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GonZo 08-09-2010 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerK (Post 17401476)
(Forest btw I *think* is Gay, so that might explain why he doesnt like Tits)...

For a gay guy he sure did make that little blonde spinner squeel in Backseat Bangers.

dynastoned 08-09-2010 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Forest (Post 17401239)
shows have become obsolete to the affiliate for several reasons and expense is only one of them.

Affiliates are making less and less every month. Programs are going out of business taking the affiliate's hard earned money with them.

the avg affiliate makes less than 40k a year in my estimation. i may be wrong but i doubt it. so even a 2k trip for an affiliate with a family is a lot of money even if it is all inclusive. and where is his ROI for that? why does he need to go to a show? he doesnt. if he is worried about his next check do you really think he would lay out 2k for a show?

there is also a purging of affiliates going on due to economic factors. less affiliates means less roi for sponsors to spend money at shows.

if i were an avg aff my last thought would be to attend any show when i can do what i need to do via email phone or icq.

you are correct there are too many shows. but that wont last for long as the natural progression of things and fewer sponsors willing to spend money will reduce the number of shows.

bingo

last show i went to there was like MAYBE a handful of actual affiliate webmasters there.

what do they expect when the show is held at a hotel that charges like $250/night. badges are like $300. flights usually run you $250-350 round trip. so you're like well over a grand before you even hit the show floor. were not even talking food and drinks or anything either.

all the shows i've been to have been like that.

NewbieNudes 08-09-2010 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox (Post 17401248)
Damn it would be cool if it went back to one show a year. Everyone would go, the schedule would be loaded and the events would matter.

Bingo! I guess TPF will be it.

Paul Markham 08-09-2010 05:21 AM

One of the biggest parts of the porn industry was magazines. They dominated the porn industry for decades, produced a few billionaires, lots of multi millionaires and never had a show ever. To my knowledge.

If you have something worth selling you don't need to go to a show to do it.

MaDalton 08-09-2010 06:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dynastoned (Post 17401640)
bingo

last show i went to there was like MAYBE a handful of actual affiliate webmasters there.

what do they expect when the show is held at a hotel that charges like $250/night. badges are like $300. flights usually run you $250-350 round trip. so you're like well over a grand before you even hit the show floor. were not even talking food and drinks or anything either.

all the shows i've been to have been like that.

and now make the flight $1k to $1.5k when you come from europe

Paul Markham 08-09-2010 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 17401733)
and now make the flight $1k to $1.5k when you come from europe

To talk to some guy who wants you to shoot content for the price some guy in Russia will shoot for. :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

MaDalton 08-09-2010 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 17401737)
To talk to some guy who wants you to shoot content for the price some guy in Russia will shoot for. :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

lol, yeah, after a night at the strip club with bottles of champagne and some blow on the toilet you get told the next day that you should be able to shoot a boy/girl for $800 a scene :1orglaugh

Cleo 08-09-2010 06:16 AM

Looks like there was a record turnout of beach balls this year.

http://img.avn.com/ip/thumb/560/560/...674/406855.jpg

Forest 08-09-2010 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Qbert (Post 17401277)
I'd be down with that so long as the winter show was someplace warm and the summer show was someplace cooler (not fucking south FL in Aug.)

problem with that for the show organizers is cost

one of the reasons i think avn does the show here in fl is they make more money off season then they would trying to get the hotel in say feb.

GonZo 08-09-2010 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Forest (Post 17401822)
problem with that for the show organizers is cost

one of the reasons i think avn does the show here in fl is they make more money off season then they would trying to get the hotel in say feb.

You only say that because your gay.

Forest 08-09-2010 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 17401324)
I'll skip the five pages of responses in this thread and the no doubt repeated pissing and moaning whether the motivation is misery loving company, jealousy, poor financials, hatred of AVN or whatever... and just say this:

1. If you have nothing good to say about shows whether you go or not, do yourself and everyone a favor and just stop going.

2. Its unfortunate because the sheep out there will read into all this negativity which I'm sure there is plenty and possibly formulate their business decisions on the rantings of the haters who can't find business opportunities or are just not looking.

