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Suppose you could take a weekend retreat away from the noise of the Internet …

• to focus entirely on your business
• to work with the support of a mastermind team
• to get quality time to interact with the top people in social media
• to get the best information AND time to discuss how you’ll apply it
• to work with sponsors who are doing the same thing
• in a room limited to 150 people — all focused in the same direction
• without worry because the food and the wireless are outstanding.

Imagine a weekend work retreat with these people totally invested.

Would you write a blog post to get a chance to win a FREE SOBCon Weekend?

An Expense Paid Ticket!! AND the Return of The BlogIt EarnIt Discount

I’m delighted to announce that Terry and I get to make this offer …

We had such fun last year with the SOBCon “BlogIt, EarnIt” discount. We’re bringing it back again. Again this year, we’d like to hear from you — this time about what “The Virtual Meets the Concrete” means to you. We want to celebrate how our relationships online help our lives and businesses online and off.

Tell us why online and offline relationships and strategies matter.

Here’s how to qualify for the discount and enter to win

1. Write a blog post about a person (or people) online who has (or have) made a difference in your life. Celebrate how they have made your life easier, better, smarter, more productive, more meaningful.

2. Then let us know by tagging your post #SOBCon2010 and leaving a comment on this post. Include a working email with your comment and as a thank you for sharing your story, we’ll send you a special code to take $250 off the $895 FULL conference rate – that’s over a 25% savings! (We won’t use your email to spam you.)

We’ll also tweet your blog post so that we can celebrate the folks we all think make us stronger.

Get your posts up before Noon EST on February 14th, 2010, and noon EST pm the next day (February 15th), to kick off a special SOBCobn2010 Webinar with Chris Garrett, Chris Brogan, Amber Naslund and Liz Strauss (details coming soon), we’ll put all of the entries in a random drawing and choose one lucky winner who will receive:

1. a free ticket to SOBCon2010 – $895.00 value
2. airfare and three nights at Hotel 71 – up to $1105 in hotel and airfare

A total package value worth as much as USD $2000 – nontransferrable, nonrefundable

Blog your thoughts …
Share it, link it back to this post, and broadcast it on Twitter (hash #blogitearnit).

We’ll also encourage you to comment on the SOBCon blog for others to see and learn. And remember as a thank you for sharing your story, we’ll send you a special code to take $250 off the $895 FULL conference rate – that’s over a 25% savings!

Or, if you can’t make to SOBCon2010, you could “pay it forward” and pass the discount on to one of your friends — or offer it back to us as a gift for us to pass on for you.

We’re doing everything we can to bring you all the value, the experts and expertise, and the time to work and network that you need to make your business outstanding and extremely profitable in 2010.

What could you do with a weekend of the time, expertise, and support you need to focus your business?

We’re all coming for the same reasons.

The SOBCon09 Virtual Swag Bag will include contributions from attendees, speakers, and sponsors in the form of ebooks, slideshares, presentations, product samples, case studies, contests, and exceptional discount offers. It will be available at the end of May. We’ll announce it here, in the newsletter, and on Twitter.

So, if you are not coming to Chicago but are interested in sharing in this SOBCon love be sure to subscribe to the SOBCon newsletter so that you can get the links to these goodies. Thanks!

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Sunday, May 3rd 8:30am – NOON

Meet us at 39th Floor Ballroom at Hotel 71
8:00am Breakfast begins — delicious, healthful hot and cold food on buffet

Here’s where attendees get the chance to “meet the challenge” and show corporate sponsors how social media can connect their product with their customers.

1. Each of these sponsors will have 10 minutes to present a product they want to promote.









2. Teams of attendees will get one product and 30 minutes to develop a social media action plan that builds product awareness.
3. Teams will then present their approach to the sponsor and the group for open discussion.

This is when the fun learning begins.

The “cut and thrust” of the open discussion will build on the initial idea presented so that everyone can contribute – and learn – how the spark of a social media idea can evolve to play an integral part of a real world product marketing solution.

Cool stuff, farewells, and thank yous. — Terry Starbucker and Liz Strauss

A limited number of separate tickets are available for this breakfast event.

Geoff will be drawing from his experience as CEO of Livingston Communications, where he has provided innovative solutions for a diverse group of clients, including General Dynamics, United Way, the Consumer Electronics Show, Save Darfur, Goodwill, rock band Godsmack Lead Singer Sull Erna’s book and many more.

With the recent acquisition of Livingston Communications, Geoff Livingston will be coming to SOBCon as the Senior VP of CRT/tanaka. We’re delighted to be the first to welcome him in his new role!

Join social media and business mavens, pr and interactive agencies, big brands and ecommerce specialists working together on building the business of the Interwebs.

Speakers speak for 40 minutes. Then you work with your team applying what they said to your business.

Calum MacLean, of the Summit Executive Center, has made a videocast of the space where we meet. Click through to see what makes the working environment of SOBCon so special and enticing.

Click through and check it out!