media is killing trade shows. Which was bad enough but in Robert's defense he is a tech blogger not a trade show expert. But ...

Blog World Expo Headed To Blogwell

I'm headed on Thursday to Chicago to check out Gas Pedal's Blogwell event. The event is described more fully on their site as: Unprecedented insight on social media from Walmart, The Home Depot, Allstate, H&R Block, Mayo Clinic, Sharpie, Procter and Gamble, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Measuring ROI, ...

Are You A Gadget Blogger Headed to CES? Don’t Miss the Big Blogger Party!

The Blogworld gang is headed to CES, and for the third year in a row we'll be attending the "It won't Stay in Vegas" blogger party hosted by our friends at the Parnassus Group and Platinum sponsor AMD. As usual, they have an all star lineup of gadget and tech bloggers ...

BlogWorld & New Media Expo Now One Super Huge Event!

If you are a traditional media type then you will see this press release today. That's right as of today BlogWorld & New Media Expo and New Media Expo are merging into one MEGA NEW MEDIA EVENT! This is a great thing for attendees and exhibitors, from both events, who ...

BlogWorld Expo Acquires New Media Expo

here is the official press release: BlogWorld Expo Acquires New Media Expo Largest industry-wide conference and tradeshow dedicated to new media, blogging, podcasting, online video and social media is formed SAN DIEGO – Dec. 8, 2008 – BlogWorld Expo today announced that it has acquired New Media ...

We Will Miss You Dean Barnett

I didn't know Dean Barnett that well. We had only met once in person last year at BlogWorld, had one phone conversation and a few email exchanges. What I do know is that he was a brilliant man and among his many other accomplishments a great blogger, writer,radio host, avid ...

Meeting Doc Searls At BlogWorld

One of the real honors for me at this year's BlogWorld was getting to meet and speak with legendary blogger Doc Searls. For those of you who don't know who Doc is, the bio on his blog is a good place to start. Among his many accomplishments Doc has ...

Blogger Cashes In For Fifteen Million Big Ones!

Don't think any money can be made blogging? Ask John Wu. /HT Darren Rowse. More links on this story at Techmeme.

Blogworld Speaker Interviews: Patrick O’Keefe

Yeah, I know, I'm a bit late with this one. Somehow Patrick's interview fell through the cracks but he's an interesting chap and I wanted to get this out. So let's just secretly agree we'll pretend this was posted just before the Expo, not afterwards, okay? :-) Q: In two sentences, ...

Nokia N95 Cell Phone Lost: Can You Help?

Erin (@QueenOfSpain) informs us that her pet gizmo, her Nokia N95 cell phone, was lost at the TechSet party at BARE during Blogworld Expo. Hopefully it wasn't someone with light fingers but rather a simple moment of confusion followed by someone staring at this orphaned phone, wondering what to do ...

Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2008 Now Available Online

BlogWorld attendees were first to see this data courtesy of Technorati's CEO Richard Jalichandra who opened the 2008 BlogWorld & New Media Expo with the highlights of this report. Today Technorati has released part 1 of 4 of the complete report. Three more segments will be released this week. My biggest ...

Basking In The Glow!

WOW! This was an amazing weekend. My head is still spinning. I met so many great people, who said so many nice things about the show (how it was the best conference ever, the most organized, the best looking), our staff (how helpful and professional they were), the speakers (just ...

The Calm Before The Storm

Most people don't realize how much work happens before the show starts so I thought it might be interesting to give you all a look at what goes into setting all this up. I took a little video Thursday afternoon. Feel free to flame by video skills, as they ...

How to walk from the LV Hilton to Blogworld Expo

Yeah, on first read this seems like a daft sort of posting because the Las Vegas Hilton is immediately adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Except the LVCC is over three million square feet, more than a mile across, and you can't get from the north side to the ...

Use Twitter to Keep Track of Parties and Events @ Blogworld

You're coming to Blogworld and New Media Expo 2008 here in Las Vegas. In fact, you might already be here. But how do you keep track of what's going on, who is meeting up at what bars or nightclubs, what parties are happening, and even which talks at the conference ...

Blogger’s Night Out Details!

First of all a huge thank you to Joe Morin and Brett Tabke from Pubcon for making this happen. Second a Huge Thank You to the folks from MGM/Mirage, Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil for their generosity in donating all of the tickets and for being such a ...

Blogworld Speaker Interview: Deborah Micek

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how'd you get started blogging? A: My background began with a quick rise to the top of my field as a social worker with a degree in Psychology. Ok well, it was actually to the #2 ...

Blogworld Speaker Interview: Lee Odden

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how'd you get started blogging? I'm CEO of TopRank Online Marketing, an Internet Marketing Consulting agency specializing in web strategy, digital marketing and PR, SEO, social media and email marketing. Before TopRank, I was a VP ...

