April 17, 2005

everybody wants the new theory

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Recently on gapingvoid we all started talking about what comes after Cluetrain.

There was all kinds of great possible answers: Markets are relationships, markets are collaborations etc etc.

I think it's actually far simpler than that.

What comes after Cluetrain? Answer: Making money with Cluetrain.

Everybody wants the new theory. I just want the cash.

Posted by hugh macleod at April 17, 2005 12:19 PM | TrackBack
Comments

We need more where the dick dryer came from.

Posted by: Keith Handy at April 17, 2005 2:20 PM

Markets are giving Hugh money.

Posted by: Larry Borsato at April 17, 2005 3:19 PM

If the conversations really = foreplay

Then finally getting the cash must = ?

The conversation can lost only so long, at some point you have to get down to business.

Posted by: Howard at April 17, 2005 5:16 PM

Amen brother.

Posted by: Jon at April 17, 2005 5:57 PM

Making money with the conversation?

In software, my plan it to make money by constructing a service. I've got some ideas as to what that service will be. I'll charge for the service. In the mean time, I need to eat.

I want to use the Hughtrain to fund development. I'm looking at how to make money to keep myself developing, without handing over ownership of my work.

The WordPress, Bittorrent donation route, working for tips, is probably the best way. Open source my work, take donations for development, eventually, I'll be a position to host a service of my own.

My software might be open, the service easy to copy, but I'll have the smartest conversation.

Posted by: Alan Gutierrez at April 17, 2005 7:09 PM

now yer just toying with me, yeah, I caught it.. :-)

Posted by: Rick Segal at April 17, 2005 8:41 PM

Rock fucking on, Hugh.

Yeah, show me the cash... I'm actually a little bit tired of talking about it.

Nice little irony in the fact that your brilliant summation above is pretty much a conversation-stopper. Heh.

Posted by: john t unger at April 18, 2005 7:32 AM

No, John, It's just that the blogosphere is not open on the weekend. I think we are all dying to have this conversation, that is, it is a brilliant summation, but a conversation starter.

How do you go about making money off of the smartest conversation? Assuming that we can all have the smartest conversation about something, how do we collect?

Posted by: Alan Gutierrez at April 18, 2005 3:11 PM

Easy, Alan. Charge people to listen.

Posted by: Tony May at April 20, 2005 1:11 PM