Travelogue – City by the Bay Behind the Scenes

Wanted to share a few images with you from BlogHer 08 and my trip to San Francisco. 

For more scenic shots, check out my California travelogue I posted in December.

To browse other’s images, check out BlogHer 08 on Flickr.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Frank, who waited on us at John’s Grill and then insisted on taking us to the Frida exhibit at SFMOMA – he is from her state and Mexico, with Carlos Hernandez who treated Wendy and me to lunch

 

 

Reuniting with Andy …

Reader Q&A | Celebrity Blogger PR: Any downsides to being “too” successful?

A reader writes:

Love to hear your thoughts as to why Heather Armstrong has some negative perceptions about her as alluded in the article about BlogHer and how Mommybloggers profit. [To take the focus off of Heather and her blog - www.dooce.com I'm modifying the question to: Any downsides to being "too" successful in the celebrity blogosphere?]

“Armstrong even limited her time at BlogHer because her biggest fans – other bloggers – tend to react to meeting her …

Warner Brothers, Bravo and Hearst opened the day with a HybridMedia keynote. To read more, visit the BlogHer08 live conference posts.

See what I had to say on twitter about BlogHer, including a live tweet stream from the monetization panel.

In the Home and Garden breakout session, I heard about the water usage restrictions in California, how Houston doesn’t recycle, what’s going on with sustainability and what secret resources people use to blog better. 

Meeting up with Chicago  bloggers introduced me …

July 19, 2008 in Social Media Tags:

BlogHer08 Day One

It’s Saturday morning. I’m getting ready for day two. Here’s a flashback on day one . . .

BlogHer07’s concentric circles was faster speed networking than this year’s gather around the table ice breaker. But, the conversations were better this year.

Going for something different right away, I sat in on the Birds of a Feather Meet-Up for green/social change. My credentials? I teach at The Academy for Non-Profit Excellence and our client portfolio includes non-profits. My intent? To see …

Recap: A Day’s Worth of Blogher08 Tweets

Here are your missing twitter updates from yesterday – didn’t want to break away, but do want to tell you what I did . . .

5:30 am Dispatcher says he can have a car at my house by 6:45, about 30 minutes later than I like. More time to get ready.

Car driver says I’m a very rich lady. Why? I have three children. He’s so right about that.

Car driver insists that I must be flying into Oakland. …

Just added Wired PR Works to the cool BlogHer Buzz widget.
What I love about this widget . . .
- multi-purpose with tabs for people, news, agenda and help
- easy to add your listing with an image and link to blog, twitter, Facebook, etc.
- built-in viral capacity, click to tell a friends
- codes for a variety of blog platforms

Get the BlogHer 2008 Pocket Guide widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!

July Events: BlogHer ‘08 Reach! in San Francisco

Welcome to July! Where will your adventures take you this month?

Going on vacation, to the fireworks, to a parade, to the beach, to a conference?

Will I see you at BlogHer ‘08 in San Francisco? Check out the list of BlogHer ‘08 attendees.

I had so much fun volunteering as live blogger and microphone wrangler at BlogHer ‘07 here in Chicago, I decided to take the trip to San Francisco to be part of BlogHer ‘08.

Can’t make it to …