.tv Let’s meet somewhere

[twomoon]

Dunno, but what do you think about a kind of 2-3 days meeting somewhere in Europe? This Fall for example. For US guys it would be nice to see Europe
Amsterdam would be great for this purpose IMO
It would be also a good opportunity to reach potential endusers for our adult .tv's lol
Just for fun

 

[Vito]

So:
1. What would you say about mid to late september?

2. Duration?

3. Weekday or weekend?

4. Potential topics to discuss? Speakers?

5. Would meeting at shareasale be okay with everyone?

6. Anyone want an after hours kind of event, like a ball game or something? Anything going on of interest in Chicago during mid september? Any conflicts?

First off, I hope Chiago would be cool with a lot of other .TV-ers also.
and I would like to extend this offer to other domainers also...maybe some that have just dabbled in .TV??? I guess they would have to be interested in the extension though, siner it IS based off of the .TV extenwsion.

I created a Social group here of Chiagoland Area NP-ers, and there are 12 so far so I know with a little heads up most of them would come too.

The sharesale affiliate idea is great.
You can never learn too muh about affiliate marketing, thats for sure.

I have a couple of ideas for Speakers here in Chicago. We have some big Domainer/Developers here in Chicago. Lets figure out if Chicago is cool with some more people here too,...

Well, the LaborDay weekend would have just passed, and school will be in session, and people work, so my thoughts are a full weekend...Friday, to Sunday-ish.

We would have to book a Hotel, and I am sure we would be able to seure a conferene room in there for our meetings.

BallGame idea, great idea (chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox). Also, The Football Season starts in September...So goin to a Bears game at Soldier Field and tailgating beforehand is always a blast!

 

[RogueWriter]

My thoughts....

1. What would you say about mid to late september?
I'm okay with that time frame.

2. Duration?
IMO, late morning, say 11:00am - 5:00pm with a break for lunch, or catered lunch, then an after 5 event for those who want to hang out, while others that want to get back home could vamoose.

3. Weekday or weekend?
I am ambivalent. Fridays would be bad for me, I really enjoy watching my high schooler play ball. Other days I could take off, though, and saturday would be fine with me, as long as there was not something insane going on in Chicago on that day.


4. Potential topics to discuss? Speakers?
Potential topics, hmmm:
"Monitizing the .TV Extension"
"Brand vs. Product Roundtable discussion"
"Why Buy .TV? How To Market .TV To Endusers."

Those are 3 ideas, speakers, no clue, though we could probably get someone from shareasale to speak about their merchant's product videos.


5. Would meeting at shareasale be okay with everyone?
They are downtown chicago, parking will set you back twenty bucks, but I like the idea of getting a conference room for free.


6. Anyone want an after hours kind of event, like a ball game or something? Anything going on of interest in Chicago during mid september? Any conflicts? No idea.

Friday-Sunday might be a little long, unless we have a full out conference going, imo, but we could do an all day saturday, part day sunday. I'm up for getting anything going.

 

[Vito]

Friday-Sunday might be a little long, unless we have a full out conference going, imo, but we could do an all day saturday, part day sunday. I'm up for getting anything going.

You're right about Friday...
Another point I just thought of: That would most likely be the time of travel for most.

Whatever, and wherever would be great for me.
But If it were in Chicago, I would work hard to make it a very informative, and fun event.

Any other opinions out there, other than Toms and mine???

Thanks,
Vito

 

[twomoon]

Ha! I see there are 2 options.

1. Guys from America want to meet to discuss things
2. Guys from the Europe want to drink some stuff, smoke some stuff and to relax

Dunno, the majority is decision maker, but for example I won't get the US visa, and it's very clear

P.S. Some of countries need to get Visa to go USA

 

[RogueWriter]

Yeah, at a personal level, I'm more interested in meeting folks within my region, I don't have funds to go traipsing around the country or world. Unless, you want to buy Satellite.tv for x,xxx,xxx , the party's on, then.

 

[discovernow]

Ha! I see there are 2 options.

