Day Three at Izea Fest!

The day is underway..

If you are interested in the conference, and learning new things about doing business on the internet, developing your brand- personal or business, and forming real online relationships with clients and companies FOLLOW ME on Twitter. I've been live tweeting from the conference, and have been sharing several bullet points, valuable insight and more from Izea Fest.

Special thanks to Daisy-Giggles & Tropical Traditions for being partners with 4BabyAndMom this weekend!

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Live from IZEAFEST!

Apparently, Clyde the seal did not want to come out and say hello at this year's Izea Fest, but we were able to at least have a quick look at him, a lot closer than his hysterical show at Sea World!

There is so much to learn about being successful online, as a blogger, as a marketer, as a business, and as a person. There have been many activities to get to know each other a little better, and even prizes for some of the attendees.

We just had lunch.. I had a turkey sub, a bag of pretzels, and a bottled water. The main key point from the three speakers we've heard already are creating a BUZZ! I'd love to know what *you* feel is the best way to generate buzz for your company, blog, or website.

I'd like to give a special thanks to my partners for this event.



DAISY GIGGLES is an online boutique for anything baby! Whether you are looking for baby shower favors, or just a unique gift to welcome a new baby, know that you can find it all at Daisy Giggles!






TROPICAL TRADITIONS sells the finest quality Virgin Coconut Oil and coconut oil products. All Purpose cleaners, cooking oil, health and beauty products and so much more. If you are looking for eco-friendly products in any of these categories, definitely check out Tropical Traditions to see their huge selection of the finest organic products, even poultry!


I am expecting a box of 150 lip moisturizers from Tropical Traditions to review and giveaway as swag at this year's Izea Fest, and I can't wait to try it out for myself. I am in love with my coconut oil, and have already told so many people that I've met at the conference how much I love it!

If you wish you where here you can watch Izeafest LIVE HERE !! Look close and you might see me!

Visit again soon for live updates, photos & sponsor highlights from IZEAFEST !!!

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If you're reading this, it means that...

...I am on my way to the beautiful Marriott Renaissance Hotel at Sea World, Orlando for Izea Fest, 2009!

My dad is watching the kids today, bringing my son back and forth to school- and my mom will be watching them tomorrow, then Bri gets the kiddos over the weekend.

I get to learn from internet experts on how to make 4BabyAndMom a better business, blog, and how to expand my network. How to increase my SEO, better my brand, build my traffic, and meet my goals more efficiently.

I can't wait to see some old friends, meet new friends, and see some online friends "IRL", (in real life.)

There will be several live blog posts, tweets and facebook updates, so be sure to follow me to keep up with what's going on at Izea Fest, and with 4BabyAndMom.

If you haven't had a moment to visit Tropical Traditions to see their huge selection of organic cooking, health & beauty, household goods and pet products, check them out- as they are one of our fabulous parnters for this conference.


I will tweet when we're in.. until then, don't forget to enter the CONTROL IT giveaway. I've extended it just a little bit so you can add your links to your nails. If you have nail issues, you really need to enter it; leave an anonymous comment if you are too embarrassed, just include a valid email address. If you prefer to Email me the picture instead, please send it to 4BabyAndMom at Gmail dot com with the subject title of "CONTROL IT GIVEAWAY PICTURE ENTRY".

Good Luck!

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Countdown to Izea!

It's official- the time is running out! So much to do, and less time to finish it in. I'm excited- are you going?? I'd love to meet up with you there!

Countdown Clocks

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Allow 4BabyAndMom to Represent YOUR Company at IzeaFest 2009!

I just wanted to take a moment of your time to remind you that Izea Fest 2009 is right around the corner. In less than a week, 4BabyAndMom will be attending one of the best social media events of the year. Not only will we learn how to grow our traffic, build our brand, learn secrets about search engine optimization (SEO) and how to make more money online, but I plan on sharing this information with all of our sponsors for this event. This could be tremendous for your company!

