BlogWorld Expo Videos

For those of you that could not attend BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas and still thirsting for more, I’ve compiled a great list of videos from the event. While I didn’t take any videos at the event, I was right next to Gary Vaynerchuk when he was being recorded by Jim Kukral at the Shareasale Wynn Party the day before BlogWorld. The funny thing about this video is, the last day of BlogWorld, I was up in my hotel room watching "Late Night with Conan O’Brien", then all of a sudden he has Gary Vaynerchuk on as a guest. It was pretty funny, he kept making Conan taste and eat all of this weird stuff to get the real taste of wine. I’m sure Conan had no idea what he was getting into, you can watch the video here.

Below is a collection of various interviews and sessions from Blog World.

BlogWorld Expo Sessions:
- Blog World Expo: Anil Dash on Open Social.
- Blog World Expo- Finding your Voice
- Blogworld Expo - Keynote Session, Matt Mullenweg

BlogWorld Expo Interviews & Various Video:
- Shoemoney at Blogworld Expo
- John Chow at Blogworld Expo
- Brian Solis at Blogworld Expo
- Blogworld Expo - Joel Comm Interview
- Blogworld Expo-Debbie Weil Interview
- Simon Chen Interviews Des Walsh at Blogworld Expo 2007
- BlogWorld Expo 2007- On the Scene with CURB STEVENS
- BlogWorld Chats - A Christi Day Interview with BlogWorld Winners
- Carsten Cumbrowski from BlogWorld Expo 2007 in Las Vegas
- Blogworld Expo - Dave Taylor Interview
- Leo Laporte at Blogworld Expo
- BlogWorld Expo: Interview with Bud Bilanich
- Mark Cuban at Blogworld Expo
- BlogWorld Expo - Rich Brooks
- Blogworld Expo - Marc Harty Interview
- BlogWorld Expo: Interview with Bud Bilanich
- Blogworld Expo - Marc Harty Interview
- The Blog Squad Team at the Blogworld Expo.
- BlogWorld Expo - Anne-Marie Nichols
- BlogWorld Expo: John T. Unger
- BlogWorld Expo - Dave Taylor
- Andy Wibbels at Blogworld Expo

You can also try YouTube for BlogWorld Expo videos. I did a quick search and it looks like they have a decent amount. If you find any other videos, feel free to leave a comment with the url.

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Mark Cuban Keynote at BlogWorld Expo

Once I heard Mark Cuban was keynoting at BlogWorld, I was extremely excited. Besides that Mark Cuban is an internet marketing, billionaire, blogger and owns a basketball team, he is also a very cool guy. Here’s how the final session of BlogWorld went down.

It was awesome to personally meet with Mark Cuban.

Many people were excited to see Mark Cuban speak at the BlogWorld, but I’m sure I was at least in the top 3! I made sure to arrive a good 45 minutes before his starting time and I was one of the first in line to enter the room once it was opened. There was already a session going on in the same room, so everyone had to wait for them to leave first. The line to enter the room was now a couple hundred deep and it was time to go in. Reena and I secured two nice seats in the center of the room and second row from the stage. We were both sitting down as people started to enter the room, and then I noticed Mark walk in with a few others. He then sat down on the corner of the stage as others walked in and passed him by… I guess most people just didn’t realize it was him at the time. From past experience, most keynote speakers do their bit and bolt from the conference, let a lone spend any time to talk and meet with attendees. There was a couple minutes before he was going to speak, so Reena and I ran over to try and meet with him before everyone realized he was here. I introduced myself and we shared a few words, (he also said he liked my new jacket! :)). I managed to give him my business card and grab a photo with him, it was really great. I was surprised and really appreciate that Mark didn’t run out right after his keynote, he spent a good 10-15 mins speaking with everyone afterwards, even Reena was able to get a picture with him!

Reena gets her picture with Mark Cuban.

It was now time for Mark’s introduction. My good friend Jim Kukral had the opportunity of making the introduction. You can read the full story at his blog. In short, Jim made a site called MarkCubanPleaseCallMe.com and tried to get in touch with Mark Cuban. It got picked up by a paper and then they called Mark’s assistant and was given the response "Mark Hates You and Will Never Call You!". Jim mentioned to me there was a chance he might get to introduce Mark and had some ideas in his head for what they might do. Before the keynote Jim was able to throw together a funny slideshow of how he compares to Mark Cuban… and in the end they are both bloggers, like everyone at BlogWorld. It was a really great intro and I’m very proud and happy for Jim for being able to pull this off.

Jim’s introduction to Mark Cuban was creative, funny and awesome!

During Mark’s keynote he talked about how he got into blogging, what motivates him, his recent time on "Dancing with the Stars" and so much more. What I love about Mark is that he is such a personable guy, but what’s really cool is that even if he wasn’t a billionaire or the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, I feel I would be able to talk with him at any internet marketing conference and he would understand and be able to relate to me. Mark has been in the game for over 10 years now, just like me… and it’s funny to see him talk about how Google Adsense works, what YouTube/Google are doing wrong and just other stuff us bloggers and marketers talk about. Mark Cuban is definitely living the dream and as he said during his keynote, "I hope no one ever pinches me, because I don’t want to wake up". Mark is a great example for all of us to look up to. You can read up on what Mark is up to at his own personal blog,www.BlogMaverick.com.

