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Conference
Promoters Sweeten the Pot With Incentives to Attract
Early Bird Registrants
Organizers
of next month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Conferencein New
York City and the Domainer
Mardi Gras conference coming to New
Orleans in February both announced special deals for
early registrants today. For the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
conference that will run October 26-29 at
the
Brooklyn
Bridge Marriott, the promoters are offering a $200
room credit at the Marriott to anyone who registers no
later than 5pm on Friday (Sept. 11). Show
co-founder Rick Schwartz provided another reason to
sign up early - the current registration fee
($1,495) will go up to $1,795 on Wednesday (Sept. 16)
then to $1,995 next month.
In
addition, for the first time the show is introducing
"Conditional Reservations" aimed at those
who want to wait until the final show agenda is published
before making a decision on whether or not to attend.
Schwartz said, "If you email me (mr800king at aol.com) no later than 5pm Tuesday
(Sept. 15) I will reserve a $1,495 slot that will be good
until 24 hours after the final schedule is posted and
announced in just a few weeks. It's a no-brainer for
anyone who thinks that they just might want to attend and
save $500 just for sending an email."
The
Domainer Mardi Gras Conference that will run Feb.
11-13, 2010 at the New Orleans
Marriott just issued an early registration
offer of their own. If you sign up now through
October 15 at the $795 early bird rate and
book a room at the show hotel ($179 a night),
they
will
knock $300 off your registration fee,
lowering it to $495. If you want an even better
deal they are offering attendees who register
within the next 72 hours (by Saturday
afternoon, Sept. 12),
they will throw in a free Flip video camera.
That should come in handy during the show's
three-day run that falls right in the middle of
the world famous Mardi Gras carnival in New
Orleans.
When
I wrote at length about the crowded conference
schedule August
25th I noted that the fierce
competition among so many shows would produce one
big winner - show registrants - and we are
seeing that now with lower prices and special
incentives that have never been seen before.
One other
note today, time is running out in the Moniker/SnapNames
Showcase
Auction for Job & Career domains. If you
are interested in this sale check it our now because ot
will be ending Thursday (Sept. 10) at 3:15pm
U.S. Eastern Time.
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