Sunday, January 7th, 2007 by Andy Beal

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Sex Vs. Zune

After I announced I’d be giving away a free Zune MP3 player to one lucky member of Marketing Pilgrim’s MyBlogLog community, Shoemoney decided he’d throw down the gauntlet.

His challenge? That sex still sells and people who join MyBlogLog are essentially only one step above MySpace users (my words, not his), and would rather see a photo of an attractive girl in a tight top, than win a Zune.

It’s an interesting challenge, and while I’m more interested in building community members than beating Jeremy, it will be fun to see who “wins” this social experiment.

So, in the meantime, I’ll ask you. Are you that easily swayed by a picture of a pretty girl? Or does old fashioned bribery work best? ;-)

Thanks for adding an extra twist Jeremy!


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18 comments on “Sex Vs. Zune”

  1. David Temple Says:

    January 7th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    Sorry you lose. MyBlogLog users are blinded by the pretty girl picture and never get a chance to see your bribery. Not only does sex sell, but first impressions are critical.

  2. Christer Edwards Says:

    January 7th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

    Considering the DRM-laced Zune is far more restrictive than the iPod or any other player in the market I’ll take the picture and retain some amount of personal freedom.

  3. Lea Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 12:22 am

    Dude, I’m a hetero female and I don’t want a Zune!
    I’ll take the picture if I have to choose… :-P

  4. pittfall Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 12:32 am

    Andy,
    Sex sells, unfortunately. I am a member of both communities and wish you the best. I have an interesting idea though, you could ask you readers to drop ShoeMoney’s community right before the “contest” ends.

  5. Shoemoney Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 2:02 am

    btw I nominate kid_disco for cool mybloglog avatar of the year

  6. Neil Patel Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 2:07 am

    I interviewed Nicole while visiting Shoe. She is very talented when it comes to Internet marketing and programing (java, C, php…) and I think he will win for that reason. ;)

  7. cork-host Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 4:42 am

    A girl in a tight top would attract only half the audience. You’d need an attractive man too. Remember the study LGBT people are more into blogging and social networks.

    Must change my blog-log image then…

  8. Stefano Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 5:59 am

    I’ll take the Zune, at least it has some monetary value. I’ll sell it to someone stupid enought to buy it, and voila, im rich! :)

    It also depends who the girl in the picture is.

  9. Shonzilla Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 6:39 am

    Would it make the competition righteous if I would promise to post a photo of myself with my shirt off? ;-)

    Cheers!

  10. Andy Beal Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 9:12 am

    Shonzilla, I thought of that tactic too, but being a one-person shop, the pickings were slim. ;-)

  11. rob humphreys Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 9:49 am

    Hey Andy –

    I’m gonna have to side with Shoemoney on this one.

    MyBlogLog is just a notch above MySpace (IMO).

    The real currency on MyBlogLog is the person’s content (like your site). But unfortunately, too many people (including me) initially perceive the measure of relevance of someones’ BlogLog by it’s popularity (how many people are friends/contacts or members of the community). Basically, the number of contacts/members you have is only an approximation of relevance.

    Just because someone has a lot of contacts or members of a community, doesn’t necessarily mean the site is that much better than someone else who has less contacts or members.

    And to confess, I too have found myself clicking on a person’s icon first by their profile name (something marketing or seo in the name) and then by their picture (a good example is Go2Web2’s pic and profile).

    Like most other things online, the system can be gamed. And Shoemoney knows a thing or two about gaming systems. ;)

    Although both your sites are good reads, Shoemoney will get more nods/joins with the pic of the nice young lady on his profile.

  12. Andy Beal Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 9:53 am

    Point taken – I’m off to swipe a picture of Rand Fishkin and use it as my avatar. ;-)

  13. MyBlogLog Plutoed? - Andy Beard Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 10:52 am

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  14. Simon Heseltine Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Shoe has made it into the hot communities list on MyBlogLog…

    As for the zune… http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/01/03
    ;)

  15. franky Says:

    January 8th, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    Shoemoney as a TS. How could anyone beat that? =))

  16. Paul Zhao Says:

    January 9th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    I don’t think people are more interested in seeing a picture of a girl than winning a Zune. I think people are more interested in seeing a picture of a girl than “a small chance of winning a Zune”.

    If you “even the playing field” by offering a pic of a girl or a free Zune, or a small chance of seeing a pic vs a small chance of a free Zune, I think Zune would win anytime.

  17. Russ Says:

    January 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 am

    I would like to win a Zune, becuase i have the best Charger! See it on my site

  18. Zee Says:

    January 29th, 2007 at 7:37 pm

    I think picture of Zune is sexy enough. But a picture of Zune with a pretty blonde in the display screen would be even better…….