Internext Las Vegas 2007 - Give me some feedback! (Part 2)

[Dr Bizzaro]

Originally Posted by MrMaryLou

Dr B I see your points here but if you give a shitty show then come back and say oh this is gonna be great but we are going to charge you more for this, if anything it should be the same or cheaper to bring people back not to keep people out.

I fully understand that and totally agree. And that was my biggest beef with it.

When I talked to AVN on the phone, I told them that "I felt ripped off and let down. Had I thought it remotely possible, I would have demanded a refund last year."

I also went on to say that trying to promote a "new concept" for Vegas was not going to drive people in, in bus loads, by charging so much.
If the price was $150, this year, I would have never even mentioned anything and I would have bought a badge, (actually 2, because I am bringing someone) no questions asked. Even though the show last year was terrible. And I bet a lot of other webmasters would have probably done the same.

In the past, I looked at it as a cost of doing business.
I get to go to the show, get some info, get some ideas, meet some advertisers, meet people who buy traffic or buy Private submit accounts from me, etc.. Sometimes this is the only place I will run into these people. We shake hands, we make small talk, we move on.
But for me to drop $500 on that, is crazy.

What if I had 2 or 3 employees that I was going to bring?
Or what if I was a webmaster making $1000 a month? Are they going to drop drop a 1/4 of their monthly income to see what the floor has to offer? Doubtful.

I am just trying to get them to see what is wrong with what they are doing, in the eyes of the webmasters.

I have no idea what the show will be like this year. It could be all smoke and mirrors, sure. But it also could be pretty cool.
Either way, for a lower priced badge I be willing to risk it and chalk it up to the cost of doing business, even if it were terrible.

I can honestly say last year, had I won the porn Poker tour (Not that I even came close) the show floor would have been totally worth it for me.

As I'm sure that some people, as small of a % as it was, probably DID do some great business deals on the floor.

The show is also what you make of it. I would hate to miss a business opportunity because I couldn’t get somewhere because of not having a badge.