1. Guys from America want to meet to discuss things
2. Guys from the Europe want to drink some stuff, smoke some stuff and to relax

Dunno, the majority is decision maker, but for example I won't get the US visa, and it's very clear

P.S. Some of countries need to get Visa to go USA

Hey, I am from America and want to drink some stuff, smoke some stuff and to relax. My ancestors from Ireland would be proud of me

 

[gr8trfoo]

maybe we could all meet in various local places and televize the happenings in real time on some .tv

 

[MicroGuy]

Hey, I am from America and want to drink some stuff, smoke some stuff and to relax. My ancestors from Ireland would be proud of me

I LOVE the idea of drinking stuff and smoking stuff. Count me in! :lala:

 

[DU]

maybe we could all meet in various local places and televize the happenings in real time on some .tv

I think Cate.TV would love this idea based on her sloganizing....and twitterizing.....


I actually think that this is an interesting concept.

I'd love to do a side by side. YinAndYang.TV

On the LEFT. Nick - smoking and drinking.
On the RIGHT. Vito - talking about affiliate marketing and selling.

Before anyone gets upset - I'm kidding: I'm sure Vito can knock them back with brats at the game... and Nick has sold well to GIVE the lecture on selling

I think a couple of geo local meetings with Video would be great idea.

IMHO.

 

[GoneWalkabout]

Book me down for the social in Amsterdam - I'm only two and bit hours drive away most of the time. If we can get Jeff along that would be great.

Also, book me down for the serious stuff in Chicago - I'm an eight hour flight away but if I can sort out a good affiliate plan for Toy, Optometrist, Telephone, Patient, Survey, Tourist, etc then it might be worth my while.

If this is real then I think we need a serious plan where we can properly discuss everything from promotion to web design to filming, etc.

 

[RogueWriter]

Also, book me down for the serious stuff in Chicago - I'm an eight hour flight away but if I can sort out a good affiliate plan for Toy, Optometrist, Telephone, Patient, Survey, Tourist, etc then it might be worth my while.

If this is real then I think we need a serious plan where we can properly discuss everything from promotion to web design to filming, etc.

I agree, the Chicago meet has a lot of potential, if we get serious and professional about a specific adjenda, etc., and stay away from the 'smoking stuff' kind of attitude. I think The Dot Stop and I can coordinate a pretty decent weekend in Chicago, and toss in some networking opportunities as well. And, of course, anyone else that wants to help plan can contact either of us.

 

[Vito]

I agree, the Chicago meet has a lot of potential, if we get serious and professional about a specific adjenda, etc., and stay away from the 'smoking stuff' kind of attitude. I think The Dot Stop and I can coordinate a pretty decent weekend in Chicago, and toss in some networking opportunities as well. And, of course, anyone else that wants to help plan can contact either of us.

Hey everyone,

I had a pretty exciting weekend here in Chicago. I was at a Huge Web-Design/Development/SEO/etc. Convention. I got to meet a lot of very cool, smart, and influential people. Affiliate Marketing Companies, Link Building Companies, Social Networking Pros, SEO Pros, Development people of all types. I networked my ass off, and have mentioned our idea of what I was calling an "International .TV Day/Weekend"

Each and every Business Owner was incredibly receptive to being involved in almost any capacity. Actually, lemme back-track here...

Cool facts,
I would say 1/2 of the people I spoke with were .TV Fans, The other half were not clueless to .TV, they were more or less very curious about it.
WEll, It was mentioned a few times during the weekend, especially during the seminar on the value Digital Media. Well, I definitely explained the value with not just my emotions but with actual stats.
Oh, by the way, The Founder/CEO of StudioPress = Big .TV Fan!

So, Like I was saying, I met a lot of very informative people and passed this mid-September-ish Chicago idea around and everyone was very receptive to the idea. I actually have come up with more ideas for this to become a damn good meeting but I will leave those for later. WE still didn't agree on where exactly it will be BUT just inc case it is here, I will bet you (like Rogue said) we will cordinate a very decent weekend here in Chicago.

