Back to Blogging Starting with Blog World!

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Nate Whitehill

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am going to get myself back to a regular schedule of blogging starting tomorrow (or I guess now LOL).

Why now? Well, as most of you know, I have been extremely busy the past few months working to develop UBD as a self-sustaining entity. What I mean by that is that in the past 2.5 months, we have hired three full-time employees, and have been working with a dozen or so other people to further develop the business.

A huge part of our efforts have gone into preparing for the first new media and blogging convention, Blog World Expo, which is taking place this week in Las Vegas.

Blog World is going to be an incredible experience and we will be capturing tons of video, pics, and also blogging about it (go figure!). Given that there will be a lot of other notable bloggers there, I wanted to share with you our experience as well as document what will be an spectacular gathering of influential bloggers. Not to mention, but I think it is about time that I get back to a regular schedule (4-6x/week) of blogging. What better time and place to start then Blog World?

For all of you not familiar with Blog World, let me just get to the point. Why is Blog World such a big deal to us?

  1. Blog World will be in Las Vegas, a city that I have never been to, despite being only a 4-hour drive.
  2. Blog World is one of the first industry trade shows dedicated exclusively to blogging and the new media.
  3. Blog World is my FIRST trade show ever.
  4. My business partner and CTO, Dave Bjornn, will be speaking on the Blog Design Discussion Panel.
  5. UBD will have a 10×10 booth with Josh, Matt, Dave, Shawn, two booth girls, and myself on the floor.
  6. John Chow will be there!
  7. Shoemoney will be there!
  8. Mark Cuban will be there!
  9. Numerous other bloggers (and friends) I know will be there, including, Chris, Gary, Danielle, Vinay, Anthony, Greg, Darin, Prija and I am several other people who I am forgetting due to being as tired as I am write this…

Update – Our friends Marshall and Joli from Lizard Wisdom will also be at Blog World!

Obviously, I can’t tell you enough how excited I am for Blog World! We have been preparing for Blog World for over two months now, and by the guest list and estimated turnout (several thousand in attendance) it should turn out to be a ridiculously awesome time!

Like I said, I will be chronicling my experience through video and daily updates to this blog. My other business partners, Matt and Josh, will also be updating their blogs with their experiences.

One other cool thing – I just picked up an iPhone and I will be adding Twitter to my blog and providing updates directly from the show floor. See everyone there!
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  • http://joshuadenney.com Joshua

    Damn, Cuban’s gonna be there too? Damn it, damn it.

    • http://www.affiliatedefined.com/ David Wilkinson

      Damnit man! Focus on the booth-girls! ;)

  • http://www.neilduckett.com Neil Duckett

    Very keen to run the glasses over the 2 booth girls Nate …. pictures please. ;>)

  • http://www.thomassinfield.com Thomas Sinfield

    wow… if only I could go. That would be such an experience!

  • http://www.readtomedad.com Drew

    Nate,
    I’ll be there as well, looking forward to meeting the people behind my upcoming blog theme. Also you should look into adding Utterz, it works with twitter and you can mobile blog with Text, Photo, Video or sound. I just added it to my blogs and it can do a lot. It is also the official mobile bogging program of BWE.

  • http://www.audiomecca.com Music Recording

    Alas I can not be there to share the excitement. I look forward to your blogs after you return. I wish your participation all success.

  • http://www.msdanielle.com ms danielle

    hey nate! can’t believe you haven’t been to vegas yet, or to any conventions before. pretty exciting! gary and i are flying out tomorrow night so we will catch up with you all soon! :)

  • http://www.fatmanunleashed.com/ Israel

    sounds like its going to be a blast. wish i could be there.

  • http://www.dodgypress@gmail.com Dodgypress

    Can’t make it, however, from back here, Sydney, I hope it goes well, for you, and your crew.

  • http://www.madwhips.com Anthony

    DUDE, Vinay and I are now 9 hours away from meeting you in Vegas!!!

    We are going to party like .com ROCKSTARS!!!!

    Drive safe and see you soon Nate,

    BOOOOO YAAAAAH

    -Anthony

  • http://www.kingnomar.com Nomar

    VERY NICE !!!

    Welcome back Nate ! Have fun at Blog World, Next year I will be there to !

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  • http://www.virtualottery.net Virtual Lottery

    Nice stand you have in Blog World Expo :)

  • http://www.domtan.com Domtan

    Everybody having so much fun. Sounds like a great experience. But judging by the pictures on blogs it looks a little empty.

  • http://suncoastscribe.com Angie

    I love trade shows, in general. I have actually, in the past, helped plan and run several BIG shows. Yikes. I would rather attend.

    I know SO MANY people who are doing Blog World. Wish I could, too.

  • http://www.expandmywealth.com Natalie

    Was the expo as empty as it looks in the pictures or were those pictures taken before the actual crowds showed up and when only the vendors were there?

  • http://worldofangel.com/angel-world-expo-day-one/ Angel World Expo

    There’s only one place to see Angel this weekend. And that’s the Angel World Expo. Who’d wanna go to Las Vegas anyway?

  • http://www.madwhips.com Vinay

    MadWhips was at blogworld and we had the awesome pleasure of meeting up with the UBD crew as welll as several other influential, popular, and super-hot bloggers / internet ROCK STARs, and it was absolutely everything you can imagine and soooooooo much more.
    PPPPARTY LIKE A SEARCH ENGINE ROCKSTAR!!!

    UNIQUE BLOG DESIGNS … UBD..b********

  • http://www.readtomedad.com Drew

    I had a great time meeting everyone from UBD. Great folsk and I love the design that they are making for me.

  • http://www.joycebabu.com/ Joyce Babu

    I wish I too could attend it. :(

  • http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/ Dave Davis

    Looks like you had a fantastic time Nate and I am sure you made a lot of valuable contacts. Feel yourself getting addicted to the conference buzz?

    • http://natewhitehill.com Nate Whitehill

      Dale, yes that conference was amazing. We had a blast and I am very much looking forward to Pubcon in December. Will you be going? That was my first conference, but it was one of the most fun times I’ve ever had! :D

      • http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/ Dave Davis

        Hi Nate, thanks for the reply (And my name is actually “Dave” not “Dale” ;) )

        Yes, I will be heading to PubCon. My first conference in the US actually. Been to Vegas before but for pleasure only. Most conferences I go to are Irish, UK or European so it will make a nice change.

        I agree, they can be more fun than they “are supposed to be” and to be honest, most of the value comes from the people you meet. Every on I have ever been to was WAY overpriced for the actual conference but the contacts (and links!!!) I got were priceless.

        You guys seem to be doing very well with some nice strong backing. I think you will be a hit.

        Will you have a booth at PubCon?

  • http://thenewsleak.com Mike C

    It seems like you guys made the right move to attend the convention. It also will be nice to start reading your posts again. I had started reading daily but then it kinda stopped when you guys got busy with UBD. Welcome back