Debbie Weil is a corporate blogging and social media expert, online marketing consultant, speaker and author of The Corporate Blogging Book (Portfolio). She consults with large companies, CEOs and senior executives on how to create blogs that connect with customers and attract media attention.

Last week, the energy and excitement of attendees at the first mainstream blogging conference was palpable. This week the buzz is from the West Coast where @d:tech is playing to a sell-out crowd in San Francisco. Rick Bruner says it’s a veritable “who’s who” in his quick update for MarketingFix. “Who’s here? Just about everyone I’ve ever met in this industry in the last seven years,” he writes. I thought about going but figured wrongly it wouldn’t be anything special. What’s happening?? It’s anybody’s guess. But it sure bodes well for the future of online advertising. And for online content that depends on said advertising. Ahem, this includes WordBiz Report.