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Originally Posted by clicker
What is it you guys get the most out of this show?
Marketing ideas from where mainstream is and going? Potential employees?
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The reason I go is branding.
I have been in adult long enough that people know who I am whenever I go to an adult show. This builds a trust relationship, and people are more willing to do business beyond the "affiliate phase."
Since we do a lot of mainstream stuff and have some pretty huge mainstream projects in their infancy, it only makes sense that I build the same relationship on the mainstream side.
Trying to brand yourself on the mainstream boards is a PITA as most that I have attempted to infiltrate are run by and populated with members that make GFY seem like a virtual Garden of Eden. Trying to get work done there is like pulling teeth from chickens or herding cats (as A1R3K would say).
I have been attending mainstream shows for two or three years now and can say that my plan is working. I can now go onto a show floor and people recognize me and/or goodgirl.
I have progressed to the point that owners of major companies know me by my first name and they know we are here for real as we show up at shows in San Francisco, Chicago, San Jose and soon, NYC.
A couple of companies have requested and received their own Got Web Host, We Don't Suck t-shirts.