I’m heading to Las Vegas this week for the internet marketing conference known as Pubcon.

This will be my second year attending and I can’t wait. Not only is there a TON of quality information to take in, thousands of people to meet & greet, and more free drinks than my liver knows what to do with… there’s also Poker.

Now, you’re probably saying “uh yeah, it’s Vegas of COURSE there’s poker.” And, naturally you’d be right.

But I’m specifically talking about the Purpose Inc (warning: slightly NSFW) Poker Tournament. Basically, all the IM’ers that know how to play the game end up playing in this tournament. It’s a high quality game (lots of marketers play poker, not sure why but it’s true), a TON of fun and is all for a good cause.

Last year’s tournament was for charity, and while this year’s isn’t officially supporting a charity, writing a post in support of a charity is part of the registration requirements.

For all the vicious names IM’ers are called (spammers, internet polluters, scum, etc) as a whole it really is a great industry. We never miss a chance to give back (for proof, just check out my SEO for Charity post that took of like wild-fire a while back).

The charity I chose to support is the East St. Louis Dream Center. Modeled after the LA Dream Center, the ESL DC supports people in the John DeShields housing project in East St. Louis IL. If you’re not familiar with ESL, it’s best known for it’s strip clubs and it’s crime. John DeShields is one of the rougher projects in the city but it’s near and dear to my heart.

I spent just about every Saturday afternoon for over 6 years in ESL visiting families, playing with kids, picking up trash, and delivering furniture. There are several families that I would consider as a part of my own family and watching the violence and poverty that surrounds them truly breaks my heart.

When a good friend of mine decided to invest even further into the area by moving in, I knew I had to support her organization in any way I could. It’s not often you see a skinny white girl walking confidently into John DeShields, not to mention moving there, but she has a heart of a tiger and loves that city.

So, it’s the least I can do to support the East St. Louis Dream Center, not only through this post, but also with 10% of whatever I win on my trip to Vegas. I really can’t think of a better cause to support and I’ll update you at the end of the week letting you know how it all goes.

If you’d like to support the ESL DC, you can do so via PayPal and remember, it’s tax deductible!

Obviously it’s been a while since I’ve written that this site is undergoing a transition. To tell you the truth, I’m still not quite sure what I want to do with the site.

But, that works out since I’m really pretty busy with a couple of my other projects.

Currently you can find me writing on FlippingEasy.com, a blog about buying, selling, and flipping websites. The blog just launched Nov 1st but is already doing well and I’m having a blast learning as I go.

After selling BloggingExperiment.com for 5 figures I realized that there was quite a bit of money to be made in launching and selling websites. A lot of people either don’t know how to get a site over that first initial hump or don’t care to take the time. I on the other hand love launching blogs and getting them established. It’s keeping up with them day after day the becomes an issue for me. So, I figure creating and selling blogs might just be the perfect match for me.

I’m also once again working on YourSportsFix.com, a site dedicated to MLB trade rumors. This has been an on-again-off-again project of mine that I just can’t seem to let go. Having 1,500 RSS and newsletter subscribers sitting there begging for you to monetize them has a way of regaining my attention. Anyway, I have a few new ideas on where to take it and I’m pretty excited to be back in the saddle and spending more time on it again. I’ve always loved the topic and I’ll hopefully be able to justify devoting more of my time to it on a regular basis.

I’ve got some exciting things planned for both of those sites so if you’re interested in the subject matter, or just like to read my writing, feel free to stop by and subscribe to either blog! Of course, you can also hit me up on Twitter or via the contact form linked at the top of the page as well.

Cheers!