[p2p-research] i am the long tail

[Michel Bauwens]

ok stan, thanks for this input and looking into it ...

I looked into it after your commentary and indeed you are right, it's
peppered with advertising for advertising ...

it's only saving grace is the profile's of enterpreneurs 'making it' by
following their passions ..

this may be banale for the US, but here in thailand, it can inspire
confidence amongst young people to follow their dreams ...

too bad for the stress on the ads ...

I agree we should ignore it for that reason,

Michel

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Stan Rhodes <stanleyrhodes at gmail.com>wrote:

> Commerical project is right.  That site has nothing to do with long tails,
> nor do the entrepreneurs featured, but the "long tail" meme draws hits and
> website entrepreneurs.  Essentially, this is a web-based infomercial to lure
> websites into joining the The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Long Tail
> Alliance.  It's right at the top: "Special Offer - Save $100 Join the IAB
> Long Tail Alliance Today for only $399 for a limited time."
>
> Regarding the clips, the entrepreneurs give feel good sound bites peppered
> with mentions of how wonderful advertising is, which shouldn't be
> surprising, given they're all members of IAB.
>
> The skinny on the IAB, straight from their own site, should anyone care:
>
> ". . . is comprised of more than 375 leading media and technology companies
> who are responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the United
> States. On behalf of its members, the IAB is dedicated to the growth of the
> interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive’s share of total
> marketing spend, and of its members’ share of total marketing spend.
>
> *The IAB has six core objectives:*
>
>    -  Fend off adverse legislation and regulation
>     - Coalesce around market-making measurement guidelines and creative
>    standards
>    - Create common ground with customers to reduce costly friction in the
>    supply chain
>    - Share best practices that foster industry-wide growth
>    - Generate industry-wide research and thought leadership that
>    solidifies Interactive as a mainstream medium
>    - Create countervailing force to balance power of other media,
>    marketing, and agency trade groups"
>
> I consider Adblock a best practice.  I'm guessing they don't.  It would be
> a real shame for the P2PF to give this organization or their "project" any
> coverage (even negative, which would still give them some hits), in my
> opinion.
>
> -- Stan
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 8:11 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> http://www.iamthelongtail.com/
>>
>> Though this is a commercial project, I think that the testimonies of young
>> enterpreneurs can be very inspiring and heartening ...
>>
>> I would appreciate if anyone would volunteer to watch a few of them, make
>> a choice, and propose a sample to our blog,
>>
>> thanks for considering this!!
>>
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