Comments on: Podcast Network Auctioning Ad spots http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/07/podcast-network-auctioning-ad-spots My commentary on Tech News, Starting a business, Ebay, and Everyday Life Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:01:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Thatedeguy http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/07/podcast-network-auctioning-ad-spots/comment-page-1#comment-1280 Thatedeguy Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:30:09 +0000 http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/07/podcast-network-auctioning-ad-spots#comment-1280 Cameron, I hadn't realized that PCN had done it in 2005... but that goes towards my point even more. Was the first trip up auction alley a dissapointment? Is that the deciding factor for the minimum payments? I realize that there is some backend to it, but I cannot imagine that most of your current structure wouldn't be already set up to where your overhead for adding a ad would be that high. Of course I do see the point with the hosting factor. But in all honesty, how have you been paying your hosts previous to this? I'm assuming that either you come up with it out of pocket or you have current advertisers. In which case, if the current advertisers are paying the bills, why not split between the ads and have some that are already paid for and some that are a free-for-all auction. Cameron,

I hadn’t realized that PCN had done it in 2005… but that goes towards my point even more. Was the first trip up auction alley a dissapointment? Is that the deciding factor for the minimum payments? I realize that there is some backend to it, but I cannot imagine that most of your current structure wouldn’t be already set up to where your overhead for adding a ad would be that high. Of course I do see the point with the hosting factor. But in all honesty, how have you been paying your hosts previous to this?
I’m assuming that either you come up with it out of pocket or you have current advertisers. In which case, if the current advertisers are paying the bills, why not split between the ads and have some that are already paid for and some that are a free-for-all auction.

]]> By: Cameron Reilly http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/07/podcast-network-auctioning-ad-spots/comment-page-1#comment-1279 Cameron Reilly Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:36:31 +0000 http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/07/podcast-network-auctioning-ad-spots#comment-1279 Oh and actualy Rocketboom weren't first. We were. We did it with G’Day World back in early 2005, Oh and actualy Rocketboom weren’t first. We were.
We did it with G’Day World back in early 2005,

]]> By: Cameron Reilly http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/07/podcast-network-auctioning-ad-spots/comment-page-1#comment-1278 Cameron Reilly Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:35:05 +0000 http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2006/07/podcast-network-auctioning-ad-spots#comment-1278 Thanks for the feedback dude. I set a minimum on the auctions because there's a lot of work for be done when you are have advertisers on a podcast (recording the ad, placing the ads, configuring our backend to run the ads, providing reports, providing invoices, paying the hosts) and I'm not going to do all that for $0.01. That's time/energy I could more profitably spend doing something else. Thanks for the feedback dude. I set a minimum on the auctions because there’s a lot of work for be done when you are have advertisers on a podcast (recording the ad, placing the ads, configuring our backend to run the ads, providing reports, providing invoices, paying the hosts) and I’m not going to do all that for $0.01. That’s time/energy I could more profitably spend doing something else.

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