I consider myself reasonably well connected to information. Yet lately I’ve somehow missed out on a few things I would like to have known about. They happen to be album releases. First was Beck’s: The Information, and now Clap You Hands Say Yeah’s: Some Loud Thunder. I use pandora all the time, and while I haven’t listened to my Beck station in a while, I’ve given enough thumbs up to both Beck and CYHSY that Pandora knows I am a fan. So, why not somehow tell me they have new albums coming out? I’d prefer RSS, but I’ll even let you email me that info with links containing your affiliate codes. Go ahead.. do it, I dare you, and then maybe we won’t have this conversation anymore. [and if you already do this and i just don't know about it, I apologize... but I should know about it.]
But it’s not just music, this idea should apply to all sorts of products. People want to know when new stuff comes out. Especially stuff they’ve told you countless times that they like. The choice is simple, it doesn’t take much to set up this type of feed and I’m fairly certain you’ll be happy with the return (which will also be easy to measure).
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February 15, 2007 at 10:56 pm
LA
Hey - aren’t you the guy that yelled at some company for playing commercials (i.e. letting you know about new products) during you program? Or whatever - I don’t know the correct lingo that you youngsters are using.
February 15, 2007 at 11:56 pm
JDA
well LA, i was upset about the unwanted irrelevant McDonalds ads. Since it is a music service, sending me wanted information about new music seems relevant and desirable. a revenue source that users would actually enjoy.
February 16, 2007 at 6:11 pm
LA
Oh.