Comments on: An Alternative to Advertising? http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/an-alternative-to-advertising.html Internet Marketing News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Terry Reeves http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/an-alternative-to-advertising.html/comment-page-1#comment-31238 Terry Reeves Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:38:46 +0000 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2007/08/an-alternative-to-advertising.html#comment-31238 Yes, it would be nice to receive a few cents from each view of a video that has gone viral with hundreds of thousands of views. Unfortunately, the payment process would eliminate 99% of those views and viral videos would become a thing of the past. Paying for premium videos may draw in some revenue but more than likely would just increase the traffic to those video sites not trying to nickel and dime their viewers. As to the InVideo ads, time will tell. I think it is a good idea except that humans have an ability to ignore anything within ear or eye shot of anything they have no interest in. Yes, it would be nice to receive a few cents from each view of a video that has gone viral with hundreds of thousands of views. Unfortunately, the payment process would eliminate 99% of those views and viral videos would become a thing of the past.

Paying for premium videos may draw in some revenue but more than likely would just increase the traffic to those video sites not trying to nickel and dime their viewers.

As to the InVideo ads, time will tell. I think it is a good idea except that humans have an ability to ignore anything within ear or eye shot of anything they have no interest in.

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