J

you know i like you but Seriously?

you dont want people to post their opinions on a show if they are bad because someone might actually agree with them?

sorry i didnt say Hi at Internext. say you several times but was tied up each time.

ohh and twofiddy shows

Forest 08-09-2010 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GonZo (Post 17401825)
You only say that because your gay.

im rubber your glue blah blah blah

and BTW its Tarks not Terks. I would think your old ass would remember that for as many times as i have taken you there over the years

:winkwink:

still the best Dolphin sandwich in town

GonZo 08-09-2010 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Forest (Post 17401834)
im rubber your glue blah blah blah

and BTW its Tarks not Terks. I would think your old ass would remember that for as many times as i have taken you there over the years

:winkwink:

still the best Dolphin sandwich in town

We usually stumble out and I cant focus on the name.
I enjoy the food and the entertainment there.

fuzebox 08-09-2010 07:30 AM

I don't know why people keep expecting there to be "affiliates" at shows... Why would an affiliate want to go to a show? The very fact that program owners/reps want affiliates at shows would scare an affiliate away :1orglaugh

Affiliates do not like being spammed at, online or in real life.

TheDoc 08-09-2010 07:36 AM

I will go to a show if I have business to do, but I do not go out of my way to create the business just to attend the show. Once I do that business the rest of the time I attempt to relax. The AVN Miami show was great because the hotel was great, soft beds, great food and location - and lots of locals to connect with outside the show. It was probably the best party/relax location we had, that still allowed for decent business.

Business wise, other than last show, the rest had the same people year after year and even different shows. The same people that visited the west coast already. If you visit more than a few shows a year, it isn't hard to figure out which shows you should drop.

If you want to get business done you hit the Forum and the Expo's. If you want to party, hang with friends, get lucky on business if it happens to fall in your lap, then anv, xbiz, etc is your flavor.

Ravage 08-09-2010 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 17398243)
I want to go to the Venus show in Germany. That looked a whole lot like the old mid 90's and IA2000 shows used to look like with naked girls everywhere and people having fun.

Robbie, the Venus show is quite fun. It is getting smaller year-after-year, but the liberties that show surpasses pretty much anything thrown on the US soil the last few years.

One company had a stage doing live strip dances with the girls being allowed to use dildo's, etc. One girl took out a pair of silver metal beadballs from her pussy and put them in the guy she brought up on stage's mouth :1orglaugh , I got video of it

Freeone's of course had their massive booth out there with an arsenal of hotties doing stripteases and shows. We won't discuss the video I have of a certain incident Roald put me in :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Even attendee's were wearing very little clothing. It is what a porn consumer show should be, and its a shame the US shows cannot put on the same and show hardcore video even when the attendance is 21+ requirements.

Yanks_Todd 08-09-2010 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 17397544)
I've always wondered about "meetings".

I don't think I've ever had one in my life. lol

I've done plenty of deals, usually late at night over a drink. But never went to a show, sat down in a conference room and had a "meeting".

How does the meeting go? Is it like this?:
Pornographer One: "I have porn"

Pornographer Two: "I have porn too"

Pornographer One: "Want to do a x-sell with my porn for your porn?"

Pornographer Two: "Yes"

Pornographer One: "GREAT meeting! Let's go buy an overpriced drink!"

Pornographer Two: "Sounds good because there aren't any sponsor parties anymore, and I have ten more meetings to go to"


Just seems like it's a lot funner to do it over a whore and a drink. :pimp

That is great

datatank 08-09-2010 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 17401324)

2. Its unfortunate because the sheep out there will read into all this negativity which I'm sure there is plenty and possibly formulate their business decisions on the rantings of the haters who can't find business opportunities or are just not looking.

Wow nice of you to call ANV's potential customers "sheep" is this what you think of the people who still visit Ynot too?

datatank 08-09-2010 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 17401692)
One of the biggest parts of the porn industry was magazines. They dominated the porn industry for decades, produced a few billionaires, lots of multi millionaires and never had a show ever. To my knowledge.

