Well, 24 hours has passed since I started my auction.
How are things going? No bids yet. A reasonable amount of blogosphere and forum chatter. Somewhere around 350 visitors to the auction.
It’s actually above what I was expecting. I think it’d be cool to get some higher profile blogs talking about “what this means for blogging”, but I’m enjoying watching this happen just as it is.
Obviously I’m hoping for a sale, but the conversation, the process and the watching are what interest me the most. Feel free to check out the auction to see comments from some bloggers from around the world.
November 24th, 2004 at 10:39 am
Michael Specht notes that the “buy now” price of $5000.00 would make the cost per post (over the three month term) $38.00 – $76.00. However, if bids don’t start to roll in, and somebody sneaks in at the end with a $110.00 bid, the price per blog post drops to a whopping $0.84 – $1.71 per post. That’s cheap labor.
Somebody, please “buy him now!”
November 24th, 2004 at 5:18 pm
I’m winning
I’m sure it won’t be for long though. Other folks should be able to see the value in having a serial writter at their disposal for 3 months
November 25th, 2004 at 2:14 am
I think as with most auctions you’ll see a flurry of late bids. Potential bidders will wait to see what the market determines is an appropriate price for J before jumping in because it is a pretty unique item. I’m guessing final price will be around $2000 if it doesn’t get snapped up with “Buy it Now” feature beforehand.
A bit off topic, but I’m thinking that this auction certainly has the potential to raise the profile of corporate blogging as Jeremy has indicated as one of his goals, but I’d say that if it fails to get much interest and he goes for a bargain it might do damage to the perceived value of paid bloggers to corporations.
Personally I’d care if he does go cheaply, means more money for xmas gifts
November 25th, 2004 at 2:16 am
I meant to write:
I don’t care if he goes cheaply…