The next Swagapalooza is June 20th in Chicago! Our keynote speaker is Steve Stockman, and the companies will be presenting:

BioVittoria (www.biovittoria.com)
Fizzies (www.fizzies.com)
FoundIt (www.foundit.net)
Hooray Purée (www.hooray-puree.com)
Read This Before Our Next Meeting (www.modernmeetingstandard.com)
Pong Deck (www.pongdeck.com)
AcquaFibra (www.acquafibra.com)
BuzzBrush (www.buzzbrush.com)
Red Frog (www.redfrogevents.com)

@FizziesDrink, @FoundItToday, @hooraypuree, @realmonkfruit, @pittampalli, @pongdeck, @BuzzBrush, @RedFrogEvents

The event photographer for the evening will be Brian Barnes.

The next Swagapalooza is happening April 12th in San Francisco! We'll be having an excellent lineup of presentations, including talks by the creators of:

• TwoDegrees - For every nutrition bar you buy, they give a nutrition pack to a hungry child.
• Sabøteur - The world's first tailored waterproof blazer.
• Transcendent Man - A documentary film about the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil
• Boom Boom! Revolution - A card game you play by performing 'underground acts of guerilla goodness'.
• Grubwith.us - Eat with awesome people!
• FlingsBins - Pop-up recycling and trash bins.
• Stunner of the Month - A subscription sun glasses service that sends you a new pair of 'stunners' every month.
• Fizzies - Instant soda in a tablet, relaunching after 40 years.
• SwipeGood - Round up your purchases. Donate the change to charity.
• SourFlour - Building community through bread.

And more. Swagapalooza is always amazing, but I have a feeling that this one is going to be especially epic!

Read what Seth has to say here: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/12/high-margins-groupon-and-the-...

The next Swagapalooza will be in April 12th, 2011, in San Francisco. Expect another show during the summer in Chicago, and then in NYC during September. You can also learn more about what we do at http://www.squidoo.com/swagapalooza

Just a quick update to let everyone know that the next Swagapalooza will be September 9th in NYC. We're using Touch again as the venue, because of how awesome they were last time. Also, here are some of the blog posts written about our San Francisco event this March:

• Swagapalooza: An Offbeat Funky Promo Platform
• QUITECURIOUS: Swagapalooza!
• Nuena: Swagapalooza SF
• Swagapalooza: Great Ideas, Influential People
• Swagapalooza: The Democratization of PR Through Viral Experiment

Apply now for the September event to either attend as a blogger or tweeter or to audition a new product!

I was delighted to wake up today to find a flurry of emails from people who had discovered us via this Springwise article. Thanks Jody!

While we're at it, I just wanted to highlight a few of the best blog posts and articles about the last event:

AdAge: Notes From Swagapalooza
Swagapalooza is the Next Big Thing in PR: An Audience of Dozens With an Audience of Millions
Elliott C. Back: Swagapalooza 2009
An excellent six-part video series by FireMom: Ethics, Passion & PR, Voyage.tv & Tweet Your Trip, IdeaPaint, Repillable Card & Bruise Relief, The Buzz Killers
Swagapalooza Gathers Bloggers For Demos and Swag

The next event is March 23rd in SF, with Guy Kawasaki keynoting. Apply to attend!

A quick reminder and some updates. First, don't forget that Swagapalooza is next week!

**Thursday, September 17th, at 6pm**

Second, here's the list of startups that will be presenting:

• Surprise Industries
• Idea Paint 
• mSpot -- Mobile video announcement
• Voyage.tv -- New project (under embargo)
• Several New Orleans startups -- (www.thrivnp.com, www.feelgoodz.com, iChill.com, etc.)
• Buzz Kill -- New tech product launch (under embargo)
• Extreme Collaboration -- New reality TV show about startups, presenting along with Re-Pillable
• S2H.com -- New product launch

Some really crazy things should be happening. (Which I'm unfortunately not allowed to talk about.) There is also going to be an AMAZING after party at a Moroccan restaurant a few blocks away, so keep that on your radar as well.

If you haven't already applied it's not too late, just fill out this form below:

http://swagapalooza.com/apply.html

I look forward to seeing everyone there!

Welcome to the Swagapalooza blog. This space will be updated from time
to time with news and information about our first conference, which
takes place on September 17th.

 As I write this I'm surrounded by hundreds of books and DVDs that have
already been shipped by some of our early partners for distribution in
the swag bag. These companies will not be auditioning, as we're trying
to reserve these slots for those willing to give away more substantial
products. (Or at least those with really interesting stories.)

 Who are the companies that are actually auditioning? I'll leave that a
surprise for now...