Intuit, the folks who make technology solutions to help small businesses succeed and our premier partner for SOBCon 2010, is giving you the opportunity to attend SOBCon for FREE. The company’s Love a Local Business program lets fans of local businesses nominate them to win small business grants. The next grand prize small business grant we are awarding is worth $30,000. Learn more about the program here.

To win a free ticket to SOBCon 2010 all you have to do is nominate one of your favorite small businesses and tweet about it, including LoveALocalBusiness.com and #SOBCon (e.g. You might vote for @MacaronChicago to win a $30K grant on LoveALocalBusiness.com. Vote for them too http://bit.ly/XXXXXX #SOBcon).

Any nominations tweeted between April 2 and April 16, 2010 will be entered to win free SOBCon admission plus three nights hotel accommodations and a $250 Visa Gift card.

If you already have a ticket, you can offer your free ticket to someone of your choosing. Bear in mind that the more businesses you nominate, the better your chances are to win!

You can even vote for your own business! Go for it!!