Before I talk about BlogHer, I have to pass on these product recalls in case any of you have these products in your home.

Children’s hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings – posing a strangulation hazard

Bonavita “Cabana” drop side cribs – slats can detach or break creating a gap, which can pose an entrapment and strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers

Bugaboo Bee Strollers – One or both sides of the brakes can fail, causing a stroller to unexpectedly roll away on an incline

If you follow the links, they will tell you what you need to do for each item.  Be safe!

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We learned on Day 1 that we had to get there bright and early to make sure that we got a plugin for our laptops.  Without that, day one didn’t have a lot of blogging or twittering going on.  Well, at least not from me.  Day 2 started with a keynote speech from Merlin Mann.  I have to say that it was one of the best keynote speeches I have ever heard.  His speech was about “don’t be a dick”.  Everything he said was true.  He even asked the audience to disagree with what he said, but no one did, because he was right.

The next panel was Social Network and included Michael Brito, Sean Bonner, Etan Horowitz, and Lena West. This was another panel that really wasted my time. First, we had Lena West stating that she was too busy to actually do it herself. My first question was then why are you on this panel? Then she managed to offend half the room (google: Lena West and mommybloggers to find out why. Trust me, there was no
airbrush do over. The more she tried to explain herself, the worse it got). They pretty much said to use Twitter and Facebook.  Umm, yeah, knew that already. Now, tell me how to use them to help me, because I really don’t get Facebook at all. There are also dozens of social networking sites out there — and nobody even mentioned them.

Next, there was Loren Feldman. I love Loren Feldman. He speaks his mind, and he makes awesome videos! It was almost breathtaking to hear what equipment he uses. We learned that you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to do good videos on your blog.

Next, we had the plug-in panel with Loren Baker, Jonathan Dingman, and Erik Hersman. This was definitely cool, because I learned I am using a lot of the wordpress plugins that I should be!

Last, there was the Blog Design Makeover Panel with Scott Allen,Matt Blancarte, and Christopher Schmitt. My only complaint with this is that they were very rushed. Also, the designs were nice, but way out of the price range of us normal bloggers.

In a nutshell, that was the conference.  I have one more post about the IzeaHunt that we did, and that will pretty much summarize the conference.  Would I go again?  I’ll be honest — I don’t know.  It is a lot of money.  Did I learn things?  Yes.  However, does any of it help me to monetize?  Not really.  I really thing they need to have breakout sessions, and you can pick and choose what sessions to go to.  That way, you can reach the middle ground bloggers and the beginning bloggers.  What I found lacking was that none of the big name big money bloggers really told us how to get from middle group to up on top.  Telling me what you are doing now really doesn’t help me all that much.

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Well, the basement guy came today. We are now scheduled to have the drainage tile to be put in May 5th and May 6th. That will give us exactly a month to get the basement drywalled, wired, put a bathroom in, get the heat working, paint, etc before Will’s birthday party. Just a few things we need to get done. LOL  This weekend, Bill and his brother are going to carry the furniture out into the garage, so we can start demoing the room that we have down there.  So many things to do, so little time to do it in.

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