tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post442829804286243804..comments2023-09-11T09:02:15.734+01:00Comments on Mind Booster Noori: Taking the "name your own pricing" model one step furtherMarcos Maradohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899709695854674303noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post-360182053826001282009-06-16T14:24:57.180+01:002009-06-16T14:24:57.180+01:00Hello Renato, yes, I remember well of you! Thanks ...Hello Renato, yes, I remember well of you! Thanks for the congratulations on Noori Records. Regarding to MAPiNET and the possibility of a Portuguese version of the "three-strikes", well, there are lots of things that must be done to ensure that it will never happen. The easiest one is, on the upcoming elections, making ourselves sure that we don't let the wrong people get into the government...Mind Booster Noorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655245207577274763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post-25256508389651966092009-05-15T19:00:00.000+01:002009-05-15T19:00:00.000+01:00Parabéns pela Noori Records! Curiosamente encontre...Parabéns pela Noori Records! Curiosamente encontrei este blog através dos comentários feitos noutro blog, em que se falava do MAPiNET e da Emenda 138 (conversasdobruno.blogs.sapo.pt). Reconheci o nick do velhinho fórum doFansMarilynManson.com :) O meu nick era SickBoy, provavelmente nem te lembras. Vou acompanhando o Twitter também. Nestes tempos difíceis em que o Sarkozy consegue aprovar a lei dos 3 avisos e por cá se se quer copiar o mesmo modelo decadente, toda a ajuda é pouca. Abraço!Renatohttp://www.twitter.com/renatocondenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post-40004309038029309332009-04-06T12:41:00.000+01:002009-04-06T12:41:00.000+01:00Astromac: thanks, updated the blog post with some ...Astromac: thanks, updated the blog post with some corrections. Unfortunately I still skip the "check spelling" step a lot when writing blog posts and comments in a rush (which lately is almost every time)...Mind Booster Noorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655245207577274763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post-75767477105072610062009-04-04T06:07:00.000+01:002009-04-04T06:07:00.000+01:00By the way, it's "paid" and not "payed" (unless yo...By the way, it's "paid" and not "payed" (unless you're being archaic), and "amount" and not "ammount".Astromacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post-31127102478917600652009-04-03T19:08:00.000+01:002009-04-03T19:08:00.000+01:00There are lots of differences between the model tr...There are lots of differences between the model tried by 2nd rec and the one used by Noori Records. But the biggest difference here is, from my point of view, that in their model everyone would get the album for free, and <B>after</B>, they would have the option to pay something for it. On the other hand, in my experiment people knew, from the beginning, that they were <B>buying</B> a CD: they first pay, and then get it. The only difference here from the "traditional selling CDs model" is really the fact that the price isn't "fixed". To tell you the truth, I <B>would pay</B> for an album released as Noori Records did, and I'm not sure I would pay in the second case: I already had the CD in my hands anyway, so what would be the incentive of going somewhere online and going through the process of leaving a donation?<BR/><BR/>Regarding the bottom line being to offer something tangible or not... I'm not really sure about that. In the end, I think you have to be giving something that people are willing to pay. It could be a magazine/report (for your case), but I still think that it would work a lot better if you created your brand and sell stuff related to it... Now, "remixtures" is a great blog I read, but it isn't really a "movement", like, let's say as an example, "Pirate Bay". So, people will happily pay for "Pirate Bay" coffee mugs and t-shirts, and if remixtures would be something of the kind... I don't know, maybe a sentence, something like "remixtures is the way I live", or something like that (but good, that sentence is pure crap just to give you an example), then you would easily sell remixtures t-shirts (I would surely get one ;-)). Another thing you could do - and probably would work better - would be to sell things that *people want*. You talk about music: you could sell music, or help bands selling it. <BR/><BR/>As you can see, your dillema is about something different from what I already thought about: my thing with Noori Records is to help bands make their dreams come true - and for some of those dreams I need to make money, but the money is easily gathered because it is gathered TO make those dreams possible. What's your dream?Mind Booster Noorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655245207577274763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post-38481190482385350542009-04-03T18:03:00.000+01:002009-04-03T18:03:00.000+01:00But it seems to me it is somewhat difficult to app...But it seems to me it is somewhat difficult to apply that same model to online journalism or even to Web services. As a non-fiction writer I could write a book. But the thing is that by the time I would have finished writing it, it would be without a doubt already outdated. Online content production is almost always a service and not a product. A blog such as Create Digital Music can publish a book and charge several dozens of bucks by it but that book is a mere catalogue of music production hardware and software. A gadget blog can also do that. But I think that a blog covering a specific industry niche can have more effective results by lauching a biweekly magazine, a "state of the art" monthly report, a paid podcast, etc.Miguel Caetanohttp://remixtures.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17758483.post-23541926508528267862009-04-03T17:30:00.000+01:002009-04-03T17:30:00.000+01:00Congratulations. I guess you learned the lessons t...Congratulations. I guess you learned the lessons that these guys didn't: <BR/><BR/>http://remixtures.com/2008/02/modelo-de-musica-ao-preco-do-fregues-nao-funciona-com-cds/<BR/><BR/>So the bottom line is that you got to offer something tangible, no?Miguel Caetanohttp://remixtures.comnoreply@blogger.com