If you have something worth selling you don't need to go to a show to do it.

Please tell us who became a billionaire from porn mags

Sly 08-09-2010 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul Markham (Post 17401692)
One of the biggest parts of the porn industry was magazines. They dominated the porn industry for decades, produced a few billionaires, lots of multi millionaires and never had a show ever. To my knowledge.

If you have something worth selling you don't need to go to a show to do it.

Paul does this mean that your content is not worth buying and your affiliate program is not worth promoting? You have been spamming and advertising both for years, looking for new buyers and new affiliates. Obviously if your content is so great and your pay site so awesome, you would never need to spam your deals.

No?

A few rare products sell themselves and people get rich. The rest of the rich folk had marketers.

Agent 488 08-09-2010 09:36 AM

i would only go to do a bump with robbie.

LAJ 08-09-2010 09:56 AM

You guys misunderstood my sheep comment.

There are people out there that will believe anything they read on a chat board. They will sometimes base their business decisions and show attendance on the rantings and mob mentality. It's unfortunate because that pool of potential attendees for this or ANY show can be poisoned, and that sucks.

If you went to the AVN Show and tried hard to find business, and thought it sucked, well then yeah, your opinion matters and you are completely justified.

If you went to the show, bitched and whined the whole time and hung with the same 3 or 4 people and didn't really try to meet new people, well, then not so much.

If you didn't go at all, and are just taking pot shots at AVN and going off "what you heard" well then that's just weak.

I'm sure there will be a way for my words to be twisted around again and potshots taken at me for YNOT and Cybernet and whatever.

Bottom line is this... The AVN Show was not overly crowded, but it was good for business and fun. I networked with a ton of people and plan on closing several deals.

And in the final analysis, that's all that really matters.

LAJ 08-09-2010 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 17401453)
I've been. And it was great. The locale was neat, good business was done, and we partied our asses off at night too. The final night party at The Kink Castle is a must.

I kinda wish that they would "take it on the road" every once in a while like the old days...another jaunt in New Orleans would be awesome.

But the Cybernet show is a good one. I would recommend it when you are ready to push your next project.

BTW, thank you VERY much for your comments Robbie :)

stickyfingerz 08-09-2010 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Robbie (Post 17400924)
Just changed my mind...

Changed my trip from Jamaica to Cancun.

Going to Temptations Resort instead. I can fly CM and I there and have a room all-inclusive 4 days 24 hour liquor and food, no tipping allowed, topless pools

Round trip flight and all inclusive room for both of us for 4 days LESS than 2 grand.

Now why don't the geniuses doing internext move it there?

Shit where can I get that deal at? Im planning on going someplace like that in the Fall. Of course might be cheaper considering where you fly out of and where I fly out of, but not sure. Was wanting to do Costa Rica again, but damn that sounds like a nice deal.

ottopottomouse 08-09-2010 10:05 AM

In offline stuff i've never got instant results from a trade show. We always came away not really knowing if it was a complete waste of time sales wise but generally will have found someone purchasing wise you never knew existed that just about gives a reason for going.

Then 3 months later you can get a phone call that justifies everything :)

Varius 08-09-2010 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by LAJ (Post 17402139)
BTW, thank you VERY much for your comments Robbie :)

If I can throw a suggestion out, move it to San Diego the same week (before or after) Comic-Con :winkwink:

MaDalton 08-09-2010 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Adult Rental Chris (Post 17401965)
Robbie, the Venus show is quite fun. It is getting smaller year-after-year, but the liberties that show surpasses pretty much anything thrown on the US soil the last few years.

