Monthly Archives: February 2008

SOBCon 2008 Marketing Contest Report: Day 13

Hi all! Terry Starbucker here, reporting on the latest results of our 2008 Marketing contest.
We have 19 contestants going for the grand prize, a free registration to SOBCon08 plus two hotel nights thrown in for good measure. Let’s also remember and thank our contest co-sponsor, Plante Moran Financial Advisors!
For those of you not [...]

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Read All About it: SOBCon Opens Invitations, Hotel Choice Forthcoming

From SOBCon Founder Liz Strauss:
Thanks to 07 Attendees
I’m pleased and delighted to announce that we’ve updated the front page of the official SOBCon08 event blog. The new information on the page includes a formal invitation to join us in Chicago for this event.
Also included is some information on why we’ve not yet named the [...]

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250+ Reasons YOU Should Sponsor the SOBCon 08 Business Blogging Conference

You already know what those reasons are, don’t you? If not, here’s a hint.

Too abstract? Okay, okay.
According to a poll of 5,000 recent brand-sponsored event attendees, purchase intent rose 11-52% after attending such events. About 50% of the time, people actually bought things they had learned about at the events.
The poll also found that business-to-business [...]

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The 2008 SOBCon Marketing Contest: Test Your Promotional Skill for Prizes Worth $750

Want to get a free registration to SOBCon08, plus two night’s hotel thrown in for good measure?
The SOBCon founders and the good folks at Plante Moran Financial Advisors (www.pmfa.com) are co-sponsoring a SOBCon Marketing Contest, where the blogger who can refer the most traffic to the SOBCon website (www.sobevent.com) between February 11 and March [...]

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Networking: How to Find Great Bloggers in Your Niche

By Easton Ellsworth
Whether or not you’re going to the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference (SOBCon08) in Chicago May 2-4, it is critical that you know how to find and network with professional bloggers like you – bloggers who blog about the same subject.
And since blogger networking is one of the topics this year’s SOBCon Biz [...]

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