Below is the full 1 hour and 13 minutes intro and keynote to Mark Cuban at BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas.

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John Chow Blogger Dinner

The last night of BlogWorld Expo, we went out with a bang and celebrated the first "John Chow Blogger Dinner". I talked to Nate Whitehill before the end of BlogWorld and he mentioned their was going to be a dinner get together, so I was pretty excited. Once BlogWorld ended we all met up at Benihanna Japanese Steak House in the Hilton Hotel. John Chow, Reena and I were the first to arrive. Once everyone arrived we had an awesome power house of bloggers.

The Benihanna was lucky enough to have the following bloggers at the restaurant that night: John Chow, Egontron, Darrin Carter, Gary Lee, Ms. Danielle, Mad Whips, Neil Patel, Nate Whitehill and his Unique Blog Design entourage. Shoemoney was planning to attend, but was only able to stop by and say hello. It was really awesome to be able to pull together 15 great bloggers and people for this event.

In addition to a show of all our food being made and put together, one of the major highlights from the dinner was John Chow messing with the camera lady. At first everyone at our table was taking out their cameras and taking pictures of the food, spoofing John Chow’s "Fine Dining" posts. So then Darin Carter realized we all had Canon Cameras and we were joking how it was the "Blogger’s Choice" for camera. Benihanna’s official camera lady came over to our table and asked if we would like to get our picture taken. John Chow then asked what type of camera it was, she smiled and happily said "Nikon". Then John yells "Nikon! Go Away!"… haha, it was the funniest thing ever and we never saw the lady again all night!

It was a great dinner and I thank John again for pulling everything together. I will definitely be looking forward to attending John’s next Blogger Dinner!

Be sure to check out John’s write up of the night, as well as more pictures.

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Where was Mike Arrington During BlogWorld?

During the second day of BlogWorld, I was really looking forward to seeing Mike Arrington (TechCrunch), Om Malik and Leo LaPorte during their “Advanced Money Making Strategies” session. Unfortunately when I was in the room waiting for them to start, only Leo was there and instead of having the other two, he did a full session of an interview and Q&A with iJustine, who’s claim to fame is her popular video of her 300+ page AT&T iPhone bill.

Mike Arrington of TechCrunch was No Where to be Seen.

BlogWorld is over, which means everyone is back to work and blogging on what they thought of the event, it looks like the real story is quickly unraveling… but which story is the right story. Here are just a few blogs which are posting on the topic, be sure to check through the comments and other pingbacks, as this one is quickly heating up!

Om Malik & Arrington Blow Off BlogWorld-iJustine Fills In
A full write up and review on what really happened at the event, since two thirds of the listed panel did not show. Props to Leo for pulling something together.

CrunchNotes Responds
Mike Arrington responds to the posts and topic and says “I never agreed to attend the conference. I would really appreciate it if the organizers of Blogworld would post something clearing this up.”

With or without Mike Arrington, BlogWorld was still a success in my book. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. In the end, everyone will end up blogging this, but hopefully it doesn’t get blown out of proportion to the point where it effects anyone’s decision to attend next years event.

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BlogWorld Day 2 - Photos & Recap

Today was the last day of BlogWorld and it was a very memorable one. To start the day off, Leo LaPorte was the keynote speaker. In addition to keeping everyone interested, he was able throw in some humor and inspiration. It was pretty cool to see Leo because I used to watch him all the time on Tech TV, but it only airs in Canada now.

Leo was cool and talked with a bunch of us after his keynote.

The next sessions I went to was supposed to headline Leo LaPorte, Mike Arrington and Om Malik. Unfortunately Mike and Om were unable to show. Since I had just met and talked with Leo, I decided to head over to the “Advanced Money Making Strategies” session, which featured Ted Murphy, Neil Patel, Ed Shull and Asaaf Henkin. This was a great session and afterwards I finally got to meet up with Ted and Neil. Both guys were cool and I’m glad I finally got to talk with them. This session was heavy on text link ad buying and the future of Google taking actions against sites buying links and blogs not using the “no-follow rule”. Very interesting and the Q&A went on for a while.

Ted’s a real cool guy. I love his RockStartup videos!

Ah, to be 22 again… Neil’s a cool guy and was great to finally meet him.

Reena and I skipped lunch and the next two sessions and headed over to the Mirage so we could hit “California Pizza Kitchen” before leaving Vegas. Once returning from the Mirage we made sure to get back to BlogWorld early, as Mark Cuban was the final keynote for the event. We arrived about a half and hour before he was due to start, and a line was already forming. Reena and I finally got in and we got great center seats in the second row. Mark Cuban was an excellent keynote speaker and all around great guy… so much, that I will have a full post just on his performance soon.

Mark Cuban was awesome. I managed to grab a photo with him before his keynote!

BlogWorld is now over and for a first time event, I would have to say it was excellent and that I will definitely return next year. I have only been blogging for around 7 months now, but to meet up with so many of the guys I have been blogging about and linking to was awesome. I have made a ton of new friends and now more motivated than ever to make this blog that much bigger and better.

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