Monday, July 28, 2008

DIY Days


Just got back from DIY Days in LA. Met some great people, had some insightful conversations, and sat through great presentations on DIY (Do-it-yourself) distribution and audience aggregation. They are coming to a city near you (they are on their way to San Francisco and then heading east, final stop looks like its London).

Best of all, it's free. When do you get a day long event on "fund :: create :: distribute :: sustain" for free? Which brings me to my last point on the subject: "fund :: create".

They really didn't cover those. It was mostly about different DIY distribution and audience development models. Don't get me wrong, there was a great amount of information on the latter. I had thought I was wanting to learn about more DIY funding (more then the obvious: go into debt) but the topics on finding, building, and sustaining your audience were also valuable.

One thing it seemed a lot of the attendees wanted was a magic bullet. Let me be really clear: there is no magic bullet. Even if there was by now it would be so overused as to be ineffective. It still comes down to persistence and work.

Anyway, I highly recommend the series if its coming through your town. Also, check out the website for transcripts and updates from the conference.

1 comments:

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