tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598697.post114347671055118146..comments2024-03-25T20:16:34.043-05:00Comments on Gibberish: Aggiecon 37 post-mortemJayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598697.post-1143947513666096552006-04-01T21:11:00.000-06:002006-04-01T21:11:00.000-06:00I've learned enough to ignore the peanut gallery w...I've learned enough to ignore the peanut gallery when they're not brave enough to own up to their comments.<BR/><BR/>The FACT--if you'll bother to look at Aggiecon history--is that media guests have <B>never, ever</B> made money for the con. Not Walter Koenig of Star Trek. Not Richard Biggs nor Julie Caitlin Brown of Babylon 5. Not Virginia Hey nor Lani Tupu of Farscape. All of them cut the con "Good Deals" and every single one of them drove the con into the red. The demographics of the B/CS area will not support a media-centric, Dragoncon style show. That's been proven time and again, but if the concom is going to continue to obsess over media guests and continue to pay to bring them in, don't come crying to me when the whole enterprise goes belly-up.<BR/><BR/>You're right about one thing though--marketing for the con is abyssmal. The advertising budget should be boosted exponentially--and not blown all in the B/CS market. For Aggiecon to remain viable, much more promotion needs to be directed at Houston and Austin, featuring a larger diversity of non-media guests.Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6598697.post-1143923703470489172006-04-01T14:35:00.000-06:002006-04-01T14:35:00.000-06:00you should really learn somethings before you spea...you should really learn somethings before you speak, they did not pay Peter Meyhew 4 grand, and while I agree they needed alot of help, having some stars there would help if the proper advertising is doneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com