Sunday, January 27, 2008

Ruminations

A friend once challenged me:
"If you can't afford broad cast, do narrow cast!"

Television is broadcast. One source presents itself to many.
What is Narrowcast?
My friend meant one talks with a selected few, i.e.: use direct mail which would avoid the waste of TV ads,
Now he might mean social networks, or You Tube, or podcasts, or blogs.

At which point Narrowcast becomes: "Many talking to a self selected number between few and many" with a chance that those many might talk back.
So the problem is now: get the message to those who want to hear and give them a means to respond. And let everyone listen in.
Many talk with many.
This I like.
--ml
updated in a vain attempt to improve the quality of thought. 2/29/08
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2 comments:

  1. I forget who said this, but it's relevant to your desire to understand narrowcasting. Many bloggers are famous for fifteen people.
    -- toby robison
    http://precision-blogging.blogspot.com

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  2. Thanks for that Toby! But, just to clarify my pea brain, did you mean "to fifteen people" and your magic fingers plucked out "for fifteen people"?
    On re-reading my post I see my magic fingers did me a little bit of dirt. Narrowcast is "one talks to a selected few" i.e.: a mailing list.
    --ml

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