Comments on: Building a Platform and Surviving This New Free-conomy https://daredreamer.com/building-a-platform-and-surviving-this-new-free-conomy/ The Sites & Sounds of Creative Expression Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:02:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: YouTube and Leadercast Film Competitions | Dare Dreamer Magazine https://daredreamer.com/building-a-platform-and-surviving-this-new-free-conomy/#comment-2170 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:02:19 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7255#comment-2170 […] films will be shown during the event where they will be viewed by over 180,000 people (talk about building a platform!). One lucky winner will win a $5,000 cash prize. Submissions are due by April 6. Click here for […]

]]> By: Ron Dawson https://daredreamer.com/building-a-platform-and-surviving-this-new-free-conomy/#comment-2169 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:52:01 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7255#comment-2169 In reply to Alexis Cuarezma.

I can understand you looking at it that way Alexis, but selling other “stuff” is part of what building a platform is all about. One of the ways I mention in my blog post specifically on how to monetize a platform is just that, selling other products and services. People have to make a living. Chase Jarvis and CreativeLive is no different. You can watch the classes free only when it’s live, but after that you have to pay for them. The fact that DJ uses these “free” platforms to sell products and services is no different than what any of the companies I mention are doing. What you have to decide is if the content they’re providing for free is worth it to you.

]]> By: Alexis Cuarezma https://daredreamer.com/building-a-platform-and-surviving-this-new-free-conomy/#comment-2168 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:43:33 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7255#comment-2168 Ron, it’s funny you mention “free” and David Jay. Every time I’ve heard that guy talk, he’s ALWAYS trying to sell you one of his services directly or indirectly. In reading this post, I agree w/ some of what you’re saying. But an old saying comes to mind “there’s NO such thing as a free lunch”. With the tragic comedy that our industry is becoming, it reminds me of the gold rush. You can make an easier living selling the goods to the miners then actually mining for gold.
With a lot of this “free” education and $60 tour bus seminars going around, it’s giving people with a dream a little bit of knowledge but they think they are getting a quality education. And a little bit of knowledge, is dangerous thing.

]]> By: Nik Catalina https://daredreamer.com/building-a-platform-and-surviving-this-new-free-conomy/#comment-2167 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:48:44 +0000 http://daredreamermag.com/?p=7255#comment-2167 Great post… thanks for the info and useful links 🙂

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