Interested in what happened at BlogWorld? During the sessions, I sent out enough twitter updates to fill a 15 page Word document, which added up to over 300 updates. This post covers Book Deals, Digital Assets And Corporate Sponsorships with Prince Campbell, Jonathan Fields and Geoff Nelson.

You’ll find all of my BlogWorld08 twoverage [tweet +coverage] here.

Thanks to those of you who asked me to share these updates.

Reader’s Guide: Each line represents a live update made on @wiredprworks on twitter.com. …

Searching for popular blogs to follow? Yahoo’s Blog directory lists blogs by category. Shown here is a screen capture I took this morning. At the time, Wired PR Works was number one. So . . . I told my newsletter subscribers about it. [Apologies to my newsletter readers for letting this news get me too carried away. You'll be pleased to know my ego is back in check.]

And then . . . I decided to take a look at …

For most bloggers, conventional wisdom says that Stumbleupon traffic is good to spike your numbers, but not so good at holding attention. Usually, I agree.

Typically, my Stumbleupon traffic has a bounce rate of 70% or higher, which means that most people glanced at my blog and clicked onto something else with ten seconds.

In analyzing my recent traffic from my top five referring sources via Google Analytics, I found that Stumbleupon came in first for number of pages …

Take an active approach to getting inbound links and watch your rankings rise. Here’s how . . .

1. Write great content – yes, this is a given. Mix up your style and try on content tangents to see what works. 

2. Leave a comment at sites that use CommentLuv

3. Research who’s linking to who on Technorati and then make up a core group you want to connect with.

4. Enter contests or showcases that will post the list and watch as …

Thanks to the agency who contacted me, Barbara Rozgonyi, about being a social media keynote speaker for a conference this fall. Do you have an event coming up?  Feel free to use these mini-outlines as a starting point.

Focusing on a single social media element is a good idea. There’s so much to talk about in this one category.  One hour is enough to give an in-depth overview while three hours allows time for a hands-on workshop. If you …

That’s my only update on Friday night, the first night of BlogHer 08. If I ever needed confirmation that someone valued what I had to say, this was it. Making it onto Alltop’s online PR blog feed-magazine rack, a collection of the best of the best feeds, was a dream come true for me. What timing!

This screen shot shows Wired PR Works in between PR Week’s The Editor’s Blog and Shel Holtz.

I met Shel about 10 years ago …

Every Tuesday, Liz Strauss at Successful-Blog hosts an open comment night. Last week the group came up with the idea to host a blog showcase. Blog-to Show? Showcase Your Blog at Successful-Blog July 26-27 outlines the details of how to get in. With all entries in, the show is up – live – now with over 250 blogs to browse through. Kudos to Liz for setting up this event!

In selecting an image, I went with the auto show …

Warner Brothers, Bravo and Hearst opened the day with a HybridMedia keynote. To read more, visit the BlogHer08 live conference posts.

See what I had to say on twitter about BlogHer, including a live tweet stream from the monetization panel.

In the Home and Garden breakout session, I heard about the water usage restrictions in California, how Houston doesn’t recycle, what’s going on with sustainability and what secret resources people use to blog better. 

Meeting up with Chicago  bloggers introduced me …

Are you influential or popular?

For Galinda, a Wicked witch it’s all about being popular . . .

When I see depressing creatures With unprepossessing features I remind them on their own behalf To think of celebrated heads of state Or specially great communicators Did they have brains or knowledge? Don’t make me laugh! They were popular! Please – …