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As I mentioned a few days ago, Ponzi and I are taking an Alaskan cruise next week. Normally, this would mean we’d be cut off from civilization - but our Holland America liner is Internet-enabled! That’s the good news: a cruise with connectivity. The bad news? It’s rather expensive. I received Internet package rates from our travel agent today, and if I calculated the numbers properly - I’m going to be incommunicado unless I can find a sponsor.
For $1k, I’ll give you a week’s worth of coverage in my blog (here). I’ll be uploading experiences and photos every single day - with YOUR link appended to the end of every single entry (which also includes the week’s impending Lockergnome reports). “Our Cruise Internet connectivity is sponsored by YOUR COMPANY.” Hey, I really want to get online out there - and I’d be crazy if I didn’t at least extend this sponsorship opportunity to everybody. $1k for a week’s worth of links that’ll live on forever.
It’s all about the Alaskan Cruise next week!
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Alfred Thompson
August 19th, 2006
at 6:30pm
Seriously, this is just an outragious move to attract attention right? You expect to have tons of people link to this post and say “look at this interesting new idea to raise money.” right?
Take a vacation man! Get off the net. If Scoble can do it so can you. :-)
Drew Olanoff
August 19th, 2006
at 9:22pm
Gimme a shout!
Dan Blank
August 20th, 2006
at 4:20am
Chris - you really do need a vacation! Sorry I can’t sponsor the cruise, but perhaps you can break it up into smaller segments. For instance, for $5, perhaps I can sponsor a moonlit walk on the deck, or an appetizer, or another small moment of the trip. Dibs on your Titanic moment at the front of the ship…
Pluggd Keeps Us Plugged In ~ Chris Pirillo
August 20th, 2006
at 1:50pm
[...] Expect to see plugs for Pluggd in the near future: they’re sponsoring our Internet connection on the cruise next week! As it stands, I’ll be checking in at least once a day from the Holland America cruiseliner - text and photos, guaranteed. I’ll post daily audio experiences as well - so long as upload speeds aren’t capped at 2400bps! Drew Olanoff made the cruise connection for us - and for that I’m damn thankful, period. Alex Castro (Pluggd CEO) and I are getting together at Caffe Vita this evening - and I’m bringing the iRiver Clix podcast recording device with me. The audio quality may not be outstanding, but at least it’ll get the job done. alaska, alaska cruise, cruise, cruiseliner, holland america, iriver, iriver clix, pluggd [...]
Deep Jive Interests » THIS is How You Monetize Your Blog!
August 20th, 2006
at 3:42pm
[...] THIS is How You Monetize Your Blog! August 20th, 2006 at 6:40 pm by Tony Chris Pirillo, demonstrating, in fact, that he has quite possibly the biggest, brassiest balls this side of John Dvorak, has floated out offers about sponsoring his vacation on an Alaskan Cruise he plans to take later this week, principally because the Internet connectivity is quite expensive on Holland Cruises. [...]
Free Roaming
August 21st, 2006
at 3:26pm
I will also insure that all my family will wear speedo’s embroidered with your company’s logo on the butt whilst paddling in Owenahincha beach. This should bring your company unlimited riches and coverage. I read a post very similar to above this week by Chris Pirillo one of my favorite bloggers. Did it make me feel a little uneasy? Absolutely yes Would I use the product? Not sure really Shel Israel recently consulted with me on the launch of this blog and the
Windows Fanatics
January 22nd, 2008
at 2:25am
If you can, rely on your existing phone for your connectivity. Some devices do work as a modem, and will work very well. I would also recommend reading: Alaska Cruise Tips Our Alaska Cruise Schedule Greek Cruise Crash? Cruise Ship EngineeringSponsor Our Cruise Connectivity