Hello User Group Member:

I cannot wait to see you all again at the next meeting.  Please make sure that you register for the meeting at Code Zone. Registration and attendance is always FREE!  See the details below...

News

Last Night's Meeting

This meeting was a fantastic success!  Thank you so much to all of our sponsors!  Especially KForce Technology Staffing.  We had 13 of 17 registered people attend this meeting, and we had another 5+ people attend the meeting virtually on our webcast. 

David Bayer, CEO of Databanq Media, spoke to the ODUG about how he has leveraged his business using DotNetNuke®.  His company specializes in building out websites that use search engine optimization techniques to generate revenue through referrals, affiliates, and lead building.  Websites used to cost his company approximately $700,000 and 6 months worth of work.  Now, using DotNetNuke®, his team can roll out a new site in a week, at an approximate cost of $7,000.  His presentation was great.  He gave us some insight into the "secret sauce" that his company has executed to generate revenues in the tens of thousands of dollars per website each month.

To finish up the meeting, I put two of the attendees on the spot.  Brian Scarbeau and Darrell Hardy were in attendance, and they are also co-authors of the upcoming Professional DotNetNuke 5 book by Wrox.  Brian Scarbeau is also an ODUG member and its founder.  It appears that Darrell will also be an ODUG member going forward.

Brian and Darrell were gracious enough to do a Q&A with the ODUG members about the book and their experiences writing it.  Most interesting was how the authors were all selected, and the process they have gone through so far.  We were also given some great teasers into the content.  Overall, this book sounds like a great buy for anyone new to the DotNetNuke® world, or to those who want to get a great insight into the new features of DotNetNuke® 5.

Next Meeting, Dec. 9 @ 7:00 PM

Our next ODUG meeting will have Janie "Clamity Jane" Whitty speaking to us about malware and how it affects our customers.  Remember, your "customer" is any person that visits your website.  You do not need to be selling something to give a bad customer service experience.  She is a former bank executive with 30 years of experience in banking operations.  She now volunteers and consults in the field of malware prevention and removal.

Do not forget to register for the meeting.  We have a lot of fun, and we get to meet other DNN'ers.  We need to know how many people to feed.

Upcoming Local User Group Events

See our events calendar for more details...

• December 01 - ADOGO Meeting
• December 06 - Tampa Code Camp
• December 09 - ODUG Meeting
• December 11 - MSDN Developer Conference ($99 entry fee)
• January 05 - ADOGO Meeting
• January 06 - ODUG Meeting

Closing Remarks

In closing, I would like to remind you about the ODUG CafePress store now.  Get your ODUG swag and show it off at our next meeting!  :)  See you then!

Will Strohl
ODUG President
http://orlando.dotnetnukeug.net/