Comments on: Social Media For Free?

By: Zacharycohen

Zacharycohen — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:30:11 +0000

Can You Get Social Media for Free? http://bit.ly/bl6aaa

By: andrew

andrew — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:42:06 +0000

Absolutely true. It's interesting to think about what “value” means, in any context. I like the intellectual stuff. It's a nice break from, well, you know, the rest of the internet.

By: Hyokjin Kang

Hyokjin Kang — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:43:21 +0000

RT @Sung_H_Lee Social Media For Free? (by @Zacharycohen) http://bit.ly/bl6aaa #sm #SocialMedia

By: careypena3tv

careypena3tv — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:14:47 +0000

Social Media For Free? – @Zacharycohen http://bit.ly/bl6aaa #sm #SocialMedia rt @Sung_H_Lee

By: Sung Lee

Sung Lee — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:11:44 +0000

Social Media For Free? (by @Zacharycohen) http://bit.ly/bl6aaa #sm #SocialMedia

By: Zacharycohen

Zacharycohen — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:21:50 +0000

Social Media For Free? http://bit.ly/bl6aaa

By: Zachary Adam Cohen

Zachary Adam Cohen — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:27:20 +0000

great comment and thanks for coming by. I am definitely going to ask @erin
about her experiences!

true that if the word got out that I would have lots of companies beating
down my door, and then could only choose the ones that I felt had the best
chance for eventually paying out!

Z

By: Marek Policha

Marek Policha — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:24:15 +0000

Its definitely an interesting idea. I think Erin Blaskie (http://twitter.com/ErinBlaskie) has actually tried something like this. I don't know how it worked out, but you could always ask her.

Andrew makes some good points. You really have to be choosy about which gigs you take, because your work is not the only variable in the equation, and if all other things are wrong (poor quality product, etc) you're not going to get paid no matter how good your work is.

Since you'd be offering to work for "free" as many would see it, you'd probably have a lot of people beating down your door to try to get in. This would hopefully mean you could be quite picky about who you take up.

On the other hand, a lot of the people looking for your "free" services might be total hacks. Having a barrier to entry isn't always a bad thing.

Cheers.

By: António Matos Silva

António Matos Silva — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:38:25 +0000

RT @Zacharycohen: Social Media Doesn't Work Without Incentives: Is Free Tenable? http://bit.ly/bl6aaa #FreeEconomy

By: Zachary Adam Cohen

Zachary Adam Cohen — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:13:54 +0000

i tend to agree with you but thought the proposition was worth exploring
from a purely intellectual position. I think ultimately its not workable
because there is no legal agreement that ironclad. I'll end up in court
trying to extract pennies.

But it might be nice to offer firms as a choice.

Thanks for the comment bud!
zz