What do bloggers do when they get together?

Have a glass of wine and talk about everything from potato chips to Disney to sleestacks to blogging.

Last night I attended the first Atlanta Blogger Dinner at The Grape at the Forum that was organized by Teresa Caro, Toby Bloomberg and Josh Hallett. Other attendees included Dave (whose musing on how today’s kids would view Sleestacks made me giggle), Polly, Abigail, (whose blog is delight to read and will soon be elevated to Potato Chip Diva) There were also two Justins (Justin H & Justin E), a Julie, and a Scott who I did not get to talk to much, as I was sitting against the wall and in the middle with no escape avaliable for mingling.

Over wine and yummy treats we had a lively “real life” conversation on blogging. It mostly centered around using blogging as a tool for business. I came away with several thoughts:

1. Good bloggers are helpful to others, considerate, open, humorous, and creative.
2. Good blogs are by nature personal learning endeavors. Good bloggers really want people to leave comments, ask questions and facilitate the conversation.
3. Good citizen bloggers give full disclosure and do their best to give credit where credit is due.
4. Comments are hard to come by , so don’t expect them to come without working for them. Good bloggers actively participate in the blogosphere. They read a lot and leave thoughtful comments as appropriate.
5. When compared to other business blogs, the position and goals of healthcare business blogs in the blogosphere are still not well understood.

I’m delighted to have met some new friends. I look forward to seeing them again soon and learning even more!

Thanks Josh, Toby and Teresa for setting this up!!!!

PS: If you go to the Grape: Ask for Ali as a server— she was patient with our rowdy crowd and did a great job.

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