Thank you, thank you, thank you for attending and supporting the SOBCon08 business school for bloggers.
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7 Precious Responses by SOBCon08 Participants:
“The subtitle of the conference should have been ‘Hugfest 2008′. […] This will be one of my enduring take aways and I am deadly serious. […] One thing is for sure. You have to make SOBCon09.” - Chris Garrett
“It’s been quite a weekend, by any measure of meaningfulness. […] So, what am I going to do with this information? I’m going to concentrate on my readers more and stop trying to drive traffic as a primary goal. If I take care of them, they will take care of the rest.” - Jesse Petersen
“People, if you’re not here, you are missing out big. I’m so, so serious about this. SOBCon is one of the least expensive and most valuable conferences I have attended to date.” - Kristen King
“One of the big themes I picked up from the event is the importance of community. I used to think it was conversation that was important, but there’s a difference between the two. Trust develops among a community.” - Matthew Murphy
“The session Saturday was so packed full of ideas that inspired me and lightbulb moments that my brain was numb by the close of the session.” - Chris Brown
“My head is so overstuffed with ideas that I couldn’t possibly write them all down.” - Sonia Simone
“After all, in the blogosphere, it really does boil down to people.” - Timothy L. Johnson
And on that note …
SOBCon08 Photos - Business is About People
More SOCon08 images here.
Once again, thanks to all who helped make SOBCon08 an unforgettable professional and personal experience!
What did you think of SOBCon08? What lessons did you take home?
8 responses so far ↓
1 Jesse Petersen // May 5, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Phil sticking out his tongue is the best photo of the whole weekend.
Thanks again for the wonderful time. It was an amazing break from the daily toil we call life.
2 Joanna Young // May 5, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Aren’t those pictures something else?
Sobconners - if you’ve taken pictures & want to share just click on this http://www.flickr.com/groups/sobcon08/ and ask for an invite, or add me as a flickr contact & i’ll invite you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joanna_young/
Joanna
3 Sonia Simone // May 5, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Man, it was a rush. Hope you can do even more next year! I have my evaluation somewhere, I’ll email you to see what would be the easiest way to get to you.
Thanks so much to Liz & Terry and the many others who worked your asses off to make this great. Hosting a fantastic party is *hard work* and you did a beautiful job. My heartfelt thanks.
4 Troy // May 5, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Nice pic.
5 Easton // May 6, 2008 at 9:00 am
Thanks Troy. You mean the last one right?
6 SOBCon08 Biz School for Bloggers: Connections and Community : The Blog Herald // May 7, 2008 at 4:05 pm
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7 Listed in Top 25 SobCON Influential Blogs : Thinking Home Business // May 8, 2008 at 9:07 pm
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8 @Stephen // May 10, 2008 at 10:48 am
All I can say is “Wow”. Thanks to everyone that I met and spoke to. I am really looking forward to participating next year, count me in for helping out with planning and organizing, etc.
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