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GeoDomain Expo
Posts Speaker and Session Information for Upcoming
Conference & Pre-Bidding System Announced for
DOMAINfest Ft. Lauderdale Auction
GeoDomain
Expo organizershave
posted more speaker and session information on
the upcoming show's
website. The event will be staged at
the historic Roosevelt Hotel in New
Orleans April 28-30.
Shawn
Pilfold of Ogopogo Media and Fred
Mercaldo of Scottsdale.com have been
selected to speak during a Thursday
morning (April 29) session on Creative
Local Branding and Marketing. At the
luncheon that follows that session I will give a
brief talk on the current state of the geodomain
industry.
Speakers
have also been named for two of the Thursday
afternoon sessions. The Castello
Brothers, Michael and David, will
share tips on Maximizing Geo Brand Traffic
Revenue and Marion Mariathason of
Sobiz10 has been added to a panel that
will discuss Social Media & Geodomains.
A
dozen show sponsors have also been added to the
conference agenda
page. As we told you earlier
this week, Moniker.com is also
running an online geodomain auction in conjunction
with the show featuring Lisbon.com, Raleigh.com,
Bucharest.com, Crete.com and VisitRome.com
to name just a few.
You
can register for the GeoDomain Expo here
and as of press time hotel rooms were still
available here.
In some other
conference auction news, DOMAINfest
has
announced the launch of a pre-auction
bidding system for the Moniker/SnapNames
live auction coming up at the DOMAINfest one-day
power networking event in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida on May 13.
The domains in that sale will include Wifi.com,
Dating.com, Hobbies.com, Jeans.com
and Safety.com to name a few.
Pre-bids
can be submitted on any domain listed in
the auction until May 13 at 12
noon (U.S. Eastern time). The highest
bid for each domain will then become the
starting bid in the live auction.
All live auction pre-bidders will be
notified via email of their position in
the auction along with instructions for
joining the live and extended auction.
Bidders
not attending the live auction can watch
the auction and submit bids in real-time
via a free online live auction system
powered by SnapNames Live™
technology. Registered DOMAINfest Power
Networking attendees are automatically
eligible to attend the private live
auction. Interested bidders may also
submit an absentee bid form to the
auctioneer or sign up for telephone proxy
bidding. To
participate in the pre-bidding process and
view the catalogue, visit: http://domainauctions.moniker.com/2010/DOMAINfest-Fort-Lauderdale
To register for proxy bidding, contact [email protected].
Sellers
can still submit domains for possible
inclusion in this auction. The submission
deadline is Sunday (April 18).
Details on how to submit domains and how
to bid in this Moniker live auction can be
found here.
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