Indy Will Be the Only “Stand Alone” 360|Flex Show in 2009

Posted on | March 30, 2009 | 5602 Commentshttp://www.360flex.com/blog/2009/03/indy-will-be-the-only-stand-alone-360flex-show-in-2009/Indy+Will+Be+the+Only+%22Stand+Alone%22+360%7CFlex+Show+in+20092009-03-30+15%3A00%3A22Tom

Let me start of by saying, this is NOT a sad news post!

360|Flex Indy is our best selling show to date!  I think that people are seeing the value in this show during these tough economic times.  We’re giving you five amazing tracks, plus some killer hands on stuff all for roughly $500.  That’s the price other shows charge just for their 1 day pre-conference training. Our pre-conference training is free with admission, in case you weren’t aware.

We tend to do 360|Flex shows 6 months apart.  We wanted to do Indy in 2009 to hang with our good friends at Simplified Logic, and so we chose May to insure that Indy had time to thaw.  If you do a wee bit of calculating, you’ll see that puts us in the November timeframe.  Not a good month with people already taking time off for Thanksgiving, so let’s roll back one month to October.  Now, isn’t there something else going down in October.  Oh yeah, that Adobe MAX thing.  Now, we realize that we don’t share customers 100%, but let’s face it.  Trying to hold a stand alone 360|Flex in the same month as MAX on the same side of the country is probably not too smart.  Economic times are tough, so we wouldn’t want to put people out by forcing them to travel twice for the two shows or making people make a tough choice on where to be.  We’re looking at some alternative formats for the West Coast edition, but one thing is for certain.  There will NOT be a standalone 360|Flex on the west coast in 2009.  (Let the rumor mill start churning on what the “alternative format” will be!)  Come 2010, we’ll get back on track and start off with a west coast show and resume a schedule more conducive to 2 shows a year.

What about September you ask, well, that poses it’s own problem.  See, 360Conferences had a baby this year.  She cost us a little money, but she’s so cute!  LOL  360|iDev, our iPhone/iPod developer conference, was launched in early March.  It looks like we have our second hit show on our hands.  The problem though is that 6 months after March is September.  Therefore, we’ll be busy that month doing that show.  As much as I’d like to think John and I can handle 2  full length shows in the same month, we’d be lying to ourselves if we tried.  Plus, both shows would suck and everyone would hate us.  We don’t want to be hated. :) We want people to like us!

August would be only 3 months after Indy and December would be no good for a lot of folks again cuz of holidays, you know, it’s Festivus time.  We’ve never had to work with two different shows before and as you can see, it requires a bit of planning.   360Conferences may be known for great shows, but planning is something that we still struggle with obviously!  :)

Indy is our most robust 360|Flex show to date.  It’s almost 2 shows worth in one. We have other items in the works to provide even more value for your money.

Tickets are moving fast.  We have roughly 30 tickets left at the $480 price level.  They’ll soon be $550.  You better register now to get the best price you can get!  See you in Indy!

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