I have some very exciting news! I have teamed up with some buddies from Scratchings and Sniffings to create the first ever educational and networking resource for pet bloggers, BlogPaws! Yes, that’s right! Just for us.

There are organizations for pretty much every type of blogger but nothing for pet bloggers – until now!

And, the best news is that we’re hosting the first ever pet bloggers conference, BlogPaws 2010, April 9 & 10, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio. We’re bringing everyone together for fun, networking and education. So if you’re interested in learning to monetize your blog, increase traffic, understand SEO, do product reviews, publish a book, start a blog, get inspired or just network and have fun with all your blogger friends, this is the place for you.

We’ll be announcing the speaker line up soon and we have some of our very favorite brands sponsoring the event, like Bissell, PurinaCare Pet Insurance, Wellness Pet Food and lots more we’ll be announcing later this week!

If you are interested in being a sponsor, let me know! Also if you are a small biz, we have terrific packages just for you. Finally, if you are an author or an artist, we have a special way to help you promote your work at the event! You can email me: romeo (at) romeothecat (dot) com for more details on any of the above or with any questions about the event.

We’ve arranged for great rates at the hotel hosting the event. The (pet friendly!) Westin hotel in downtown Columbus is giving us a nightly rate of $99 INCLUDING free wireless. Nice! We’ll also be connecting people for rides and room shares if that interests you. Let me know.

Finally, one big important piece of this is that we are donating a large part of our proceeds to animal rescues! We’ll select two organizations from nominations made by registrants to receive the moulah. We’re so excited to give to those who need it.

We really really hope to see you there. I guarantee this will be a blog-changing event as you will walk away from the weekend with knowledge you can put into practice right away and more bloggy friends who will support, nurture and cheer you on out in the blogosphere. But register soon. We are keeping the event relatively small (300 bloggers and brands!) so we can get a lot of nose tapping, headbutting and networking done. We’re on track to sell out so get your furry butts moving!

xo