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I got stuff done but none of it was on the show floor. That was just to meet up with some of the reps to say hello. I should have realized the show floor was gonna be bad news when I walked on the show floor and half the booths wernt even built yet Monday morning. So I desided to come back for the brunch.. nothing like having to pay $5 bucks to get a can of soda to go with my "free food".
After walking around I think if I was a program I would have gotten more biz done rolling a keg into the show and sitting a lunch table giving away free beers, instead of the $7 ones, and talking to those people, instead of having a booth. Hell I could have prob done that in the hallway.
However being an affiliate it wasnt worth it as in the end I would have had 4 affiliate reps from the same company hitting me up to promote there program, and no one I really need to work with... aka other afiliates. It just seems to becoming a b2b thing other then any other else.
However I wont knock the new system completely. It is a good start to fix the cluster fuck of last year, but its not quite there yet. I realize there is nothing that can be done in Vegas to get us all in the same place as it is in Hollywood, but you need to get more like the pool area in Hollywood.. just booths around the outside of the room, a bar in the middle and tables. While it might be a bit more expensive for floor space, im sure the $300 a person to get in and the something like $10K a booth will cover you. Im guessing you made at least a buck a drink this year too.
My thoughts are to just mimic the pool in FL, but also make the prices more accessable to nubie webmasters, or just webmasters in general. Once you get them back you will get the sponsors back
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