Thankful Thursday - 3 (Now 2!) Weeks to BlogPaws!

Revised for SITS Girls! June 9, 2012: Only 12 days to BlogPaws!!!

And what do Women Bloggers/Mommy Bloggers & Pet Bloggers have in common? Wanting to learn more about social media, improve their skills, network with pros, monetize their blogs... and - a lot of them have pets, too! And they're all welcome to join us at the BlogPaws Social Media Conference and the BlogPaws online community!

Happy Thursday! I'm so excited and happy that we're getting so close to BlogPaws!

I just heard from a friend that some folks think it's only for dogs!!? 
I'm sorry, but cats *have* paws, no? And many of us blog - or have people who blog about us... My mom helps me with my blog, and she works for BlogPaws, so we're going to try to explain it a little more for folks who haven't heard of it before, or just aren't clear what it's all about...

Bloggin', bloggin' bloggin'... 

The BlogPaws Pet Blogging and Social Media Conference is for cats, dogs, birds, bunnies, ferrets, capybaras, humans (even veterinarians!) and any reasonable facsimiles thereof, including flat pets and, in my case, a stuffed plush stand-in for me, 'cause I hate traveling.

Moshe the Sphynx at BlogPaws
Photo via Curlz & Swirlz

Curlz and Swirls attending a Blogpaws session

Snotface the ferret & Dexter at BlogPaws

Plush Cokie & the Flat Pets
Good name for a band

I travel vicariously through Plush Cokie. I live it up a lot here in Hollywood without him, too, fear not...

Pret-ty Co-zy...

You don't HAVE to bring a pet - or be a pet - for BlogPaws, but you can if you want to, is the thing. You don't HAVE TO be a pet blogger, either. I would say being an animal lover is a prerequisite, though.  ; ) 
BlogPaws is a conference that is educational, inspirational and super fun for anyone who wants to learn more about blogging, monetizing blogs, building your audience, book publishing, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, YouTube, WordPress, copyrights, video production, and lots of other stuff. There are 31 sessions over three days that you can mix and match any way you like. There's even a track for vets. 
BlogPaws is at the Salt Lake City Sheraton June 21-23, 2012 - which I'm excited to say is only three weeks away! Pets are permitted all over the hotel - in your rooms, session rooms, at dinners and entertainment events, and in the Exhibition Hall, where more than 50 pet related brands will be networking with bloggers - and 'microbloggers': Folks who post on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.

Sheraton Salt Lake City - Let's Go!!

There'll be celebrities - Tillman the Skateboarding Bulldog and Norman the Scooter Dog from Animal Planet's "Who Let The Dogs Out," Jackson Galaxy from Animal Planet's "My Cat From Hell" (talking to us via skype in the moderncat Catification Lounge, live from his book tour), and YouTube sensations Jasmine the Pup and Paige the Border Collie. 

Tillman and Norman from Animal Planet's 
"Who Let The Dogs Out"

BlogPaws has the most inspirational keynote speakers, who'll get you amped up for taking your social media skills to the next level - and for helping animals. BlogPaws and their wonderful sponsors also make donations to great animal charities at every conference and a Be The Change session devoted to what we can do individually to make a difference in pets' lives. 

Indie folk pop singer songwriter/catlady Sarah Donner will perform Friday night, and on Saturday evening, they'll host the first annual red carpet BlogPaws Social Media "Nose-to-Nose" Awards Ceremony, MC'd by television personality/humanitarian Wendy Diamond from AnimalFair.com, which will be live-streamed around the world, in conjunction with a simultaneously Twitter #BlogPawty - so everyone everywhere can be in on that event!

If you haven't registered yet, you still can HERE. If you have any questions, you can tweet @blogpaws, leave a post on Facebook at www.facebook.com/blogpaws or shoot an email to BlogPawsTeam@blogpaws.com. 
I hope that clears things up! And that Mom will see you at BlogPaws, 'cause that would make me REALLY happy!
Now, what are you Thankful for/happy about today??

Who's Got Giveaways!? I DO! =^..^=

I have 5 more weeks of Natural Balance sponsored Giveaways promoting Tillman the Skateboarding Bulldog's Animal Planet show, "Who Let the Dogs Out," which is sort of an "American Idol" for pets!

