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It's an interesting methodology. Some thoughts: (1) 12 times is way too low for number of wears. I'm probably extreme, but I've got tech shirts that could appl
by bstpierre 14y ago
It's an interesting methodology. Some thoughts:
(1) 12 times is way too low for number of wears. I'm probably extreme, but I've got tech shirts that could apply for a drivers license; I've easily worn some of them hundreds of times -- let's say every other week for the last 500+ weeks. (The older shirts are too worn thin/ragged to wear in public any more though.)
(2) I'm not sure CTR is going to be as high as an explicit ad. Clicking a link is a fairly low barrier, and still only gets a 0.14% conversion. CPC is probably the wrong model to apply; you might want to look at it as traditional advertising and apply a CPM. For what it's worth, I'd bet that your conversion rate would be higher than average since the visitor has already qualified themselves somewhat more than just a casual clickthrough.
(3) For all of the times I've worn those tech shirts, I can only recall a couple of times when someone has actually talked to me about one of the shirts. Once (a nice polo shirt with embroidered logo) I was asked if I worked for the company (which was somewhat well known) -- the answer was no. The other time was when a fan of the by-then defunct company mentioned on the shirt remarked that it was too bad the company had imploded.
(4) I've gotten free t-shirts that required very little engagement on my part with the company. E.g. rackspace sent me a shirt several years ago I think just for answering a survey; I've never been a customer. Definitely consider giving shirts to people who can actually talk about you if someone does ask about your company. IOW, the CPM on a "talking billboard" is worth more than on a static billboard.
- hsmyers 14y agoKnow what you mean. One of my favorites is the Netscape Lighthouse T. Only nit I have with what you say is that you should get over the 'too worn thin/ragged' thing. Far as I can tell, no one cares anymore. How often do you see jeans without holes anymore? Admittedly since I come from Idaho, there are a certain class of cowboy who wouldn't be caught dead in un-starched holey jeans, but every study needs outliers yes?
- bretthardin 14y agoThose are some excellent points. 1. I totally agree. It is a variable and one that is in the spreadsheet. 2. I need to look into traditional CPM to understand how to calculate. I may revisit this post in the future using CPM as the calculation.
- JoshTriplett 14y ago> (1) 12 times is way too low for number of wears. I'm probably extreme, but I've got tech shirts that could apply for a drivers license; I've easily worn some of them hundreds of times -- let's say every other week for the last 500+ weeks. (The older shirts are too worn thin/ragged to wear in public any more though.) Depends greatly on the quality of the shirt. I have shirts that have held up like you describe, and I have shirts that became unwearable after a half-dozen times. If you want to provide shirts, don't use the lowest bidder.