CFUnited Blog - promotions http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm This is the development blog. en-us Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:24:45 -0500 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:43:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss michael@teratech.com michael@teratech.com michael@teratech.com no Social Media Raffle - First Drawing http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/29/Social-Media-Raffle--First-Drawing Hi everyone, I'm proud to announce that Seth Tepfer has been chosen as the first social media raffle winner! He gets his choice of CF9 Enterprise, Flex or Creative Suite 5. Seth was chosen randomly from our list of fans of our <b>CFUnited page on Facebook</b>! That means our next two drawings will be pulled from Twitter followers (Lansdowne, CFUnited, Stellr), CFUnited Facebook event, CFUnited LinkedIn event, or being a fan of Stellr or the Lansdowne resort on Facebook. So many opportunities - you better start clicking! Since I have delayed in announcing the first winner, I will announce the next winner this <b>Friday, July 2, 2010</b>. promotions prizes featured Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:43:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/6/29/Social-Media-Raffle--First-Drawing ATTENTION: State of the CF Union Survey Takers!! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/1/ATTENTION-State-of-the-CF-Union-Survey-Takers Thanks to everyone who participated in the survey! As a token of our appreciation, please use the following code, CFSurv50, to get $50 off your registration for CFUnited 2010. <b>HOWEVER</b> - you have to use it <b>before</b> Valentine's Day! That's right! Show your love and <a href="http://register.cfunited.com">register!</a> survey discounts promotions featured registration Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:23:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2010/2/1/ATTENTION-State-of-the-CF-Union-Survey-Takers We are back at Lansdowne for 2010! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/18/We-are-back-at-Lansdowne-for-2010 <img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images//cfunited2010_lansdowne.jpg"> Big Announcement! Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back... Last year was so nice, we are going to do it twice! That's right everyone, we have been invited back to the AAA Four-Diamond Award-Winning <a href="http://www.lansdowneresort.com/">Lansdowne Resort</a> for CFUnited 2010 and we have RSVP-ed with a resounding, YES! I mean really, how could we resist? We are looking forward to seeing the faces of the friendly and accommodating staff, checking in to the sumptuously appointed guest rooms and suites, learning and networking in the award-winning conference facility, and getting in some playtime on the championship golf course and sparkling aquatic complex. Only the best for us please! Stay tuned for the code to book your hotel room at a discounted rate, we will be sharing the room block information shortly. Please let us know right away if you are interested in room sharing this year so we can begin putting something in the works. We have locked down the resort for <b>July 28th - July 31st, 2010</b>. But wait, there's more! There were a lot of people who contacted us because they have wanted to register but needed to have exact dates/location in order to. For those people who missed out on the last early bird because they were waiting for this announcement, we are going to be offering the <a href="http://cfunited.com/2010/prices">11/30/09 early bird price</a> from now until Monday 12/21/2009 at midnight. To take advantage of this offer, use the code <b>EBEXT50</b>, when you <a href="http://register.cfunited.com/">register</a>. We are so thrilled to be back at Lansdowne! 2009 was truly special thanks to the location, but you don't have to take our word for it. Here are some comments we got after last year that really convinced us to come back for 2010... "And the location... one word, unparalleled. I mean, this place was a gem waiting to be discovered. I'm going to reserve the majority of this blog post just to talk about the conference center / hotel. Not that the sessions don't deserve more attention (they were beyond my expectations), but after all the previous CFUnited conferences I've been to (which were great), I never realized how much better an event can be just with subtle improvements at an event location." - <a href="http://www.jeffcoughlin.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/8/16/CFUnited-2009--What-an-Amazing-Event-This-Year">Jeff Coughlin</a> "I really can't say enough good things about the location. The Lansdowne Resort was a beautiful location, it had great rooms, amazing food - and snacks and drinks were available all day, every day! - incredibly helpful staff and a good bar." - <a href="http://corfield.org/">Sean Corfield </a> "Comfy room, lap pool, play pools, plenty of space to hang about, etc. There are advantages to being closer in to DC, but I'd come back here again, for sure. In particular, the outdoor patio was perfect for the evenings, and it was remarkably pleasant outside after the sun went down." - <a href="http://www.barneyb.com/">Barney Boisvert </a> conference attendees hotel discounts community travel promotions featured registration news Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:57:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/12/18/We-are-back-at-Lansdowne-for-2010 CFUnited Manager Guide http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/31/CFUnited-Manager-Guide This is the Ultimate Manager Guide for CFUnited 2009. <a href=" http://cfunited.com/images/CFUnited2009_managerguide.pdf"><img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images//manager_guide_image_cover.jpg"></a> If you do anything today, print a copy of this document and hand it to your manager. It has great information and I hope they realize that CFUnited is the place for you to be this year. <a href=" http://cfunited.com/images/CFUnited2009_managerguide.pdf">http://cfunited.com/images/CFUnited2009_managerguide.pdf</a> *Also, please tell your friends :-) topics staff conference attendees speakers technical website discounts community reviews promotions specials featured registration news sponsor photos Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:36:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/31/CFUnited-Manager-Guide Do you have your CFUnited blog bling? We are picking the March winner 03/30/09! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/26/Do-you-have-your-CFUnited-blog-bling-We-are-picking-the-March-winner-033009 <a href="http://cfunited.com"><img src="http://cfunited.com/images/125x125_cfunited_09.gif" border="0"/></a> We are giving away $200 at the end of each month to one lucky winner who has <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/spreadtheword">CFUnited Blog Bling</a> on their blog/ website! To enter the contest pick from the <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/spreadtheword">CFUnited Blog Bling</a>, then fill out this <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/survey/167">form</a> to submit your URL. At the end of each month between now and July 2009 we will pick a random winner from the URL's entered into the contest. Anyone can enter the contest and you can submit as many URL's as you like to enhance your chances of winning. We are picking the March winner on 03/30/09 after 3pm, so go get your <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/spreadtheword">CFUnited Blog Bling</a> now! attendees community contest promotions prizes Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:07:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/26/Do-you-have-your-CFUnited-blog-bling-We-are-picking-the-March-winner-033009 ThinkGeek giveaways - Nintendo Wall Graphics! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/26/ThinkGeek-giveaways--Nintendo-Wall-Graphics <img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images//wall_decor.jpg"> Our friends at <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com">ThinkGeek</a> are giving CFUnited three prizes each month to raffle off to our attendees. This months prizes are three of their <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/japanfan/a6d0/">Nintendo Wall Graphics</a>, perfect for decorating the office space! We will be announcing the three winners on March 31, 2009. Don't forget you must be registered in order to participate in the raffle. community promotions prizes Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:27:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/26/ThinkGeek-giveaways--Nintendo-Wall-Graphics CFUnited 3/31/09 Early Bird benefits & Tips http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/19/CFUnited-33109-Early-Bird-benefits--Tips <img src="http://cfunited.com/images/march_earlybird_image.gif"> Only 12 days left until the Early Bird expires <br></br> <a href="http://register.cfunited.com/">Register now for CFUnited 2009</a> <br></br> <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/prices">Discount information</a> Benefits of registering by March 31, 2009... Save $100 on registration 1 year of shared hosting from Media3 : <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/12/1yr-FREE-shared-hosting-for-registering-before-March-31st">Read More</a> <br></br> HyperV -VPS Raffle : <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/26/Win-a-HyperV-VPS-from-Media3">Read More</a> <br></br> ThinkGeek: we will also raffle off prizes from ThinkGeek <br></br> <b>CFUnited Tips</b> <br></br> What you can do to improve your career and what's the next step? <b>CFUnited Tip #1: Subscribe to our blog</b> <br></br> <a href="http://cfunited.com/blog">http://cfunited.com/blog</a> We like to post news related to Adobe, ColdFusion, Flex, AIR, and other community information. If you have something you'd like to share with the community we can post it on our blog. Plus we giveaway free stuff all the time. We announce news about events, topics, and speakers every week. <b>CFUnited Tip #2: Look at the tracks and ask yourself what direction should your career be going.</b> <br></br> If there are at least 15 topics you should be learning, you have an obligation to yourself to stay ahead. <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/topics/2009/">CFUnited Tracks</a> <b>CFUnited Tip #3: Make money from what you'll learn</b> <br></br> Attending the event can pay for itself. We are positive that the skills you obtain at CFUnited can be used the next day. You can let your clients know you'll be offering new enhancements to improve their websites soon. <b>CFUnited Tip #4: Follow us and our speakers on twitter.