Comments on: Did You Hear the One About The Long Tail? http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/ Online marketing that works Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:07:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Prioritise Linking Out or Linking In? | blogHelper http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-3193 Prioritise Linking Out or Linking In? | blogHelper Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:57:34 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-3193 [...] Edit: Brian Clark at Copyblogger is one of those that prioritises linking in before linking out. You’ll rarely find a post without a link to one of his other ones. Just check out his latest post. It has 5 in-links. This doesn’t mean he doesn’t link out though. +Del.icio.us +Furl It +Spurl +Tag!RawSugar +My Web [...] [...] Edit: Brian Clark at Copyblogger is one of those that prioritises linking in before linking out. You’ll rarely find a post without a link to one of his other ones. Just check out his latest post. It has 5 in-links. This doesn’t mean he doesn’t link out though. +Del.icio.us +Furl It +Spurl +Tag!RawSugar +My Web [...]

]]> By: Dirk Karl Maßat http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2936 Dirk Karl Maßat Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:51:35 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2936 great site with good look and information...i like it great site with good look and information…i like it

]]> By: Alexis Bellido http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2843 Alexis Bellido Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:42:12 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2843 As they: niche is the new mainstream. As they: niche is the new mainstream.

]]> By: Ming 2.0 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2837 Ming 2.0 Wed, 12 Jul 2006 04:15:38 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2837 you're great at what you do. a top of a niche. niche that is going main stream. so i predict you'll be top mainstream inevitably. maybe there's a new kind of pop. niche-pop. of which nick hornby has to be the superstar. you’re great at what you do.
a top of a niche.

niche that is going main stream.

so i predict you’ll be top mainstream inevitably.

maybe there’s a new kind of pop.

niche-pop.

of which nick hornby has to be the superstar.

]]> By: ThePublishingSpot http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2830 ThePublishingSpot Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:34:23 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2830 <strong>Pulp, Pirates, Zombies, and Me...</strong> While we ramble on about pulp fiction, everybody else is writing about pirates! Over at Publish.com, Steve Bryant sums up the hullabaloo:"John Cassidy reviewed Chris Anderson's new book, The Long Tail, in the New Yorker. For those of you...... Pulp, Pirates, Zombies, and Me…

While we ramble on about pulp fiction, everybody else is writing about pirates! Over at Publish.com, Steve Bryant sums up the hullabaloo:"John Cassidy reviewed Chris Anderson’s new book, The Long Tail, in the New Yorker. For those of you……

]]> By: Brian http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2810 Brian Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:51:32 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2810 Joseph, that's exactly right. Everyone should be aiming for single after single. The cool thing is that sometimes they accidently go out of the park when you're not really trying. The key is not to swing for the fence. The key is rather to always put yourself in the position to run all four bases by crafting stories designed from the get-go to strongly resonate with people. At a bare minimum, these stories connect strongly with your niche. And every once in a while... Joseph, that’s exactly right. Everyone should be aiming for single after single. The cool thing is that sometimes they accidently go out of the park when you’re not really trying.

The key is not to swing for the fence. The key is rather to always put yourself in the position to run all four bases by crafting stories designed from the get-go to strongly resonate with people.

At a bare minimum, these stories connect strongly with your niche. And every once in a while…

]]> By: jf.sellsius http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2809 jf.sellsius Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:40:11 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2809 Using the theory of the long tail, I should try to cover as many niches as I can to increase my chances of a home run (see Denton) or make a wee profit off each of them, cutting the ones that lose money. The theory reminds me of the pitch used by guy who used to sell the newspaper ad idea: If you make only $1 per day profit from your ad and you put the same ad in 1,000 newspapers, you'll make $1,000 per day. So what i get from the theory is you can get in the hall of fame by hitting homeruns or a whole lot of singles. Using the theory of the long tail, I should try to cover as many niches as I can to increase my chances of a home run (see Denton) or make a wee profit off each of them, cutting the ones that lose money.

The theory reminds me of the pitch used by guy who used to sell the newspaper ad idea: If you make only $1 per day profit from your ad and you put the same ad in 1,000 newspapers, you’ll make $1,000 per day.

So what i get from the theory is you can get in the hall of fame by hitting homeruns or a whole lot of singles.

]]> By: Bryan Fleming http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2796 Bryan Fleming Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:52:11 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2796 Stuart, Thanks for explaining the long-tail. I heard the term thown around a lot but didn't know what it meant. - Bryan http://www.BryanCFleming.com Stuart,

Thanks for explaining the long-tail. I heard the term thown around a lot but didn’t know what it meant.

- Bryan
http://www.BryanCFleming.com

]]> By: Brian http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2784 Brian Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:56:28 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2784 Greg, <em>Revenge of the Sith</em> is not the movie that was surpassed for total weekend gross -- it was <em>Spider Man</em> in 2002 that held the previous record with $114 million in one weekend. <em>POTC 2</em> beat <em>Spider Man</em> by $18 million. That's an adjusted-for-screens-and-inflation ass kicking. I'm not sure what you are talking about? And if you read the post again, it says Anderson is right, despite POTC. The post is about stories, not numbers. Greg, Revenge of the Sith is not the movie that was surpassed for total weekend gross — it was Spider Man in 2002 that held the previous record with $114 million in one weekend. POTC 2 beat Spider Man by $18 million.

That’s an adjusted-for-screens-and-inflation ass kicking. I’m not sure what you are talking about?

And if you read the post again, it says Anderson is right, despite POTC. The post is about stories, not numbers.

]]> By: Denise aka The Blog Squad http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2782 Denise aka The Blog Squad Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:26:42 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-long-tail/#comment-2782 I just got home from seeing POTC 2 and read your post. Strange cooincidence? Maybe. Me and hundreds of others were out seeing a fun, rediculous movie and having a good laugh. And tomorrow, I expect to receive my copy of The Long Tail in the mail which I pre-ordered some time ago. Some kind of convergence of something? I don't know. I think even though the niche is alive and well, as you said, everyone enjoys a good story, even if you have to completely suspend belief and just revel in a good time. And look at the community it creates...all the people who can connect because they saw the same movie and enjoyed it. Ah, I ramble; it's late. I just got home from seeing POTC 2 and read your post. Strange cooincidence? Maybe. Me and hundreds of others were out seeing a fun, rediculous movie and having a good laugh. And tomorrow, I expect to receive my copy of The Long Tail in the mail which I pre-ordered some time ago. Some kind of convergence of something? I don’t know. I think even though the niche is alive and well, as you said, everyone enjoys a good story, even if you have to completely suspend belief and just revel in a good time. And look at the community it creates…all the people who can connect because they saw the same movie and enjoyed it. Ah, I ramble; it’s late.

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