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Originally Posted by Yngwie
I may have been in this industry for 10 years, but I'm still a small time webmaster so going to shows would be pointless. I'm not whale so I would get ignored. If the shows actually had things that could help/benefit the small to medium webmasters than it would be worth going to.
informative seminars based on different aspects of the industry would be a big plus, but that's not going to happen. All the deals that get made at these shows are between 2 or more big fishes and never any small to medium ones. So it's a complete waste of $ for us small to medium guys/gals.
I've never been to any shows and never will unless they actually become helpful for everyone that attends. Ya, partying is all fun, but that doesn't accomplish anything. People get drunk and make "deals" that they will never do so what the fuck is the point?
Of course, the way this business now is fuck the little guy. Not help him/her to be successful. But, if you're not in the "bro" club you're shit out of luck. Don't we help each other anymore? Then we wonder why so many people do no so legal things in order to make $.
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That pretty much sums it up for both of us. The BF/future husband and I have a few sites and we send a few sales a day.
We went to 1 show years ago and it was a "bro" fest. We felt so out of place that we never went again. Since we are not sending 10,20,50 joins a day, we were treated like we don't exist by most of the reps. We felt VERY unwelcomed.
It had nothing to do with the economics of going. For us, it came down to feeling like we did not belong. Im sure other webmaster feel the same way after attending a show.
We will never go again.. Even if a show is in NYC, We will never go... And both of us work in NYC.