BlogHer 2008 Recap

I went to the BlogHer 2008 conference this weekend and got energized about blogging and walked away with lots of new ideas and insights. This conference has grown in the last several years and still remains full of women. Smart, savvy, socially networked, women of all sorts.

Most of the workshops I attended this year, the conversation kept coming back to Twitter and how important it is in creating a community and following conversations. Hmmm, not sure about that and not sure my inside sales warriors want to follow my Tweets but it’s certainly something I’ll check out.

There’s a few bloggers that seem to have it all together, they have published books from their blogs and have a distinct voice and following. They complain about managing 600 some comments, tough life. Some noteworthy and cool bloggers:

Heather Armstrong’s blog, Dooce is so well written with a dry wit and lots of conversation. She key noted yesterday and she is larger than life.

Stephanie Klein’s blog, Greek Tragedy  is a blog dedicated to rejection, how to move on from it and inspired how she never got into any Sorority’s in college. She is a hysterical writer with a huge future ahead of her.  She also key-noted yesterday and is adorable.

Amy Gahran blog, Contentious is all about how we communite on this online age. She held a writng workshop and it was my favorite.

The conference attracts lots of mommy bloggers and if you are in this category, you’ve got to check out the Mommy Needs a Cocktail blog- especially watch the video of her son who has chocolate all over his body and the interview with the two kids on what they did with the toothpaste.

And then it hit me…….I have to write a book this year. So here I am on a Sunday afternoon spending 5 hours updating and revising my marketing plan around this book. Build your on-line, media, social networking, blogging, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, articles, footprint. That’s the advise I got from everyone.

I need friends and have decided to build an Advice Council for Smart Selling from the Inside Out. It will be a team of inside sales champions who are commited to the success of my book. This hand-picked group will help me learn how to best reach and write for my audience.