Newbie......

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Shelleehale

I am new but if I sit through one more useless panel at a show i think I will have earned a star or two.

Ahhhh yes....panels....

I've been going to shows since 1998. My first one was back when the precursor to Internext was at the Monte Carlo in vegas. I go to a couple a year, the January Vegas show is the only one I usually go to without fail.

During all that time, how many panels have I sat thru? I can count 'em on one hand. Yet, I almost always accomplish my goals for every show.

The problems with panels...

1) Selection of topics.

2) Finding someone who actually has something valuable to contribute to the topic to sit on the panel.

3) Getting them to open up and be forthcoming.

No one who has a really cool new idea and is making bank with it is going to sit on a panel and introduce everyone else to it. Again, this business strip mines. If you have 3-4 sites kicking ass with some new fangled innovation, as soon as the word gets out, there'll be so many of them no one can make more than beer money off of the concept.

I do my business at a corner table somewhere near the bar.