Long Beach Sign Business & Digital Graphics Show

[Marekdlux]

Florida? Oh well, I'm going to Vegas anyways. :beer:

I was there last weekend, I have to go get my money back!

-Marek

[Foxy]

We've got a show over here in Melbourne starting next Thursday. Going down to visit a few mates and hit the . Don't expect to see to much new stuff but my wife tells me I need a break as I'm turning into a :darkevil5yg:

[Marekdlux]

Anyone going to the Long Beach show on the 20th-22nd of July?

What day(s)?

-Marek

[Erik Sine]

I'll be there thurs-Fri taking like 10 seminars for the hell of it.

[Erik Sine]

Marek, I was there from 8am thurs till 7pm Friday. You probably didn't see me because Iwas taking seminars all day with only 1/2 gap between each one. I was kinda looking out for you inbetween sems with little time on the floor but I don't really know what you look like other than that small avatar you had that one time wich was small as hell. But I was looking for 3 guys walking around.

Again disappointed with no neon guys there, just LED. But I did like that fiber optic and small illuminated panel vender with the T-5's illuminating it. The Router table was cool too. But way more promotion & print wear than signs.

As far as the seminars go. The only one I wanted to go to was the last one at 5pm Friday, that was priceless. I took 2 sets of seminars, business & graphic layout. The best business like I said was the final, as they were come to find ou mainly for people who are just starting up or looking to open their own business. Graphic layout sems were good as I recongnized the name of the guy who hosted it, a guy who just bought a Shopbot CNC and has posted in the shopbot forums, Raymond Chapman. He does some nice dimensional signs. The business sems were okay with some outstanding stories. I skipped one of business classes to jump into an unexpected or overlooked sign prodection & installation seminar by Rick Williams. It was interesting to go but nice to see, wish they had more like it.

But for $225.00 and attend all seminars, well worth it. I couldn't put a price on the last sem I attended as I learned and re-inforced what I already knew. Strategic pricing, when to raise prices, sales etc. Well worth it, but a few people in there scared me with the way they view how to price. I can just imagine these as the same people who post in forums with their low prices. All hosts of the seminars seemed to be fiscally conservative and with business practises, I couldn't ask for anything better than that. But I did see how it pissed off a few sandle wearing hippies, wait.....I was wearing sandles But it was hot as hell out there!

PS- One thing I wish I sould have had more time to do was go to the Friday night bash which was free appetizers and free adult beverages so I could have talked to some people who I didn't have a chance to during the seminars. That was from 7:30pm-9:30pm at the renisance hotel.

[matthewota]

I try to go every year as it is conveniently located close to where I work and live. I do not go to the classes unless my employer pays for them. I do get a lot of technical information from the vendors for free and always snag a letter or two from the Gemini People, just for fun.