Seraph Chronicles

MIRC e-Marketing Conference

Today was the MIRC e-Marketing Conference, held at Equatorial Hotel, Penang. The tickets were priced at a very affordable price it’s almost a steal, imagine RM30 for two days, inclusive of two tea breaks and lunch (buffet). A very big thank you to MIRC for sponsoring the tickets, allowing a bigger crowd to be able to participate.

The day started out with a speaker from MDEC, talking about the various funds available for assisting startup businesses with creative and innovative ideas, specifically in the IT field. After which was a forum touching on whether SMEs in Malaysia are ready for e-Commerce. We were blessed with some industry experts who shared their views and ideas on the matter, which was rather interesting and enlightening.

There were some other topics being presented by various speakers from the industry, ranging from Blogging for Business, to e-Marketing, payment gateways, there were even experts from ebay and google explaining and giving their thoughts on the subject matter.

The lunch was a buffet affair, with some local delicacies such as curry sotong, chicken, fried mee, to the western selection of spaghetti, mushroom soup and salad. There were also some pastries and cakes on offer. Besides the food there were some exhibitors from Exabytes, Emerge, Rentwise, and MDEC, just to name a few. At the end of the day we were given a nice notebook courtesy of MSC and a CD with the presentation notes recorded in it, albeit the notes are incomplete and the supposedly available Google folder and ebay notes are missing, I believe there are other missing notes as well.

All in all, it was a nice conference, affordable and informative, looking forward to future conferences from MIRC, and please remember to keep the prices affordable.