My Bat Signal For The Internet Experts and Gurus
Posted on 11 April 2007 by DeanHunt
Do you remember the bat signal that the police used when they wanted to contact Batman?
Today I am going to send a bat signal to every expert, guru or consultant in the marketing or advertising industry.
But unlike the victims of Gotham City, I am not in distress. I merely want to grab the attention of the the Internets best minds with this question that I posed earlier in the week.
“Why did the worlds greatest musician make only $40 per hour?”
I recommend you read the full story here: Worlds greatest musician question
If you don’t have time to read the full post, I will give you a brief overview:
Joshua Bell is one of the worlds most talented classical musicians. He makes millions from his appearances, and tickets to see him play are like gold.
Yet Josh played in the hotel lobby of a Washington hotel recently. Despite playing with a $3.5 million dollar violin and playing music that has been described as “the reason for living”, Joshua only made an average of $40 per hour.
My question to every guru, expert, consultant, blogger and anyone else who would like to play along, is this…..
Why did the world’s best musician get ignored by over 11,000 people? Why did his earnings go from over $1,000 per minute, to $40 per hour? And what morals can we take from this story to improve our own sites and businesses?
The bat signal is now bright and clear, now I will wait for the Internet’s best minds to email me their version of the answer.
Dean
PS: my bat signal is : admin@streetlessons.com
PPS: I may make a list of shame for any gurus who didn’t give an answer
April 11th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Interesting topic you have going here. If you know the entire story then the answer is some what obvious. I want to see what everyone comes up with before I answer though. Is this a competition or just a general conversation?
April 11th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Thanks BlueDevil.
It certainly is going to be interesting to hear the thoughts of the marketing minds of the Internet.
It is not competition, but whoever gives the best answer will get a bucket load of free publicity across all of the sites I am a guest writer at (over 100,000 readers).
Personally I think there are multiple lessons we can take from the story and apply to our sites and businesses.
I look forward to hearing your answer.
Dean