At Affiliate Summit West 2009 I had the pleasure of sharing my lunch table with Rick Calvert, CEO and Co-Founder of BlogWorldExpo. He inspired me to get working on a blog for my new “career” serving on our school district’s Governing Board. A little leary of publishing my thoughts of my service to my community with the many rules and regulations hanging over elected school board members, I quietly pushed aside that desire to pen the trials and triumphs of running for a public office as a wife and mother of 5.
Now, 9 months later, I am ready to really get going on my personal business blog of mompreneurship and juggling clients, community and children. I’ve got so much to learn and keep up on, on a daily basis. I need to sharpen my saw and get a kickstart for extra motivation. Conventions are a great way to do that.
Ever since that meeting, I keep reflecting on the many opportunities and thoughts that Rick shared and after reviewing their web site today and class offerings, I have to firmly agree that attending BlogWorldExpo is one of those must-attends for keeping up with the latest advances in the quickly evolving world of blogging. Check out these stats*!
- Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog
- More than 147 million Americans use the Internet
- Over 57 million Americans read blogs
- 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog
- 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years
- 9% of internet users say they have created blogs
- 6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog
- Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs
- over 120 thousand blogs are created every day
- There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day
- 22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs
- 37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006
- 51% of blog readers shop online
- Blog readers average 23 hours online each week
There is no time like the present. Its time to seize the day and sign up to attend BlogWorldExpo. Early bird pricing ends soon so don’t wait!
And you’ll get to also personally meet a large number of exhibitors including Affiliate Summit and ClickBooth,
(*stats from blogworldexpo.com website)
