Measuring success by how much stuff you give away?  Yeah,
that sounds pretty typical for the tech boom days :)

Kirk


On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Larry Bloch <
larry.bloch&#167;netregistry.com.au> wrote:

> Rod,
>
> ROI is always difficult to determine for shows but far higher than a couple
> of geeks at the stand with a laptop. We usually get good results when we do
> trade shows, and this one will be off the chart by comparison. The best one
> we'd done was back in 2000 - free au.com domain names and free donuts on
> the
> stand - we had a donut maker on the stand with queues for 50 meters of
> people wanting donuts. Captive audience - we just wandered up and down the
> queue telling people about NR. I think we registered 3000 au.com names in
> three days.
>
> Tech boom - those were the days!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Larry Bloch | CEO | Online Growth Solutions Ltd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+larry.bloch=netregistry.com.au&#167;dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+larry.bloch <dns-bounces%2Blarry.bloch>=
> netregistry.com.au&#167;dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> Rod Keys
> Sent: Thursday, 14 May 2009 12:51 PM
> To: .au DNS Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [DNS] netregistry in trouble with the womens movement
>
> What about ROI?
>
> Larry Bloch wrote:
> > Check out the video on our home page Rod - see for yourself if we're
> > "exploiting" anyone.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Larry Bloch | CEO | Online Growth Solutions Ltd
> >
> > Netregistry | PlanetDomain | NETT Magazine | Hostess
> >
> > Direct:              02 9641 8636
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> >
> >
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dns-bounces+larry.bloch=netregistry.com.au&#167;dotau.org
> > [mailto:dns-bounces+larry.bloch <dns-bounces%2Blarry.bloch>=
> netregistry.com.au&#167;dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> > Rod Keys
> > Sent: Thursday, 14 May 2009 12:37 PM
> > To: dns&#167;dotau.org >> ".au DNS Discussion List"
> > Subject: [DNS] netregistry in trouble with the womens movement
> >
> > FYI
> > http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25479371-5014239,00.html
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