Showing posts with label nxtcomm08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nxtcomm08. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

SmartBooth™ Tool with NXTcomm08, very effective

Bdmetrics provided the SmartBooth™ in the myNXTcomm portals very effectively. I finally got the chance to view the statistics and to make further contacts with current clients and customers as well as those showing potential interest. It's been madly busy with friends in need and business of DIDX and Supertec.

These companies used the SmartBooth™ tool like I did. I like it. NXTcomm08's goal was to increase the number of quality leads that NXTcomm08 yields and help turn those leads into sales. (The other thing I liked about NXTcomm08 is that they stayed in touch with us DIDXchange as their media sponsor beginning one year before the June 2008 conference and are still in touch. They treat their sponsors whether media or other with respect and appreciation. Another conference that does a great job at this is ITEXPO.)

Click on the Performance Statistics and see:
1. Number of targeted attendees my company reached through SmartBooth: 1,865

2. Number of attendees who included my company on their Event Plans through SmartBooth: 1,592

3. Number of attendees that viewed my company's products and services online through SmartBooth: 1,401

We're flattered, but even more important are excited about collaborating with partipants of NXTcomm08 in together moving our and their businesses forward to ... in the end... make more global end-users happier than ever!

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

So, You're a Women and Want a voIP Career?

VoIP Supply's Nicole Schuman is running a series of Women in voIP blog posts, and I can't wait to read about all of them. She started off with me and if she just knew how controversial our company has been since 1999 in the telecommunications worldwide, she might have started with someone else. Just search DIDX on the Asterisk-Biz forum.

I spent a lot of time with ladies in the voIP industry this past week during International Telecoms Week and Global Telecommunications Management conferences in Washington DC: Dunia Campos of DIDX in Ecuador; Jessica Ruiz of DIDX in Mexico City; Noreen Schneider of San Diego; Ruth Li of XO Communications; Debbie Grasso of Paetec, Brooke Afick of Bezeq International via phone... yikes we never connected, next time, and many more.

There is a growing trend of women in voIP, in the technical, management, and entrepreneurial positions. I remember the first IP-related shows I attended were Spring Internet World and ITExpo 2000 and 2001. I don't remember any women at any of them except those who were accompanying their husbands who work in the telecom industry or the hostesses and models at booths.

Want to learn about voIP, get certification and more. Try some of the following:
1. The National Association of Communication Systems Engineers (NACSE) is a non-profit, vendor neutral, credential neutral professional organization for IT experts in the world. NACSE is an industry leader in providing a clear and unbiased standard of measurement of the skills of its certified members. They do offer Certified voIP Training. See http://www.nacse.com/.

2. voIP-Info, voIP WIKI, reference guide to all things voIP at http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/

3. Asterisk-Biz list at http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz, but lurk for at least a month before you start posting to attempt to understand the accepted protocol.

4. Digium Asterisk Training and Bootcamps at http://www.digium.com/en/training/

5. Webinairs of Fonality, FierceVoIP, and TMCnet...

I'll add more sources to this list as there is time. It's 7:54 AM on June 11, 2008 and I must start working. See y'all at NXTcomm08 next week in Las Vegas, NV June 16 - 20. Sign up at http://www.nxtcommshow.com with the code DIVS. I'm not sure when the last day is that you can use that code to get free Expo Plus passes or discount on full conference passes. Contact me about the DIDX Dinner Party during NXTcomm08 at care @ didx.net.

Before you leave, take a look at the first blog on women in voIP at http://blog.voipsupply.com/voip-commentary/women-in-voip-continuesdidx-mastermind-suzanne-bowen and get ready for more from Nicole and VoIP Supply and more to come.