I will be posting some pretty informative info/videos on my blog in a day or 2.

PS
to DefaultUsers comment, I can definitely hold my own with a little Monster and Jaeger! and to Jimbo, That is waaay cool, you would be down for flying out here!

Thx,
Vito

 

[RogueWriter]

Vito, JMO, but if we wait around for someone to randomly pick a city, it will never get done. How about you and I commit to generate a meeting at Chicago, get a date and place, and then see how many we can get to show? If it's a small meetup, hey that's fine, if we get fifty people together, cool. I think the bulk of people have limited funds to work with, the majority of attendees or going to be from within the region.

The reason I like Chicago is because I can reach it without a whole lot of trouble, but also because Shareasale.com is located there, and I think they could be a nice asset as far as a free place to meet and a couple of good ready-made presentations. Additionally, they can pull in video-centric merchants from within the region.

BTW, it sounds like a wonderful seminar that you attended, wish I had been there!

 

[Vito]

Vito, JMO, but if we wait around for someone to randomly pick a city, it will never get done. How about you and I commit to generate a meeting at Chicago, get a date and place, and then see how many we can get to show? If it's a small meetup, hey that's fine, if we get fifty people together, cool. I think the bulk of people have limited funds to work with, the majority of attendees or going to be from within the region.

The reason I like Chicago is because I can reach it without a whole lot of trouble, but also because Shareasale.com is located there, and I think they could be a nice asset as far as a free place to meet and a couple of good ready-made presentations. Additionally, they can pull in video-centric merchants from within the region.

BTW, it sounds like a wonderful seminar that you attended, wish I had been there!

I think you're right, but my biggest worry is that we would only have 10 or 20 people attending, and then a lot of our plans could become too big for such a small gathering.

If there is anyone else who may be interested in this TV get-together in the Chiagoland area, please post here in the thread.

and I definitely really like the idea of broadcasting it live, That is a must!

as for the Conference I attended, It really was amazing. Lots of cool people, lots of killer ideas, and just an amazing amount of knowledge to absorb!

 

[twomoon]

I think you're right, but my biggest worry is that we would only have 10 or 20 people attending, and then a lot of our plans could become too big for such a small gathering.

If there is anyone else who may be interested in this TV get-together in the Chiagoland area, please post here in the thread.

and I definitely really like the idea of broadcasting it live, That is a must!

as for the Conference I attended, It really was amazing. Lots of cool people, lots of killer ideas, and just an amazing amount of knowledge to absorb!

Hope it would be a nice meeting I will probably participate in looking at all of you if it would be live (I hope)

 

[RogueWriter]

I think the problem will be too many people showing up, lol.

 

[Vito]

Are there any more members that would be interested in this meeting taking Place in Chicago, September-ish???

Thx,
Vito

 

[baobab]

Are there any more members that would be interested in this meeting taking Place in Chicago, September-ish???

Thx,
Vito

Thanks for arrange this. Would love to meet the gangs .

 

[Len]

Are there any more members that would be interested in this meeting taking Place in Chicago, September-ish???

Thx,
Vito

I would try and get there......depends on my work schedule that I cannot predict for September at this time.

 

[Vito]

Well, This is a pretty awesome response!
I would figure on SKG, and Freedom since they are both from Chicago.
Add me that makes 3.

RogueWriter - Indiana
Atypical - Michigan
BaoBab - Chicago
JimboJimbo - UK!
Len - Canada!

That makes about 8 now that like the Chicago idea, and could possibly make it. Anyone else, please add your thoughts here. I already have a couple of Speakers on various subjects, that have said Yes, to whenever it is planned. A couple of the subjects are SEO, and Social Networking that my Chicago Pro friends have committed to already.

Then we get Toms friends from ShareSale Affiliate Company, and we have a great start on a very cool and informative get-together.

If anyone else who is a regular here, would possibly be able to make Chicago in mid September-ish, lemme know!

Thx,
Vito.