Marketing Gurus to Speak at Upcoming Ticket Summit January Conference

VERNON, CT—(Marketwire - December 14, 2009) - Ticket Summit, the leading conference and trade show for ticketing and entertainment executives, today announced its packed schedule of marketing strategies training for its Ticket Summit attendees. The Ticket Summit January conference — a three-day event scheduled January 13-15, 2010 at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York City — will include a wide variety of marketing and branding sessions on Thursday, January 14 featuring Karl Barnhart (CoreBrand), Anton Konikoff (Acronym Media), Jeff Sexton (The Wizard of Ads Group), and Andy Cotten (Yahoo!).

The Ticket Summit conference and trade show is scheduled to host a variety of business training sessions that address topics that range from brand-building and marketing to event ticket pricing and customer service. The marketing sessions will specifically address email marketing strategies, paid search marketing, search engine optimization and overall brand-building. “Nowadays, no business can thrive without a solid online marketing strategy,” said Dr. Molly A. Martinez, Executive Director, Ticket Summit. “It is our goal for Ticket Summit attendees to come away with not just valuable information on the status of the ticket industry, but also business tools they can use to increase their bottom line.”

More than five-hundred attendees from around the country and the world are expected to attend the upcoming conference, including ticketing agents, event promoters, venue managers, and box office executives.

About Ticket Summit

Ticket Summit is the world’s leading conference and trade show for ticketing and entertainment. This event attracts hundreds of global business leaders, entrepreneurs, and entertainment experts in the ticket community. Past attendees and sponsors include: Billboard, eBay, Forbes, Google, Live Nation, NBA, NFL, NHL, StubHub, Ticketmaster, Yahoo!, among others. Ticket Summit was founded in 2006 by host company TicketNetwork, Inc. The upcoming Ticket Summit conference and trade show is scheduled to take place at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York, NY, January 13-15. For information, visit www.TicketSummit.org