You know I am a big fan of marketers educating themselves on trends, best practices, etc., so I just wanted to let you all know about two great upcoming events. I will be speaking at Learn About Web and I’ll be attending MarketingProfs as a blogger.

MarketingProfs’ Business-to-Business Forum 2009 – June 8-9, Boston MA

You probably know this by now, but I am a HUGE MarketingProfs fan! I have been a member since around 2000 when “Profs” actually stood for professionals and professors (image a site that worked for me on both fronts!). And the ability to get to know Allen Weiss and Ann Handley over the past year has just made me a raving lunatic…um, I mean evangelist. I also am part of the Daily Fix team, which is a complete honor.

I attended MarketingProfs’ Digital Marketing Mixer last October and all I can say is that I walked away with a complete marketing high. My passion for marketing was somehow even more invigorated. Crazy, I know. The speakers were superb, the food was great, it was well-organized, and the ability to meet so many new people (a lot whom I only knew from Twitter) was wonderful.

By clicking on the MarketingProfs badge, you can learn more about the event AND save $200!

Learn About Web – September 14-15, Denver CO

Learn about Web (LAW) is an event that Craig Sutton of BrightWeb Marketing is putting together. The first LAW was back in the fall in his home state of Washington. Now Craig is bringing LAW to Denver.

I first met Craig at Small Business Marketing Unleashed in September and I can tell you he’s a straight-shooter that has a passion for helping businesses grow…especially online!

LAW is a great conference for small businesses that are looking to boost their brands online and will be offering tracks in social media, web design, and search marketing that will be taught by some of the best in the business including:

• Jennifer Laycock
• Jennifer Leggio
• Andrew Hyde
• Mack Collier
• Deb Robison
• Amber Naslund
• Thu An Bui
• Anita Campbell
• Shashi Bellamkonda
• Douglas Waltman II
• Gennefer Snowfield
• Matt McGee
• Harry Brooks (sorry Harry, couldn’t find you on Twitter!)

But don’t take my word for it! Mack Collier has done a great job of capturing his experience at LAW last year. And if you use the code from the LAW badge, you’ll save $199!

The Fine Print

I have made a decision to not monetize my blog for two reasons. One, because this blog (it’s also the HMC website) is about sharing information on marketing, communications and social media and conversation…I don’t see a point to monetizing that. And two, because unless there is something in it for you, whether it’s a discount, free item, etc., you gain nothing from me slapping ads all over the place.

The fine print… While I personally find value in both of these events, like I stated above, I am also talking about them because I am attending the MarketingProfs event as press and will be blogging about the event while I am there and I will be speaking at LAW. And yes, by having ads here I do get an affiliation fee.

Even if I wasn’t attending either even and could share a discount with you all, I would. I believe in marketers continually keeping up-to-date on the changes in our industry and attending conferences are one way to do it. So is this monetization, yes…temporarily. By the way, please don’t take this as an invitation to ask me to post ads here, because I won’t. I have a relationship with both the folks at MarketingProfs and Craig Sutton and that just didn’t happen overnight (Hint: social media works).