Comments on: Attendee List http://www.leadscon.com/attendee-list.html THE Lead Generation Conference Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:13:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jan Michell http://www.leadscon.com/attendee-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-150 Jan Michell Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:09:45 +0000 http://www.leadscon.com/?p=863#comment-150 I don't see a problem with attendee lists being made public. Email address are a safe bit of information to give out. It allows pertinent exchange of information while protecting the privacy of the attendee. I don’t see a problem with attendee lists being made public. Email address are a safe bit of information to give out. It allows pertinent exchange of information while protecting the privacy of the attendee.

]]> By: John Philip Green http://www.leadscon.com/attendee-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-42 John Philip Green Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:31:44 +0000 http://www.leadscon.com/?p=863#comment-42 I like Tony's 2nd solution, above. As an attendee this year, I am keen to get the most out of the conference by connecting with people ahead of time and scheduling meetings (inbound & outbound). But I also hate spam as much as anyone. If the conference organizers kept my email private but allowed people to contact me if I consented ahead of time, that would work for me. See you all next week! John Founder, LearnHub.com I like Tony’s 2nd solution, above.

As an attendee this year, I am keen to get the most out of the conference by connecting with people ahead of time and scheduling meetings (inbound & outbound). But I also hate spam as much as anyone.

If the conference organizers kept my email private but allowed people to contact me if I consented ahead of time, that would work for me.

See you all next week!

John
Founder, LearnHub.com

]]> By: Tony Stubblebine http://www.leadscon.com/attendee-list.html/comment-page-1#comment-40 Tony Stubblebine Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:00:03 +0000 http://www.leadscon.com/?p=863#comment-40 Oh, I love and hate this topic. On the one hand, it's interesting to get into the psychology of people who feel comfortable wasting a stranger's time with unsolicited boilerplate solicitations. But it's also a real bummer to see the effect on the community, who participate and come to your conference because they're looking for something with more substance. CrowdVine's a Ning for Conferences, and here's what we see. About 1 in 10,000 of our users fits this category. That ratio seems pretty low to me. It could be because we force people to put profiles up, which makes the contact more personal. I'm sure it's lowered whenever we do a non-commercial or association event. There are three options we've tried in the past: 1. Force most conversation to be public. This has the result of shaming the spammer as their behavior becomes blatantly obvious. But who wants to shame a paying customer? (Especially in this economy). 2. Give users control over their notification settings. People who are sensitive to unwanted email do turn down their notifications and still manage to get some valuable networking. 3. Flag similar messages for review. This has been the most effective for us. All of the problem folks have sent boilerplate messages. Attendees actually seem to appreciate personalized messages through the network. Oh, I love and hate this topic. On the one hand, it’s interesting to get into the psychology of people who feel comfortable wasting a stranger’s time with unsolicited boilerplate solicitations. But it’s also a real bummer to see the effect on the community, who participate and come to your conference because they’re looking for something with more substance.

CrowdVine’s a Ning for Conferences, and here’s what we see.

About 1 in 10,000 of our users fits this category. That ratio seems pretty low to me. It could be because we force people to put profiles up, which makes the contact more personal. I’m sure it’s lowered whenever we do a non-commercial or association event.

There are three options we’ve tried in the past:

1. Force most conversation to be public. This has the result of shaming the spammer as their behavior becomes blatantly obvious. But who wants to shame a paying customer? (Especially in this economy).

2. Give users control over their notification settings. People who are sensitive to unwanted email do turn down their notifications and still manage to get some valuable networking.

3. Flag similar messages for review. This has been the most effective for us. All of the problem folks have sent boilerplate messages. Attendees actually seem to appreciate personalized messages through the network.

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