Are Trade Shows a thing of the past?

[softball]

This industry is capitalism in its purest form. There is no co opeeration. Never will be. There is no regulation. Never will be. There is no industry association to set guidelines. Never will be.
The whinging and whining has only started since people realized that this business is not recession proof and the vultures jumped in and seized the opportunities available.
Live by the sword. Die by the sword. Mostly trade shows never evolved into real trade shows like real world shows and are now paying the price.

[tony404]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

This industry is capitalism in its purest form. There is no co opeeration. Never will be. There is no regulation. Never will be. There is no industry association to set guidelines. Never will be.
The whinging and whining has only started since people realized that this business is not recession proof and the vultures jumped in and seized the opportunities available.
Live by the sword. Die by the sword. Mostly trade shows never evolved into real trade shows like real world shows and are now paying the price.

oh eventually there will be regulation and when it finally does come around its going to hurt. I agree with Hellpuppy like T having an accountant speak and pay him to speak so its not a big ad for his/her services. The reason most seminars suck is they are cheap paying for those.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by tony404

oh eventually there will be regulation and when it finally does come around its going to hurt. I agree with Hellpuppy like T having an accountant speak and pay him to speak so its not a big ad for his/her services. The reason most seminars suck is they are cheap paying for those.

The only area where regulation can really be applied is at the processing level. Anything else can be worked around because of how open the internet is.

I dont know that voluntary cooperation or organization will every happen.

The best possible thing that could happen is for the cost of entry to go way up.