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These same people can&#8217;t wait for trade shows to resume so they can quit selling obvious bullshit.<br \/><br \/>People email me invitations to virtual events, eager to get their marketing out any way possible. There has never been a greater waste of electricity or bandwidth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of them. When you find that blog post claiming production efforts meant to create virtual events that don&#8217;t suck, they&#8217;re lying. Comparing virtual boredom to in-person trade shows and meetings shouldn&#8217;t even be done yet meanwhile charlatans trying to save their trade show businesses stay busy coming up with half-ass reasons virtual is better. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2021\/11\/11\/all-virtual-events-suck\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All virtual events are ridiculous.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All of them. 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