There are a lot of people in town for Blog World Expo that just kicked off about 40 minutes ago. I’m stuck at work today, but I’m going to try to get out early tomorrow and check it out. There are a lot of people I want to meet still!

We had a little get together last night at In N Out, with some bloggers that I haven’t met before. Colleen, Alli, Jenn, Cass, and Ang, and I all got together for a little fun. We had a great time eating, talking, and especially laughing. It’s fun to finally meet people that you’ve known online. All of them were exactly how I thought they would be.

Here’s one picture, and you can see the rest on my Flickr stream. I finally updated to a Pro account last night. I feel like such a big girl now.

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I ate healthy (no fast food) last week, and I walked after dinner at night. I ate good this weekend, and we took a very long hike on Saturday. I get into the office this morning and weighed myself. I gained 2.5 pounds. BOO! I’m not discouraged though, and I’m going to keep plugging along until I drop this weight once and for all.

I sent Courtney from Traveling Thoughts.com a picture that Michael took of me in the mountains a couple weekends ago. It’s not the most glamorous or happy picture, and I only had a little eyeliner on, but I for some reason I liked it a lot, and wanted to replace the flower with a picture. I think she did a great job, and I love how it turned out. I’m looking very thoughtful as I was listening to J.R. on the phone telling me about a job he is going to apply for.

I’m happy

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I wrote about Alive Directory before and how big they were growing with tons of blog submissions on a daily basis. They are an up and coming blog directory, and should have pretty good indexing soon. I love how you can list your deep links with them.

They have recently launched their Webmasters Blog called Alive Blog in August, and there is already some really good content there for blog owners looking to increase the traffic to their site, and information for other blog directory owners. I had to pass this one on to a friend of mine that runs a similar blog directory. I think there is a lot of good information there for him.

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I signed up for a new blog traffic generator website today called BlogRush, and it’s really simple to join. All you do is add your blog, choose a category, and add the widget to your blog with a simple copy and paste code.

Your link will immediately appear in other people’s widget across the blogosphere, and will drive targeted traffic to your blog.

It’s totally free to use, and the more people you get to sign up using your affiliate link, the more impressions you get on the widget. You also earn points when someone visits your blog where the widget is installed. You can see it in action here on my sidebar.

So what are you waiting for? Sign up for BlogRush today, and start increasing your traffic.

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I guess if you’re going to dive into the world of affiliate marketing, what a better mentor to have than one that has made millions of dollars doing it. Joe Smith the owner of JJ Smith Marketing is ready to show you just how profitable your web site can become by using different affiliate programs. He calls it revenue per visitor (RPV), and you can learn all about it by signing up for his affiliate training program, available on the site.

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