Attending Blog World Expo Next Week

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I fly into Las Vegas next Tuesday night for the Blog World Expo. I'll be there with Todd Earwood and Jason Falls, along with a few other Louisville executives that don't have blogs. So if you are going to be there and want to grab coffee, let me know. I don't enjoy losing money in casinos, so I'll have plenty of free time outside of conference hours.

I'll also be twittering about it as well.

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