I’m very pleased to announce the launch of SOBCon 07 — A Relationship Bloggers’ Conference and Networking Event.

It’s on May 11-12th in Chicago, hosted by Liz Strauss, Phil Gerbyshak and Mike Sansone.

Many others helped as well. In actual fact, the idea for a blogger conference in Chicago was being bounced around by a few different groups of people – they came together, and now we’ve got SOBCon 07.

Terry Starbucker and Chris Cree were instrumental in getting things organized.

The festivities will open on May 11th with an evening of entertainment from Christine Kane. On the 12th we’ll have a full day of seminars, information sessions and activities.

And I’m going to be there too!

I’ll be speaking with Rodney Rumford about podcasting. Other speakers include Liz Strauss, Phil Gerbyshak, David Armano, Janice Myint (Technorati) and Scott Rafer (MyBlogLog).

There are only 250 spots available, so if you’re interested in taking your blog to the next level, learning how to maximize networking opportunities, develop a great voice, podcasting and more, come check it out at http://www.sobevent.com.

And if you’re curious what “SOB” stands for – it’s successful and outstanding bloggers.

In my sidebar you’ll see a small SOBCon button. If you want to help spread the word or if you’re attending, feel free to nab that button and point it to the SOBCon 07 website.

We’ll see you at SOBCon 07!