Tillman and his friends are searching every week for the most talented dog in America, and they have a reality TV team following them around, filming everything so we can watch! It's totally fun check your local listings for times in your area, Saturday mornings. 

Last week's winner @pepperpom

This week's Giveaway is for a set of Tillman and Rose toys AND 50 pounds of Natural Balance pet food! If you don't need the pet food, you can donate it to a friend or a No Kill shelter or rescue.  ; )

To enter, you just have to tell your friends to watch "Who Let The Dogs Out!" This is on the honor system, so leave a comment below with your email address or Twitter ID* telling me how you're spreading the word about "Who Let The Dogs Out" - on Twitter, Facebook, on your blog, by email, on the phone, etc.  ; ) 

That's it! A random blog will chosen to win. Contest ends at 11:59pm PDT Wed. Mar 28h. Winner will have 48 hours to respond, or I'll have to pick another winner. 

(*You have to leave your Twitter ID or your email address in the comment, even if you know I know it, to be entered!) 


If you win and you're outside the US or Canada, they'll send you the toys, but you'll need to donate the pet food to a friend in the US or Canada. 18 or over (like me). Void where prohibited.
Good Luck!

   Cokes

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Wordless Wednesday

Taken last week on my 18th birthday with Mom's Laker purple toenails. 

Don't forget to enter my weekly Natural Balance Giveaways and watch Tillman the Skateboarding Bulldog in his 'American Idol' for pets, "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT," on Animal Planet on Saturday mornings. 

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My 18th Birthday GiveAway!! =^..^=

This week I'm celebrating my 18th birthday! 

(I'm a '94 model Flamepoint Ragdoll.)

Mom's Patented Kitty Ear Massage

For this auspicious week, Natural Balance is letting me choose the Giveaway Prize open to all my Anipals!!

This is what I've got for you:

Stuffed Tillman and Rose Toys

A "Who Let The Dogs Out" T-Shirt

AND

A Tillman Skateboard 

(Guaranteed to make you a hero to your dog or the teenager of your choice!)

Check out a clip from this week's "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT"

To Enter:

1. Leave a comment below with your email address or Twitter ID - EVEN IF YOU KNOW THAT I KNOW IT (Mario & CathyKeisha)! MOL!

In your comment, please wish me a Happy Birthday (Ha!) and tell me who you would give the Tillman Skateboard to - or if you'd keep if for yourself.  ; )

That's the mandatory part.

Here's the optional part, which is not required, but which I would really appreciate if you would do:

1. Follow @TillmanSkates (and @cokiethecat!) on Twitter.

2. Tweet, Facebook, Blog or Email your friends to watch "Who Let the Dogs Out" on Animal Planet Saturday mornings - and you watch it, too!!

3. Tweet, Facebook, Blog, Email or Sky Write telling your friends to hang with Tillman on Twitter on Saturday mornings from 6-11am PDT (hashtag: #TillmanSkates) to talk about the show and possibly win prizes - Tillman is very generous with the prizes at his Twitter Viewing Pawties!

Contest open to all countries (yay!) but you have to be 18 or older (LIKE ME!) (Void where prohibited - wherever that is?)

That's it! A random blog will chosen to win. Contest ends at 11:59pm PDT Wed. Mar 21. Winner will have 48 hours to respond, or I'll have to pick another winner!

Good Luck!

Cokes

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Thankful Thursday Giveaway! 100 lbs of Natural Balance Pet Food!

Thankful Thursday is changing it's format for a while, but for a wonderful reason! My buddy Tillman is filming a new TV show for Animal Planet, called "Who Let The Dogs Out!" In my last post, I mentioned that he's going around America, looking for America's Most Talented Dog, which is awesome enough...

His sponsor, Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Pet Foods, is going to be doing more giveaways on my blog! Every week until April 19th, we'll have a new winner who'll receive 100 POUNDS of Natural Balance pet food!! That's a winner a week for 13 weeks!

Complete terms and conditions here.
Enter using the Rafflecopter form below.

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This post was sponsored by Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc.

Wordless Wednesday

Natural Balance Pet Food Rose Parade Float 1/2/2012

Guinness World Record: Longest & Heaviest Float!