As you may have been following, at the beginning of the year the owners of MadHatter sold their house (finally), and decided to move to Arizona. They found rented an entertainer’s paradise in Scottsdale, on a short term lease to make sure this is where they really wanted to be.
At the end of the lease in July, they decided that Arizona, while beautiful, and sunny, was just not for them. Family is a very important part of their lives, and that part was still on the East coast. The little MadHatters were also very homesick, and while they loved having a beautiful pool right in their back yard, and no rainy, stay inside days, they were excited to head back.
They made the move quietly in the middle of July, and found a beautiful home in the rolling hills of Eastern Ohio. They have set up shop in Byesville, Ohio permanently and functioning better than ever!
MadHatter has some great new programs that have come on in the last couple of months, and Kristin is preparing to speak about Affiliate Summit East in New York on August 17th.
Blog Indiana 2009, a relatively new conference here in the Hoosier state (that’s Indiana if you don’t know =) ), that is working hard to bring together bloggers & social media moguls of all kinds together to learn, expand, and network in downtown Indy for a few days.
The conference, although not at the best time for fellow affiliate marketers, is August 13th to the 15th. Before you start checking your calendars, yes it is the same week as Affiliate Summit East in New York, but Affiliate Summit is Sunday through Tuesday, Blog Indiana 2009 is Thursday through Saturday. Plenty of time to come home, catch up on email, and head back out.
Are you or will you be in or around Indiana? Do you have a blog? Then come on down! There are some great speakers both locally and nationally in attendance, including myself. Speaking and helping me, Kristin Kinsey (@kc), bring the affiliate marketing flava’ will be Carolyn Tang (@catango), Director of Client Services at ShareASale.com and fellow Blogger, and Tricia Meyer (@triciameyer), Blogger, Affiliate, and all around awesome Hoosier.
Don’t let me self session touting fool you. There is going to be a wealth of information there. Just check out a few of the session titles:
Why Blogging is Your #1 Search Marketing Tool – Chris Baggott
The Math Behind Your Blog – Mike Seidle
Promoting Your Blog Through Social Media – Erik Deckers
Why social blogging and status updates are business and thus profit – David W. Grigsby
And those are just a few ……
We are bringing some affiliate marketing flava to Blog Indiana 2009 and hope to see you there!
