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Originally Posted by MichaelCorfman
But there are also a lot of affiliates that are attending for the first time at many conferences. Some are larger affiliates that just have not done it before, but many are smaller affiliates that want to learn more to increase the liklihood that they will become a bigger affiliate.
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I have attended numerous conferences over the years and have to say it seems to be mostly comprised of the same people event after event.
I will admit I haven't attended one since Sam (uncle) put his foot down, so possibly the number of newbies who become repeat attendees is on the rise, but I have my doubts.
greek39, I wouldnt say they are necessarily tailored toward the elite, though travel expenses for upstarts might not be feasible - no doubt plenty a sucker has paid the piper only to make a deal with the likes of cpays etc. and were ran out of the business sooner rather than later.
I'm just curious about the justification for a conference every other month. Personally as a larger affiliate I don't need to travel across the country to have someone buy me a drink in some cases at the direct expense of other affiliates. I'm also trying to look at it from a programs perspective (which is really not possible, but I'm trying anyway) I dont understand why its necessary to party at every given opportunity - seems the money could be much better spent.