There are only a few lead generation conferences, let alone ones that are worth attending. Sure there are a number of conferences that overlap into the lead gen space by focusing on certain eliminates of lead generation, but in reality there are only two specific lead generation conferences: LeadsCon and TARGUSinfo’s Interactive Insights Summit (formally the Lead Quality Summit).

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Former IAB CEO Greg Stuart and Industry Analyst Emily Riley Headline Popular Digital Marketing Event

Vienna, VA– July 6, 2010 – Today, TARGUSinfo, the trusted leader in On-Demand Insight® linking billions of consumer and business attributes in real time, announced that Greg Stuart, former CEO, IAB, and Emily Riley, principal analyst and research director, Forrester Research Inc., will be this year’s keynote speakers at the annual Interactive Insights Summit, October 13-14 at the Wynn Las Vegas, NV.

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Before I get to the Day 2 recap, I gotta show you a few pics of the networking event on Day 1. It was hands down the best networking event at a conference that I have attended. Aside from the open bar and excellent appetizers, the event was accompanied by an excellent ’80′s cover band. They rocked the event out and put on a great show! Classic!

Here are a couple of photos from the iPhone. One includes my Business Development manager at Geary Interactive. lol

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Starting a conference recap post is always painful and difficult for me. I find it similar to starting a forced grade school English paper. “What I did over summer break included….”.

I am going to use that complaint to get through the into and get right into the meat and bones of the fist day at the Targus Lead Quality Summit. Overall, great show with good content and great networking. The majority of the attendees appeared to be involved in the EDU vertical in one way or another, but there also was a nice group of attendees from the finance verticals. I am going to take this week to review the sessions I attended on post at a time.

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