eComXpo is a free online virtual tradeshow

Virtual tradeshow

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Affiliate

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Internet marketing

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Visitors have the ability to engage other visitors of the conference directly and communicate with each other and exchange contact information with exhibitors and other visitors. Those are common activities from real world trade shows, transported to the Internet.

European presence was strong in the inaugural show. Participants cited the savings of time and money that online trade shows provide as the reason for their participation. Exhibitors treat the online event just like a normal convention in the real world.

The panel discussions are broadcast via Internet radio

Internet radio

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MP3

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 format and as a podcast

Podcast

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XML

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Company and history

The company eComXpo, LLC was founded on July 14, 2004 by John Grosshandler. The corporate headquarter is located in Bannockburn, IL. The first eComXpo was held between February 17, 2005 and February 19, 2005 and had an estimated 1,600 attendees, 92 exhibitors and 75 presentations by industry experts. The conference was acquired by Worldwide Business Research in 2008. WBR combined eComXpo with their eTail virtual tradeshow, which was held for the first time in July 2008, using again the InXpo platform.