Best Adult Trade Show To Learn ...

[James_HotMovies]

None of the shows are that great for learning.

What they are good for is making connections.

Many seminars are full of people trying to sell the end webmasters on their products.

If you want to meet good people and make connections I'd recommend smaller shows.

If you want to party I'd recommend the larger shows.

There are too many shows currently. I attended every show for a few years and didn't have enough time in the office to work on deals.

I now only go to ones that are local, Internext in Florida, and 1 or 2 in LA.

I do send Monica and/or Kevin to all the shows.

I've heard good things about xbiz in Vegas, but I'll never go to Vegas in the summer.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by James_HotMovies

None of the shows are that great for learning.

That's what I was going to say, but I didn't want to sound too negative. They're absolutely shit from a learning standpoint. I went to seminar about how to convert free traffic. I'm not sure if they ever got around to discussing how to convert free traffic because two the speakers were TRAFFIC BROKERS who kept repeating that you can't rely on free traffic, and there was a blogger who's message seemed to be that the blogging bubble had already burst - and that was 2 or 3 years ago. Most panelists at the seminars are there to spam their services. They have no intention of teaching you anything other than their web address. If you go to any seminars, sit next to GG's wife. Her brutally honest remarks about the panelists will keep you laughing while you sit there wondering why you paid to listen to spam.

That aside, I really enjoyed the XBiz summer show I attended.

You learn the most at shows by meeting face-to-face with other webmasters over a beer or two.

[Preacher]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

You learn the most at shows by meeting face-to-face with other webmasters over a beer or two.

True enough.

The other thing that blows my mind is that even though hundreds of companies spend hundreds of dollars to send their affiliate managers to throw parties and buy drinks, 90% of them don't seem to care about speaking to affiliates, but instead just hang out with the other affiliate managers and the booth babes.

Maybe it's because so few affiliates bother to attend the shows anymore? (but some if us are still there!)