We should have a contest
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So does that mean that the game is happening and I missed the tip off? I get that there are no rules and there will be a winner in low & high budget.
Mar 31st the ending point for this? I'll pick a random niche but probably won't be able to get a site up for a week or so ... big shit happening.
Is there a list of sites that are participating on your blog that I just missed?
Hey, If I can just throw an idea out there for this competition.
How about this layout:
1) Everyone agree's to one single product to sell.
2) Everyone sign up with the "one single" affiliate marketing company for that product
3) a cap on how much everyone can spend on advertising the product
4) a deadline for the contest - example - March 31, 2009
5) The winner is the one who sells the most of that product
6) The affiliate marketing company sends the money from everyones sales to the Charity directy.
I'm just thinking this is the only way to level the playing field.
And pick a product which is new to everyone. Like, not acai berry, not ringtones, and so on. Something that no one has worked with before.
This way, you can truly see who had the most skills in selling online.
Maybe you could even talk the product owner into donating all of the net profits of their product to that charity as well. (for this particular contest)
Hey, you can make it WF T-Shirts for that matter. And all money goes to Charity.
Just throwing it out there.
Good luck with it either way!
How about this layout:
1) Everyone agree's to one single product to sell.
2) Everyone sign up with the "one single" affiliate marketing company for that product
3) a cap on how much everyone can spend on advertising the product
4) a deadline for the contest - example - March 31, 2009
5) The winner is the one who sells the most of that product
6) The affiliate marketing company sends the money from everyones sales to the Charity directy.
I'm just thinking this is the only way to level the playing field.
And pick a product which is new to everyone. Like, not acai berry, not ringtones, and so on. Something that no one has worked with before.
This way, you can truly see who had the most skills in selling online.
Maybe you could even talk the product owner into donating all of the net profits of their product to that charity as well. (for this particular contest)
Hey, you can make it WF T-Shirts for that matter. And all money goes to Charity.
Just throwing it out there.
Good luck with it either way!
I haven't received any entries yet. It seems like everybody thought it was a good idea, and then disappeared.
It's not like you missed the start. Anybody is free to start whenever they want.
I think I'm going to do my site on college prep. Expect me to update soonish.
Why not have Jon promote this? I never even caught wind of this- I rarely go to the shootin shit thread..
if the proceeds were donated to a Gay Webmaster Forum it would have been full to the brim with participants
It's a pity that this died so quickly. It's still a great idea. I think it didn't work out as planned because:
1) too many regulations/restrictions/options/levels/blah. This is not meant to be your annual tax return, it's supposed to be FUN!
2) not enough incentive to participate. While charity is really a very good motivation, there also has to be a personal incentive to invest personal time. Why do corporations donate, for example? a) because they can write it off (monetary effect), and b) because it ups their public image (monetary effect). There is no c).
Alex, if you still want to make this happen, then you should handle these two points rigorously.
- Make it simple: No investments allowed besides domain cost.
- Make it forseeable: Deadline is March 1, no matter when you entered the contest.
- Make it attractive: The one who sells it for most gets 50% of all sales, the rest goes to charity.
That's all. I'll join in on THAT.
1) too many regulations/restrictions/options/levels/blah. This is not meant to be your annual tax return, it's supposed to be FUN!
2) not enough incentive to participate. While charity is really a very good motivation, there also has to be a personal incentive to invest personal time. Why do corporations donate, for example? a) because they can write it off (monetary effect), and b) because it ups their public image (monetary effect). There is no c).
Alex, if you still want to make this happen, then you should handle these two points rigorously.
- Make it simple: No investments allowed besides domain cost.
- Make it forseeable: Deadline is March 1, no matter when you entered the contest.
- Make it attractive: The one who sells it for most gets 50% of all sales, the rest goes to charity.
That's all. I'll join in on THAT.
Man, it's too bad this died so quickly. What a great idea!
Me, I'm such a complete n00b that I'd be afraid to start. However, if this starts up again, maybe this thread (or a new one) could get stickied/promoted by WF.
Me, I'm such a complete n00b that I'd be afraid to start. However, if this starts up again, maybe this thread (or a new one) could get stickied/promoted by WF.
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