Sparkplugging Heads to BlogWorld

This is a guest post by BlogWorld Speaker and rock star blogger Wendy Piersal: Most people who know me, know that I am a conference junkie - I go to as many conferences as my schedule and budget will allow. Those of you headed to BlogWorld don't need convincing ...

Blogworld Speaker Interview: Joel Mark Witt

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how'd you get started blogging? I actually came into blogging from the podcasting angle. I worked as the Communications and Advertising Manager at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. The Zoo had been experiencing some financial and ...

Blogworld Speaker Interview: Chris Baggott

Another in our series of Blogworld Expo speaker interviews, this is Chris Baggott, CEO and Co-founder of Compendium Blogware. Ready? Here we go! Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how'd you get started blogging? I began my career doing database marketing in the ...

Blogworld Expo Speaker Interview: Dave Taylor

Remember that classic book Jekyll and Hyde? yeah, well, I'm interviewing myself here. You can roll with this, though, right? Sure I can. Great, I knew you'd be good with this. See ya in Vegas in just a week. Yeah, see ya in the mirror, Dave. Bwahahahahahah! Q: In ...

Kings of Keynotes!

So we just talked about some of the rockstar speakers that we are going to have at blog world expo but wait till you hear our list of keynote speakers! We really have some great folks. My, where to begin, here is a brief description of this years keynote speakers at ...

Rockstars of the Blogosphere

When you think of a rockstar who comes to mind? For me it's folks like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, etc. Now when you think of a blogosphere rockstar who do you think of? Chances are whatever person you just though of is going to be at blog world ...

Blogworld Expo Speaker Interview: Shama Hyder

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how'd you get started blogging? I run a small online marketing firm based out of Dallas called After The Launch. We specialize in helping professional service firms market themselves online. I started blogging a year ago ...

Blogworld Expo Speaker Interview: Roxanne Darling

Another in our series of Blogworld Expo speaker interviews: this is with Roxanne Darling, who blogs from the beautiful state of Hawai'i. Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how'd you get started blogging? I have had several careers ranging from marine biologist to ...

Microsoft and their New Mouse

Today Mr. Softy (as Cramer from Mad Money likes to call them) unveiled a new tracking technology called BlueTrack. This new technology will supposedly allow users to use their mouse and virtually any service. The new mice featuring BlueTrack will debuted sometime in the Fall, according to the Microsoft blog, ...

Blogworld Expo Speaker Interview: Rich Brooks

Another of our speaker profiles for the upcoming Blogworld Expo. It's not too late to join us in Las Vegas and hear amazing speakers like Rich Brooks! Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how'd you get started blogging? I started building Web sites ...

Sneak Peak of “Make Money Online with a Blog Panel”

I recently had the opportunity to speak with with Jim Kukral who is hosting the "Make Money Online with a Blog" panel. I wanted to give you a sneak peak of what to expect from the panel and asked him the questions featured below. The panel is going to feature: John Chow Brian ...

Yammer, Twitter for Companies?

According to Webware, Yammer is a new company that is being debuted at the TechCrunch 50 conference and is basically a copy of twitter but for corporations. Instead of answering "what are you doing?" you are prompted to answer "what are you working on?." In order to log in you ...

Search Google for Newspapers

In their quest to index the planet, Google has now announced they are working on indexing old newspapers. Does anyone still remember what a newspaper looks like by the way? The newspaper database is still fairly new but is going to grow at a very rapid pace. Not too long ...

Blogworld Expo Speaker Interview: Jason Falls

We've pulled together an extraordinary lineup of speakers and panelists for Blogworld Expo this year and are really excited as the event draws closer. To help you learn about our great participants, this is the first of a series of fun interviews with speakers we'll be doing. This first is ...

Does Your Company Have a Social Media Policy?

According to Canadian Business (which surveyed 16 executives from various companies) companies are lacking in the social media policy department. What if an employee is spending company time on social networks? Does the employee need to identify himself as an employee on his social networks if he is talking about ...

Search and Social Networks

Steve Rubel wrote an interesting post today regarding the inevitable social network revolution that is going to take place once search is heavily integrated. As Steve points out the current state of search in social networks is only skin deep, meaning you cannot really drill down to get more information ...

Online T.V. Becoming More Popular

According to the Conference Board around 20% of American households who use the internet are watching online television. To no surprise youtube.com is among the most popular sources of online television. The fact that you can watch a show or broadcast at your convenience is definitely a very appealing factor ...

First Jerry Seinfeld Microsoft Ad

The first Microsoft ad featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld has surfaced and I'll be honest, it was a tad bit disappointing. According to a Cnet article a lot of folks out there are quite disappointed by Microsoft's attempt to challenge the oh so popular mac ads. The ad features ...

The Wikipedia of Music

Amazon has just launched a new site called Sound Unwound which is pretty much a Wikipedia for anything that has to do with music. Users have the freedom to edit any and all the info about a particular band, song, label, artisit or album. The site is still in beta ...