AaronM

Understand this.......

I know who my friends are. I know who uses me and who does not. I have always known this and yet I still choose to do things like I do. This event was not an eye opener by any stretch of the imagination.

Everybody gets used in this business. Lensman throws parties and 1/3 of the people who show up turn around and bash him off the boards. It happens to everybody.

People are your friends when there is something in it for them EVERYBODY is guilty of this at some point. Yes...I said EVERYBODY...And that means YOU too.

Let me give you an example......

I pulled together a little dinner gathering. Although several people thanked me and Guerilla Traffic that night, very few gave public thanks on GFY.

That dinner cost an easy 3 grand PLUS the added expense of people showing up who were not on the guest list and still expected AND GOT a free meal out of the deal. I wanted to tell the uninvited people thanks for coming, here is your bill...BUT....Guerilla Traffic did the better thing and stepped up to the plate to cover the entire tab.

In this business, we have reality and perceived reality. It is perceived that our efforts are appreciated but in reality, most people do not appreciate it enough to even say thank you.

The key to being popular and well liked in this business is to be the first person to open your wallet. That's the truth, like it or not. I could have bribed the doorman and I could have gone in and ran up a couple thousand bucks for a bar tab but why would I do that when the very people I would be buying drinks for decided to go inside without me?

The way I see it...This thing saved me money. Like boneprone said.....Now we can see who are the true friends and who are the preceived ones.