[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[Victor Kane]

But the real discussion is the one inside the Drupal Association, isn't it?
That's the one we are in the dark about.
What was discussed there?

Victor Kane
http://awebfactory.com.ar

On 5/27/07, Kieran Lal <kieran at civicspacelabs.org> wrote:
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> On 5/27/07, Sean Effel <sean at crushyou.net> wrote:
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> >
> > 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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