One company had a stage doing live strip dances with the girls being allowed to use dildo's, etc. One girl took out a pair of silver metal beadballs from her pussy and put them in the guy she brought up on stage's mouth :1orglaugh , I got video of it

Freeone's of course had their massive booth out there with an arsenal of hotties doing stripteases and shows. We won't discuss the video I have of a certain incident Roald put me in :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Even attendee's were wearing very little clothing. It is what a porn consumer show should be, and its a shame the US shows cannot put on the same and show hardcore video even when the attendance is 21+ requirements.

yeah, too bad the Venus show will probably die a painful death this and next year. most of the B2B exhibitors will move to a strict B2B show called Erofame which will happen at the same time but a few kilometers away. i'm afraid the rest of the show will be so small that next year also the foreign exhibitors who don't know anything about that yet will not come back once they see that they are more or less alone in the B2B area

OMG Jim 08-09-2010 12:13 PM

When I began in this industry a short 5 years ago my show schedule was 4 to 5 shows a year with all of them being in the U.S. I attended the shows for two simple reasons...

to secure new affiliates for our webcam product Secretfriends and to perpetuate our company brand AlmightyContent. A pure and simple business approach? :upsidedow

Between 2006 and 2008 I attended 13 shows from coast to coast hosted by 5 different organizations. Each offered something new and different with plenty of buyers and sellers attending.

Then I noticed the big shift in show attendees in 2009 with the major difference being that fewer and fewer affiliates were attending... no matter what the reason. If you take away the affiliates from a show then you might as well take away the companies that are there specifically attending to do business with affiliates... and what do you have left???

I have discussed this with two of the major show promoters and asked why there are no shows geared towards attracting a large number of affiliates and I can't seem to get a clear answer as to why. Based on my research, an average of one third of the attendees at mainstream affiliate marketing conventions are affiliates with plenty of business for everyone!

Bottom line I think that all show promoters would serve themselves best by continuing to listen to those like myself that want to attend as many of the industry shows as possible but cannot justify so due to the lack of potential customers. I know that it is nearly impossible to design a show that would accommodate the needs of everyone in this industry but I still feel most are trying to do so with less and less luck:(

Maybe the answer is simply make the shows smaller and more targeted then look at going to a regional schedule. As many stated there are webmasters dying to pull themselves away from the monitor for a few days to attend a friendly, fun and affordable webmaster gathering. Just my :2 cents:

_

notime 08-09-2010 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 17402438)
yeah, too bad the Venus show will probably die a painful death this and next year. most of the B2B exhibitors will move to a strict B2B show called Erofame which will happen at the same time but a few kilometers away. i'm afraid the rest of the show will be so small that next year also the foreign exhibitors who don't know anything about that yet will not come back once they see that they are more or less alone in the B2B area

Not sure if I could agree. I think erofame will take over the B2B part slowly over the years and Venus itself will remain popular for consumers in the weekend, which is their cashcow.

MaDalton 08-09-2010 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by notime (Post 17402655)
Not sure if I could agree. I think erofame will take over the B2B part slowly over the years and Venus itself will remain popular for consumers in the weekend, which is their cashcow.

there will be nothing anymore that consumers can look at - just a few toy dealer. Fundorado and Partnercash cancelled, those 2 already had 1/3 of the first hall. Orion was already gone last year. Beate Uhse used to have a big show booth - not anymore.

http://www.venus-berlin.com/en/box/3...p=fachbesucher

have a look yourself, the only big show booths that are left are live-strip.com and freeones

you see any big DVD companies? Marc Dorcel & Pleasure maybe - that's it.

and trust me - consumers will be really disappointed this year, thats why i said the real problem will be next year. also i don't believe that the consumers are the real cashcows - when 50% of the hall space remain empty they are missing out on a few 100k Euro in revenue. that has to hurt.

i have been through a couple discussions about this with a dozen companies who used to exhibit at Venus and i kind of feel bad for the Venus organizers. but not listening to your clients is what makes this happen.

pornstar2fag 08-09-2010 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox (Post 17401853)

Affiliates do not like being spammed at, online or in real life.

a lot of affiliates need to readjust their premadonna attitudes for the new space that we all live in. more than ever it's a 50-50 road and if they don't see that, they're setting themselves up for failure, or have failed already. in that case they are non applicable anyhow, because their new title is Fry Chef and not affiliate.

L-Pink 08-09-2010 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by marketsmart (Post 17396949)
you guys all laughed when myself and others told you tubes and cross selling was killing the industry..

