My friend @HeatherBC (who wrote the article below) is running a contest to win an Xshot 2.0.  These things rock!  Drew from the Ben Spark turned me on to these at Blogworld last year, and I don’t go anywhere without my xshot now.

I’ve used it to take pictures while hiking, flying, boating, walking, driving and much more.  They are great for video work also.  I was in a large crowd a while back, put my video camera on my xshot and was able to rise my camera above the crowd and get some great footage.  So if you are going to Affiliate Summit in New York on the 9th, make sure you try to win one of these!.  I’ll be there as well, and look forward to meeting you and helping you win! 

XSHOT Photo Contest at Affiliate Summit East 2009 August 9, 10 and 11

 @HeatherinBC of Beautiful British Columbia is the ASE09 Blogger Lounge Mistress/Liason and will be happy to show you how much fun it is to use the XSHOT Camera Extender! Contest Rules: While attending Affiliate Summit East in New York, photograph XShot Camera Extender ‘users’ holding an XShot Camera Extender – or get someone to photograph you holding the XShot. Perhaps you will see Lady Liberty holding her XShot Camera Extender – now that would be a great shot! The XShot Camera Extender MUST appear in the picture you submit! HINT: IZEA Insiders have XShots and many bloggers do as well Upload your photos to Flick’r and/or Facebook and use the two tags, ‘xshot and ase09′ on each photo. Enter as many unique, unusual, silly or picturesque photos as you wish. Perhaps you will be lucky and get a group shot of all the bloggers hamming it up with their XSHOTS. Prizes: Your very own XShot Camera Extender, PLUS a link to you or your blog from each of the bloggers taking part in the contest (think about THAT for a minute!), as well as your winning photo on each blog. Winning photo will be voted upon by the bloggers hosting the contest, and will be chosen based on creativity. Contest ends August 11 at 6pm Eastern and the winner will be notified via Twitter or email, so be sure to leave a comment with your contact details on this post after entering. Perhaps you will see @BrettBum from There’s Something About Harry using his XSHOT to take a photo of himself and Lady Liberty.

@ConnieFoggles  of Brain Foggles might be spotted taking group pictures with her XSHOT while eating pizza at the MarketLeverage John Chow dot com Pho Pizza Party. @Laurie_Pooh from La Vie de Laurie will surely have her XShot in hand while checking out the affiliate opportunities and all the fabulous SWAG in the Exhibit Hall. If you spot @MurrayNewlands of Murray Newlands atop the Empire State Building with his XSHOT, you can bet he’ll be looking for King Kong! @benspark (Drew) from Ben Spark should be easy to find with his XSHOT now that you’ve seen his mug shot 10 times at the side of this post! XSHOT has provided a promo code, ASE09HBC for a $5.00 discount, so you may buy YOUR OWN XSHOT because "YOU deserve to be in the picture too!" Good Luck finding the XSHOT users – and most of all have FUN taking pictures at Affiliate Summit and in New York City!