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If
you are planning to go
to
the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Conference October 7-10 at
the Ritz Carlton on Fort
Lauderdale Beach, Florida organizers
just gave you a good reason to register
by the end of the day Friday
(July 6). Conference Co-Founders Rick
Schwartz and Howard Neu sent
out a letter this morning offering a $150
Ritz Carlton Gift Card with the
first 25 tickets purchased between
now and the Friday evening
deadline.
You
can use the card at the Ritz Spa for a massage, facial or manicure, for food and drink at the Ritz
restaurants or anything else at the
gorgeous oceanfront hotel that hosted
its first T.R.A.F.F.I.C conference last
fall.
In
the letter Schwartz noted that the
agenda, as always, will be tuned to the
most relevant issues to domain investors
at the time the event runs, making it a
work in progress that won't be finalized
for a few more |
The
Ritz Carlton Hotel on Fort
Lauderdale Beach
Site for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012
coming up October 7-10 |
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weeks.
He pointed out that the show will
reflect an industry landscape that has changed
dramatically over the past year or
two with domain investors themselves
having become some of the leading service
providers to others in the business. |
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Rick
Schwartz
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder |
Schwartz
wrote, "As Domainers we have put
our faith in third parties to
make us money, expand and all the rest.
That ship was sinking and domainers,
starting with Frank Schilling and
Internet
Traffic and others like Donny
Simonton with Voodoo.com
and John Ferber and Chad Folkening
of Domain
Holdings decided enough
was enough. So a year or so ago the
landscape changed. Things shook out and
the deck was shuffled. Sedo
emerged as an industry leader. Others
retreated and are less important. Ammar
Kubba (ThoughtConvergence.com)
expanded into new directions. Some like Michael
Berkens and Monte Cahn went Right
of the Dot while Chris
Jensen and John Lyotier went Left
of the Dot. You all know I
can go on and on with other companies
and domainers and their projects."
Schwartz
continued, "There are yet other
domainers working on secret projects
I am not at liberty to discuss but will
soon be coming to market and will be unveiled
at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.. Domainers are
resourceful and when all else fails, we
just do it ourselves." |
"There
have also been a few constants," Schwartz
added. "At the core are the 350-500 domainers
that refuse to give up their vision. Have minds
as varied as the stars and are bonded together
by something we ourselves can't even explain. We
are explorers with varying booties of treasure.
None the same, but many alike. We have nothing
in common and everything in common. So for those
that think it is over, let me tell you a tiny
secret. It has yet to even begin,"
Schwartz declared.
He
closed by saying, "T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
MEANS B.U.S.I.N.E.S.S. and we all want to do
more business. So we do what we have done 22
times before. We bring great people together
to do great things and Howard and I just get out
of the way and allow it all to happen. It is a
recipe that works."
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