SedoPro Partner Forum Wraps Up in Key West
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Successful and enjoyable conference comes to an end.
The SedoPro Partner Forum concluded this morning in Key West, Florida.
Yesterday started with a couple panels in the morning, followed by an afternoon of wave runners, snorkeling, bike riding, and scooters. After an afternoon in the hot sun, attendees walked over to an oceanfront restaurant for a steak and seafood dinner (see picture below, courtesy of Bill Sweetman of Tucows).
After dinner guests went to a 1920s theme party back at the resort, complete with flapper and burlesque girls. The party went until one in the morning, but many people weren’t ready to call it a night. About 20 people put on their swimsuits and went for a night swim in the ocean, followed by a dip in the pool.
This morning I was on a panel with Ron Jackson of DNJournal and representatives of registries Neustar and PIR to discuss new top level domain names.
A number of people are staying for the weekend, but I’ll be heading to the airport shortly. Hopefully my trip home won’t be as adventurous as the one here.
Further Reading:
- SedoPro Partner Forum Kicks Off in New York
- SedoPro Partner Forum Offers Discount for TRAFFIC Hotel
- Sedo Announces Second Annual SedoPro Partner Forum
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I’m sure it cost Sedo at least $ 250K to throw this mini-conference.
I would assume a couple vendors/customers paid for some of the functions. (ie, Tucows)
Maybe, 40 Sedo customers attended. And, then there was the management, employees, etc.
All of this is to entertain/educate 40 major customers? And, most of them don’t need the education or the free trip.
I realize Sedo is part of major corporation and $ 1/4 million is not a lot of money to them.
But, shouldn’t Sedo use that money in the future to educate all of the thousands of loyal customers instead?
Just a thought.
After thinking about it, it probably only cost around $ 100K. including Sedo travel expenses.
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@ ActNow I work for Tucows and attended this excellent event, however — for the record — Tucows did not pay for (or sponsor) any of the functions. You know what they say about making assumptions… ;+)
@ ActNow – I think you’re overestimating the cost and underestimating the value to both Sedo and the attendees.
“walked over to an oceanfront restaurant for a steak and seafood dinner (see picture below, courtesy of Bill Sweetman of Tucows).”
Bill, my mistake. Misread the article above.
Andrew, I look forward to the re-cap.
Sedo hosted a wonderful event. My thoughts are that when you get a group of people with great minds together, great things seem to happen.
- Tan
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