Besides, the first rule of Internext is not to sleep with potential affiliates, current traffic brokers, TGP owners or business partners,; they may end up just stealing your traffic in the morning!:goof:
LMAOPIP 'Will ya respect me in the morning?' Comes to mind LOL

This is what I posted on FW, I wanted to share it here:

I think a lot of what’s going on is in direct response to the massive influx of younger, ‘gonna make a million’ webmasters that enter the industry daily. The tone of the industry has changed so much that it seems that some decided to direct a lot of their energy at this new breed of newbie.

I was thoroughly impressed by my first show in the fall of 1996. I was expecting decadence and depravity. It was my first show. What I got was a lesson in this business. While it was still an adult industry event, there was far more business discussed and handled than I thought was possible. These were all real companies coming together at a trade show - just as if I was walking the design expo in the Javitz Center or a printing expo in Denver. These were all real companies doing real business in a spirit of cooperation. Now this isn’t to say that those who have booths or sponsor parties at today’s events aren’t real companies, but the tone was entirely different.

Hell, the AVN show used to be held at DISNEY WORLD! That should tell you how low key we were LOL

Who remembers the hospitality suites? Where you would go and unwind with colleagues and friends? YNOT, National Net and others sponsored these places for a long time. And if someone came in with drugs, or hookers or other intentions they were politely asked to leave. These were places for business and light banter. What you did in your room or a club was your business we all had other things to do.

Up to three years ago, public content shoots were looked down upon. Now, they are scheduled events.

To me, at least, it looks like the ratio between real business people and the ‘I’m in adult to get laid’ has increased. It used to be we out numbered them. Now it seems they are equal to us. And some companies are focusing on that new ratio.

Up until two years ago, I would walk onto the show floor with my folio filled with appointments to business meetings, goals and objectives. Now, those are handled over the phone or in email. The large venues have become either a time to get away, or just moments to catch up with folks I haven’t seen for a while. The chances to do real business are far less likely than in the past.

There was also a time, when the protesters would come (in large numbers or just one person) and we could honestly say, “We’re not like that. We aren’t all doing what you think we are.” But now, it seems they are getting exactly what they expected. It’s only going to fuel their fires more as it’s made more and more public.

I’m behind the smaller venues, now. Any I have attended, I have come back with new ideas, new business and new possibilities. They remind me of that first show I attended. We were in the adult industry and we did grown up things, in our rooms. But by the light of day, we discussed and grew our businesses. And we did it all without the need for a blowjob as a referral bonus.

Now I hope I didn't make this sound like these events were christian revival meetings, because they weren't. We did/do work in adult. By day it was business by night it was a choice.

(Dang I just read that post and I sound like a grandfather sitting in a rocker telling stories of the ‘olden days’. )

My two cents.

Gary-Alan
GA