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Originally Posted by AVNChris
Reality in this industry is that affiliates have no interest in attending many shows. Something NEEDS to be done to changer that.
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Take yourself out of the office of AVN and into the shoes of an affiliate.
1) Why does an affiliate need to go?
* The affiliate controls his traffic and where to send it. Meeting a program owner face to face is not going to get him a higher payout, which is all that matters. If he is a good affiliate, he is already in contact with the programs he pushes. If he is a "whale" he has already adjusted his payout.
2) Why does an affiliate need to go to a show to bomb barded with shit that he doesn't want?
* Lets be honest here, the bulk of sponsors at the shows are of no use to an affiliate. Truth be told, there are so many shit sponsors, selling garbage and dumb ideas, that it's more annoying than anything. Why subject yourself to that?
3) Affiliates send traffic. That's their job.
* They can their job without ever leaving the comfort of one room in their house or putting on their clothes. Unless they are going to a show to party and get free drinks, why go?
It just doesn't make sense for affiliates to go to shows. Program owners, content producers, third party solutions, billing companies, software... yea, sure, but affiliates, it's a waste of time.
