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After talking to a few webmasters I think a number one concern is cost. I mean if one of your sponsors was willing to pay your way to a show would you reconsider going? I know I would, I would also be willing to work a lot harder to send that sponsor traffic (provided of course that it converted).
I agree with the hotel choices being on the pricey side. There are plenty of mid range hotels that would be just as good as the ritzy $200+ dollar a night places.
I only met with a couple of real webmasters at Phoenix Forum and Cybernet, other than that it was "retailers" of some sort or another be it content, processing or other.
All in all it does very much reek at times of favoritism towards the fat cats. I think it's sad that more consideration isn't give to webmasters at shows. I love the idea of a Trade Party, that would be a great addition to any of the shows.
I'm sure there are other things that you could do in order to bring in more webmasters. Better seminars and workshops, events that don't involve booze for the non drinkers and I'm sure there are others...
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