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Latest revision as of 21:28, 7 September 2011
Conor and Gabe are talking about ideas for the Wiggly Tendrils going forward. Here are notes from our discussions.
Contents
Current To-Do
- Conor:
- clear out song request log (three more to go!)
- think about new payment model (notes below)
- prepare communication for site/email about new model (to do)
- timing of communication/change: end of august after we're settled in CA
- Gabe:
- prepare greeting card ideas/templates
- talk to Megan about online payment options
Three Main Areas of Focus
- Gift Songs
- Birthday & Event
- Love Songs
- Wedding ("indie brides")
- Pet Songs
- Jingles
- Podcast themes
Pricing Ideas
- Free Song Request
- Not guaranteed to be written
- Interesting ideas, broad appeal
- Simple Requests
- $48/48hours flat rate for ukulele song
- Paid up front with request
- Complex requests
- Request for quote
- $100-$200/song minute
- Song downloads
- $1.00 per track
- Albums pay what you like $10.00 minimum
Funding Ideas
- Kickstarter
- Grants?
Marketing Ideas
- Create main page for blog
- who we are
- what we do
- connection info
- Post frequency
- put news and normal blogish posts in the feed?
- refer people to bandcamp to hear/download the songs?
- Social media connections (friends, followers)
- Facebook Fan Page: 200ish
- Facebook Freinds: 140ish
- Twitter account: 100ish
- YouTube? Videos?
- sock puppets?
- video songs?
- user-made videos?
- Contact Niche Thought Leaders (food, pets, local)
- Niche twitter accounts (presidents)
- image or logo?
- t-shirts
- stickers
Inspiration
- Pomplamoose
- Songs to Wear Pants To and Gunnarolla
- Jonathan Mann (aka Rock Cookie Bottom, aka Songadaymann, aka Songatron)
- Jonathan Coultaon
- Michael Masnick (NIN case study)
Parallel Projects
- Current Events/Trending Topics Songs
- need to find smaller trends, the big ones tend to be dull/negative
- Periodic Table Project
- Potential Kickstarter Project
- QRuxpin.
- like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSkAzU5Q2fg and this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kc2HvjO8z4
- Demons Book: Thought experiments
- Potential Kickstarter Project
- Greeting Cards
- Compilations
- Advent Calendar
- NYE Countdown
- Recipe Songbooks
