Hey guys, everyone is back on deck and back to normal after CAP Downunder, so I thought I’d play devil’s advocate and offer some ideas/advice regarding CAP Downunder, to help make next year’s event even better.
1 – As this is a fairly new market, most of us affiliates don’t even know what Alex, Prof, Renee etc even look like, let alone all the other affiliate mangers who were present. I reckon it would have been awesome if at the beginning of each day, the CAP crew and other affiliate managers (ie not the guys who had stands, but the rest of the aff managers) were introduced to the audience so we knew who we were talking to during the breaks etc.
I managed to find an aff manager on the VERY last hour of the conference who I WISH I found on the first day, we had a LOT of ground to cover, but it was almost too late.
2 – Perhaps a little research into the speakers. Not going to name and shame here but there were a couple of SEO speakers who were WAY out of their depth (one guy didn’t even know what a ‘white label site’ was). You should assume that your CAP followers are a lot smarter than these guys gave us credit for. After all, this isn’t a seminar for muppets, this a conference for people who ‘make a living’ out of this biz, so they know the difference between a paid link and a key word rich article.
3 – Cheesy introductions. I know this sucks and everyone will slay me for this, but a simple run around every morning “Hi, my name is Adam, I own a pokies site called http://www.pokiesecrets.com and I’m here to see what I can hit next year”….this would have helped make introductions and networking sessions a lot more profitable for all of us. I sat with a guy who makes 5 figures a month, yet he was a shy dude, so didn’t speak to anyone. I’m sure there are aff managers who would LOVE to have had 10 mins with this guy to discuss his sites and promo….but he was shy and probably didn’t talk to a single manager. Opportunity lost.
I hate to be ‘ragging’ on the the gig, it was awesome, don’t get me wrong (Damon, you have no idea how many times I have quoted you since I got back to NZ and my new site is going to be a pokernews.com partner for sure) but I thought it was such a great opportunity that most aff managers and affiliates almost missed out on.
I’m going to be sitting front row centre again next year, had a fantastic time. Greg and Renee did fantastic jobs hosting and it set a good benchmark.
Most valuable session for me was Damon and the guy from Crown Poker, I don’t even have a poker site (yet) but this has inspired me, also the Bingoport guy, amazing.
Anyway, my 3c worth, for what it’s worth 