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Originally Posted by the content guy
Robbie I think it was the 1999 show but I can't remember the location either. I had a booth there and it was a great show.
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Well, whatever year it was and wherever the actual hotel was
...We made a shitload of money, got fucked up, got laid, got paid around 20 grand in CASH money that was owed to us for traffic and got a nice tan.
THAT is the porn business!
Flash forward to now. I go to one of the dozens of shows that are everywhere now. No nudity allowed at the hotels that the show organizers so wisely chose (of course here in Vegas there are SEVERAL casinos on the strip with topless "european" style pools, but they never choose those), no big sponsor parties because there are so many shows that they can't afford to blow it out big like the old days when there was just 2 shows, no show floor for the same reason, no free drinks, no women.
In other words...no reason for the average geeky webmaster/affiliate to WANT to come to the show. No excitement.
We used to really plan BIG for the show. We planned the whole year to go. We'd always bring girls with us. Always make sure we had plenty of cash. Plenty of connections. Lots of party favors. And you could literally go from one party to the next and they were all packed with webmasters.
No parties + TONS of "seminars" + no nudity + no women = No affiliates...they'd rather take their one vacation for the year in the Bahamas or Jamaica. Back then it was all about greasing the affiliate webmasters to get their traffic. And you know what? It worked.