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I like mixergy, but the advertising is a real turn off.

by fnid2 17y ago

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PStamatiou 17y ago
I don't understand this big hold up about advertising. He's making a living. As long as he provides excellent content, what do you care? I have advertising on my blog as well and it pays a lot of my bills right now and helps me work on my startup more, but none of my readers have mentioned that the ads annoy them because I always have good content. For example I live-blogged Startup Riot 2010 on wednesday http://paulstamatiou.com/live-blogging-startup-riot-2010 http://paulstamatiou.com/live-blogging-startup-riot-2010
- jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
  Agreed. The ads are really relevant too: Wufoo, grasshopper, and shopify are all very useful resources for entrepreneurs. I actually want more ads, because I trust the services + recs that Andrew puts up.
  - NEPatriot 17y ago
    As long as I'm not being sold on "how to get ripped in 1 week" or have ads shoved down my throat I think it's fine. The interview starts off with 10-20 seconds of ads and there it is. Did you guys notice Andrew monetized the site now? With a "how much would you pay model" where the users can choose what to pay per month. (pay to access older interviews)
    - fnid2 17y ago
      See that I appreciate. Much better than hear the same message about the same company every time. We all know about shopify. It's all the buzz. I don't need a shopify, i have paypal. I don't need woofoo. I have skype already. Let the companies create a video and submit it to play and pay $20 for the spot. Spice it up. Make the advertising entertaining. Does he even really need the advertising? Why not use the time to talk about a startup in his community?
- fnid2 17y ago
  It's not that he is advertising, it is the delivery of the message. I would prefer to see a demo of the product or some screen shots, rather than someone telling me I should go check it out because he wants us to and they give him money for the plug. It's the opposite of compelling.
  - ryanhuff 17y ago
    I would imagine after the 10th demo of Grasshopper, you would be pretty tired of seeing it. The 10-15 second commercial is a small price to pay for 30-60 minutes of content.

I like mixergy, but the advertising is a real turn off.

by fnid2 17y ago

I like mixergy, but the advertising is a real turn off.

deleted 17y ago

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PStamatiou 17y ago

I don't understand this big hold up about advertising. He's making a living. As long as he provides excellent content, what do you care? I have advertising on my blog as well and it pays a lot of my bills right now and helps me work on my startup more, but none of my readers have mentioned that the ads annoy them because I always have good content. For example I live-blogged Startup Riot 2010 on wednesday http://paulstamatiou.com/live-blogging-startup-riot-2010 http://paulstamatiou.com/live-blogging-startup-riot-2010

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
Agreed. The ads are really relevant too: Wufoo, grasshopper, and shopify are all very useful resources for entrepreneurs. I actually want more ads, because I trust the services + recs that Andrew puts up.
- NEPatriot 17y ago
  As long as I'm not being sold on "how to get ripped in 1 week" or have ads shoved down my throat I think it's fine. The interview starts off with 10-20 seconds of ads and there it is. Did you guys notice Andrew monetized the site now? With a "how much would you pay model" where the users can choose what to pay per month. (pay to access older interviews)
  - fnid2 17y ago
    See that I appreciate. Much better than hear the same message about the same company every time. We all know about shopify. It's all the buzz. I don't need a shopify, i have paypal. I don't need woofoo. I have skype already. Let the companies create a video and submit it to play and pay $20 for the spot. Spice it up. Make the advertising entertaining. Does he even really need the advertising? Why not use the time to talk about a startup in his community?
fnid2 17y ago
It's not that he is advertising, it is the delivery of the message. I would prefer to see a demo of the product or some screen shots, rather than someone telling me I should go check it out because he wants us to and they give him money for the plug. It's the opposite of compelling.
- ryanhuff 17y ago
  I would imagine after the 10th demo of Grasshopper, you would be pretty tired of seeing it. The 10-15 second commercial is a small price to pay for 30-60 minutes of content.