In Reply to: Very strange thinking.... posted by alan m. kafton on January 20, 2009 at 08:47:09:
Hi Alan,
Back again I see.
What I've said for years is this: When your marketing plan seems to be to tag along with a highly successful show, you'll never create anything that's self-sustaining. Simply take CES away and see what happens. Does it have enough to offer?
On the other hand, I've never had anything but praise for the Rocky Mountain show. Early on, from what I understand, it was a pretty small thing, but through good marketing, promotion and operations, they've created a credible show. In my opinion, that's great. We'll cover it again this year although there are some who would like us see us do another European show or something in Asia.
Also, take this into consideration: I used to be a huge support of Montreal's show, but not anymore. They've taken what was close to becoming the top show in North America and, unfortunately, back-peddled into what I consider more or less a regional show this year. As a result, we've cut out a lot of our coverage of that one. From what I understand, they're trying to revamp that show and I'll attend to see it this year to see what improvements have been made, but last year's was a far cry from what it once was.
I hope that explains.
DS
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- RE: Very strange thinking.... - Doug Schneider 01/20/0909:29:49 01/20/09 (6)
- We're so sorry, Uncle Albert.... - alan m. kafton 10:41:42 01/20/09 (1)
- RE: We're so sorry, Uncle Albert.... - Doug Schneider 13:21:57 01/20/09 (0)
- RE: Very strange thinking.... - Jonathan Tinn 10:20:29 01/20/09 (3)
- RE: Very strange thinking.... - Doug Schneider 13:19:23 01/20/09 (2)
- What hubris.... - alan m. kafton 18:46:38 01/20/09 (1)
- RE: What hubris.... - Doug Schneider 20:35:10 01/20/09 (0)