Me and Don King at TRAFFIC Miami Beach 2010

So the Traffic conference in Miami Beach 2010 just wrapped up, it was ridiculously AWESOME!

I have been to TONS of conferences where I have either been an attendee or speaker and this is hands down been the BEST one ever.

It was an honor to speak at the event on the same panel as such storied mega domainers like Rick Shwartz and Mike Berkens. The other speakers where also a pleasure to work with, Michael Gilmour and Owen Frager. Howard Neu asked some excellent questions and did a great job at keeping the conversation alive.

One of the guest speakers at the event was was Simon T. Bailey, who is without a doubt the coolest dude I’ve met in a long time. That guy has a gift for making you feel good. I could step in a pile of a dog poo with my brand new $150 Nikes and he would make me feel good about it.

Living in Miami, I rarely get star-struck, but when Don King showed up, I was in amazement as he spoke. The man is VERY well read and while many people may not have understood or kept up, I can tell you he has a very sharp intellect and is my kind of guy. Thanks Don for coming. Thanks Rick and Howard for having him there. The fact that there was a 2 hour line to meet Don King and get a photo, made me late to my first speaking session with TRAFFIC, which was EXTREMELY embarrassing, sorry guys, my bad, won’t happen again.

Take Aways:

• I will go to every TRAFFIC conference I can make it to.The knowledge was first rate. A++

• I should have gotten into domaining along time ago.( I already made over $92,000 on the sale of 3 domain names this month alone) YAHOO! …pun intended

• I’m lucky to live in South Florida next to the biggest, baddest domainers like, Rick Shwartz, Zappy The Internet Warrior, Chad Folkening and John Ferber from Rapid Domain Builder and Domain Holdings, Mike Berkens and his blog about Domain News and Rick Latona.

• We live in an age where domainers are the new wild catters. If you know how to find and develop the wells (domains) you can strike it rich almost overnight.

• .CO domains are getting harder and harder to find. Can’t believe I was late to the game on this one. Great job pulling it off and making it work Juan, you friggin ROCK! The Versace Mansion party was perfect, the food, the girls, the crowd, even the weather!

Thanks again TRAFFIC!