Kevin Kelly’s legendary essay about a 1000 true fans was an eye-opener for many people who had been trying to live from what they love to do most. He wrote that whether you’re a blogger, musician, aspiring film maker, or painter: you’re in need of a 1000 fans who are willing to spend 100 dollars per year on your work (acquisitions, merchandise, donations, tickets, you name it).
Since this article was published, many people started thinking of ways to reach and keep fans. Kathy Sierra has written about creating passionate users . Seth Godin has said we have to be a purple cow and be patient . And I would like to add, in all modesty, that you have to pick a sentiment.
Inspiration for this article: MGMT’s show at a rock festival
I got this idea when I admired the psychedelic pop group MGMT at Lowlands, one of Holland’s most popular music festivals. A friend and I discussed why we thought this band rocked. My friend said he liked the lyri...
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My inspiration: Internet is the new LSDFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-20 08:00:57
Today I talked about my inspiration for blogging on the Spin Awards Inspiration Days . I wanted to give the audience something to think about, instead of just give them an insight in my blogging mind. So I made a comparison between LSD and the Internet.
I came up with that comparison when I visited the exhibition Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era in The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. It showed what the hippies were all about: their ideas about sexual revolution, eq...
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Post Date: 2008-03-20 06:07:02
Yesterday was hectic day. First I went to the Web 2.0 conference PLUGG in Brussels, to do some hard conference blogging. It was a fairly interesting and well-organized conference. However I did find out that I hate panels . See the Next Web for more coverage .
I had to leave kinda early, to show up at the Dutch Bloggies - The Dutch Oscars for blogs - in The Hague. The Next Web was nominated three times (ICT, Technology and Marketing) and Spotlight Effect managed to get a nom...
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Post Date: 2008-03-17 09:05:09
Last month I was reading Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World’s Top Bloggers by Micheal A. Banks. One of the thirty bloggers featured in this book is Dave Taylor. On Askdavetaylor.com he answers tech questions of his visitors. He inspired me to start a blog version of this concept. So, do send me your blog questions and I’ll give you my answer. You can reach me by sending a line to ejpfauth@gmail.com or @dutchproblogger on Twitter.
How do I get attention for my b...
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Post Date: 2008-03-15 07:20:41
When Mark Everett performs these days, he only needs one man besides him on stage: ‘the Chad’. Together with Edial Dekker and Peter Evers I drove 2,5 hours - which is a really long drive for Dutch standards - to see these two men playing the beautiful music of Eels in the theater of Enschede (Try to pronounce that if you don’t speak Dutch, The Chad came up with enchiladas).
My first thought was: how can only two men capture the rich sound of Eels? Yet after f...
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