Vancouver Blogger Meetup

written by John Chow on July 30th, 2008

Vancouver bloggers descended on The Black Water Cafe last night for the 39th Vancouver Blogger Meetup. As meetups goes, this was one of the biggest yet, with 34 bloggers attending. The poor Black Water Cafe was pretty much overwhelmed. Had I known the place was this small, I wouldn’t have pushed the meetup so hard. It was standing room only.

The Vancouver Blogger Meetup brings local bloggers together to talk about issues that deals with bloggering. It’s actually quite refreshing because most of the discussions center around blogging for fun and not for making money. This meetup was also special because it represented the passing of the sword. The current meetup organizer, Isabell, has decided to retire and give the role to Rual. I’m sure he’ll do a great job with it.

Networking is a big part of my success as a blogger. The contacts you make at networking events really can take your blog to the next level. The worst thing that can happen is you make some new friends. My next event stop will be in Boston for the Affiliate Summit East. If anyone wants to meet up before the big show, give me a shout.

Raul said on July 30th, 2008 at 11:03 am

Thanks for coming, John, and for this great post. Next time, it will be in a much, much larger venue, I promise! As you know, I like to promote local business, and they were very very kind to us. And great to see you at the LampLighter too!

All the best,
Raul

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Affiliate Confession said on July 30th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

Looks like there are a lot of people packed into The Black Water Cafe. Sardine city.

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Bryn Youngblut said on July 30th, 2008 at 11:13 am

I’ve been trying to find some meetups like this in my area (Toronto), do you know of any? Or where I can find them?

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Shaun Carter said on July 30th, 2008 at 11:33 am

Wow that is a pretty tight space for all those people! I bet the cafe didn’t know what hit them that day.

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Ed Lau said on July 30th, 2008 at 11:35 am

…uh…”blogging sword”?

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Tyler Ingram said on July 30th, 2008 at 11:51 am

Looks like it was a great turn out! I hope to make it out to one of these one day since I’m a blogger too! lol

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health consultation said on July 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Yes, i agree that networking is a big part of our success as blogger

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bob said on July 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pm

i think raul is a homo.

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Germz said on July 30th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

John when are you coming to Philly…? It has better attractions than the crappy place you guys were sent to the affiliate market challenge. Looking forward to your visit.

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Bonnie said on July 30th, 2008 at 3:17 pm