Right now, we are still looking for companies, agencies, or individuals to sponsor 4BabyAndMom. Sponsor Levels include Basic, Professional, and Premiere levels of advertising. We feel that ANY company, large or small could benefit tremendously from the Word Of Mouth Advertising, as well as any samples that you might be able to send for us to give to the conference attendee's. Here is some more info on our sponsor levels and what services they include. If you have any questions, please feel free to send them my way.

Basic Level- $55

• Blind Review of Product or Website Services
• 3mos. Advertising space (200x200)
• 3 Tweets all four days of the conference
• One group post thanking you for your sponsorship prior to the event

Professional Level- $75

• Blind Review of Product or Website, (personal review option available)
• Advertising space until January 2010! (choice of 300x250, 200x200, or 125x200)
• 3 Tweets all four days of the conference, 10/2 & 10/3 during peak traffic hours
• One product giveaway online or at the conference to build buzz for your company or service
• Individual post promoting your company as a sponsor for 4BabyAndMom at Izea Fest 2009.

Premiere Level- $100

• Full Product or Service Review Before or after the conference dates
• Premium Advertising space- choice of sidebar ad, size and bonus banner until January 2010!
• Live Blog posts, tweets and Facebook updates with your name, as our sponsor- everyday of the conference
• Individual items, samples or goody bags to giveaway online and at the conference to build buzz for your company or service
  
• Blog posts before, during, and after the conference

If you send us business cards with any of these packages, we would be more than happy to hand them out to all of the people that we meet both at the conference as well as at both Busch Gardens and Sea World on days 1 & 4!

This is an excellent opportunity, and we encourage you to ask any questions you may have. For more information on Izea Fest, please visit IzeaFest.com.

Thank you in advance for partnering with 4BabyAndMom! I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Warm Wishes,

Lauren at 4BabyAndMom.com

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Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack Winner Announced today!

Today MarketLeverageTV becomes the MarketLeverage TV Network with multiple shows. And during the debut episode of WrapUp the winners of BenSpark's Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack Contest will be chosen.

This contest sprang forth from the mind of Drew Bennett - AKA BenSpark (@BenSpark) after writing his list of 10 Essential items to bring with you to IZEAFest. While writing that post Drew was thinking about all the conferences that he's attended over the years and the things that were essential to a blogger at each event. His dream was to be able to provide those items as prizes to a lucky blogger who will be attending IZEAFest 2009. That along with his 10 Reasons to Attend IZEAFest 2009 gave him inspiration to ask for help in making his dream of giving a great prize pack to some lucky bloggers a reality.

So Drew went out and asked multiple sponsors for help. He is an IZEA Insider for the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" Crew and as such was provided with tickets to IZEAFest. So prize number one was taken care of. You can't have an Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack without a ticket to IZEAFest. From there Drew recruited the generous help of Dina Riccobono (@MLDina) and MarketLeverage (@MarketLeverage) who provided Drew with an Asus Eee PC 1000HA and a Flip Mino HD that is Co-Branded BenSpark.com and MarketLeverage!

Early on when Drew started his search for prizes he made a request from ZINK Imaging who gave him two Polaroid Pogos and 200 sheets of ZINK Paper. He uses one of them to create unique Business cards. When Drew meets you he asks you to take a photo with him using his Xshot. He then prints out an instant photo with his Pogo on ZINK paper and sticks it to the back of his business card. Drew is donating one of his Polaroid PoGos to the winner. He also secured An Xshot for each winner because there are two runner up winners who not only get IZEAFest Tickets (A fantastic and valuable prize in its own right) but they will each get a smaller prize pack.

Drew's friend Michael at Xshot hooked him up with a business contact in the Flipbac Innovations Company and they kicked in some Flipbac (@flipbac) angled viewfinder and LCD screen protectors for digital cameras as prizes. Each Runner up gets one of those and Drew has a few extra to give away at IZEAFest.

