(the marketing part starts around minute 37 of the above 51 minute video from Jawed Karim–the often forgotten 3rd Youtube co-founder)
a) Pitched a bunch of Wired.com reporters. Womp, womp. Didn’t work, got no replies.
b) Pitched VCs. Womp, womp. They thought youtube was “cute.”
c) Email all their friends. Womp, womp. Followed HotorNot.com’s formula, as the [...]
There’s this notion that people don’t like to feel like they’ve been sold. I completely agree with it. However, I see people fighting this idea all the time. Shameless/blatant self-promotion rarely gets us the response we want. The reason? It’s uncreative.
How much effort does it take to say “Hey Everybody! Look at me! Buy my [...]
Linking is still important thing that’s done on the Web. As long as PageRank is being used, it will continue to be important. However, when it comes to getting people interested, a link on a Website isn’t a convincing as it once was. Clicking on a link and then being brought to [...]
This is just a warning post to let you know of things to come. People are always looking for ways to market their services, products, and/or talents. There will be a series of posts that are designed to give you simple ideas on how you can do some interesting things that will [...]