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Old 07-17-2008, 10:40 AM  
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Originally Posted by james_clickmemedia View Post
Just check out the vip area of the hottest clubs at the shows and you will find the players. However if your not a player yourself you won't get an invite, unless your hot of course...
Not always true. Ive never had a problem getting into these areas or having invites to anything, but over the years ive seen not just big webmasters but a lot of flash in the pan players as well as people who make next to nothing in this biz (or any biz for that matter) in these areas.

There have been times where ive been invited to something like this and there was no one to talk to about actual "biz" becasue no one really knew anything about the biz.

Ive seen some strange shit over the years.

More often than youd realize people throw money around just to throw it in these social circles. Not to grab webmasters or biz, but to look big and flex a $$ muscle to the biz and create an image that they are playaz just for the sake of doing it.

Remember the Likewhoa booths and Parties? To this day I dont think a sponsor has beat their Booth budgets. Likewhoa may be gone, but that dynamic still lives in many companies.

Im not dissing anyone, God knows I had a blast being invited to party with companies like these. Had the times of my life. But its not really good biz.
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