Archive for September, 2005

Sep 27 2005 - Room Block Madness

It looks we underestimated our room block needs for the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference. We’ve sold through our original room block and the second and third add-on blocks. On the one hand this is great news because it tells us of course that attendance will be strong. On the other [...]

Sep 17 2005 - CRM for Small Tradeshow Organizers

Rich Westerfield comments on CRM systems via a post from the B2B Lead Generation blog (subscribed – thanks Rich). We currently work with a combination of Act! and Outlook to manage our Exhibitor database and lead tracking. But I’m not happy with it.
Trouble is that managing tradehow leads require very specific things and [...]

Sep 15 2005 - New Media Advertising

I have several blogs that I read the moment a new post shows up in my reader. PaidContent.org is one of them. Although, calling this site a blog is like calling Wired Magazine a tech newsletter. Rafat Ali and his staff deliver the most complete coverage of news and information in digital [...]

Sep 12 2005 - Getting the Discussion Started NOW

I read the Expophile post about the weblog graveyard and it was a slap in the face to get posting.
We’ve just uploaded our message board for the Portable Media Expo and Podcasting Conference. I want to start the discussion about the conference sessions and keynotes NOW so that by the time the show arrives, [...]

Sep 1 2005 - Cancellation insurance

The video footage of the mayhem outside of the New Orleans Convention Center is upsetting. The website for the convention center is down, but the Convention and Visitors Bureau site indicates all conventions through December 1st have been cancelled – and that date is probably very optimistic.
There are more important issues at [...]