</b> <br></br> Twitter has been effective to some. We recommend it so when you attend CFUnited you can use it as a tool to connect with others. <a href="http://twitter.com/cfunited">http://twitter.com/cfunited/</a> <b>CFUnited Tip #5: Prepare ahead.</b> <br></br> If you plan on attending, make sure you have a plan of action. Arrive at Dulles if by plane, take the FREE shuttle to the hotel. Make sure you book a room early, we will sell out months before the main event. <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/travel/">http://cfunited.com/go/travel/</a> conference discounts promotions featured Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:08:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/19/CFUnited-33109-Early-Bird-benefits--Tips CFUnited Express New York April 20th http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/17/CFUnited-Express-New-York-April-20th Hello NYC! We are coming back to your home town. Only $149 Register now! <a href="http://express.cfunited.com/go/newyork/2009/">http://express.cfunited.com/go/newyork/2009/</a> It will be held at the Pace University on April 20th. We will have coffee, snacks, lunch, and lots of free stuff. Including a CF8 tag poster for each person. Lots of prizes and software to give away. Even a free ticket to CFUnited. REMEMBER, when you register at an express event you can use 100% of your registration as a discount towards CFUnited's main event in August. Topics and Speakers: Advanced Custom Tags Presented By Ben Nadel Charting with ColdFusion and Flex Presented By Andrew Schwabe Flex-a-sketch: Creating online drawing and image creation tools Presented By Simon Free Practical Code Generation Presented By Peter Bell Selling Selling CF Development to Small and Mid Size Businesses Presented By Sean Hanover TBA topic Presented By Jeff Tapper topics schedule conference user groups attendees speakers website discounts community events travel social events cfunited express promotions specials featured registration news Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:14:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/17/CFUnited-Express-New-York-April-20th 1yr FREE shared hosting for registering before March 31st http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/12/1yr-FREE-shared-hosting-for-registering-before-March-31st <img src="http://cfunited.com/images/sponsors/sm/media3.gif"> As proud sponsors of CFUnited conference 2009 <a href="http://cfunited.com/go/sponsors/2009#sponsor-media3">Media3</a> is offering registered attendees 1 YEAR of free CF shared hosting. (see <a href="http://www.media3.net/shared/cfcomp.cfm">http://www.media3.net/shared/cfcomp.cfm</a>) And 20% our CF Enterprise Hyper - V VPs' ( see <a href="http://www.media3.net/vps/CFVPShostingplans.cfm">http://www.media3.net/vps/CFVPShostingplans.cfm</a>) Both use the latest technology. Dell 900 servers with network storage running Window 2008 data center edition. This is 64 bit architecture and resides on a gigi bit switch network in our new SAS70 data center! Important: This offer requires that you register by March 31st and you must contact liz (at) cfunited.com to take advantage of this offer. (Those who are already registered can contact Liz now) The minimum saving is just under $300.00 effectively reducing your cost to register significantly. See you at the show. Bob Hayes founder and CEO Media 3 Technologies conference attendees technical discounts community events promotions featured registration news URGENT sponsor Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:57:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/12/1yr-FREE-shared-hosting-for-registering-before-March-31st Win a Hyper-V VPS from Media3 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/26/Win-a-HyperV-VPS-from-Media3 We are very excited to have <a href="http://www.media3.net/">Media3</a> as a Silver Sponsor at <a href="http://cfunited.com">CFUnited</a> this year. To share in all the excitement, Media3 is giving us a Hyper-V VPS to CFUnited so that we can raffle it off to a randomly selected registered attendee by March 31, 2009! These VPS' are residing on 64 bit DELL 900 series servers with CF Enterprise, and are connected to a Gigi Bit switched network in their SAS70 data center. It is the latest technology. Below is a message from Bob Hayes, the CEO and Founder <a href="http://www.media3.net/">Media3</a>. <a href="http://media3.net/adobe.cfm"><img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images//media3_logo.gif"></a> We know that finding a reliable hosting company to work with is not easy. So you'll be happy to know that at Media3 we don't believe in cutting corners. Our idea is simple and hasn't changed since 1995. We specialize in hosting the powerful development features of ColdFusion from Adobe. The pages that you visit at media3.net are driven by ColdFusion, in fact, our entire support, billing , sales and control panel functions are driven by CF. As a <b>Premier Adobe Hosting Partner</b> and a long term CF user, we are uniquely positioned to assist you in all aspects of your ColdFusion hosting environment. Have you ever watched the Miss Universe Pageant, used Equal Sweetener, Ever rode a Roller Coaster at Cedar Park in N.J. watched Ultimate Fighter Championship on Spike TV, thumbed through a National Geographic Magazine, heard of the United