**Update 11.29.07**

I knew I was forgetting people when I put this post up but more than anyone else DJ Steve Boyett (who posted in the comment section) really did an amazing job at the opening night party and deserves a huge thank you and a sincere apology from me for this and other slights (.

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All of you, from our exhibitors and sponsors to every speaker and attendee who came out; Thank You for all of your support. Thank you for believing in this idea and thank you for putting so much effort into making our first industry wide event a huge success. Thank you for your faith in us and for being a part of this revolutionary medium. Here is just a sampling of the buzz out there for the event. From national television coverage, to six hours of national radio broadcast from the show , to nearly three thousand posts about the show being tracked by Technorati, to over 2,000 photos posted on Flickr, Videos and more.I would also like to thank several people for going above and beyond including Jim Turner from One By One Media who really bought into the vision of the show and volunteered so much of his time to help out, Eric Olsen and his wife Dawn from BlogCritics, Jeremy Wright, Darcie and the rest of the b5 media team, Roger L. Simon and the crew at Pajamas Media, Rob Neppell at KithBridge / TTLB, Scott Bourne at Podango, Tony Conrad at Sphere for all of his help and introductions, Hugh Hewitt who plugged our event more times than I can count on his radio program, Duane Patterson, Chuck Defeo and the rest of the Townhall.com team, Marc Levin, Jerome Armstrong, Tyler and SB Nation, Aaron, Derek and the rest of the Technorati gang, Ward and Loree at Military.com, Andi, John Noonan all of the milbloggers for coming out and for their service, Tim and the Know More Media team, Professor David Perlmutter from the William Allen White School of Journalism, Dustin from GodblogCon, all of our keynoters including Matt Mullenweg, Leo Laporte, Richard Jalichandra, Jason Shellen, Brad Hill, Larry Benet and the amazing Mark Cuban who gave the perfect closing keynote, my partners (Dave and Libby) and staff for all of their hard work, my wife Dawn for putting up with months of 18 hour days missed family outings etc, Dave Taylor for all of his work on the conference, Stephanie Agresta, Chris Heuer, Brian Solis, Jeremy and Jeff from Under The Gun Media, Scales, Kris Krug, Chris Brogan, Kevin from the Weblog Awards, Henry from Blogads and many more. I am sure there are at least a hundred I have left off of this post but to everyone who helped make this dream come true and for believing that our industry was ready for an event like this; THANK YOU.

in their new weekly Youtube program. Thanks for the plug guys.  Josh and Nate are with Unique Blog Designs and can be found in booth # 437 at the show.  Nate will be speaking on November 9th at 10 am on what else… Blog Design.  If your blog needs a face lift be sure to check with Nate and Josh. They have designed several notable bloggers sites including ShoeMoney’s.

Today we will be airing our radio show live at Blog Talk Radio and we will be discussing the upcoming Blog World & New Media Expo with Larry Genkin of Blogger & Podcaster Magazine, a sponsor of the expo, and one of the exhibitors of the show. 

We will be doing more interviews as we get the people lined up for the show.  Future interviewees include people like The CEO of Blog Talk Radio, Alan Levy, a speaker and friend appearing at the show and author of Blog Wild! A Guide For Small Business Blogging, Andy Wibbels.  We plan to have other guests on that will be presenting at the show, sponsoring or as exhibitors. These are sneak previews of what is in store for everyone as we near the vent.  Make sure you get registered to meet these people at the show!

Today at 3 p.m. PST and 6 p.m. EST, we will be on live radio at Blog Talk Radio to talk to a speaker at the Blog World and New Media Expo, Mr. Jim Kukral.  Jim is a pioneer of the “new media” and has been a leader in the industry of online marketing.  Jim knows how to make money online and knows how others can make money as well.  He is a forward thinker in the idea of making money online.

Jim’s topic in Vegas will be “Good to Great: Blogging & Profit Potential“.  He will be presenting at the Blog World and New Media Expo on how people as well as others can can make money from this crazy new medium called blogging.  I look forward to seeing Jon at the show and meeting him and discussing his ideas.  I am really excited to get a sneak preview today so stop by the live radio show and hear all about Jim and his expertise.  I also invite all of you to listen and call with your questions and comments for Jim Kukral as well.  Perhaps you too can start making money online with your own blogging. 

UPDATE:  If you missed the show today live you can tune in here and listen to a downloaded archive version!  Thanks Jim for joining me in talking about BWE!

Just a quick public thank you to Tris Hussey for the fantastic job he did live blogging the Web 2.0 conference for us. Tris landed some great interviews and may have the fastest fingers this side of the Pecos.

btw if you ever need a blog consultant or need to find a blogger for hire. Tris’ company One by One Media should be the first people you contact.