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Welcome to the The
Lowdown from
DN Journal - your source for notable news
and information from all corners of the global domain name
industry!
The Lowdown
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The
Domain Social is Going Out With a
Bang - Free 9-Day Domainer Week
Event Begins Thursday
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Early
last year
the Covid-19 pandemic had
made it clear that face to face
domain meetings would be off the
table for the foreseeable future.
That promoted Michael Cyger
to create an
online substitute called The
Quarantine Social in March
2020. When summer arrived,
Michael, who is always busy with DNAcademy.com,
needed to give up the social chores,
but another industry veteran, Arif
Mirza, was there to
pick up the ball in July. Arif
renamed the project The
Domain Social and every Friday
afternoon since then, domain
investors from around the world
have come together for the
Zoom-based events that he produces
and hosts. While the socials have
been highly appreciated, the workload
finally caught up with the Montreal
based branding
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Arif
Mirza
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consultant and
digital marketer too. So, The
Domain Social is coming to close - but not without
one giant last hurrah!
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To wrap up The Domain Social
era in style, Mirza has organized a 9-day Domainer
Week, that will get underway Thursday, August 26
and run through Friday, September 3. The days will be filled
with more than 20 online sessions featuring dozens of
domain industry leaders. The evenings will include Domain Socials and
other special events, including a live domain auction for the ICA.
All of that and the whole thing is free of charge to all! All
Mirza is asking for, from those who are able, is a charitable
contribution of any size that will be divided between the Internet
Commerce Association (ICA), The
Water School, the fight against cancer (via the Fred
Hutchinson Research Center and the Canadian Cancer Society)
and Third World Education (through UNSECO/EFK). |
Domainer Week
will open at 12:30pm (US Eastern time) on Thursday when Arif will greet
attendees and lay out what is in store for the day and week to follow. The
first business session will follow at 1pm when Arif (at left in the photo
above) will welcome GoDaddy GM & VP (Aftermarket) Paul Nicks
(center) and DNJournal.com Editor and Publisher Ron Jackson (at right)
to join him for a discussion on the state of the domain business today. That
session will run about 75 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Sponsor Break (even
sponsorship for Domainer Week is free with any charitable contribution).
In the 2nd session
Thursday, at 2:30pm, Michael Cyger and Jason Sheppard (both from
DNAcademy.com)
and JoshReason (DNWE.com)
will take over with tips on How to Invest in Domains. Opening Day will
conclude with a Domain Social scheduled to run from 4pm to 6pm
(they have been known to run over). You can check out the schedule and
speakers for the entire week here.
Domainer Week will
conclude with the grand finale - the last Domain Social -
starting at 4pm Friday, September 3 - and I will be shocked if that one
doesn't run way over! To get your free access to all of the activities,
all you need to do is sign
up here.
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(Posted
August 24, 2021)
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