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WHIR Events are a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a local venue for you to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in our exciting industry.

WHIR Events: If you work in or will be visiting Washington or neighboring cities come out to the WHIRs’ Web hosting networking events and meet like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers face-to-face in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a great local venue, to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in the web hosting industry.

Food and Drink: Appetizers and complimentary drinks will be available. Enjoy a selection of tasty appetizers, including vegetarian options. Thanks to our sponsors, an open bar will be available.

From their website:

WHIR Events are a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a local venue for you to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in our exciting industry.

WHIR Events: If you work in or will be visiting Phoenix or neighboring cities come out to the WHIRs’ Web hosting networking events and meet like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers face-to-face in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a great local venue, to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in the web hosting industry.

Food and Drink: Appetizers and complimentary drinks will be available. Enjoy a selection of tasty appetizers, including vegetarian options. Thanks to our sponsors, an open bar will be available.

From their website:

WHIR Events are a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a local venue for you to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in our exciting industry.

WHIR Events: If you work in or will be visiting Denver or neighboring cities come out to the WHIRs’ Web hosting networking events and meet like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers face-to-face in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a great local venue, to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in the web hosting industry.

Food and Drink: Appetizers and complimentary drinks will be available. Enjoy a selection of tasty appetizers, including vegetarian options. Thanks to our sponsors, an open bar will be available.

From their website:

WHIR Events are a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a local venue for you to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in our exciting industry.

WHIR Events: If you work in or will be visiting Boston or neighboring cities come out to the WHIRs’ Web hosting networking events and meet like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers face-to-face in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a great local venue, to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in the web hosting industry.

Food and Drink: Appetizers and complimentary drinks will be available. Enjoy a selection of tasty appetizers, including vegetarian options. Thanks to our sponsors, an open bar will be available.

From their website:

WHIR Events are a chance to do face-to-face business and networking with executives, solution providers and corporate decision makers in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a local venue for you to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in our exciting industry.

WHIR Events: If you work in or will be visiting Chicago or neighboring cities come out to the WHIRs’ Web hosting networking events and meet like-minded industry executives and corporate decision makers face-to-face in a relaxed environment with complimentary drinks and appetizers. Our goal is to provide a great local venue, to do business, make new connections and learn more about those in the web hosting industry.

AffCon2010 bases its conference and tradeshow series on the idea that actionable information, business building and networking opportunities should be freely available to everyone in the affiliate marketing industry, especially to working affiliate marketers. Featuring line-up of thought leaders in the affiliate and search engine marketing sectors, AffCon2010 – Denver is a unique opportunity to meet and share ideas with the brightest business people in the affiliate marketing industry. AffCon2010 is the only event in the affiliate marketing industry which gives affiliate marketers free access to the movers and shakers in the sector.

AffCon2010 – Denver is hosted by WebmasterRadio.FM. The content of the convention is designed specifically to meet the needs of affiliate marketers. As such, admission is free for all working affiliates! Pulling together an amazing lineup of session panelists and speakers (including super affiliates), AffCon2010 – Denver focuses on how to optimally run and improve your affiliate marketing business. With two days of intensive educational/training content, AffCon2010 - Denver also features an exhibit hall, general sessions, targeted skills sessions, networking and WebmasterRadio.FM’s epic AffiliateBash. Sessions at AffCon2010 -  Denver are programmed to appeal to affiliate marketers of all levels of experience with special focus on maximizing your skill levels for maximum growth for your affiliate marketing business.

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.COM Policy Forum

The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Amphitheater

The Internet has been the source of — and increasingly, the forum for — some of the most interesting and controversial policy debates in recent times. Public policy has been challenged to keep up with the ever-evolving, fast-paced advances of the Internet and the often-perplexing economic and social questions that it raises.

This day-long event will feature thought-provoking keynote speakers and two engaging panel discussions that will bring together innovators, entrepreneurs, visionaries and Internet users to reflect on how we got here; to discuss the significant impact of the Internet on our economy, society and environment; and to focus on what the future of .com will hold.

See the full press release after the jump.

.com Approaches 25th Anniversary

VeriSign to Lead Year-Long Initiative to Recognize Innovators and Leaders That Have Shaped First 25 Years of .com

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — (Marketwire) — February 3, 2010 — In March 1985, the first .com domain was registered, igniting the birth of the consumer Internet that, 25 years later, continues to transform communications, commerce and our society as a whole.

Beginning in March 2010, VeriSign, the long-time operator of the .com domain, will lead an industry-wide initiative to recognize the innovators and leaders that have shaped the first 25 years of .com and in doing so transformed our economy and society. The celebration of “25 Years of .com” will kick off with a policy-focused event in Washington, DC on March 16.

