Excerpts From Debbie’s Blog

Paul Gillin, author of The New Influencers and a speaker at BlogWorld Expo, on how the buzz at the event reminds him of the PC industry in the mid-1980s:

"I hope we don't lose the contagious enthusiasm [about blogs] we have now... "

- Paul Gillin

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Social media guru Jeremiah Owyang, whom I've known since his Hitachi Data Systems days, is now a senior analyst for Forrester Research. I bumped into him at the BlogWorld Expo party at the Hard Rock Club in Las Vegas. This is a short clip but you can hear the enthusiasm in his voice, along with the buzz at the party.

"This is amazing. The [blogging] industry is really starting to come together," he said.

Here's a longer video interview with Jeremiah (with lots more detail about what he's up to now) at Forrester's…

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Nothing warms an author's heart more than having a fan approach with a dozen tabs sticking out of your book, so I was thrilled to meet Prof. Bill Barnett, faculty chair of Computer Information Systems at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Bill was attending BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas and sought me out for an autograph and a quick chat. He told me that after reading The Corporate Blogging Book he set up a blog for departmental news and as a recruiting tool. He also requires students to blog executive summaries of reading assignments…

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How to Write a Great Corporate Blog

Kudos to the Personal Branding Global Telesummit marking the 10th anniversary of the publication of Tom Peters' now iconic article: The Brand Called You. I led a session on How to Write a Great Business Blog and was one of dozens of speakers who donated their time. The Washington Post covered the event in a short article: Your Brandwidth. Reporter Vickie Elmer quoted me as follows:

"If you can write a consistently interesting and informative blog, you brand…

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Out & About

Speaking at SearchCamp Philly

Saturday Sep 06, 2008

Philadelphia

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Liveblogging Inc. 500 Conference

Thursday Sep 18, 2008

Washington DC

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BlogHer ‘08 Washington DC

Monday Oct 13, 2008

Washington DC

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Keynoting The New Media Event in Dubai

Sunday Dec 14, 2008

Dubai, UAE

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The Corporate Blogging Book

"Rock-solid advice and examples," says Chris Anderson. This comprehensive guide confronts the top 3 barriers to getting started: fear, the time factor and what to write.
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