But hey, what if we held a panel discussion on the future of paid content on the Web and everybody came?!?!
I see Matthew is considering "going paywall". Rest assured, readers, that D-Squared Digest still Gets It, is still Web 2.0 (perhaps even 2.1alpha), and will continue to participate in the linkospheric blogversation ecosphere of memefluence, thus continuing with the practices that made this blog so influential back in the days when I used to post regularly and there were only about six weblogs in the world anyway.
Instead, I will be leveraging my franchise by offering my corporate readers the opportunity to sponsor "salons" with D-Squared Digest contributors, thought leaders and assorted hangers-on and local tramps, to be held at the Constitution pub on Georgianna Street. These will offer an opportunity to gain from our insights and form relationships with key players in the blog, in an informal and non-confrontational setting. Yes, basically, what I am offering is the opportunity to pay £50 for the privilege of buying me drinks.
I obviously cannot promise that "sponsorship" of a "salon" will result in more favourable coverage for sponsors or their companies/political parties/institutes for the study of contemporary antisemitism, but well (tongue-click, wink, inclines head) we're all grown-ups here aren't we? A nod's as good as a wink, eh, eh? Come on Denis, you've got my phone number.
Oddly enough, this is remarkably close to my current employer's business model.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I shouldn't have taken *all* my strategic advice from Clay Shirky.
(is it just me, or does anyone else find it hard to think of Clay Shirky without imagining him saying 'shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit'?)
ReplyDelete(I am finding it intensely difficult not to. Shiiiiiiiiiiit)
ReplyDeleteBut what about brand loyalty? The web, if nothing else, allows for rapid movement and freedom of choice that doesn't allow for everyone to arrive at the same place. Your question: "What if everyone showed up?" The answer: They have have already!
ReplyDeleteDanny L. McDaniel
Lafayette, Indiana
I have an alternative model: Anyone may visit my website for free; but if I comment on your site, you pay me two dollars.
ReplyDeletePlease send your check or money order (no cash, please) to:
Michael Drake
1525 Avenue of the Stars,
Hollywood, CA 90068
My online dynamically enabled sticky eyeballs business paradigm model is predicated on charging to read other's comments.
ReplyDeleteThat'll be two bucks fifty thanks Mike.
The Constitution Pub? But the UK has an unwritten constitution!
ReplyDeleteI suspect trickery.