Have you heard of WordCamp? Not word as in writing, but word as in WordPress. They happen all over the world, and they’re a great place to learn all things WordPress. The ones in the bigger cities are, well… bigger. WordCamp NYC looks like it’s gonna be a good one. I’m going to be there,…
Category Archives: Public Speaking/Events
The Tao of Blog Conferences
Watch the blog conference survival video on the blog if you don’t see it below. My advice for surviving big blog conferences? Flow like water. Here’s some of the story of what happened at BlogWorld Expo ’09 and how I managed it. People mentioned: Grant Griffiths, Naomi Dunford, Christine O’Kelly, and Joel Williams.
More Photos from BlogWorld Expo 2009
For many of these, you’ll need to click on the pic to see it at full width. Me and The Broganater. Me and Derek Halpern of Prevential. Proof that the A-listers are, in fact, demonspawn. Sonia Simone, Brian Clark, Darren Rowse, and Chris Brogan. Me and Shama Hyder. More later! I’m squeezing these in between…
Photos from Blog World Expo 2009
Me and Sean Platt of Writer Dad, Collective Inkwell, and Ghostwriter Dad. Me and Darren Rowse, who needs no introduction. Me and my business partner, Grant Griffiths. Together, we do Headway Themes and the forthcoming 56k Media. Me and Chris Garrett, whom I met for the first time at SobCon ’08.
One Question for Brian Clark: The Most Important Blogging Strategy You will Ever Hear
Meeting and talking with Brian Clark of Copyblogger and Teaching Sells was one of the highlights of SOBCon 08 for me. Brian is one of the nicest dudes you could ever meet. He answers a question I had for him after he had just delivered his presentation: what was the most important take-away point from…
12 Irrefutable Reasons Why Jude Should Listen to Me
Christine Kane graciously gave me permission to post video I shot of her performance at SOBCon 08. Watch the video in order to get the headline of this post.
76, 4, 58, 16, 12, 47: What Do These Numbers Mean?
Before I left for SOBCon 08, I announced a promotion. I gave away business cards at SOBCon, and each one had a number written on the back of it. When I left for SOBCon, I had 100 numbered business cards. When I returned to Vermont, I had 45 left. I gave out 55 business cards….
SOBCon 08 River Boat Cruise
Note: My editing skills and tech are not up to the point of bleeping out swearing, which this video contains. I find it a better general policy overall to allow, rather than to censor or restrict. How many blogging conferences do you know of where there’s a river boat cruise? I bet not too many!…
SOBCon 08 Reports – Wendy Piersall
Wendy is giving a very heartfelt speech about how she got where she is going from eMoms at home to the new Sparkplugging. The hardest thing to do give up control in order to grow and scale up. Getting outside your comfort zone is not pretty but it’s really critical. Transparency, authenticity, and passion only…
SOBCon 08 Report Liz Strauss
How to get comments on your blog: Don’t write for your 8th grade teacher she’s not reading your blog. You never give a complete top ten list (put 7, the audience will think of the other 3). Blog your experience. Most important sentence in a blog post is the last one: ask a question (and…
SOBCon 08 Report – Brian Clark on Business Models
Brian Clark delivered a fantastic presentation on business models. This is really important for people who are starting a business or looking for ways to expand a current effort. This will be especially helpful for freelancers and small businesses. It fits in well with the coaching component of the blog consulting services I sell. Often,…
SOBCon 08 Meetups
Here’s some non-incriminating footage of two meetups that happened last night. The first was a SOBCon meetup at Bella Bacino’s with a small SOBCon gang. The second was sponsored by FuelMyBlog, and you can read more about it here. I had a wonderful time with everyone. It was fun chaos. In spite of what I…
SOBCon 08 Related Posts and Links
Beautiful Chicago at dusk Me and Liz Strauss Stephen Hopson, Ruth Marie Sylte, Liz Strauss, Terry Starbucker, Joanna Young, and Vicky H at Bella Bacino’s. Many of the SOBConners are posting the blackmail photos and video from last night. Mine are coming soon, but here are some others: Chris Garrett – SOBCon Report Day -1…
Heading to SOBCon 08
I shot some video of my trip to Chicago for SOBCon 08. In the video I said I would take a cab or something. Well, it ended up being “or something,” since a cab ride from O’Hare to the Loop would’ve been about $50 (so I was told). The Airport Express shuttle bus was $50…
This Blog is Now Entering SOBCon Mode
Today I’ll be travelling to Chicago for SOBCon 08. SOB stands for Successful and Outstanding Blogger, and the conference got its start last year. Liz Strauss and Terry Starbucker are the main instigataz. I’ll be making videos and uploading them as I can throughout the conference, as well as generally liveblogging the whole thing. Should…
Speaking about Blogging at the Vermont Craft Council Fall Marketing Conference
Here some pics and slides of me speaking at a workshop I gave for the Vermont Craft Council Fall Marketing Conference. My session had about 30 or so people in it. Because we had to dim the lights to be able to see anything onscreen, no pictures were taken while I was delivering my presentation….
