It’s Friday and we had a great day yesterday.  It was so much fun hanging out with everyone last evening.   The Expo is open most of the day today so Angela and I are spending much of our time at the booth.  Response to A Red Bench has been fantastic.  Thank you so much for stopping by our booth and we can’t wait to work with you.

I started off the day with the panel of organizers called “Business Dreams Do Come True!”  There were six organizers on the panel and it was very interesting to hear how far they have come.  We learned how the panelist created successful businesses by following their instincts, making mistakes (and learning from them), adjusting their work environments and marketing themselves.  They also talked about the challenges with the economy. 

My second session of the morning was “Become a Blogging and Podcast Genius.”  I do love blogging; I was afraid of it at first, because I was concerned with the amount of time it would take and I was not sure what I would say.  But hey, what do you know.  I have a lot to say and really enjoy expressing myself in this way.   Sara Bereika was the speaker and she was about 7 months pregnant.  She was so cute and I give her a lot of credit for taking this on right now.  Anyway, I definitely learned some nuggets of info that I can’t wait to add to use to enhance my blog.

I worked the expo in the afternoon and had some time to meet the other vendors.  A few of my favorites were: The Container Store, Organized Greetings, Recipe Nest, Clearly Noted from Discover Organizing , Pixily and the Clutter Free Box. I am already anxious to get to learn more about these products and services.

The day ended with a reception in the exhibit hall for the Organizer Choice Awards and raffle prizes and giveaways.  I can’t remember who won all of the awards, but I know we were in the category of best service. Many people told us they voted for us; thank you so much.  The NSGCD won and we all know the reasons why.  Congrats to you!  We were so excited when our raffle winner was announced.  We donated a free attendance to the Social Media TeleSummit on June 9 and 10.  The winner was Debbie Bauman of Totally O in Portlant, OR and she was really excited.  Its always good when someone is hoping to win your prize.  We look forward to working with Debbie!

Another conference day has come to an end and I can honestly say I am exhausted, but inspired by the day.  We are going to order a pizza and soak our feet in the hot tub. Can’t wait for that.