Auto Workers or United Nations? Well, all of the above and ten's of thousands more have trusted us with their web presence and email. We are one of the pioneers in the website hosting industry. We currently serve thousands of professional website designers and developers, just like you. We know how important proper professional hosting is to you and your clients. SERIOUS HOSTING FOR SOLID BUSINESS We are proud sponsors of the CFUNITED conference this August and hope to see you there. We are committed to the CF community and will be announcing a very special offer to ALL those who register, which we will announce at a later date. We have offered the Adobe evangelist free windows 2008 Hyper-V VPS' for both personal and professional projects. And we are looking to assist the community with any CF hosting issues. For all those that register by March 31st Media3 is giving <a href="http://cfunited.com">CFUnited</a> one of our Hyper-V VPS to be given away in a drawing. These VPS' are residing on 64 bit DELL 900 series servers with CF Enterprise, and are connected to a Gigi Bit switched network in our SAS70 data center. It is the latest technology. See the enhanced plan at <a href="http://www.media3.net/vps/CFVPSHostingplans.cfm">http://www.media3.net/vps/CFVPSHostingplans.cfm</a> Look forward to seeing you at the show ! Bob Hayes CEO and Founder <a href="http://www.media3.net/">Media3</a> promotions prizes featured sponsor Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/2/26/Win-a-HyperV-VPS-from-Media3 CFUnited Valentines Day Raffle http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/1/30/CFUnited-Valentines-Day-Raffle <img src="http://cfunited.com/blog/images//cfunited_valentines.jpg"> <a href="http://register.cfunited.com/">Register</a> for CFUnited by Feb 14th and you will be entered into a raffle to win $150 gift certificate to <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/">Think Geek!</a>. <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/"><img src="http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/tg-logo.gif" border="0"/></a> </br> Check out all the cool stuff you get at <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/">www.thinkgeek.com</a> *Everyone already registered will be included in the raffle. contest promotions prizes Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:58:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/1/30/CFUnited-Valentines-Day-Raffle Missed Early Bird? http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/1/2/Missed-Early-Bird The First early bird ended Dec 31st at midnight. You might have been thinking that the price was so perfectly low but you weren't ready. So maybe if you contact me we can work out a deal to get you that rate. Some ideas: Volunteer to do some code Help promote the conference Donate your time to fold/ stuff mailers Help find sponsors I'm leaving this opportunity open for about a week. So contact me soon and I'll see what we can do. Thanks for the early support! liz (at) cfunited (dot) com attendees discounts promotions specials registration Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:10:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/1/2/Missed-Early-Bird Groups of 3 or more. We want to make you an offer http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/16/Groups-of-3-or-more-We-want-to-make-you-an-offer For groups of 3 or more we have a 10% discount. However, if you really want to send more people from your company I'm willing to make you a deal of a lifetime for registering early. CFUnited is running on its own income and we want to bring the best event we can by reserving the best vendors and lock in the lowest deals for our attendees. To do this we create Early bird rates for those who want to save big and help with our early deposits. If you are willing to help, we may just be willing to make an offer. Same with Sponsorships. Thanks for the early support! Contact me this week to get an offer. attendees discounts community promotions Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:38:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/12/16/Groups-of-3-or-more-We-want-to-make-you-an-offer Presentation Downloads For Every Year! http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/6/9/Presentation-Downloads-For-Every-Year We're excited to announce that presentations from <b>every year of CFUnited</b> are now available for download for <b>everyone</b> after login. This means that if you attended 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008, you can download all the presentations. Enjoy! - Elliott attendees promotions Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:08:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2008/6/9/Presentation-Downloads-For-Every-Year Question and Answer Session http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/7/8/Question-and-Answer-Session <p>A Question and Answer session with some of the speakers from CFUnited 2006</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cfunited.com/blog/enclosures/QandA.mp3">Direct link to .mp3</a></li> </ul> <p>Add this blog's <a href="http://www.cfunited.com/blog/rss.cfm?mode=full">RSS feed</a> to your podcast player!</p> promotions Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://cfunited.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/7/8/Question-and-Answer-Session no