Freezing in Denver, grilling on my mind
February 3, 2011
My favorite time of year
The National Cattle Industry Convention has always held a bit of a soft spot in my heart. In my first year attending the San Antonio event as a high school senior, I quickly learned that this was a place where ideas were born, friends were made, business was taken care of, and most importantly, a good time was had by all. Every year since then, I’ve attended in a different capacity — ambassador, intern, worker, exhibitor, attendee — and I just can’t help but get just giddy with excitement when this time of year rolls around. 
The only difference this year? I now have the professional opportunity to share a little of that excitement with the rest of you! It may be slightly frigid here in Denver, but at a cattle industry convention the thoughts of beef on the grill is never too far away. With visions of sunny summer days and steaks sizzling over hot coals in our dreams, we decided give away a brand new grill this week.
Yes,you heard me… a new, FREE grill.
See, didn’t that just make YOU a little more excited about the Cattle Industry Convention, too?
Every tenth person who subscribes to the Black Ink blog this week will win a new set of steak knives. I have a set of these at home. Trust me, they are worth reading this blog for. At the end of the week, one of those subscribers will win a charcoal grill and grilling set from our team. That’s how excited we are to be freezing our tails off in Denver!
Subscribing is easy — just look to the right, click on the button that says “Sign me up!” and enter your e-mail address. I promise on my favorite set of steak knives that we will never, ever send your ads, junk mail or any other irrelevant cyber trash. You’ll just get a simple little e-mail notification each time we update this blog (2-3 times a week). So easy!
You don’t even have to be here at NCBA to enter — but if you’re missing the action in Denver, follow us on Twitter (@BlackInkBasics) to keep up with event happenings. If you are here, stop by the booth and visit. We’ll try to update the blog as much as possible with convention information, so stay tuned!
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