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For
the past decade
domain conferences have played an indispensable
role in building profitable individual
and corporate relationships. The only
drawback, particularly for those on
limited budgets, has been the substantial
travel and registration costs involved in
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Webfair
Virtual, being organized by Michael
Marcovici's DomainIndex.com,
plans to offer a low cost alternative, with no
travel expense, by staging an Internet only
conference in June devoted to Domains, Lead
Generation and SEO. The event will start at 9pm
U.S. Eastern Time on June 24 and conclude
at 6pm (U.S. Eastern) on June 25.
Marcovici said he got the idea after attending a
virtual conference in another industry. "I
was at such a fair for financial products
recently and it is amazing, I made 20
contacts in one hour."
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Though
they haven't begun a full scale marketing
or registration push yet, Webfair Virtual
had already rounded up some significant
support. Marcovici said, "So far we
have about 20 sponsors from the domain
world and another 20 from the SEO world."
Some significant names are also already
listed among the partners
and committed attendees
listed on the fair's demo site,
which also has information for exhibitors
and sponsors. Some other functionality
remains to be activated, including the
registration link and fee to attend,
though Marcovici said there would be
"little cost" for
registrants.
While
I still believe that, in the long run,
there is no substitute for the value derived
from face to face contact with potential
business partners or service providers, I
can see a well-run virtual conference
providing many benefits, including making
initial contacts with people you may later
meet in person. It is also hard to beat
the comfort and convenience of doing some networking
from home. Even for devoted |
Michael
Marcovici speaking at the
2011 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference. |
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regular real
world conference attendees like me, adding
Webfair Virtual to the calendar makes
sense. You can get more information on the
event and their plans by signing up for
their contact list here. |
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