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The past couple of days I've talked about improving sales in the domain aftermarket this month. Maybe it is just the coming of spring, nature's time for rebirth after a long winter (not that we feel the winters much down here in Florida!),  but I feel the buzz of activity in almost every corner of the industry this month (would someone please wake PPC up!). 

Organizers are gearing up for a new string of conferences with four major ones slated over a period of less than 60 days between April 23 and June 17. Too many for such a short 

time span? The obvious answer would be yes, but a closer look at each's shows focus, audience mix and location (everywhere from America's West Coast to Washington D.C. to Europe) tells me no. Promoters have wisely responded to a more crowded show calendar by taking steps to freshen formats and clearly differentiate themselves from each other.

First up will be the GeoDomain Expo at San Diego's Catamaran Resort April 23-25. I had canceled plans to go after an internal dispute at 

Postcard from San Diego inviting people to 
the 2009 GeoDomain Expo coming up April 23-25

Associated Cities (the show sponsor) left the status of the event in doubt. But it is a definite go now and whenever this conference is on I intend to be there, so I have rebooked my flights.

As a show focused entirely on domain development (geodomains in particular), this show has truly unique high value content that is worthwhile to anyone interested in building out their domains. More importantly, the experts you will meet at this show have a proven track record of success and they bend over backwards to help others follow in their footsteps. 

After a break in May (actually I also have to fly that month to my daughter's college graduation in Philadelphia) thinks kick back in gear on the other side of the Atlantic June 1-4 when RickLatona.com takes a bold risk by staging a show devoted entirely to ccTLDs (under the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. banner) in Amsterdam. Actually it is looking like less of a risk with each passing month as ccTLD aftermarket sales seem to get hotter and hotter.

Two weeks after the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs show its back to the States for the next Domain Roundtable conference, one that will be held in a city that I think will provide a fabulous backdrop for this event, Washington, D.C. Registrations for the show just opened today and they are offering a very attractive early bird price of $795 through the end of this month.