[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[Kieran Lal]

On 5/27/07, Sean Effel <sean at crushyou.net> wrote:
>
>
> On 5/27/07 2:10 AM, bill at funnymonkey.com hollered:
>
> > We've been told by salespeople that we could bring in many millions of
> > dollars by adding text ads but our users aren't asking us for text ads
> > so we don't have them. Paid search can create a conflict of interest
> > with site search. The better your site search is, the less need there is
> > for paid search."
> >
> > I think there are some parallels between Craigslist and d.o --
>
>
> I agree.  I just happened to have watched "24 Hours on Craigslist" last
> night and heard them explain how they decided charge for posting certain
> content.  They asked the community at large what they felt was an
> appropriate way to monetize the CL site, took the feedback and ran with
> it.
> I think the most important point they made was that many of the CL users
> felt the paid ads were to be separated in better categories from the free
> content, creatinga segmented community.
>
> I'm behind this idea.  But I think this discussion should be larger than
> the
> consultant listserv.


I have posted to the Drupal.org front page, and the Drupal association
page.  I think that's enough to coverage to get the attention of the
community.

If I were in charge would post this to the front page
> to be sure the widest slice of d.o users get the opportunity to weigh
> in.  I
> imagine that we on this list have a particular perspective.
>
> Great movie by the way, the special features were actually more revealing
> about the CL organization, the movie itself was about the user base and
> their shananigans. Rent it!
>
> - -
> Sean Effel
> http://www.drupaltherapy.com
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