Special thanks to the 2012 conference sponsors who make all the powerful learning and networking possible. If you are interested in sponsoring the conference, see our information page. If you are a blogger who has a personal sponsor, be sure to read our policy.
Official Cause
Shot@Life educates, connects and empowers Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries. A national call to action for this global cause, the campaign rallies the American public, members of Congress, and civil society partners around the fact that together, we can save a child’s life every 20 seconds by expanding access to vaccines. By encouraging Americans to learn about, advocate for, and donate vaccines, the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign will decrease vaccine-preventable childhood deaths and give children a shot at a healthy life.
Megabyte Sponsor
Save-A-Lot is one of the nation’s leading extreme value, carefully selected assortment grocery chains, operating nearly 1,200 value-oriented stores in all types of neighborhoods. We deliver our customers terrific savings, up to 40% compared to conventional grocery stores.
Our grocery store network spans from Maine to California, serving more than 4 million shoppers each week. Customers enjoy savings on exclusive Save-A-Lot brands and national brands, plus USDA-inspected beef, pork and poultry, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables and non-food items.
Our mission is to make a positive difference in our customer’s lives by saving them money and time through our nationwide network of licensed and corporately owned stores.
Kilobyte Sponsors
Docosahexaenoic acid, or DHA, is a polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acid found throughout the body. It is a major structural fat in the brain and retina accounting for up to 97% of the omega-3 fats in the brain and up to 93% of the omega-3 fats in the retina. It is also a key component of the heart. life’sDHA™ from algae is a vegetarian source of DHA. It’s produced, from start to finish, in an FDA-inspected facility with controls in place to ensure the highest quality. And because it is not from fish, there is no risk of ocean-borne pollutants. life’sDHA™ comes from a source that has not been genetically modified and is both Kosher and Halal. life’sDHA™ is accepted by the FDA for use in U.S. infant formulas and is the only DHA currently used in U.S. infant formulas.
Numerous studies confirm that everyone, from infants to adults, benefits from an adequate supply of DHA. It is important prenatally and postnatally for optimal infant brain, eye and nervous system development. However, developing infants cannot efficiently produce their own DHA and must obtain this vital nutrient through the placenta during pregnancy and from breast milk after birth. Maternal DHA supplementation during pregnancy and nursing significantly enhances the level of DHA available to the fetus and infant and may improve certain developmental outcomes. Additionally, some research suggests that adequate levels of DHA in the maternal diet may play a role in helping a mother’s emotional well-being after birth.
Chicago-based ShareASale is a provider of affiliate management solutions for online retailers. By facilitating relationships between affiliate marketers and the over 3,500 merchants, ShareASale helps its clients tap into new sources of revenue. Since 2001, ShareASale has been committed to driving all-around profitability based on fair, honest and proactive practices.
BlogWorld is a must-attend social media event, hosting thousands of attendees from 50+ countries, with more than 200 speakers. This will be our second year in New York and we’ve planned 3 days of cutting-edge conference sessions and eye-opening keynotes. It’s not just the conference content that BlogWorld attendees boast about, 2012 attendees will also find a thriving tradeshow and great evening networking mixers. This is the only industry-wide event bringing the global community of content creators and publishers together all under one roof.
Suite Sponsor
EverydayFamily (EF) is a family driven website – in every sense – featuring a growing community of over three million members who share their everyday parenting experiences. EF is an online home and established resource for experts and parents who have advice and information to share, as well as those who are seeking guidance and support as they move through their family’s journey, from preconception, to preschool, and beyond. EF invites everyone to get comfortable and share stories, thoughts, advice, and opinions with other families. The editors at EF, as well as the entire EF community, are dedicated to providing daily content for families seeking advice, information, and support… and to giving back to the communities supporting us.
Party Sponsor
Byte Sponsors
Great Clips was established in 1982 in Minneapolis. Today, Great Clips has more than 3,000 salons throughout the United States and Canada, making it the world’s largest salon brand. Make Great Clips your choice for value-priced, high-quality haircare for men, women and children. No appointments needed, and salons are open nights and weekends. And, it’s more convenient than ever with Great Clips’ Online Check-In. For more information about Great Clips or to find a location near you, visit www.greatclips.com.
ZonePerfect Nutrition Bars are a nutritious way to satisfy your craving without sacrificing great taste. The ZonePerfect brand now offers 20 distinctively great-tasting flavors to suit any palate preference.
The newest addition to ZonePerfect, Perfectly Simple features three limited ingredient nutrition bars including Peanut Crunch, Cranberry Almond and Toasted Coconut. All three new flavors have 10 grams of protein and are gluten-free.
For more information about ZonePerfect Nutrition Bars, visit www.ZonePerfect.com or www.Facebook.com/ZonePerfect.
HISTORY: BRICA, formerly known as the Blue Ridge International Products Company, has been keeping kids safe and comfortable in the car for over 20 years. In 2011, the company changed its name and brand to BRICA with the goal of providing parents with smart solutions to make everyday parenting easier. Whether in the house, the car or at the park, BRICA’s new philosophy of creating a better product at a great value is quickly earning the trust of parents everywhere.
ABOUT US: Parents today have so much to do that it can be a challenge to get everything done and still have time to enjoy the little moments. At BRICA, we want to help you to keep it under control…and keep it moving. That’s why we make each one of our products just a little bit better.
