Internext Fallout....Is it the yearly love in or

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

My observation....and this is from someone who has never been to internext but has followed the fallout after everyone. There is a strange disquieting silence after this one. No one seems to care enough even to bitch any more. It seems these shows have been going downhill for years. I thought about going out of curiosity this year, but passed due to other commitments, and am glad I did. I haven't heard anything really positive, (apart from a couple of good seminars...hell I could pay a couple of hundred bucks to attend that) that would attract me.
They seem to have lost entirely the amateur girl component. You know pic exchanges and parties. There is, of course, lots of traffic rat stuff. But that is not entirely what this business is about and in many ways is moving on from even that.
It feels like this show has lost its way. The business has left it behind and it has not managed to provide the fun necessary to get and keep the buzz. I for one, am surprised it has even survived.
It kind of feels like an old school business that could survive and make a shitpot of money when a trained gorilla could make a good living back in the day. If anyone thinks I am pissing up a rope, please feel free to shoot me down, but I have seen lots of board boredom after this show.

I dont envy MJ the task of revitialziing this show.

[softball]

Originally Posted by gonzo

I dont envy MJ the task of revitialziing this show.

Karnak, the magnificent predicts......the death of Las Vegas internext due to extreme lack of interest.
No fun. No money. No show.

[Hell Puppy]

I've actually seen less bitching and more positive response than usual. That's not to say the show is healthy and should continue as is, far from it. My reaction when I walked onto the show floor was "wow, what a joke!" But there were some positive aspects.

1) For the most part the guys who just come to party and throw around one or two signups a month from their dorm room were NOT there. They'll be in Phoenix.

2) Quantity was down, but quality was up.

The big flaw this time was there was really nothing to force everyone into the same place at the same time. There are tons of people who I know were in town that I would've like to have seen but never ran into. Nothing to keep people on the show floor, so your only chance was the hotel bar which quickly got overcrowded.

And you're right, there's nothing there to serve the niches. Amateurs have fallen by the wayside. Everything there is geared toward the big paysite owner. Nothing much there for the smaller player.

There was supposed to be a Girls of the Internet party again, but there was no visibility for it at the show itself. I have no idea if it came off, I dont remember seeing a single girl from the amateur community. I did see Kacy, but I think of her more for hosting business than her ties back to the amateur community at this point.

[Sharpie]

"I think the concept of booths as we know it is done. What is needed is a way to lure everyone into one place at the same time and have people easily able to locate one another. The pool cabanas works in warm weather."

Hellpuppy, we saw that 3 years ago.... that is why Corridor Crusin was invented at Cybernet Expo. 3 hr show room, instead of 3 days. (It has been renamed to ' Show & Sell.) It is a featured event. Everyone shows up for that 3 hours & it is easy to find the people you are lookng for. This is the closest idea I have been able to dream up to draw a crowd, and actually have an area condsusive to doing business in a short period of time. It has been extremely successful!

[LAJ]

I had a great time... saw almost everyone I wanted to... starting my follow up this week.

I will always attend and support Internext.

Hey... maybe you guys want to give the Corridor Cruisin idea a try? Everyone else has "borrowed" from us... so no worries about offending us

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by Sharpie

"I think the concept of booths as we know it is done. What is needed is a way to lure everyone into one place at the same time and have people easily able to locate one another. The pool cabanas works in warm weather."

Hellpuppy, we saw that 3 years ago.... that is why Corridor Crusin was invented at Cybernet Expo. 3 hr show room, instead of 3 days. (It has been renamed to ' Show & Sell.) It is a featured event. Everyone shows up for that 3 hours & it is easy to find the people you are lookng for. This is the closest idea I have been able to dream up to draw a crowd, and actually have an area condsusive to doing business in a short period of time. It has been extremely successful!

Yeah, I remembered you had done something like that. Since you're putting it on east coast this year, I'll be checking it out. Definitely planning to make Tampa.

[LadyMischief]

The show for us was great this year... but most of the business was done off the show floor. I didn't attend any of the seminars personally this time around, but everything I heard about them was amazing. Vegas is a tough venue, and AVN is developing their shows to meet the expectations of the webmaster community as it evolves.. sometimes new ideas take a few tries to perfect. I have no doubt that AVN will take the feedback they got after the launch of their new show format and incorporate it into their plans going forward.

MJ, thanks for coming to our suite, we should definitely chat!

[Dee_InsomniacCash]

Most people I talked to said it sucked, but they still managed to get a lot of biz done