"Long-tail that $40K and ship a bunch of vloggers to vlog the conference rather than sponsor a hierarchical contest, hmmm?"
The best advice ever Jan. Let's see if he takes it. Peter On 1/30/07, Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have had some bank-and-forth with Jeff and Chris Brogan. > > Invitations and offers of assistance from Pulver. I told him I'd come to > his > VON conferences if they paid my expenses. > > Told them The Faux Press would cover 'em for $5k / week. > > No go. > > I've decided what my time and energy are worth. > > Long-tail that $40K and ship a bunch of vloggers to vlog the conference > rather than sponsor a hierarchical contest, hmmm? > > He'd get a shitload more Google Juice and advertising from that approach. > > Just sayin'. > > Jeff? You listening? > > Jan > > On 1/30/07, Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailinglist1%40collins.net.pr>> > wrote: > > > > I woke up this morning to find this in my inbox; > > > > Jeff Pulver is normally a very clever guy who started VON among other > > things so this is obvioulsy legitimate just sounds/reads a bit weird. > > > > just passing it on. > > > > Cheers > > Dean > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tomorrow morning I will be announcing an internet video contest where > > the grand prize is US$ 25,000. Submit an episode of your Internet TV > > show or a videoblog entry dealing with "How to Watch Internet TV," > > mention Network2 in it as well, and submit a link to where we can > > find it. > > > > Your show doesn't have to be on Network2 to enter (though if you come > > to <http://network2.tv/addshow/> , you can submit your show for > > inclusion). Simply show us how to see your submission, published on a > > site (YouTube, Blip, Revver, or anywhere we can easily find it), and > > it counts. > > > > Have fun with this. If you have an ongoing show, see if you can work > > the theme into your show. If you're a videoblogger, show us your > > style. Humor helps, but follow your own path on this. We want your > > take on the topic: How to Watch Internet TV, mentioning Network2 at > > some point. Oh, and if you'd give us a link on your website, that > > would be nice, too. :) > > > > We'll review the submissions (due by March 9th), and announce the > > finalists around March 16th. We'll announce the winner at Spring 2007 > > Video on the Net <http://www.videoonthenet.com>, in San Jose > > California, on March 20th. Grand prize gets $25,000. Second prize > > wins $10,000, and Third Prize takes $5,000 home. > > > > For more information, please visit: <http://pulver.com/contest>. Some > > restrictions apply, and there's plenty of rules to read over at: > > <http://pulver.com/contest/rules.html>. > > > > Earlier today I created a video announcing this contest and just > > posted it for viewing onYouTube: <http://www.youtube.com/watch? > > v=aC6o3uHigyM>. > > > > I would appreciate it if you would help spread the word about this > > contest. > > > > Best regards, Jeff > > > > p.s. Network2 and pulver.com will be hosting Networking Events in LA > > and SFO on Feb 7th and 8th. Details are posted at: > > <http://pulver.com/party/> > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > The Faux Press - better than real > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Find 10000s of videoblogs and podcasts at http://mefeedia.com my blog: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/ my job: http://petervandijck.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
