PR Opportunities
Several PR opportunities are available at VoiceCon Orlando to help maximize your company's exposure at the event. All of the following services are included at no charge for VoiceCon exhibitors:
PR Services
PR Strategy and Counsel
The VoiceCon Orlando 2010 PR team is available to assist you with any questions or issues you may have regarding your PR outreach strategy before or during the event, including tips on contacting press and analysts, as well as PR advice based on industry events and topics at VoiceCon that will be of interest to your company. Contact Joylyn Tanner at
for more information.
Conference Call: Exhibitor Portal Details and PR Opportunities at VoiceCon
The VoiceCon Orlando 2010 Exhibitor Resource Portal conference call took place on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. This call discussed the new exhibitor portal deliverables, services and utilities, and the co-marketing and public relations benefits for the event. If you would like to listen to the call on digital playback, please use dial-in below:
Digital Playback Dial-in: (877) 213-9653 -OR- (630) 652-3041
Passcode: 8981260
Inclusion in VoiceCon Orlando 2010 Preview Press Release
VoiceCon Orlando offers an amazing audience to target for your company's new product or service announcement, and no other IP Telephony event brings the same impressive and accessible blend of press, analysts, exhibitors and attendees together. VoiceCon Orlando 2010 attendees are influential IT professionals who come to see the spectrum of technologies, products and solutions in one place so they can make more informed purchasing decisions.
A press release detailing exhibitor announcements will cross the wire on Monday, March 15. Thank you to all exhibitors who provided a 50-word new product/service description for inclusion in VoiceCon's exhibitor announcements release. The deadline to participate has now passed.
Access to the VoiceCon Orlando 2010 Media List
The media list reflecting all pre-registered press, analysts and bloggers who will be attending VoiceCon Orlando is now available and will be updated on a weekly basis. This list will give you the opportunity to coordinate on-site interviews and meetings with press and analysts prior to the event. To access this list, please login to the Exhibitor Portal and click through by PR Tasks reference.
PR agencies, please note that the media list is only available through the Exhibitor Resource Center and you will have to get the username/pass code information from your client.
Media Center Meeting Space and Hours
Meeting Space for Press Briefings
Meeting space can be reserved in half-hour or hour increments for exhibitors who have made reservations with press/analysts during the event. In order to make your pre-reservation request, please send an email to:
and include the following information: name of exhibiting company, contact name, name of attending media, media outlet, date, time and duration of meeting. Subject line of email should include reference to VoiceCon Orlando.
The last day to reserve a space for your meeting before the show will be March 18. After that date, reservations can be made on a first-come-first-serve basis onsite at the event.
Media Center Hours
Media Center hours will be the following: |
| Monday: | 8:00 am — 7:00 pm |
| Tuesday: | 7:30 am — 6:00 pm |
| Wednesday: | 7:30 am — 5:00 pm |
| Thursday: | 7:30 am — 12:00 pm |
The Media Center is located in the Naples Room.
Exhibitor Press Collateral Area
Exhibitors can leave press kits in the VoiceCon Orlando Media Center for media to access beginning the first day of the event, Monday, March 22.
Exhibitor PR / Marketing Outreach Opportunities
With numerous press and analysts in attendance at VoiceCon, we offer extra opportunities to help you maximize your outreach. Below is an overview of the options available via sponsorship investment:
- Online news distribution, Search Engine Optimization and microlist media distribution
- Online news distribution, Search Engine Optimization, custom microlist and online photo distribution
- Multimedia news release with online video distribution
If you would like more information and are interested in discussing purchase options, contact Mike Leahy at
. Please mention VoiceCon Orlando as your event of interest.
Press Release Guidelines
VoiceCon owns its brands and content and must approve any third party use of its brands and content. If you plan to write a press release about your exhibitor announcement, sponsorship, or other activities around the event, please follow these guidelines:
- The date and location of the event should be included in the first paragraph: VoiceCon Orlando 2010 is happening March 22-25 at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center
- Event boilerplate should be included in the press release (see boilerplate below)
- If you would like to include a quote from VoiceCon's General Manager, Fred Knight, send your release and suggested quote for review and approval to Joylyn Tanner at
. Please allow 24-48 hours turnaround time.
VoiceCon Boilerplate
About VoiceCon©
Now in its 20th year, VoiceCon© is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications in North America. VoiceCon© brings corporate IT decision makers together with the industry.s vendors, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise networks and communications. In 2009, VoiceCon Orlando was named one of Tradeshow Week's Fastest 50, a distinguished award recognizing the fastest-growing tradeshows. 2009 is the third time since 2005 that VoiceCon has received this prestigious award. VoiceCon also has launched No Jitter, (http://www.nojitter.com/), providing daily blogging and analysis of enterprise communications, and it also serves the community with a weekly email newsletter -- VoiceCon eNews (http://www.voicecon.com/enews) -- the VoiceCon Webinar Series and Virtual Events. For more information, visit http://www.voicecon.com/.
Guide to Engaging the Media
Develop an effective media relations strategy for the event using the Guide to Engaging the Media section of this guide, which provides recommendations for organizing media relations efforts at VoiceCon Orlando.
Media Coverage
Read comments from the media during previous VoiceCon events to get a better understanding of the feedback and coverage.
Encourage Your Press/Analyst Contacts to Register
If you would like to encourage any of your regular press or analyst contacts to register for VoiceCon Orlando 2010, you can direct them to our Media Center page to register.
VoiceCon Public Relations Contacts
Joylyn Tanner
Telephone: (415) 947-6319
Email:
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Natalia Wodecki
Telephone: (415) 947-6762
Email:
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