All of our products work great, and they’re also portable, good looking, and most importantly…easy to use. So whether its bath time with the kids, a day full of errands, or a long weekend away, you’ll have just what you need to make things run more smoothly. Smart solutions with less hassle, less headaches. That’s BRICA, making together better™
At Build-A-Bear Workshop®, our mission is to bring the Teddy Bear to life. The Teddy Bear brings to mind warm thoughts about our childhood, about friendship, about trust and comfort, and also about love. Build-A-Bear Workshop embodies those thoughts in how we run our business everyday.
AboutOne is the first comprehensive online organizer that works with your existing calendar and contacts tools to quickly and easily store and manage multi-media memories (text, photos, videos, artwork) and household paperwork (health, education, possessions) in lifestreams, which is the way this information flows and is used in real life. With its mobile and web apps, AboutOne replaces the tools that can only manage silos of information, providing a private, secure application to help you organize your home life.
The AboutOne Stream is a private timeline of events, recorded as your life unfolds. It helps you build, share, and preserve family history while also supporting your daily information needs – all with no additional effort. Streams can be gifted to your children when they become adults, and custom-selected pieces can be shared though social media, in automatically-created family newsletters, and beautiful hardcover photo memory books. AboutOne automatically formats these streams of information, when and how they are needed, including: health histories for doctor visits, babysitter/caregiver instructions, home inventories for insurance claims, education summaries for college applications, plus on- and offline access to emergency information and contacts. AboutOne makes getting organized virtually effortless, and encourages, guides, and rewards you for achieving your organizational goals.
Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles. Check out ubisoft.com for more information about the great games the whole family can enjoy, including Just Dance® 3, Rabbids®: Alive and Kicking, Petz, Michael Jackson the Experience, and more.
Official Conference App Sponsor
The Boy Scouts of America prepares young people for life by providing the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training. The Scouting organization is composed of 2.7 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 21, and more than a million volunteers, in nearly 300 local councils throughout the United States and its territories.
Sponsors
Scholastic Parent & Child connects moms with the wonders of learning, living, and family. We provide respected content and inspiration that moms cherish most, with a focus on the health and well being of her family and the personal growth of her children.
The North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase sweet potato consumption by collectively funding promotional, research and development projects. North Carolina farmers supply nearly 50% of the United States’ sweet potatoes and hope to continue increasing that number by educating shoppers of their versatility, delicious flavor and impressive nutritive qualities.
Twenty years after the first For Dummies book published, consumers can still count on Dummies content to provide the quality information in an easily accessible way – no matter what the topic or format! From smartphone apps to e-books, from print books to online video, For Dummies gives consumer the help they need to make everything easier! Visit us online at www.dummies.com, www.facebook.com/fordummies, and www.twitter.com/fordummies.
The Stow Company manufactures innovative organization systems for all areas of the home, ranging from full-service, dealer-supplied solutions to do-it-yourself storage systems available online and in retail stores. Solutions include organization systems for closets, garages, home offices, kitchen pantries, laundry rooms, mudrooms and more. Divisions of The Stow Company include ORG, Easy Track, ProClosets.com, and EasyClosets.com.
BSM Media is a global marketing and media company connecting moms and brands. They are the producers of BlueSuitmom.com, the award-winning website for working mothers, Mom Talk Radio, the only nationally syndicated radio show for mothers, MomTV.com and SheStreamsTV.com, a video community for social media savvy women and MomSelect, a community of Power Mom Influencers. Maria Bailey, the CEO of BSM Media is the author of “Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Market,” “Trillion Dollar Moms”, “Power Moms” and “Mom 3.0.” She is the Host of Mom Talk Radio and former host of The Balancing Act on Lifetime TV and a founder of the Marketing to Moms Coalition. Her product line, Smart Mom Solutions, can be found at www.smartmomsolutions.com.
PROXI® is a line of hydrogen peroxide based home care, personal care and oral care products available exclusively at grocery retailers.
A reliable source of free, engaging solutions, Family Features has connected brands with publishers since 1974.
For 26 years, DeWafelbakkers has been saving families, across the country, from boring breakfasts. We create high quality frozen pancakes and waffles, with a made from scratch taste, that your family will love. Step into DeWafelbakkers and step away from boring! We are happy and excited to be part of this year’s Type A Conference. Come by our booth for a taste and let’s have some fun!!
Since 1999, YesVideo has been providing services and programs for families to protect and share generations of memories. We design products that our own families would enjoy and build processes that we would trust to handle our own irreplaceable memories.
YesVideo transfer service is an easy and affordable way for consumers to preserve their memories to a DVD, Blu-ray, and online with YesVideo’s MemorySafe website. Consumers can use this transfer service by sending in their Videotapes, camcorder tapes, movie film reels, 35mm slides, photo prints and memory cards directly to us or drop them off at one of over 34,000 retail locations in the U.S.
Mabel’s Labels makes personalized, durable and cute labels for the stuff kids lose! Started by four moms nine years ago. We are moms who were frustrated by the amount of stuff that left our houses, never to return. After lots of research and testing we created the perfect labels for the stuff kids lose. Our sticky labels and clothing labels are dishwasher, microwave and laundry safe, and customized with a child’s name, choice of colours and icon. We also offer child safety products and household labels. We continuously create innovative labels for babies, kids and grown-ups. You’ll be amazed at what you can label!
Tealightful is the original direct-selling tea tasting company. We offer an exciting business opportunity to entreprenuers who want to earn money while sharing their love of tea, tea accessories and gourmet food products.
