Originally Posted by ugaboogah

This is a great post - I am on the traffic panel at the next Phoenix forum in October and I will keep this all in mind. There are some very valid points mentioned here that I wholly agree with. You have to remember that the more detailed you get about any topic, the less people will be listening. I too reached a point in my career where I felt that I outgrew the basics class. That is why people with the level of experience that (we) have, have to look elsewhere for "higher" education. Internext seminars are the grade schools of the industry because they target mass consumers. The Phoenix Forums are more like high schools targeting informed but not industry experts. The next level of education is message boards like this one. You can get personal one to one information about something very specific to you. The forums are much more general themes appealing to more than three people. I have no interest in NATS or CMS. There is no arena for advanced industry professionals to collaborate other than places like here. This is a free exchange of ideas with others that have attained a level of experience similar or more advanced than our own. Everyone one of us were noobs at one point and time. If someone started a CMS class at internext how much would you learn in an hour or two. This is the best resource available. There is a high probability that someone is using and recommends a product that you require more information about. So you can learn from their experience. Lastly, sometimes you just got to blaze your own trails. Why don't magicians tell their secrets because they will be out of business if everyone knew how the tricks were done.