In conjunction with that event, VeriSign will also announce the creation of four $75,000 research grants that will be awarded to those who show the most promise to shape the next 25 years of .com.

“In the past 25 years, the Internet has altered history and transformed lives around the globe. It has forever changed our relationships with the world around us by providing unprecedented access to people, places and information. The .com celebration is about honoring the innovators who have gotten us to where we are today and recognizing those who will help shape the next 25 years,” said Mark McLaughlin, CEO, VeriSign. “Billions of times each day, VeriSign connects web sites and users, while helping to ensure the Internet revolution continues to unfold at its characteristically fast pace. We’re proud of the role that VeriSign plays in enabling the .com infrastructure and in the role that our registrars play in providing the crucial platform and access to .com every day.”

Details on major events and initiatives:

March 16: Policy Impact Forum, Washington, DC

The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Amphitheater

The Internet has been the source of — and increasingly, the forum for — some of the most interesting and controversial policy debates in recent times. Public policy has been challenged to keep up with the ever-evolving, fast-paced advances of the Internet and the often-perplexing economic and social questions that it raises.

This day-long event will feature thought-provoking keynote speakers and two engaging panel discussions that will bring together innovators, entrepreneurs, visionaries and Internet users to reflect on how we got here; to discuss the significant impact of the Internet on our economy, society and environment; and to focus on what the future of .com will hold.

.com 25 Awards

.com would not be what it is today without the early innovators who paved the way. As part of this celebration, VeriSign will soon announce the top 75 people and companies who have made the most notable impact in shaping the Internet and ultimately, our world. From this list, a distinguished panel comprised of some of the Internet’s most important influencers, will select the “.com 25.” Winners of the .com 25 will be announced at a gala event later this spring in San Francisco.

A web site — www.25yearsof.com — will host a variety of multimedia content throughout the coming months, showcasing the innovators and entrepreneurs who have shaped the Internet. 25yearsof.com is a year-long celebration of Internet innovation, all of which can be followed at:

Twitter: Keep up with our latest news at @25yearsofdotcom

Facebook: Friend us at facebook.com/25yearsofdotcom

Video: Watch people from leading Internet companies answer the question “How Do You .com?” at 25yearsof.com

About VeriSign

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engage in communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com

What: Search Marketing Expo – SMX West

SMX West will provide you with cutting edge tips and techniques for enhancing your search marketing. The 3-day agenda covers search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click advertising (PPC), link building, keyword research, analytics, and more!

Some of the most innovative minds in the industry – including Danny Sullivan (SearchEngineLand.com), Vinton Cerf (VP & Chief Internet Evangelist of Google), and John Battelle (Author of “The Search“) – will share their stories and strategies to give you the edge you need.

You will also enjoy fantastic networking opportunities, special education presentations, a packed expo hall, and quality meals for which SMX events are famous.

Register before February 9 to receive the pre-conference rate of only $1395. Not only has the conference been voted the best conference in search marketing by a margin of 3 to 1 over all other events combined, but it also has a satisfaction guarantee!

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• What:  2008 CMO Council Summit
• Where: Monterey Plaza Hotel and Spa, Monterey, California
• When: December 10 – 11, 2008
• Who: CMO Council Members, Marketing Professionals

The 2008 CMO Summit is the 7th annual gathering of the CMO Council–a network of 6,000 members in about 60 countries. Seven years after the Brand Recovery Summit in 2002 which discussed how to recover from the dot-bomb Internet bust, a lot of change has happened. The 2008 CMO Summit will discuss ways of opening and optimizing momey making opportunities amidst the current economic difficulties. The Summit participants will be actively involved in developing content, network, share ideas, and interact with executives on the challenges being faced today, and what plans and buzzwords are foreseen for 2009.

There will be no sales talk, no round table discussions, no discussion groups, everything is purely connecting with peers, from the member companies of CMO Council, the likes of AMD, American Express, AT&T, Capitol One, Coca-Cola, Dell, Deloitte, Disney, Eastman Kodak, eBay, Fujitsu, Hertz, HP, IBM, Mastercard, Microsoft, Motorola, Nintendo, Nortel, Oracle, Polycom, RIM, SAP, SAS, Time Warner, Visa, WalMart, and Xerox. Most important of all, the participants and resource persons will explore strategies for oprimization of revenie, efficincies and paybacks from a lot of things like improved analytics, new market entry and geographic expansion, customer monitizaton reactication of los opportunities, and accounts, and many more.

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