Comments on: Did Blog World Expo Suck?

By: Paul Piotrowski

Paul Piotrowski — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:04:01 +0000

@Mike Huang: I don’t think making money has to take a lot of time, but since most Bloggers haven’t really decided to run their Blogs as a business, then it will take a while for them to earn any income from their Blogs. So I think you are partially right… who has the money to fly to Vegas as a “Hobby Blogger”? Probably not a lot of people.

However, I heard somewhere that the number of attendees this year was almost double last year. I don’t know if this is accurate. The biggest disappointment wasn’t having enough attendees…the biggest disappointment was lack of exhibitor support in my opinion.

A guy selling cement mixers was there, but Google wasn’t. WTF?!

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:36:54 +0000

Although the blogosphere is growing at such huge rates, 80% of bloggers are trying to make some sort of money. This actually doesn’t work all the time because money takes a lot of time, but the bloggers don’t realize it. This brings me to my assumption that BlogWorld won’t receive as much buzz until people can afford going down to Vegas, renting an hotel, and purchasing a ticket. Just my opinion.

-Mike

p.s. BTW, I used to be the blogger of bloggin-ads.com

By: rob

rob — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:00:11 +0000

I was on the fence about attending, but ended up having another conflicting convention in Atlanta the same days. It sounds like Blogworld is in the same sort of spot the adult conventions are at, with the seminars being geared towards newbies (who are few and far between because they can’t afford to attend and can’t justify the expense), and the affiliate programs + reps who are paid to be there (and see the whole event as a tax write off). Similarily, the real value is in face to face introductions with the reps you deal with on a daily basis and your affiliate colleagues.

Good to keep in mind anyway, for when I finally do attend one of these events

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By: Paul Piotrowski

Paul Piotrowski — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:23:29 +0000

@Ace Andres: Her name is Jacqueline. She was the rep there for Lijit.

By: Ace Andres

Ace Andres — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:05:29 +0000

What’s the girl’s name from lejit? (you can email me in privacy)

By: Paul Piotrowski

Paul Piotrowski — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:15:41 +0000

@Darren Rowse: It was great to finally meet you too Darren. I’ve been a reader/subscriber to your Blog for a long time and it’s been a tremendous help in my Blogging career. I also finished reading your book on the plane ride back from Vegas, and really got some good nuggets out of there. Definitely a great book I recommend to all Bloggers… regardless whether they are just getting started or already running a Blog for a while.

I especially liked the story of how you got started in Blogging and it was inspiring to see that I’m not the only one who took the path of having multiple jobs simultaneously while building up their Blog. There are so many stories from A-List Bloggers out there that say that they quit their jobs, and focused full time on their Blog and that’s the only way to build it and you are living proof that this is not the case at all.

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By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:09:55 +0000

great to meet you Paul!

I actually enjoyed BWE quite a bit – but for me it was mainly about people that I met. The few sessions I managed to get to attend were as you say fairly basic but it was interesting to see that many of the questions and conversations that happened after panels went deeper. I guess when you get in a room and take Q and A there will be a tendency for it to end up staying fairly general – I find that is the case in most panel situations.

Anyway – good to hear what you thought – I’m sure the organizing team will appreciate it.

By: Paul Piotrowski

Paul Piotrowski — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:56:55 +0000

@Blogmommy: I’m not sure if I’ll come back next year. I will definitely do a bit more research on the exhibitor list to see who will be there and it will also probably depend on what I can organize outside of the main event as far as networking.

I think the Expo has a lot of potential to be so much better. I guess we’ll have to see and wait.