[consulting] Drupal.org advertising proposals requested

[Dan Robinson]

this is becoming a very long email thread indeed.

I thought I would point out (sorry if someone has already done this)
that Craigslist obtains income entirely from a single source.   They
charge people to place "Help Wanted" ads on their site.  That's it. 
It's like $25 per post.  They bring in a lot of cash.  So for proposals
I would suggest -

- You look at a similar model of asking people to pay for certain kinds
of access to the community, and
- That a "tip jar" with recommended "tips" for different things should
be added to the site asap.

It seems reasonable that we could build a culture of contribution and
people could contribute small amounts as they daily interact with the
community.  Just think of what kind of income streams could be
established if people were aculturated to donating small amounts of $
every time they got help, read documentation, installed Drupal, used a
new module.

Dan
> In 2006,  Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> traffic increased 250%.  In
> order to prepare for future growth of Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org>
> and the needs of the Drupal community the Drupal Association is
> looking into starting a paid advertising program.  We believe that
> paid advertising that is relevant to the needs of Drupal
> administrators, Drupal users, and the Drupal community can be placed
> in relevant sections of Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> and help the
> Drupal community greatly by funding improvements and infrastructure
> for Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> websites.
>
> If you represent a company interested in participating please get in
> touch via this email.  We are looking for proposals from:
>
> * Hosting companies that provide reliable, secure hosting of Drupal
> web sites.
> * Web development and consulting companies and practioners which
> provide contributions back to the Drupal community.
>
> Advertisements on Drupal.org <http://Drupal.org> web sites will be
> marked as paid advertisements and must meet responsible hosting and
> consulting practices which are to be determined.  The Drupal
> Association will not explicitly endorse any advertisers.
>
> Funds raised from advertising will go to the Drupal association and
> fund infrastructure, and support improvements in Drupal.org
> <http://Drupal.org> to meet the needs of the Drupal community.  The
> Drupal association will also offer paid memberships to the Drupal
> association, for supporters that do not wish to advertise but still
> wish to support the Drupal project. 
>
> Thank-you,
> Kieran Lal
> Drupal Association fund raising board member
>
>
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