IZEAFest Conference Free Pass Giveaway- 4 Winners

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How would YOU like a free pass to the IZEAFest Conference taking place at SeaWorld Orlando in October? One of the perks of my position as an IZEA Insider is getting to give away 4 free passes to THE Social Media Conference of the year.

IZEFest takes place on Friday, October 2nd and Saturday, October 3rd at the Renaissance Orlando Hotel at SeaWorld. The free pass you can win includes a special event on  Thursday, October 1st, Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens, and another special event on Sunday, October 4th, Blogger Takeover Day at SeaWorld! That’s right, win one of the four free passes I’m giving away, and you’ll get a trip to Busch Gardens, a two day conference, AND a ticket to SeaWorld!  Plus you get to participate in IZEAHunt, a scavenger hunt like no other, AND you get to meet ME and my fellow IZEA Insiders!. Pretty freaking awesome.

The Keynote Speakers for the conference are Ted Murphy, CEO of IZEA, and Aaron Brazell, who owns the social media analysis site Technosailor.  Leading the session discussions are some names you might recognize-  Brian Clark of Copyblogger, blogger/publisher Chris Brogan of ChrisBrogan.com, social media strategist Chris Heuer of ChrisHeuer.com, word of mouth marketer David Binkowski, George Smith from Crocs.com, Lucretia Pruitt from GeekMommy.net, and Wendy Piersall from Sparkplugging.  Talk about learning from industry experts! Here’s a video sneak-peek:

So, before I get into the details of the giveaway, I want to make sure I’m clear- this giveaway is ONLY for a free conference pass good for IZEAFest, which includes sessions, a free t-shirt, lunch both days, cocktail receptions Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as the IZEAHunt,  Howl-O-Scream event and Sunday at SeaWorld. The winners will be responsible for transportation including airfare,  their hotel stay, additional meals, and personal expenses. The hotel rate is $99 a night, it’s lower if you are a member of AAA and possibly other groups as well.  I’ll have a link the winners can use to book their hotel at the IZEAFest rate.

So, let’s get this giveaway started! Here’s how to enter:

WIN IT: For your main entry, leave a comment on this post telling me why you want to go to IZEAFest. Is it to learn from blogging and marketing experts? Meet fellow bloggers? Feed dolphins at SeaWorld? All of the above? lol

RULES: Enter by Tuesday, September 1st at 9:00 AM EST. Your main entry MUST be a comment telling me why you want to go to IZEAFest. Comments that say “I want to go” or “thanks” or anything like that will be DELETED at my discretion. When filling in the comment field, you must use a REAL FIRST NAME or the name of your blog. Comments left with keywords instead of names will be DELETED. I know your Mom didn’t name you “seo master” or “real estate arizona”, so just don’t even try. Winners will be contacted by email and given a code that gives them 100% off registration. Open to anyone available to attend the conference 18 years and older.

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Thanks for entering, good luck everybody! I’ll see four of you at IZEAFest!

Video of dolphins makes me feel a bit better

I’m trying so hard to deny being sick, because someone has to change Kaitlyn and you know, interact with her, and keep the boys from rotting their brains with too much Rock Band, and feel Chris’ forehead and suggest he not go into work tomorrow even though it’s been two days.

You know what helps when I’m sick? YouTube. There is just so much fun stuff to watch there, like this really great video called “dolphin bubbles“. It’s just like it sounds, a video of  dolphins, at SeaWorld Orlando’s Dolphin Cove, playing with a bubble ring! Really, it is so cute. It’s only a minute long, I wish it was longer so I could stare at it; I think this video could have magic de-stressing properties. Watch:

The related blog, at http://www.dolphinbubbles.com, was created specifically for posts by real families visiting SeaWorld Orlando. You can see photos of families feeding the dolphins, there are links to other SeaWorld websites, and you can even book a vacation to SeaWorld right from the dolphinbubbles.com site.

We went to SeaWorld in Ohio when the boys were 3 and 1, but we figured they were too little to participate in dolphin feeding.  Unfortunately for us, that location is closed, there are SeaWorlds in Orlando, San Diego California, and San Antonio Texas. I’d love to go again while the boys are still young enough to enjoy it.  So if anybody reading this wants to send a family of five to a SeaWorld for a first-hand review, please let me know! :)

Tell me in the comments, what did you think of the video? Have you been to SeaWorld? Would you like to go?

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Win A Trip To Ride Manta Mania At SeaWorld!

This is totally insanely AWESOME! My fearless leader Ted Murphy took a group of bloggers to SeaWorld for an exclusive tour of the construction of a new ride called Manta Mania, that has you laying down strapped underneath a giant thing shaped like a manta ray, FLYING through a cave-like Aquarium and then swooping around on a ginormous roller coaster! He’s got a four minute video on his site http://www.ted.me/manta that you have GOT to see, click that link and prepare to be blown away!

In the interest of full disclosure, I’m telling you right upfront, that this post is part of my gig as one of the IZEA Insiders. We get special opportunities to tell our readers about the hottest happenings involving IZEA!  So that the ten of us aren’t all running separate contests,  Ted is coordinating everything on his site. SO, if you want to WIN A TRIP TO SEAWORLD, head on over to http://www.ted.me/manta to read all the rules, each person can earn three entries. You can leave a comment on Ted’s post, post a tweet, or write your own blog post about the contest.  You could also win a prize pack full of SeaWorld swag!

So what are you waiting for, head over to Ted’s and enter the contest! You could win a trip for four including airfare, hotel, and two full days at SeaWorld!  AWESOME!

p.s. After watching that video, I am SO glad I’m going to IZEAfest this year. I hope Wendy Piersall is there, cuz that lady looks like a lot of fun to hang with!

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