Charles - glad to hear that John is speaking at WiNOG! Your attendees should find his presentation VERY interested.
We partnered with Adzilla recently. With our growth in the Citywide Wi-Fi market and all the "FREE" offerings out there, I did a lot of research on advertising models to help Network Operators make money. In the end, Adzilla really was far ahead of the curve. Imagine this concept...the more my network is used, the more money I make. Hmmm...INCONCEIVABLE!!! The thing that Network Operators can't seem to grasp is, "What do you mean I stick this appliance at my POP and you start sending me checks?" The answer is YES. But since Network Operators are so foreign to the concept of advertising it generally requires a long explanation and a PowerPoint (it's OK - I needed that too.) <grin> The advertising can be tweaked to the point that the ads are virtually unnoticeable to your clients. Adzilla has developed a proprietary way to deliver more relevant, localized ads in partnership with ad servers and web publishers. For a Network Operator, you have some incredible new tools as part of the package. You have a GUI interface where you can insert messaging DIRECT TO THE DESKTOP. This means, "Dear Customer, your payment is 7 days past due, your account will be shut off if you do not pay within x hours." It can also be used for marketing direct to the desktop! Imagine that - a message for your VOIP service to raise ARPUs, or other new service enhancements. It's really quite revolutionary. I'll be glad to explain more to anyone who's interested. Respectfully, Eric DaVersa Vice-President, Business Development NetLogix OFFICE: 858.764.1998 CELL: 858.245.6702 FAX: 858.764.1982 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter R. Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:52 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Adzilla & Revenue Streams I worked with Martin at Adzilla on a Conference Call to introduce him to some prospective ISPs. (http://www.rad-info.net/partners/adzilla.htm) Adzilla is a possible revenue stream for ISPs through ad replacement. (Instead of them seeing the ILEC ad, they can see you ad). It is definitely worth a listen to. For larger ISPs (25k subs or higher), there is another revenue generation stream: Bare Fruit. (http://www.rad-info.net/partners/barefruit.htm) When your users get a HTTP error (like 404 or 500) from a search, the Bare Fruit server will offer up a page of links along with the message that "the page you click on was unavailable, perhaps these links would be suitable". The links come from a search of the clicked link and each click through pays the ISP. (This can amount to huge revenue). These are some of the ways for an ISP to gain revenue from its existing network of eyeballs. (In both cases, no upfront costs for the ISP either). Regards, Peter RAD-INFO, Inc. 813.963.5884 Charles Wu wrote: >Here's an interesting concept (so interesting, in fact, that we made a >session about it at our next show) > >All wireless network operators today carry Internet advertising over their >networks. All that network traffic equates to more than $14 billion dollars >per year and is growing at double-digit rates every year. Yet, even though >the network operator is responsible for connecting the "eyeball to the ad," >they are left conspicuously on the sidelines when the advertising revenue >checks are being handed out. > >John Wigboldus from Adzilla New Media will discuss how the wireless network >operator needs to think and act like a cable television company to start >earning revenue from advertisements that are being shown to their "viewers." > >More details at: http://www.winog.com > >Now sure exactly what they're about -- but IMO, it's an interesting thought >(and I'm gonna try to make that session =) > >Btw, for those of you that can't make it -- don't fret, we DO post >powerpoints after the show available for public download (but of course it's >NEVER as good as actually being there =) > >-Charles > > >------------------------------------------- >WiNOG Austin, TX >March 13-15, 2006 >http://www.winog.com > > > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
