I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas for BlogWorld Expo 2008. As I write this, the show is still going on, but I needed to skip out early.
Yesterday, I was on a panel with Tim Jones and Mike Allen about monetizing blogs with affiliate programs. I videotaped it, and if it came out, I’ll get it digitized and up for anybody who wasn’t able to make it.
Here are my co-panelists sporting the wares of VanityKippah.com during the session:
When I went into the speaker ready room before my session, I saw a treat – Angel Djambazov of JonesSoda.com, PopShops.com, and ReveNews.com had created some custom Jones Soda bottles for a bunch of bloggers, including John Chow, Zac Johnson, Jim Kukral, and myself.
It was an enjoyable show, as I got to meet lots of folks I follow on Twitter, learn a thing or two, and get to meet some folks, whose creations I use, in the exhibit hall, like Disqus and WordPress.
But the conference did have a serious, scary moment. My Affiliate Summit partner, Missy Ward, was motoring through the exhibit hall in her scooter, while posting a Tweet, and she mowed down Mike Buechele of 11|15 Media. Our thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Buechele.
The moral of the story… Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive While Tweeting.
Check out a ton of pictures from Billy Kay at BlogWorld at http://flickr.com/photos/29755332@N08/
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Another multitasking mishap! Careful there, Missy, lol. And Shawn's “on the bottle”; what a shame!
I'll be praying for both of you, as well as Mike B., too:-) !
Great blog article, Shawn!
Another multitasking mishap! Careful there, Missy, lol. And Shawn's “on the bottle”; what a shame!
I'll be praying for both of you, as well as Mike B., too:-) !
Great blog article, Shawn!
I've got the video of the 6 bloggers it took to lift that scooter off you – I might post it, depending whether you press charges.
It looked much worse than it really was. I taped up my ribs and went out for the second half.
Hi Patrick -
Sorry you missed BWE – I am not sure if they are making the videos and presentations from the show available, but here is the presentation from our panel: http://www.slideshare.net/affsum/affiliate-mark…
I used an HD camera for the first time to tape our panel, and it was off on a tripod in the back of the room, so I'm hoping it captured everything well.
I'll check it out tomorrow and see how it looks.
Dang! And I already changed all my avatars and logins to Billy Bay!
I'm running on fumes – the guy next to me on the redeye was up and down every 13 minutes.
All fixed now.
Who's “Billy Bay”??? LOLOL
Shawn,
Not sure if you remember me from #ase08, but I am a big fan. I wish I could have been at #bwe08, but hopefully I won't miss anymore of these events. Can you recommend some starting material or resources to get some of the type of info that was at #bwe08? As I am a newborn blogger.
Oh yeah, I hope you are able to digitize the video you did. Let me know what I need to do to be successful.
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