Patrick Carleton believes that maintaining a positive disposition has lead to his success in being a top internet entrepreneur. Associated Cities is one of the best memberships an internet business person could join. Patrick Carleton is the Executive Director of Associated Cities, which is the focus of GeoDomain. Associated Cities membership entitles members to test methods of practices, monetization, and connection with GeoDomain and companies.

GeoDomain Expo is sponsored by Patrick Carleton annually, and the location varies throughout the country. Patrick encourages domainers to communicate to increase their skills and practices. Developing domains is the purpose of the Expo, and successful domain developers help newcomers obtain and establish their business. The expo provides opportunities to jump start a geodomain, networking facet, and a trade show. Patrick says that adding a video to a site boosts the value of the site. Valuable tips are learned through connections with other domains. Patrick says the members that attend his expo have found great value from season members who provide great suggestions and tips that will help them become successful. The attendees found the expo encouraging and extremely beneficial to their internet business.

Patrick Carleton, as Executive Director of Associated Cities, has researched and been privy to information of well developed members sites. He has found that these sites are 70% direct navigation, and search engine independent. He suggests that city-dot-com is a very good domain name. He says, with the decline of daily printed media, that purchasing a domain name in cities that have printed publications is an excellent investment.