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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson. |
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The
Latest News From Four Domain Conferences Plus
Lana Del Rey Readies for Her National TV Debut
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Just
over two weeks from now
the center of the domain universe
shifts to Santa Monica, California for
the 6th annual DOMAINfest
Global conference. While the event
that will run at the oceanfront Fairmont
Miramar Hotel Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2012 is still
18 days away, there is one thing you might want
to do right now if you are planning to
attend. That is reserve
your spot for an up close and
personal breakfast or lunch with one of the
industry experts featured on the show's agenda. Only
9 seats will be available at each expert's table
for the six breakfast or lunch opportunities
that will be available during the show. Those
seats are available on a first come first
served basis and judging from response to
this Dine-With-An-Expert feature last
year, seats with many experts will fill up
quickly. Speaking
of filling up quickly, rooms at the Fairmont
Miramar are already sold out, however DOMAINfest
Global has negotiated a discounted room rate at
the Huntley Hotel that is right across
the street from the Fairmont. Check
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Fairmont
Miramar Hotel - Santa Monica
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www.domainfest.com/hotel
for a special reservation phone number or call
(310) 394-5454 or send at email to [email protected]
and mention the $239 DOMAINfest discounted room
rate.
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Though
DOMAINfest Global doesn't get underway
until Tuesday morning, January 31, a lot
of attendees will be arriving in Santa
Monica on Monday (Jan. 30) so they well
be rested and ready to go when the big
show opens bright and early the next
morning. If you will be among those
arriving Monday you will be interested
to know that the Southern
California Domainers Group
has conveniently scheduled their first
meet up of the New Year that night
(Monday, Jan. 30) at 7:30pm and
you are welcome to attend.
The event
will be held at the Shore Hotel
at 1515 Ocean Avenue in Santa
Monica, close to the Fairmont,
which will make it easy for DOMAINfest
Global attendees to come over to network
and mingle with local domainers. This is
a very active group that includes a
number of well-known domain
investor/developers so I'm sure it is
going to be a very enjoyable evening. |
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A
couple of other domain conference notes
- the last chance to get half-off
early bird tickets to the Domaining
Europe conference coming up
April 26-28, 2012 in Valencia,
Spain is due to expire Sunday
(Jan. 15), so if you want to get in
for just €300 instead of the
€600 regular conference rate, you will
want to register by the end of the day
tomorrow (Saturday, Jan. 14).
Also,
starting today, you can save big
bucks on tickets to the 2012
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference if you register
early. Conference Co-Founder
Rick Schwartz sent out an email
today offering $995 tickets to
the first 35 people who register
for the event that will run October
7-10, 2012 at the Ritz Carlton
on Fort Lauderdale Beach (the
same spectacular venue that hosted the
2011 show). That is $800 off
the conference's $1,795 regular rate, so
even though the show is still a long way
off, it makes sense to lock in that kind
of savings now if you plan to go.
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While
I'm making reminders, here is
another one for Saturday
(Jan. 14, 2012) - one that I am
especially excited about. A
woman who is the hottest new
singing sensation in the world, Lana
Del Rey (the daughter of our
friends Rob
Grant and his lovely
wife Pat) will be making
her American national TV debut
on NBC's Saturday Night
Live Saturday night at
11:30pm (U.S. Eastern Time).
Check your local TV listings for
the NBC affiliate in your area.
Lana
is popping up everywhere
these days (the Wall
Street Journal is even writing
about her) and many
music experts have already
picked her to be the breakout
star of 2012. She has already
been featured
in Rolling Stone Magazine
and Billboard Magazine,
the music industry bible, just
put her on the cover this week.
Her major label debut album on Interscope
Records is scheduled
to be released on January 31,
2012 and from the huge buzz
she has already generated it
looks like it is going to be a
big hit. |
Lana
Del Rey on the cover of
the
latest issue of Billboard
Magazine |
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(Posted Jan.
13, 2012)
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