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Originally Posted by Wizzo
I think for most models its important to have a chaperone that can keep them from being cornered by one guy that has no traffic to send and just wants to get laid or whatever.
I never said shooting with other models was a bad thing at all, and I think many of us that have been around this business for any time build relationships way beyond "Bro"ness or whatever.
I understand your points, but based on my experience these same small sites 2 weeks after the show are looking for traffic and wondering why they don't have more affiliates and I just think shows are great time to get some people onboard and if they take the time to know the people that really can make a difference.
For Example there's one MM webmaster that sends BrookeSkye around 10sales a day and has ever since he got to meet her 2years ago at Internext and everytime that I talk to him with much respect he tells me to say hi for him and I'm certain he wouldn't have been as loyal of a affiliate had he not met her...
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I agree with you but your example here would kind of be based on that chaperone webmaster already being sophisticated enough to know who's who and who's useless. I guess since there is no sort of device that you can use to quickly scan for bullshit the best a solo model can do (with or without a webmaster chaperone) is be friendly with everyone, since you never know who will be big tomorrow and who was big yesterday but not anymore.
You never really know who is that unheard of webmaster that avoids the boards but can send tons of sales, or the newbie that three months later is the whale that everyone is kissing ass to get traffic from. By the same token, you never know who that "board personality" that acts like a whale but is really less than a minnow board whoring from their parent's basement and fishing for an excuse to be called a webmaster. So mingling is good - no doubt that is the main reason for being there - but if all you can bring home from the show is a bunch of useless cards and/or a good photo and video set then I say it is definitely worth taking a couple of hours out to get a shoot in so that you KNOW you didn't waste time going.