"oh noes the sky is falling" a lot of you said...

the sky did fall...

and yes, the economy is also playing a large roll, but FREE has destroyed this industry and you have no one but yourselfs to blame for allowing it to happen... :2 cents:

i would be crying right now if i hadnt switched to mainstream years ago.....

And the worst thing is we now have a whole generation of consumers trained to NOT spend money on porn.

.

notime 08-09-2010 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 17402718)
there will be nothing anymore that consumers can look at - just a few toy dealer. Fundorado and Partnercash cancelled, those 2 already had 1/3 of the first hall. Orion was already gone last year. Beate Uhse used to have a big show booth - not anymore.
The year before other big ones stopped exhibiting already, like magma, videorama and other giants in Europe

have a look yourself, the only big show booths that are left are live-strip.com and freeones
For consumers, those sites would be good to have there for sure.

you see any big DVD companies? Marc Dorcel & Pleasure maybe - that's it.
Pleasure=Beate Ushe, not sure why they would attend both shows, since they initiated the 2nd show erofame

and trust me - consumers will be really disappointed this year, thats why i said the real problem will be next year. also i don't believe that the consumers are the real cashcows - when 50% of the hall space remain empty they are missing out on a few 100k Euro in revenue. that has to hurt.
They will have less hall space so people won't notice I guess.

i have been through a couple discussions about this with a dozen companies who used to exhibit at Venus and i kind of feel bad for the Venus organizers. but not listening to your clients is what makes this happen.

You are right. They didn't listen. Venus send out a long letter recently about that and how they see it. In the end, time will tell...[/QUOTE]

davecummings 08-09-2010 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Qbert (Post 17401277)
I'd be down with that so long as the winter show was someplace warm and the summer show was someplace cooler (not fucking south FL in Aug.)

BINGO! I've found that the www.cybernetexpo.com during the summers in San Francisco were perfect, not only for weather, but also for getting business done, having astute and helpful seminars, AND for fabulous partying! Costs/hotel/dining/entertainment/etc were quite reasonable.

JFK 08-10-2010 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 17402718)
there will be nothing anymore that consumers can look at - just a few toy dealer. Fundorado and Partnercash cancelled, those 2 already had 1/3 of the first hall. Orion was already gone last year. Beate Uhse used to have a big show booth - not anymore.

http://www.venus-berlin.com/en/box/3...p=fachbesucher

have a look yourself, the only big show booths that are left are live-strip.com and freeones

you see any big DVD companies? Marc Dorcel & Pleasure maybe - that's it.

and trust me - consumers will be really disappointed this year, thats why i said the real problem will be next year. also i don't believe that the consumers are the real cashcows - when 50% of the hall space remain empty they are missing out on a few 100k Euro in revenue. that has to hurt.

i have been through a couple discussions about this with a dozen companies who used to exhibit at Venus and i kind of feel bad for the Venus organizers. but not listening to your clients is what makes this happen.

could of sworn Orion was still there last year :2 cents:

MaDalton 08-10-2010 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by JFK (Post 17403989)
could of sworn Orion was still there last year :2 cents:

yes, with a 50 sqm booth in the b2b area, not like the 10 years before with a 250 sqm booth in the b2c area. this year they won't come at all

Evil Chris 08-10-2010 08:44 AM

anyone going to Montreal for www.qwebec.com later this month?

JFK 08-10-2010 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MaDalton (Post 17404382)
yes, with a 50 sqm booth in the b2b area, not like the 10 years before with a 250 sqm booth in the b2c area. this year they won't come at all

Thanks, I guess I was'nt hallucinating after all:1orglaugh

Roald 08-10-2010 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by notime (Post 17402771)
You are right. They didn't listen. Venus send out a long letter recently about that and how they see it. In the end, time will tell...

[/QUOTE]

Lets see how this year plays out, looking forward to it but it looks like its getting less and less. Think we are the only one who got a bigger booth again lol

JFK 08-10-2010 12:02 PM

Lets see how this year plays out, looking forward to it but it looks like its getting less and less. Think we are the only one who got a bigger booth again lol[/QUOTE]

See you there :thumbsup


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