What I learned about personal finance bloggers from FINCON11
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I arrived home safely from the Financial Blogger Conference about 2 AM today.
Phil of PTMoney and friends did a superb job putting everything together. All aspects were very well organized and very professional: the social events, the programs, the takeaways, everything. First class from start to finish. Amazing work Phil!
There was lots of great content in the scheduled presentations, of course. Those were awesome.
The part of the conference that I was most excited about, though, was being able to meet everyone face to face. Dozens of attendees I had known online for several years. (A couple of the guys, Flexo and FMF, I had known over six years, which is a long time for this niche.) Until this past weekend, though, all but a small handful were “online-only” colleagues.
What a genuinely nice, smart, and friendly group of people! As well as humble and generous with what they know.
It truly was a pleasure meeting everyone, and I look forward to doing it again soon, and being a better blogging colleague with the added personal dimension.
Thanks guys!
17 Responses to “What I learned about personal finance bloggers from FINCON11”
By Ryan on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
Great to meet you at the conference, MBH! The after party was definitely something to remember!
By Flexo on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
It was great to meet you this weekend!
By mbhunter on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
@Ryan: You too Ryan! And I agree: I don’t think I’ve ever felt my entire body cavitate.
@Flexo: Yes sir! Great meeting you as well.
By Ben Edwards on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
Definitely fun hanging out and getting to meet you! Ironic that is was quite a rejuvenating weekend despite the fact that I got so little sleep
By Philip on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
Great wrap up, John. So glad you could make it out. Dude, we partied hard, didn’t we? Such a good time meeting everyone.
By Peter on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
The whole weekend was a blast – it was nice to meet you – a true veteran of the PF space. Hopefully next time we’ll have more time to chat!
By Tom Drake on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
Was great to meet you MBH, looking forward to next year!
By Glen Craig on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
It was awesome meeting you (and having lunch with you on Sunday)! You’re one fo those guys that helped start it all for us. Stay in touch.
By Mike Holman on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
I had a great time. Good to meet you!
By Beating Broke on Oct 4, 2011 | Reply
I was a pleasure to meet you MBH! I was so glad to see so many of the more veteran PF bloggers in attendance. In many niches, the veterans wouldn’t come because they felt they would get mobbed, or that they were too good for the newbies. Not in our wonderful niche!
By mbhunter on Oct 5, 2011 | Reply
Ben: No kidding. I’ve been rolling into work a little bit later the past couple.
Peter: Great meeting you as well. Enjoyed your Twitter chat at Meet the Experts!
Tom: Great meeting you, and nice contribution to the Plutus Awards!
Glen: Enjoyed lunching with you!
and Mike: Pleasure meeting you as well!
By Untemplater on Oct 6, 2011 | Reply
I didn’t make it out but had a great time looking at some of the pics floating around. That’s awesome you finally got to meet a lot of people you’ve known for ages face to face. -Sydney
By Crystal @ BITFS on Oct 7, 2011 | Reply
It was great to meet you! Now I am back at my freelancing including commenting for cash, lol. I cannot wait until the next FINCON!!!
By mbhunter on Oct 8, 2011 | Reply
Wow, Crystal, I didn’t know you did that, too. And nice try.
By Khaleef @ KNS Financial on Oct 8, 2011 | Reply
It was great to meet one of the legends of the PF world! I had a great time at the conference and we (my wife and I) learned so much.
I can’t wait for FINCON12!
By Kay Lynn @ Bucksome Boomer on Oct 9, 2011 | Reply
I enjoyed chatting with you and getting to know you better in the Yakezie. See you next year!
By SB @ One Cent At A Time on Oct 10, 2011 | Reply
I missed this opportunity this year, hope to attend next edition.