Overheard on #Blogchat: Controversy and Blogging

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Do you participate in #blogchat? Every week, this weekly discussion on Twitter focuses on a specific topic and bloggers everywhere are invited to join in. Because I often have more to say than what will fit in 140 characters, every Sunday night, I post about some of the most interesting #blogchat tweets. Join the conversation … [Read more]

New Speaker, Panel & Keynote Announcements!

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Are you subscribed to our newsletter? If not, you’re missing out! Over the past two weeks we’ve been announcing some speaker, panel, and keynotes for BlogWorld & New Media Expo 2010. Here’s a quick recap:   BlogWorld Keynote: The 7 Harsh Realities of Blogging for Bucks Nearly all BlogWorld attendees are interested in monetizing their … [Read more]

"How to Sell Your Blog for Lots of Money" Panel Announced

On my first day on the job for BlogWorld, Rick Calvert sent me a copy of a blank schedule and told me to create my dream conference. He suggested I write in the sessions I would most like to see as an attendee. At the time, there were several topics that I wanted to see … [Read more]

Travel Porn with Gary Arndt

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BlogWorld & New Media Expo 2010 Travel Track Friday, October 15th Travel Porn: Watching people do things you’ll never do in places you’ll never go Presented by Gary Arndt, creator of Everything-Everywhere.com In March 2007, Gary sold his home and set out on an adventure to see everything, everywhere. Since then, Gary has blogged from … [Read more]

BlogWorld is proud to announce our new Managing Blog Editor, Nikki Katz

This all began one night last year…I was tweeting, answering the “What are you doing?” question, true to Twitter’s purpose. What was I doing? Complaining about the final Prison Break episodes being spaced too far apart, of course; I couldn’t stand it. There was no damned good reason FOX should cruelly keep me waiting like … [Read more]

America’s Tweethearts Story In Vanity Fair Is Good For New Media

While attending Affiliate Summit West earlier this week Joe Morin asked me if I had read the new Vanity Fair article America’s Tweethearts or Social Media Insider’s reaction to it.  I hadn’t yet but Joe sent me a link to both and after reading them I  of course have some comments. I liked both the … [Read more]

National Delurking Day

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This is a bit of an old school blog day that we celebrate each year.  I think I first posted about this day about 4-5 years ago on my Daddy Blog.  What is Delurking Day you might ask?  In the blog world, many people read blogs and they watch and read comments all the while … [Read more]

Is Foursquare The New Twitter?

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I have recently been using Foursquare on my Blackberry Storm smartphone.  I believe it is only in the beta version at this point for Blackberry users but anyone and nearly everyone with an iPhone are using it in our world, The application is still working a little clunky and not the best of user experience … [Read more]

Inspired By Abby Johnson at WebProNews.com

I can’t help but give a shout out here to someone that has given me inspiration in her work that she produces and the content she provides.  I am talking about Abby Johnson with WebProNews.  I first met Abby when she interviewed me following a presentation I gave at BlogWorld & New Media Expo on … [Read more]

What Is The Next Big Event?

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Do you have an event, conference or meeting, besides of course our event which I just talked about, that you want us to know about?   CES was a huge event in Las Vegas last week, and our very own Rick Calvert and Patti Hosking was in attendance along with the reported 150,000 other people … [Read more]