Win free conference package at our AWFS booth

If you’re heading to AWFS Fair in Las Vegas, make sure to stop by Booth #2335 to enter our daily drawings to win a free pass to an industry conference in either California or Illinois. We’ll draw one winner each day of the show. If you win, you can choose between a free Closets Expo or Green Seminar conference package.

Free seminar: Turn Web visitors into customers

You probably already have a Web site, but does your Web site really make you money? Do you have online strategies?

Tom Denison, Vice President of Vance Marketing Solutions, is a digital and integrated marketing professional managing 65 Web sites and 88 e-newsletters in the B-to-B world. Tom will help you realize your full digital potential by showing you how to create a lead-generating Web site that achieves your specific marketing goals.

Tap into his knowledge for free on Friday, July 17 between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. at Booth #2871.

Tune-in for real-time show updates

We'll have a team of editors roaming the Las Vegas Convention Center armed with laptops and video cameras to cover every development at North America's largest woodworking event in 2009. You'll be able to see them at seminars - Editorial Director Helen Kuhl will be moderating a seminar titled "Linking Lean and Green" on Wednesday, July 15 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in room #WE27 - and throughout the exhibit halls of the show.

Even if you're attending the event, you probably can't be five places at once, so make sure to sign-up for our e-newsletter and follow us on Twitter to receive real-time AWFS updates. Below is a summary of the coverage you can expect in your inbox each afternoon (subject to change according to show developments!):

Wednesday, July 14:
Wednesday's send is expected to include an initial report from the show floor regarding day one at AWFS. It'll also feature video coverage from the Woodworking Industry Leadership Forum meeting and footage from the Student Design competition judging process.

Thursday, July 15:
Thursday's special edition will have a second report from the show floor about attendance and the mood of exhibitors and attendees. It'll also include the winner of the first of our daily drawings, and a story about a lean and green seminar our Editorial Director Helen Kuhl is moderating on July 15 between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. in room #WE27.

Friday, July 16:
Friday's send will include a dispatch from the AWFS Green Desk to get the scoop on questions attendees are asking about sustainable woodworking. The newsletter will also feature video of demonstrations our editors come across on the show floor.

Saturday, July 17:
Saturday's show edition will cover the Best of Wood 100 presentation with a link to our Associate Publisher Rich Christian's opening speech. There will also be a story about the winners of the Student Design Competition, video of the belt sander races and coverage of our online marketing seminar.

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