To keep people going all weekend long Drew was able to get a case of BluFrog Wildly Healthy Energy Drink donated by Martha Decker (@MarDeck). He is also including energy drink packets from EBOOST (@EBOOST). Drew will have close to 100 packets to give away at IZEAFest 2009, come find him for one. Runner up winners also get an EBOOST prize pack.

Continuing to fill out his Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack Drew sought out help from one of his "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" crew members, Jennifer Leet (@jentifa. Jennifer is the queen of contests and she connected with one of her sponsors BriteView (@BriteView to get a Cinema Cube to add to the Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack.

Still not quite sure that he had the Ultimate Prize Pack for an IZEAFest attendee Drew sought out something innovative and cool that would reflect the fun open spirit of learning and networking of IZEAFest. He found the perfect prize in the Poken. Drew asked a question on Twitter about whether the Poken was worth the money and the call was answered by @PokenGirl. PokenGirl explained that the Poken is a device that one can use to connect with other people physically by slapping a "High 4" with that other person's Poken. What that does is exchange a digital business card that contains your online social media profiles. Since IZEAFest is all about learning, having fun and making connections with other people a Poken is a great prize that will be going to each of the winners. They even get to choose which of the cute little Pokens they want.

With the Prize Pack Assembled Drew only needed to find some willing judges and he did at Affiliate Summit East. First he recruited Famous Blogger Murray Newlands (@MurrayNewlands), then "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" crew member Tim Jones (@Timothy_Jones) or rather The Real Tim Jones. He also recruited Eric Schechter @ericschechter of ClickBooth and last but not least he recruited Kim Ann Curtin (@KimAnnCurtin, Life Coach to the Affiliates.

The Judges had a difficult task ahead of them. There were four bloggers who went that extra mile to try for the Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack. Those folks along with the many others who entered the random drawing are waiting on the edge of their seats until WrapUp airs on the MarketLeverage TV Network Monday Morning between 10:30am & 12:30pm EST.

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Are You Going to IzeaFest, 2009?

IZEA Insider Drew Bennett (aka BenSpark) is crew leader of the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" Crew and he has created the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" Blog to spotlight all the latest IZEA info as well as crew members. Spotlighting bloggers on the crew is the main objective of this blog and who better to spotlight a blogger than the bloggers themselves? Crew members are invited to participate in crew interviews, and each interview gives a unique perspective on the challenges and accomplishments of the members of the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" IZEA Insider Crew.

BenSpark is also trying to help his crew by creating unique opportunities on SocialSpark including the latest, a SocialSpark CPC opp for his Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack Contest. This opportunity is only open to members of the "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" IZEA Insider Crew.

If you would like to go to IZEAFest this year but you don't have a ticket, why not win one?? "I'm Not A Famous Blogger" IZEA Insider Crew Leader BenSpark has three passes to give away. Not satisfied with only giving away passes he's recruited sponsors to give away even more! Three people will win IZEAFest passes, but one very lucky blogger is going to win The Ultimate IZEAFest Prize Pack.

BenSpark teamed up with many of his favorite sponsors and bloggers to gather many of the 10 essential items for IZEAFest to put into a very special prize pack. The prizes range from an xshot camera extender to an Asus Eee PC 1000HA. However, "Runner up winners" will also get prize packs of their own.

The biggest prize of course is the IZEAFest ticket itself. With this pass, you'll get more than you can imagine! This includes a welcome party at Busch Gardens, to a blogger takeover day at Sea World, and of course the conference admission as well- all included in the price of the ticket. If you attend IzeaFest '09, you will be part of a very intimate gathering of bloggers, (the number of attendees is limited to 300 so this is pretty exclusive!!) You will be more likely to be able to chat with speakers like Brian Clark (copyblogger), Chris Brogan and even IZEA CEO Ted Murphy on a one on one basis than any other blogger conference!

So what are you waiting for? Purchase your ticket now, or enter to win! Who knows, maybe I'll see you at IzeaFest 2009!

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