Wednesday, March 05, 2008

1000 True Fans

Kevin Kelly writes about the power of "1000 True Fans." While he isn't discussing a theatre tribe specifically, the idea dovetails nicely with the idea of theatre tribes creating an on-going relationship with the audience instead of simply selling to the large unknown mass. His mathematics are interesting...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Scott, you beat me to it! I also read the 1000 True Fans post and immediately thought of Theatre Tribe. 1000 true fans (+ exponential growth)=subscription base, or nearly so.

I'm also intrigued by the concept of Fundable, which is almost a Kiva type organization in that projects are put forward and funds requested but not distributed until the total requested amount has been pledged. It's not a perfect solution, but one that seems a relatively painless way to raise money. Certainly worth exploring.

Anonymous said...

Wow - internet worlds collide! One of my other favorite bloggers (aside from YOU, of course) is John Roberts at Kung Fu Monkey.

He also tags the 1000 Fans article.

http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/

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