jamcity Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 It needs to be noted that FDR is missing several opportunities for spreading the brand and message.My focus is will be participation on Amazon. While FDR hosts many free books these are sold at a small fee on Amazon, creating a barrier to wider adoption. The content at the very least should be apart of Kindle Unlimited services in the interest of spreading this message to the widest audience possible. To continue on the content delivered via Amazon, we are often only with the option of purchasing the Kindle edition. At the very least audiobooks should be added to this catalog. This would give even more exposure through Audible. The content would serve as better teaching tools as well, Whispersync will let students make notes, moving back and forth between audio and text with little friction, as well as Immersion Reading feature to be taken advantage of.On the whole this should be a top priority for FDR Increased revenue Advertise to targeted demographics (implying peaceful parenting and Amazon unlimited users being older females; https://www.quantcast.com/goodreads.com#crossPlatformCard) Grow fanbase Spreads the brand name Makes content more approachable Adds additional learning tools Thank you for considering these recommendations. I am in no way affiliated with Amazon, besides a loyal customer, I just have their apps on my phone, ereader/tablets so it would be nice and easy to sync them like mentioned. 2
shirgall Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 Stef doesn't want brand recognition or fans, he wants philosophers and peaceful parents. 5 2
JesseB Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 @shirgall no disrespect but stefan can speak for himself. I understand the inclination to respond to this poster. 1 1
shirgall Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 @shirgall no disrespect but stefan can speak for himself. I understand the inclination to respond to this poster. Stef has said the essence of what I said before on casts. He's not looking to get rich or popular, he's looking to make a peaceful and philosophical world.
dsayers Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 @shirgall no disrespect but stefan can speak for himself. Stefan HAS spoken for himself and shirgall's post encapsulates what he has said. I for one am perfectly comfortable with Stef spending his time and effort growing the show and the value it provides to others rather than repeating himself. Especially when more astute listeners like shirgall are perfectly capable of answering the question accurately. Does that make sense? 1
jamcity Posted January 15, 2016 Author Posted January 15, 2016 Stef has said the essence of what I said before on casts. He's not looking to get rich or popular, he's looking to make a peaceful and philosophical world. While we could speculate on anyone's motives my suggestion was not getting rich or popular as an ends but as a means for spreading this message that would also allow for the greater devotion specialization in ideas by the host. I tried to connect the two together in my post relating as to how increased outreach would help create these peaceful parents. I'm also not so sure how "rich" one is going to become from giving away free content on Amazon. Let me idea that brought me to this; I've been discovering a lot of new authors through KindleUnlimited which got me wondering what was it that directed me to Stefan Molyneux. The best I could reason is someone watching music videos on youtube I eventually came across Milton Friedman or Thomas Sowell videos which then led into this. Since I have reasoned that since the way we use youtube and eReaders as great educational tools it would seem that a big potential connection is being lost by ignoring this major link to the target demographic. I pretty much exclusively consume FDR content through youtube. I've never been able to watch a live show, it might have been mentioned in the casts- but watching over hundreds, probably thousands of hours of FDR I haven't heard it addressed. I did hear Stefan defend himself in that Alex Jones interview uploaded recently as a 'Youtube traitor' because it was all about using the best platforms and spreading the message. Too be elitist about Amazon is petty, and discrediting Audible was ignorant especially when I have pointed to their audience and demand for this type of content, especially free content, and it would be so easy. All the currency has been made all you have to do is take your coins and trace around them, or you can ignore the success and template from someone else and attempt scribbling a mess from scratch. The coin is there all you have to do is trace around it..
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