Blog World Expo Blog

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 ...