CONFABB Expands Services; Launches Conference News Hubs
Vertical Sites Deliver Industry-specific News, Information, Events and Rich Content Edited by Respected Market Experts
New York, NY, November 30, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Confabb.com (www.confabb.com) the web’s largest, networking-enhanced database for the meetings industry, today announced an expansion of its service with the launch of vertical-specific Conference News Hubs. Conference News Hubs provide news and information from the individual industries and conferences each hub covers. They offer inside advice on the best conferences to attend (and the ones to avoid), which speakers are a “must-see”, the emerging trends and knowledge coming out of the events and so on. All of the Conference News Hubs are and will be edited by recognized experts in their respective fields.
Confabb.com is the largest searchable, socially-networked database on the web for the conferences, tradeshows and conventions marketplace. It’s the first stop for anyone researching events they’re interested in attending and services more than 400 distinct verticals. By contrast, the Conference News Hubs provide a central resource for audiences interested in all of the events taking place within their specific industry focus. Content will be generated by a combination of automated feeds and experienced News Hub Editors, who will contribute to and edit the Hubs week-to-week while serving as community resources.
"We're excited about expanding Confabb to service individual verticals, in addition to being the largest resource to the meetings industry," said Jon Mandell, COO, Confabb.com. "We've had an overwhelming response to Confabb's first year in business and our users have been asking for the ability to drill deeper into their specific areas of interest. In response, we’ve launched the Conference News Hubs, edited by real industry experts with regularly- updated content, insight, and community insider information. With 100's of events taking place within a given industry, interested attendees should have a central resource to provide genuine guidance on which events to attend, rather than heading to only those with the largest marketing budgets. Being educated in your field is the best way to spot and understand new trends and uncover new opportunities, and we feel the Conference News Hubs will be a valuable professional tool to our market and users."
The Conference News Hubs will include:
Industry-specific job boards
Original content from the Hub editors
Industry news aggregated from the top blogs and news sources in these industries
Featured Conferences in each industry, with the ability to click for a macro-view of the entire industry’s events via the main Confabb.com site
The Editor’s choice of top speakers and stories of continuously updated news links
The first of the Conference News Hubs have gone live. They are:
Identity Woman, Kaliya Hamlin on Internet Identity – confabb.com/identity; David Coleman on Software Collaboration – confabb.com/collaborate; Howard Greenstein, writing about Social Media – confabb.com/socialmedia; The Content Wrangler, Scott Abel on Content Management – confabb.com/contentmanagement.
Six more Conference News Hubs are expected to go live before Christmas. Parties interested in becoming Conference News Hub Editors are encouraged to send indication of their interest to editor@confabb.com. Editors are active within their specific industry focus, attend numerous conferences, have experience blogging, and have an interest in becoming an active community leader.
The Conference News Hubs were designed and built with the help of one of our partners, Brattleboro Tech Collective, who are top Ruby on Rails developers and have been an important part of our development team for months now.
About Confabb.com
Confabb www.confabb.com combines an aggregate database of major conferences, conventions, and trade shows sorted by industry with social networking tools designed to empower conference audiences to improve their overall live event experience through the Web. Built into the site is a reputation management system to be used by conference attendees, speakers, sponsors, organizers and administrators allowing people to plan for and attend conferences, and critique and review those they have attended and want to share with colleagues. No other resource contains such a comprehensive listing of events or as robust a tool set for maximizing the conference experience via the live Web. Conferences are opportunities; don’t miss yours.
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Confabb.com is the largest searchable, socially-networked database on the web for the conferences, tradeshows and conventions marketplace. It’s the first stop for anyone researching events they’re interested in attending and services more than 400 distinct verticals. By contrast, the Conference News Hubs provide a central resource for audiences interested in all of the events taking place within their specific industry focus. Content will be generated by a combination of automated feeds and experienced News Hub Editors, who will contribute to and edit the Hubs week-to-week while serving as community resources.
"We're excited about expanding Confabb to service individual verticals, in addition to being the largest resource to the meetings industry," said Jon Mandell, COO, Confabb.com. "We've had an overwhelming response to Confabb's first year in business and our users have been asking for the ability to drill deeper into their specific areas of interest. In response, we’ve launched the Conference News Hubs, edited by real industry experts with regularly- updated content, insight, and community insider information. With 100's of events taking place within a given industry, interested attendees should have a central resource to provide genuine guidance on which events to attend, rather than heading to only those with the largest marketing budgets. Being educated in your field is the best way to spot and understand new trends and uncover new opportunities, and we feel the Conference News Hubs will be a valuable professional tool to our market and users."
The Conference News Hubs will include:
Industry-specific job boards
Original content from the Hub editors
Industry news aggregated from the top blogs and news sources in these industries
Featured Conferences in each industry, with the ability to click for a macro-view of the entire industry’s events via the main Confabb.com site
The Editor’s choice of top speakers and stories of continuously updated news links
The first of the Conference News Hubs have gone live. They are:
Identity Woman, Kaliya Hamlin on Internet Identity – confabb.com/identity; David Coleman on Software Collaboration – confabb.com/collaborate; Howard Greenstein, writing about Social Media – confabb.com/socialmedia; The Content Wrangler, Scott Abel on Content Management – confabb.com/contentmanagement.
Six more Conference News Hubs are expected to go live before Christmas. Parties interested in becoming Conference News Hub Editors are encouraged to send indication of their interest to editor@confabb.com. Editors are active within their specific industry focus, attend numerous conferences, have experience blogging, and have an interest in becoming an active community leader.
The Conference News Hubs were designed and built with the help of one of our partners, Brattleboro Tech Collective, who are top Ruby on Rails developers and have been an important part of our development team for months now.
About Confabb.com
Confabb www.confabb.com combines an aggregate database of major conferences, conventions, and trade shows sorted by industry with social networking tools designed to empower conference audiences to improve their overall live event experience through the Web. Built into the site is a reputation management system to be used by conference attendees, speakers, sponsors, organizers and administrators allowing people to plan for and attend conferences, and critique and review those they have attended and want to share with colleagues. No other resource contains such a comprehensive listing of events or as robust a tool set for maximizing the conference experience via the live Web. Conferences are opportunities; don’t miss yours.
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