One of the domain industry's most important people has a frequently updated blog but apparently nobody gives a crap, or wait... Does anybody even know it exists??! Nope... The founder, president and chief operating officer of NameMedia.com has been blogging for close to 12 month's now almost daily but there is nobody even taking notice. No comments... No references. No nothing! Who is to blame though??! Doesn't really matter. We'll try to solve that right here and right now.. For good! :)
You know, I like to think that I am in-the-know when it comes to domaining and anything that goes on in the domain industry but even I didn't know about Jeff Bennett's blog up to a few weeks ago when I was sent a link to one of Jeff's recent posts which had some interesting information. I encourage everybody from now on to go ahead and visit Jeff Bennet's blog frequently. Post up some comments... Get a dialogue going. You can do it!! It is soo soooo easy :D
It is a breathe of fresh air seeing people higher up from the leading companies in the domain industry opening up and embracing this whole social networking movement too. It is a win win deal for all. The domain business traditionally is very secretive and everything is done on the hush hush but Jeff isn't your typical domainer. Nope! Jeff is an entrepreneur, husband, father, coach, teacher and enthusiast for many things including politics, sports, and outdoors.
Jeff Bennett is a leader in the digital economy for more than 10 years. Jeff led the effort with Highland Capital and Summit Partners to acquire BuyDomains and create NameMedia. Jeff oversees the day-to-day business operations over at NameMedia. Prior to joining the company, Jeff served in several executive roles at Terra-Lycos and Lycos, including Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Vice President and General Manager of E-Commerce.
Jeff founded the Lycos E-Commerce business and led this business unit to extraordinary growth that included establishing a 1,000 merchant marketplace in six months and growing annual revenue to over $100 million in just two years. Jeff was also the architect of several strategic acquisitions and alliances during his tenure, establishing joint ventures for Lycos across the world and served on the Board of Directors for Lycos Europe and Sympatico-Lycos.
Prior to joining Lycos, Jeff Bennett held various business development and sales management roles at SunGard Financial, DST Systems and Wang. Jeff has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Bentley College, focusing on the intersection of the Internet and E-Commerce for emerging businesses. Jeff earned a B.S., cum laude, from Bentley College. Jeff serves on the Business Advisory Group at Bentley and is involved with numerous charitable organizations in the Boston area.
Here is a direct quote from Jeff Bennett's blog: I believe that we all have an opportunity to learn from each other whether we agree or not. Blogs are great ways to communicate and share and I will dedicate these pages to do just this on this blog. Stimulating dialogue and discussion is what it is all about in this world. It makes us think. It helps us understand each other. It can help make the world better. It is a tall order but that is what my goal is with Jeff Bennett Blog."
So really, is that enough reasons for you to bookmark Jeff's blog / subscribe to the rss feed and get this dialogue going.. Lets go... Rock and roll ;)
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