My 43 things

So tonight around 3am after filling too much caffeine into my system, I decided to spend my lovely evening playing around 43things. 

Interestingly within 4 minutes of posting up an entry, I’ve begun a nice interaction with a user there:

http://www.43things.com/entries/view/950371

This kind of interaction is exactly what I’d envision to have when I decided to work on 2tothe22.com.  ”Is it some sort of pyramid scheme?”  ”isn’t the last guy the loser?”  This is why 2^22 is such a fun social experiment to me.  It’s interesting to see different people’s reactions to such a new (and perhaps borderline controversial?) experiment.

If you also have the two questions above, my answers are two huge “no”s. 

The “Reality Blog” of Internet Viral Marketing

Starting from today I’ll start writing about all of my efforts to generate my website traffic from zero to something extraordinary.  I hope gradually this blog will become a “reality blog” of how to do (or not to do ) Internet viral marketing.

So, being a beginner at website marketing, the first step I did was: type “increase traffic” at Google.  The first entry was Jim Boykin’s Internet Marketing Blog.  Definitely an interesting read.  I quickly introduced myself to the crowd as well.  I’m not sure if traditional “website marketing” techniques such as SEO content creation is relevant to 2tothe22.  Afterall, I couldn’t imagine anyone bumping into Alex’s site  by typing “advertising” when he started out last September .

As I was typing this post, a few ideas came to my mind.  I’ll see how those ideas will help 2tothe22 generate more traffic.  In the mean time, if you have any ideas on how to spread the word, please drop me a note via tonii at 2tothe22 dot com

Entering Co-Purchase Stage …

We’ve officially entered the “co-purchase stage”, where new buyers can co-purchase the frontpage with other fellow buyers!  (well, as the value increases higher, as enthusiastic as I am, I can’t imagine anyone being enthusiastic enough to spend $100K alone to buy the frontpage )

Thanks to Ken from 59ideas for becoming 2tothe22’s first ever co-purchaser AND mentioning about this experiment on his blog!

The Drive Continues …

After a quiet week, thanks to some nice promotion help from Tim Wright, the drive is back on track today.  Thanks Tim, really appreciate this!  Of course, a big thank-you to www.rateaprof.com and Carla Walker for participating in the Drive.

If you are a blogger and you've written about the 2tothe22 Drive, please let me know and I'd love to post your link here.

Cheers!

First 3 buyers!

Within the first 48 hours of the experiment, I've got 3 buyers!

A warm thanks to Jason, Chris, and 8by1. It certainly feels nice to have 3 people believing in the experiment already.

Now this makes me work even harder!

The drive begins!

I am working to drive the value of 2tothe22.com up from $1 to $4,194,304. How is it done? I am working hard to drive traffic to this website, and I hope to have 22 groups of buyers perceiving it to worth 2x its previous value. Right now, 2tothe22.com worths $1, and I hope to sell it for $2 very soon!

One night in mid May while I was having a terrible headache and was lying on a bed, this idea suddenly came to me magically. To me, I simiply treat it as a fun idea that I hope to prove empirically that buzz on the Internet really does worth a quantifiable value.

Email me at tonii@2tothe22.com if you've got any feedback and comments.

Let the experiment begin!