Comments on: Seth Godin is Wrong About “Ads as Online Tip Jar”

By: James

James — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:08:36 +0000

How about this for a simpler way to say what’s wrong with the ‘tip jar’ concept: it unbalances publishers incentives and advertisers incentives.

Publishers want the click throughs, advertisers want the click throughs that lead to results. If publishers skew click throughs so they don’t create results for advertisers, advertisers will stop paying.

And it’s nice to see you have range. Not everyone can light farts and talk cost per acquisition. As a data point of one, I’ll read as carefully as you write.

By: Nalts

Nalts — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:33:05 +0000

This cracks me up. This guy’s like the Happyslip of marketing, and nobody here cares about him. I wonder if Seth will ever read this. Seth?

By: sukatra

sukatra — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:37:44 +0000

Wow. you really energized your fan base with this one.

By: NutCheese

NutCheese — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:50:29 +0000

So many word… I have to take a dump now.

By: DahliaK

DahliaK — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:35:05 +0000

Kevin, you KNOW we don’t like these long, jargony marketing pieces. Clean up your act.

Also, do you really want your day-job contacts to find you talking about nipple rings? Even if it was MDJ who talked about them. It still reflects badly on you.

(YES I know you’re in marketing, and deal with ad agency people on a regular basis, probably the biggest per capita consumers of nipple ring paraphernalia of any occupational group outside of the sex trade; they are laughing right now.)

By: jischinger

jischinger — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:23:08 +0000

Kevin are those Invideo ads running unique or if I run the video over and over again is each one considered a view?

I agree creators and writers should stand by their ads, that’s the honest win win.

yahoo used to have the right idea, sort of, close enough, but they should have offered packages and vendors.

Something about a grocery store here… ask if you really want me to work and type it out

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:44:18 +0000

I don’t have time to read all of that, Nalts! I’m a busy person. Just back from Buffalo long enough to go grocery shopping, and I’m off to the Jersey shore tomorrow!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:19:33 +0000

Or you could get your tips the OLD SCHOOL way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfhQ7c_VaxA&fmt=18

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:37:38 +0000

I’m in school again!

Where are the hot chicks?

By: sukatra

sukatra — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:17:58 +0000

I read the article very carefully. However, I still don’t understand it. Too jargony for us non-marketing types. But appropriately jargony for your marketing audience. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Like you have an audience other than us lunatics.

Does anyone else think that the bald guy in the picture looks like christophermast without hair?