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?or at a substantially lowered rate. The average affiliate doesn?t NEED to attend these shows. There is no value for them. They already have a good idea of what?s out there for them to promote and can have any Q&A done through email. I?d suggest letting them in for free under some simple pre-screen regulations; find out what sites they run, and if they?re legit send em a badge. This in turn generates more sponsors interested in attending your show and possibly sponsoring it as well. As is, no current affiliate is going to spend money on airfare, room AND a badge. The badge is the main thing that stops them in my eyes. You still fill your hotel room quota with this method as well. It seems like a simple equation to me but maybe I am missing something? Affiliates aren?t going as is. Make the show free for affiliates, which increases the value for sponsors trying to acquire said affiliates, which increases the chances of more sponsors coming to shows in the first place, which increases the chances that more things will be covered by said companies. Seems like a win/win to me?


Am I crazy or do I hear the same speech from the same people year after year at these things? I?m being 100% serious. Topics which are of little interest and while they COULD be enjoyed they are instead bogged down with monotone lectures on basic information even the newbiest of newbs already knows. ?Ok this is a panel on adult traffic, instead of giving out useful information I?m going to dumb this down by explaining what CTR stands for.? This is not pointed at anyone directly by the way, just something I merely noticed as of late.

And I?m not blaming the individual(s) personally. It?s quite obvious that they are intelligent and truly know their shit; it?s just hard for anyone to get up and hold an audience?s attention for an entire hour. Most are not good public speakers (and I?m probably the same way, we?ll find that out tomorrow). It?s probably also a case of no one wanting to give out their secrets and hidden gems they?ve worked hard to figure out (and respectfully so) This is why I think?

Every panel should have a moderator capable of handling the flow and pace of the discussion. This is especially true for panels which only feature one person talking. Make it more of an interview rather than relying on someone to talk for an entire hour in jumbled thoughts. Just noticed this evening that the woman from ASACP (forgot her name) is a wonderful moderator! There needs to be more people like her overseeing these sessions. She was great.

To be fair, I?m not sure if I could carry an interesting panel off either, I?m sure it is incredibly tough to get up there and have every word carry value and to keep wandering eyes and ears on you at all times. In fact, I?m doing a panel tomorrow and I?m nervous as shit that I don?t fall down the path of others who would do quite well if there would have just been a moderator.

Also, I think we need to see a drastic change in the broadness in topics for these panels. If people aren?t willing to share valuable information (like I said, I totally understand that, I wouldn?t want to either) then we need to get rid of those topics in the first place. Bring on more creative, niche specific subjects for panels, more companies demoing their software, products and soon to be released sites etc. Bring on an auction for people looking to sell not only domains, but already existing sites! Hell even a simple case study featuring statistics on aspects of the adult industry dealing with trends would be fascinating.


I don?t really have an answer for this one but I?d love to see more forced interaction. It?s the natural for human nature to form cliques which seem impenetrable by someone on the outside. I?d love to get to know everyone at these things but that?s never going to happen unless we have more forced interaction (right now I think speed networking is about the only thing going for this). It would be cool to see some new and fun interactive events. Just wish I could think of some off the top of my head!

Anyways, food is here, time to eat and get back to the event? I hope I haven?t bored you too much by now. I mean at the end of the day, what does the world?s best affiliate manager really know about running a show? Absolutely nothing! BUT? I do know that I love ALL of the current shows, I love the people, just some random suggestions that came to my head. I have some others but for the sake of time I?ll keep it to these points. Feedback is appreciated. Let's keep it positive, no need to hate. If you have an issue with the current state of shows, its only best for the entire industry to present it in a positive light with the allowance of possibly suggesting a better alternative as well.

PS: Any event that starts before 10am is insane And there should always be an open bar, always.