Web Design '09: Building On A Premier That Drew Raves
When Internet Retailer introduced its second annual e-retailing event in January 2008, some e-retailers wondered how another show could fit into an already crowded e-commerce conference calendar. Now they wonder why we waited so long. They learned that Web Design '08—held in Miami—would not be just another e-retailing event but an entirely new type of conference focused solely on designing retail web sites that sell and on providing e-retailers with one-on-one consultations that offered valuable tips on improving the designs of their web stores.
The first-year event was a huge hit—drawing more than 800 e-retail attendees, or about what the first IRCE show drew four years earlier. They listed to practical presentations from 35 experts speaking on all aspects of retail web site design and usability and participated in a total of 522 free thirty-minute individual consultations sessions with the show's 18 web design experts who reviewed and critiqued their sites and provided pointers for improving sales.
What Web Design '08 Attendees Had To Say
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"The web design conference was, in the main, excellent—congrats! I got even more out of it than I'd expected."
Lou Weiss
Vice President and General Manager Vitamin Shoppe Direct
"The Web Design Conference was a big success for me and I would like to thank you for holding a conference focused on Web DESIGN. As the
Creative Director for a small Web design company, the conference gave me a national view of the major issues and best-practices. I am excited to hear
you are planning a Web Design Conference for 2009!"
Cindy Lawrence
Creative Director Timberline Interactive
"Great job once again! We've already implemented three changes to our design and plan to implement a few more."
David Carrington
Presdent RacingUSA.com
"You and your team produced an event that I think attendees found really valuable. I had many conversations where people told me how much
they were getting out of the show."
Lawrence Becker
VP and Principal, Website Effectiveness The Rimm-Kaufman Group, LLC
"It really was an excellent conference. I arrived back at my office with some great action items for me and my team."
Glen Edelman
Senior Director, Online Merchandising Wine Enthusiast
"You all did a fabulous job getting it all put together. It was the best conference I had been to in many years."
David Flinn
Director, Professional Services Gomez
"We heard during the conference that you guys would be producing a video. Can you give me more info on that? We're anxious to revisit
some of those great presenters."
Richard Millang
Senior Manager of Internet West Marine Products
"My partner and I attended are convinced that by applying the knowledge and resources attained (at Web Design '08) will enable us to
add $2 million to our sales in the coming year."
Bob Bardel, CTO
Chief Technology Officer DoorKnobDiscountCenter.com
"The conference was excellent overall. I found the speakers to be focused on their topics and not overtly selling the conversations I
had with the booth participants were also very helpful. They were ready to answer questions, provide specific details and generally be
extremely useful."
Lynn Nowicki
Chief Executive Officer Metrokitchen.com |