The conference and consulting firm Parnassus Ventures has announced that the next Blog Business Summit conference will take place September 17-19, 2007 in Chicago, IL. As always, the conference will cover everything businesses need to know to be effective participants in the world of online media. This latest conference takes place at a time when blogging for business has jumped from the domain of a few early adopters to a best practice for businesses worldwide.

Woodinville, WA (PRWeb) April 17, 2007 -- Since the launch of the first Blog Business Summit conference in 2004, corporate America has seen weblogs go from an intriguing curiosity to a mission-critical communication tool.

In those early days, there was a lot of coverage in the mainstream press about business blogging and predictions of a coming revolution. Despite this initial enthusiasm, most companies did not flock to the new communications platform. A number of business leaders were confused, or even afraid of the complicated and sometimes contentious universe of blogs and bloggers.

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