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Opportunity is Knocking and DOMAINfest Global 2010 Attendees Are Ready to Answer After Record Breaking Show in Santa Monica |
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By Ron Jackson
After debuting with three consecutive top notch annual
shows in Hollywood, California, Los Angeles based Oversee.net
took the risk of tampering with success and moved their popular DOMAINfest
Global conference across town for the 2010 edition that ran January
26-28 in Santa Monica. I've always believed in the old adage, "if
it ain't broke, don't fix it," but soon after arriving at the new
venue, I understood that the show's organizers were putting their faith in a
different time tested axiom, "never rest on your laurels."
That philosophy and a willingness to spend the time and money it
takes to continually one up themselves resulted in a record breaking
crowd turning out in Santa Monica where DOMAINfest Global cemented its
reputation as a can't miss event.
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Extreme
Makeover - A New Leader, New Venue and New Format Made the 2010
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas Conference a Pivotal Event |
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By Ron Jackson
The 2010 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference that
ran at the Hard Rock Hotel
January 21-23 marked a turning point in the popular series that
began with the first large scale domain show in October
2004. This was the first time that conference
co-founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu were
not at the helm of a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in
America. Under a new
partnership agreement, Schwartz and Neu turned the
operation of five of this year's six T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
shows to Rick
Latona - starting with the Las Vegas event.
Latona introduced several changes with this conference,
including a new show venue at
the Hard Rock Hotel and a revamped show schedule.
Despite a technical snafu that interrupted the live domain auction, the overall
end result was another crowd pleasing show that upheld the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
tradition. Click
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2009
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference Marks the End of an Era |
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By Ron Jackson
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference
that ran at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott October 26-29 marked
the end of an era for the domain industry. This show came on the 5th
anniversary of a collaboration between co-founders Rick Schwartz
and Howard Neu that began with a historic
event at the Delray Beach, Florida Marriott in
October 2004. Now, after staging 15 shows together and licensing two
others overseas, the pioneering duo is turning the reins over to Rick
Latona
who will be fully responsible for five of the six T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
conferences scheduled for 2010.
Schwartz and Neu will resurface on the show
circuit only once in the upcoming year, having retained the
rights to run a big show in their home state of Florida at
the Loews Hotel on Miami's South Beach in October 2010
(October 17-19, 2010 to be specific). Though not exactly their swan song, this third
consecutive annual show in the Big Apple was a fitting first
class send off for Schwartz and Neu as they begin a 12-month break from the show production grind.
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T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Co-Founders
Howard Neu (at podium)
& Rick Schwartz welcome
attendees to T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
New York 2009
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Partners
in Paradise: Our Review of the 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum in Key West, Florida |
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By Ron Jackson
The 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum was held
at the Waldorf Astoria's Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida
October 7-9. Sedo's annual gathering is a different animal than
mainstream domain conferences that cover a broad range of industry issues and
attract registrants of all kinds - individual domain investors, service
providers and venture capitalists to name just a few. Sedo's
Partner Forum is a special corporate event that is staged primarily to
thank their top clients and business associates for their support.
Less than 100 people are invited to attend the
Forum which alternates between Europe and the U.S. each year. The
Sedo events focus much more on networking during social and recreational events
than than they do on business seminars. With the SedoPro Forum's picturesque
locations the company knows their guests want to spend more time outdoors
than being cooped up in a conference room. Here is how the 2009 edition went
down.
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Scene from the beach
at
the Casina Marina Resort in
Key West, Florida where the
2009 SedoPro Partner Forum
was held October 7-9.
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2009
Domain Roundtable Provides Rousing Conclusion to the Amazing Conference Race |
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By Ron Jackson
When I walked onto the National Mall in
Washington D.C. a few days ago, I felt like I had just finished competing
in The Amazing Race. I was in the nation's capital for the
2009 Domain Roundtable conference at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington,
D.C. (held June 14-16) - my sixth major domain conference in six months.
Since mid-April I had averaged one show every two weeks.
Could there possibly be anything new
left to talk about at Roundtable after so many shows had preceded it? Would
there be any new faces left to see that I hadn't seen in the
previous five shows? Could Roundtable's new owner, Thought
Convergence, come up with any surprises that would make them stand
out in a very large conference crowd? The answers to all three questions
would turn out to be an emphatic yes. Click Here for Full Story
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Washington
D.C. hosted the
2009 Domain Roundtable
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Return
to
Silicon Valley: Three Years After A Landmark Show in Santa Clara
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Came Back for an Encore |
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By Ron Jackson
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference returned to the
site of one of its greatest triumphs April 27-30 when the 2009
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley show was staged in Santa Clara, California.
Three years before, in the same location, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Rick
Schwartz and Howard Neu produced an event that played a key role in
launching a phenomenal boom in the domain business.
That left them with a tough act to follow this time, especially since the
overall economy is now mired in a severe slump. Attendance took a hit as a
result but as has always been the case at T.R.A.F.F.I.C., quality trumps
quantity. Here is our blow by blow account of what went down in the
Valley.
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Sunny
Days for GeoDomains: Our Comprehensive Review of the 2009 GeoDomain Expo in San
Diego |
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By Ron Jackson
Talk about pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
The annual GeoDomain Expo, staged by Associated Cities, has a
history of presenting exceptionally high value events despite charging the
lowest registration fee of any major domain industry conference. Even so, it
looked like it would take a miracle to maintain their lofty standards at the
2009 show that was held at the scenic Catamaran Resort in San Diego
April 23-25.
As we reported in mid March, a disagreement
among AC board members on the future mission and structure of the organization
took the group's focus off their showcase conference and some favored canceling
as a result. The debate didn't end until March 16, so once the green light was
on for good, AC leaders were left with just five weeks to put the Expo together.
In a testament to their entrepreneurial skills they not only did it, they did it
exceptionally well, not only living up to their previous standards but
setting a few new ones along the way.
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The
Catamaran Resort in
in San Diego, site of the
2009 GeoDomain Expo |
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