<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4465336827/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4465336827_37877af7df.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=388606996419&amp;ref=ts">Last night's Tulsa Blogger Meetup</a> was the best yet.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>About 50 local bloggers showed up to shoot the stuff at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619648435&amp;ref=ts">Blue Dome Diner</a> last night at Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition (<a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23tulsabm">search #tulsabm on Twitter</a>&nbsp;to get the feed - yes, I wrote #tulsabm and, yes, all the required jokes have been made).<br /><br />Lucky for us, Brett McKay, 1/2 of the team behind the award-winning <a href="http://artofmanliness.com/">The Art of Manliness</a> (along with his witty and lovely wife, Katie McKay), talked to us about how to build a better blog.<br /><br />As in, a blog that has more than 18,000 Facebook fans and nearly 40,000 subscribers and gets a couple million visits every month. And wins <a href="http://oklahomablogawards.blogspot.com/2010/02/2009-okie-blog-award-winners.html">the title of the best blog in the entire state of Oklahoma in the 2010 Oklahoma Blog Awards</a> (quite an accomplishment with the likes of <a href="http://www.thepioneerwoman.com/">the Pioneer Woman</a> in the running).<br /><br />You know, like <a href="http://www.theartofmanliness.com/">The Art of Manliness blog</a>. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4465336595/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/4465336595_bc06b1b862.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />Here's the gist of how you do it: Hard work. Dedication. Great writing. Original thought. Listening.<br /><br />Translation: More than five weeks, a million followers on Twitter and a box set of e-books.<br /><br />The folks at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1619648435&amp;ref=ts">Blue Dome Diner</a> were gracious hosts. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4466113094/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4466113094_902f7710f0.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />How often does a person get a choice of three different types of sliders for supper? <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4465336531/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4465336531_60e5d00f72.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><br />Not often. At least, not for me. When you are a house with a two-year-old, you're too busy figuring out new ways to appropriate chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese into consumable meals to prepare three different varieties of sliders.<br /><br />What is it the kids are saying these days? FML? Not that I know what that means. I'm just trying to be groovy, daddy-o.<br /><br />So, the food was tasty. The door prizes - thanks to <a href="http://www.idaredboutique.com/">Ida Red</a>, <a href="http://www.cfbeo.org/">Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma</a>, <a href="http://www.tulsagal.net/">Tulsa Gal</a>, <a href="http://mandyvavrinak.com/">Mandy Vavrinak</a>, A Studio, <a href="http://www.stfpr.com/">Schanke Turnbo Frank | PR</a> and <a href="http://brewburgertulsa.com/">Brewburger</a> - were real crowd-pleasers. <br /><br />The company, though, was the best part.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4466112686/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2684/4466112686_5340508c6f.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4466112840/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/4466112840_9e6c87e51e.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4465336305/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4465336305_b6d7ed0143.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4465336357/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4465336357_a120c59783.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4466112768/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4466112768_24f8161552.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><br />See that bag? Handmade. And entirely out of keyboard keys. <br /><br />Someone buy this woman a beer.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4466112768/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="500" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4057/4466112768_24f8161552.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><br />Make that 10 beers over three nights.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tashadoestulsa/4465336885/" title="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition by Tasha Does Tulsa, on Flickr"><img alt="Tulsa Blogger Meetup, Second Edition" height="332" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/4465336885_38ebbff91c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br />Thanks to all who came out last night. Plans are already in the works for next month's meetup, so stay tuned. <br /><br />If you took photos at the event last night and want to share, feel free to upload them to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/tulsabloggermeetup/">the Tulsa Blogger Meetup group on Flickr</a>.