{"id":2785,"date":"2008-03-16T17:50:55","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T00:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2785"},"modified":"2008-03-16T17:58:58","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T00:58:58","slug":"unraveled-by-unchained-or-why-i-put-a-leash-on-my-spring-break-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2785\/unraveled-by-unchained-or-why-i-put-a-leash-on-my-spring-break-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Unraveled by Unchained, or: Why I put a leash on my Spring Break plans."},"content":{"rendered":"

So I was chatting with Brad Coy<\/a>\u00a0the other day, (On the phone!? Get out of town) and he asked me why, after participating in the hoopla of the Project Blogger competition, did I not go to Inman Connect.<\/p>\n

Me: “Well, uh, um, well, uh, you know, um…”<\/p>\n

I\u00a0must come clean: I really hate conferences<\/a>. I have the patience of Job with a lot of things, BS ain’t one of them.<\/p>\n

I simply can’t\u00a0sit in a crowded room listening to someone drone on and on, particularly if they are droning about something they are selling.\u00a0And with a conference I’m supposed to pay for that unique pleasure? Especially when there is a big beautiful city calling my name? No way, not me.<\/p>\n

When I heard that Bloodhound was planning a conference, I cringed. Then I immediately made plans to go- not because I thought that this conference would be different- the truth is I didn’t think it would be different, oh me of little faith. I made plans to go\u00a0because I love Arizona and\u00a0haven’t been in years, and thought it would be fun to finally meet\u00a0a bunch of\u00a0Bloodhounds. That was it. My double secret plan was to show up, say Hello!, put in a minimal amount of face time, then quietly bug out and head for the desert.\u00a0And let me add something I’m not entirely proud of, but it’s important to this story: That was still my plan up until yesterday.<\/p>\n

Greg says: “We\u2019re nobody\u2019s fan boy, nobody\u2019s water boy, nobody\u2019s pony boy.” Amen, brother!\u00a0I might\u00a0be a contributor here, but\u00a0the way I see it, BHB Unchained is\u00a0going to have to prove to me that it’s worth something before I’m sticking around for the show. I love this from Kelley Koehler<\/a> in a comment on Agent Genius<\/a><\/p>\n

“Remember me? I bought a ticket. Me. My money bought me the right to demand your attention on me, the right to only care about what I can get out of you. Anyone wearing a vendor hat and doing anything other than helping me becomes merely an irritant with no value. Your focus is on me. Your goal is within me. Anything – Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I heard that Bloodhound was planning a conference, I cringed. Then I immediately made plans to go- not because I thought that this conference would be different- the truth is I didn’t think it would be different, oh me of little faith. I made plans to go because I love Arizona and haven’t been in years, and thought it would be fun to finally meet a bunch of Bloodhounds. That was it. My double secret plan was to show up, say Hello!, put in a minimal amount of face time, then quietly bug out and head for the desert. And let me add something I’m not entirely proud of, but it’s important to this story: That was still my plan up until yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[110,98,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-2785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-marketing","7":"tag-110","8":"tag-bloodhound-unchained","9":"tag-marketing-conference","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3076,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3076\/bloodhound-blog-unchained-social-media-marketing-conference-brought-to-you-by-zillowcom-tickets-go-to-full-price-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":2785,"position":0},"title":"Bloodhound Blog UNCHAINED Social Media Marketing Conference brought to you by Zillow.com tickets go to full price tonight","author":"Brian Brady","date":"May 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I met the ninety and nine today and I LOVED what I saw. 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