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Blogworld Speaker Interviews: Patrick O’Keefe

Yeah, I know, I’m a bit late with this one. Somehow Patrick’s interview fell through the cracks but he’s an interesting chap and I wanted to get this out. So let’s just secretly agree we’ll pretend this was posted just before the Expo, not afterwards, okay?
Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and [...]

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Nokia N95 Cell Phone Lost: Can You Help?

Erin (@QueenOfSpain) informs us that her pet gizmo, her Nokia N95 cell phone, was lost at the TechSet party at BARE during Blogworld Expo. Hopefully it wasn’t someone with light fingers but rather a simple moment of confusion followed by someone staring at this orphaned phone, wondering what to do with it.
One way or the [...]

How to walk from the LV Hilton to Blogworld Expo

Yeah, on first read this seems like a daft sort of posting because the Las Vegas Hilton is immediately adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Except the LVCC is over three million square feet, more than a mile across, and you can’t get from the north side to the south side without stepping outside. [...]

Use Twitter to Keep Track of Parties and Events @ Blogworld

You’re coming to Blogworld and New Media Expo 2008 here in Las Vegas. In fact, you might already be here. But how do you keep track of what’s going on, who is meeting up at what bars or nightclubs, what parties are happening, and even which talks at the conference are worth joining and which [...]

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Blogworld Speaker Interview: Deborah Micek

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  • Posted on September 17th, 2008 by User ImageDave Taylor

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how’d you get started blogging?
A: My background began with a quick rise to the top of my field as a social worker with a degree in Psychology. Ok well, it was actually to the #2 spot in my field, but [...]

Blogworld Speaker Interview: Lee Odden

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  • Posted on September 16th, 2008 by User ImageDave Taylor

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how’d you get started blogging?

I’m CEO of TopRank Online Marketing, an Internet Marketing Consulting agency specializing in web strategy, digital marketing and PR, SEO, social media and email marketing. Before TopRank, I was a VP at a web development and [...]

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Blogworld Speaker Interview: Joel Mark Witt

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  • Posted on September 15th, 2008 by User ImageDave Taylor

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how’d you get started blogging?

I actually came into blogging from the podcasting angle. I worked as the Communications and Advertising Manager at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. The Zoo had been experiencing some financial and attendance challenges. I decided to [...]

Blogworld Speaker Interview: Chris Baggott

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  • Posted on September 13th, 2008 by User ImageDave Taylor

Another in our series of Blogworld Expo speaker interviews, this is Chris Baggott, CEO and Co-founder of Compendium Blogware.  Ready?  Here we go!
Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how’d you get started blogging?

I began my career doing database marketing in the catalog industry.  My frustration was [...]

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Blogworld Expo Speaker Interview: Dave Taylor

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  • Posted on September 12th, 2008 by User ImageDave Taylor

Remember that classic book Jekyll and Hyde? yeah, well, I’m interviewing myself here. You can roll with this, though, right? Sure I can. Great, I knew you’d be good with this. See ya in Vegas in just a week. Yeah, see ya in the mirror, Dave. Bwahahahahahah!
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Blogworld Expo Speaker Interview: Shama Hyder

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  • Posted on September 11th, 2008 by User ImageDave Taylor

Q: In two sentences, highlight your background and professional experience to date. One bonus sentence: how’d you get started blogging?

I run a small online marketing firm based out of Dallas called After The Launch. We specialize in helping professional service firms market themselves online. I started blogging a year ago because I wanted a platform [...]