HostingCon Participants Speak Out!

The HostingCon 2006 Blog notes that as the recent HostingCon 2006 wound down, The Hosting News asked participants to briefly summarize their experience at this year’s conference. Here’s what they had to say:

“It’s good to see the industry mature to a point of critical mass with services that make a difference to small businesses.” - William Toll, Director of Product Development, Affinity Internet, Inc.

“I noticed a significant increase in the number of sophisticated questions that I received.” - David Snead, Attorney, W. David Snead, P.C.

“HostingCon is good!” - Isabel Wang, isabelwang.com.

“What a fantastic turnout! Great enthusiasm from all the attendees.” - Cliff Boodoosingh, Senior Editor, Tophosts.com.

“Great venue, central location with an 8 out of 10 on organization and planning.” - Chris Seepe, General Manager, Website Experts.

“As an exhibitor it was great to be able to talk to the hosting industry, and both new and existing customers.” - Jackie Cook, Director Channel Research, Tucows, Inc.

“Bigger and better than last year!” - Frank Feingold, President, Doreo Hosting.

“George Roberts is to be commended on once again uniting the web hosting industry, and bringing us together to communicate, strategize, and have great fun together as well. Thank you George!” - Ben Fisher, Cheap Hosting Directory.

“HostingCon is a great place to network!” - Justin Raczak, Director of Marketing, Rackmount Micro.

“Very good and very positive - the networking and contacts were most valuable.” - Marcelo Espejo, Hosting Regional Lead, Microsoft.

“Good mix with nice traffic!” - Mark Breglio, Senior Online Marketing Manager, swsoft.

“The show has been great! We have had a lot of Web Hosting Talk members visit. It’s great to put a face to the name.” - Dennis Johnson, Community Leader, Web Hosting Talk.

“It’s good to get your name out and work with your peers in the industry. We’ve also met our partners in person” - Matthew Van Dam, Sales Manager, Verio, Inc.

“The show’s been excellent! We love the amount of excitement and enthusiasm there is for hosted exchange in the hosting industry.” - Gagan Prakash, COO, groupSPARK.

“The show was most successful with our branded comparison shopping reseller network - as well as our domain registrar services.” - Jami Russo, Director of Sales, Planet Online.

“There’s no other show like it! The value of face-to-faceinteractions are hard to overestimate.” - Allison Heather, Director of Sales, Web Host Industry Review.

“The show’s been terrific! We’ve made alot of good contacts both for the business side and our own conference.” - William Mayo, Technical Writer, MIVA Small Business.

“This is my second HostingCon and the show has grown exponentially. The quality of the traffic is superior to last year as well.” - Michael Cruz, Vice President, LPanel.