{"id":1963,"date":"2011-10-20T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T20:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2011-10-20T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T20:08:33","slug":"back-to-business-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/back-to-business-as-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to business as usual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As TRAFFIC Ft. Lauderdale ended, it&#8217;s back to business as usual.<\/p>\n<p>Some liked it, some did not.<\/p>\n<p>Those that loved it have a reason, those that didn&#8217;t get what they wanted by attending seem to have a specific agenda to ponder over.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is: business goes on, with or without mass gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest advantage of domain conferences is to physically meet people you would not otherwise have the opportunity to interact with, or whose online persona you cannot fully grasp.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a psychological stronghold during domain conferences as well: online business outside the conference&#8217;s sphere seems to come to a freeze. When the domain conferences end, things resume their normal pace.<\/p>\n<p>A day later and I&#8217;m swamped with offers on Sedo. Coincidental? I think that once a conference comes to an end, buyers loosen up and open themselves to making offers. 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