[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[Kieran Lal]

On 5/27/07, Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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?


Several hosting companies contacted the Drupal Association requesting to be
involved in the Drupal project. As they have been doing for years.  In some
cases they want to fund conferences, or make straight up donations to the
Drupal Association.  They inquired about membership fees, etc. We suggested
that we would like to explore paid advertising as a way to fund the growth
of the Drupal infrastructure.  This was just one of many ways that the
Drupal association is exploring to fund the infrastructure.

After getting a feel for what kinds of offers were available we posted to
the front page of Drupal.org, a.d.o, and the consulting list to get feedback
and specific proposals from the community.

Cheers,
Kieran

Victor Kane
> http://awebfactory.com.ar
>
> On 5/27/07, Kieran Lal <kieran at civicspacelabs.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 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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