Several PR opportunities are available at VoiceCon San Francisco to help maximize your company's exposure at the event. All of the following services are included at no charge for VoiceCon San Francisco exhibitors:

PR Strategy and Counsel

The VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 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 VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 PR Manager, Natalia Wodecki at nwodecki@techweb.com.

Inclusion in VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 Preview Press Release

VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 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 San Francisco 2008 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.

If your company is planning on making an announcement at VoiceCon San Francisco 2008, we can help you increase the exposure through a November 3 press release detailing exhibitor announcements at the event. Deadline for inclusion in the press release is Monday, October 27.

Editorial Opportunity for VoiceCon San Francisco 2008—Executive Interviews

TechWeb Networks is looking to speak with executives from selected exhibitors who will be launching products or services at VoiceCon San Francisco. The focus of these interviews will be your product launch, providing readers with more context and information about your launch during the event. A limited number of companies will be selected from submissions received for this opportunity based on uniqueness of the product/service and availability of the company’s executive. Send information on your executive and product launch to VoiceCon San Francisco PR Director Natalia Wodecki at nwodecki@techweb.com. Embargo dates will be honored. The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 31.

Access to the VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 Press/Analyst List

Information on how to download the database of all pre-registered press and analysts who will be attending VoiceCon San Francisco will be available beginning at least four weeks before the event in the Exhibitor Resource Center. This database will be updated and made available on a weekly basis until the event, with the final press and analyst attendee list sent the week after the conclusion of VoiceCon San Francisco 2008. PR agencies, please note that the press/analyst list is strictly available to exhibitors and requires a username and pass code for the Exhibitor Resource Center that exhibitors receive at registration.

Exhibitor PR Service Partner: PR Newswire

PR Newswire (http://www.prnewswire.com) is the official news service for VoiceCon San Francisco 2008. PR Newswire provides global electronic distribution, targeting, measurement, translation and broadcast services on behalf of 40,000 corporate, government, association, and other customers worldwide.

PR Newswire is extending several Special Offers to all VoiceCon San Francisco 2008 exhibitors. PR Newswire’s offer includes:

• Complimentary first year PR Newswire membership for all exhibitors wishing to join PR Newswire for the first time.
• Automatic posting of event-related news sent via PR Newswire to all PR Newswire Web properties including PR Newswire for Journalists and the PR Newswire online news center.
• Opportunity to purchase the MediaRoom ShowCase (www.mediaroomshowcase.com) service for the event. MediaRoom ShowCase is an online pressroom – a one stop, efficiently packaged Web site that houses your press kits, event releases and important information, specifically designed for the trade show audience. It is flexible and easy-to-use, making it a must-have for VoiceCon San Francisco 2008.
• Exhibitors purchasing a MediaRoom ShowCase will also receive a one-time 20% discount off of their next event-related news release distributed over PR Newswire's national US1 circuit.

PR Newswire has also created a PR Toolkit that provides press release writing and distribution tips, not to mention additional special offers for new members.

If you would like more information about the many services that PR Newswire provides, please call 1-800-858-7057 or e-mail information@prewswire.com and mention VoiceCon San Francisco 2008.

Meeting Rooms for Press Briefings

Meeting rooms for individual briefings with press and analysts will be available by reservation in the Media Center during the event. The Media Center may only be used by registered exhibitors, representatives, press and analysts. For each meeting, one attendee must be registered as press (journalist/analyst) and the other must be a registered exhibitor.

For more information, please contact Olivia Loy at .

Exhibitor Press Collateral Area

Exhibitors can also leave press kits in the VoiceCon San Francisco media center for press to access beginning Monday, November 10.

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 San Francisco.

Press Coverage

Read comments from the press during VoiceCon Spring 2007 and VoiceCon Fall 2006 to get a better understanding of the feedback from past VoiceCon events.

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 San Francisco 2008, you can direct them to our press and analyst registration site.

VoiceCon Public Relations Contact

Natalia Wodecki
PR Manager
Telephone: (415) 905-2464
Email: nwodecki@techweb.com