Post Blog Expo Report

Man, what a day. I’m bushed. Schmoozing Blog Expo takes a lot out of a guy, you know?

Ah, but I was quite the charmer, handing out business cards and getting cards in return, spreading our name around. Even Jamie would have been impressed.

Although I had fun, the convention was rather disappointing in a couple of ways. For one, there was a lot of confusion about the conference schedule. My first seminar, Amping Up your WordPress Blog, wasn’t anywhere to be seen on the placard of the session rooms. I found out it was canceled.

Nothing else was available, and I had an hour or two to kill before my next seminar. I have to admit that there were a couple of times I thought about packing it in and going home. Each time I looked at my watch, I figured I had stayed this long; why not stay a little longer?

I ended up talking to a girl from San Francisco who was there to help out. She said they kept changing the schedule around, deleting seminars, adding more, moving moderators up to speakers and so on. She didn’t seem too happy about those changes, either.

As it turns out, this is the first year the Blog Expo is running. It’s a learning experience for everyone. I hope the producers learned what to improve on for next year.

Overall, it seems a mixed bag as to what people expected from the show. Some think it’s great and claim they’ve received a lot of information. Then there are folks like me who are looking around saying, “Is this all there is?”

Maybe I had high expectations. I’m used to trade shows like Show West (held annually in Vegas) or SIGGRAPH in California with guest speakers like George Lucas and other big name celebrities. These shows are extremely high end.

Then again, they’ve been around for a while. I think Blog Expo will grow into its own as it gets more exposure. I sure hope so, because I plan to come to Blog Expo again next year. Why?

Because I want to see what happens next.