20SB Thank-Yous & Blogger Swag

Many bloggers are talking about the 20-Something Blogger Meet-up that happened last weekend. I don’t like repeating the same details as someone else, but I’m sure our blogging paths will cross at some point this week. I wanted to start off by thanking some of the people, companies and organizations involved.

I was very excited to have Chicago-based Where I’ve Been, crowdSPRING and Social Media Club Chicago involved. I approached each company a bit late, but they were awesome enough to donate some swag for our blogger bags.

Chicago Tweetups left the Twittersphere for a weekend and hung out with some of the crazy bloggers. If you’re in Chicago and want to attend more tweetups/networking events, he’s the guy to follow.

By now everyone knows that I have a bit of a soft spot for Guidespot (check out their new look!) Alex and her team were super nice and donated some really awesome water bottles for our blogger swag. I’ve seen a few of you popping up on Guidespot lately and I’m really excited you’re checking out the site. As bloggers with the most to say, why not say it on Guidespot?

The guys at Farmstead Wines were incredibly cool, and not just because they entertained a room full of hungover bloggers. They took the time to explain what they do and answer all of our questions about tasting, pairing and buying wine. Anthony spent the afternoon and evening with us and it was great to have him involved!

You might know her as the Dutchess of Kickball, but I like to refer to her as Awesome. Grunge Geek Design made our blogger swag bags as well as the kick ass “I <3 Blogging” tattoos, which can be seen on Derek’s neck.

I’ve been working with Vitaminwater10 for a little while now. They helped out at The Printed Blog’s first tweetup and I’m excited that they’re getting involved with the 20SB community. They donated mini bottles of vitaminwater10 for our blogger swag bags. Trust me when I say these came in handy over the weekend. They’re great for hangovers as well as refueling after swearing at your Wii Active trainer. 20SBers, stay tuned for more fun opportunities from the vitaminwater team.

I think Purevia made an awesome impression on the 20SBs. They generously donated travel coffee mugs that were quite possibly my favorite item in the blogger swag bags. Purevia also made sure to send along some of their all natural, zero calorie sweetener. I know that I’ll be getting a lot of use out of my mug – especially as a freelance writer.

I was very excited when I found out that Rhodia would be donating an item for the bags. I first heard about them through The Printed Blog team. I’m a huge geek and it’s not unusual for me to fall in love with a notebook. Rhodia sent over some awesome bright orange notepads for our bloggers and I’ve already filled up half of mine with blogging ideas! Check them out on Facebook!

Chicago Bloggers, I wanted to thank you for coming out and showing our out-of-town bloggers an awesome time! We have a pretty loyal group of bloggers in our city and I’m always proud to show you off to other bloggers. In particular I’d like to thank Derek because without him, this meetup would have never happened. He’s put an incredible amount of effort into the 20SB network and I’m excited to see it grow.

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Want some 20SB Blogger Swag?

I have some extras and I’d love to send out a few swag packages to my readers. I have five bundles that include a Where I’ve Been sticker and/or patch, Rhodia notepad, Guidespot waterbottle, crowdSPRING marker and 2GB of free online storage from Mozy.

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WINNERS:

Angie
Alex
Erin
Rebekah
Verybadcat

Tagged as: 20SB, Blogger Swag, Chicago Tweetups, CrowdSPRING, Farmstead wines, Grunge Geek Design, Guidespot, Mozy, purevia, Rhodia, SMC Chicago, vitaminwater10, Where I've Been