September 11, 2003
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XANGA ON THE TELLY
I got this comment from krapxdivad: “im surprised that xanga doesnt make tv ads, like yahoo or the hundreds of other proficent websites out there.”
Wow, I am impressed that you think we are proficient! Or maybe you are suggesting that we are *not* proficient? In any cases, here are some of krapxdivad’s ideas for TV ads (titles added by your’s truly):
- “KEEP TRACK OF YOUR LIFE”
“what did you do on june 17th, 2002? your birthday 3 years ago? the thursday before last? isn’t it sad how days disappear, 24 hours at a time. keep track of your life.”
- THE XANGA YODEL
[the ads] should have a catchphrase, or at least vocalize xanga so people worldwide would say it in the same way, and even pronounce it weirdly like the yahoo yodel so it would be like xaaaaaaaaaaaaanga or something.
- FEATURED CONTENT
featured content people [could] be advertised in the commercial. that would be crazy. it would actualy mean more than hundreds of meaningless coments and e-props. it would actualy mean 15 minutes of genuine fame, bordering on that of people who star in reality tv shows. think about it…
Fun ideas! Unfortunately, we don’t have the budget to film TV ads and buy network time. But if we did… well, we could have a lot of fun with it.
As krapxdivad put it: there are millions of potential xanga ads, how would you advertise xanga?
- “KEEP TRACK OF YOUR LIFE”
Comments (33)
how many xanga sites are there? we’ll all have our fifteen minutes of fame!
haha… great ideas!
it would open with one xangan shown typing in front of his/her computer.. she types, sends, and reads a comment, she smiles… then suddenly the screen changes to several other xangans, from different corners of the world and different walks of life.
then a cool spokesperson says something like, ‘xanga: the interactive journal community for you’
hahaha.. (okay, maybe lame, but it looks good in my head)
but i have a question, and one that i hope you would address… so we’re all wondering, how is xanga really pronounced? is it zanga, shanga, changa, sanga, or what? (curious minds need to know…) thanks!
we tend to pronounce it “zang-a”.
How about t-shirts?
Newspaper spots with snippets of xanga text?
Paying someone to name their newborn child xanga?
Paying a lot of someones to name their town xanga?
Xanga underwear?
Xanga condoms? (a great way to advertise the protected posting feature)
That’s all for now.
props props props~!~!~props props props~!~!~
Too hilarious.
I’m seeing soaps….As The Xanga Turns…One Life to Xanga…All My Xanga…General Xanga
Or…sitcoms…oh lawd…I could write a sitcom for it. It’s running thru my head most of the time anyway.
NO WAIT!!! A Hallmark Hall of Fame! Starring (of course) Glenn Close and Sam Shephard…
he HAS a point!!!
Xanga condoms? (a great way to advertise the protected posting feature)
blueyoohoo, this is a great suggestion. and if you want to protect more than ten members, you have to upgrade to xanga premium.
I thought the regular users already got ads to deal with, hehe.
Ooh-ooh-ooh! I have an idea! There’s this guy or girl in the middle of a dorm party (punk/heavy metal/hip-hop in the background, whatever’s the coolest). In the midst of this the guy or girl types in his/her Xanga entry about it. Some crazy event or such.
compeltely hilarious. xanga condoms.
how many xangans are there anyway?
3 words: Channel 35, baby!
hahaha.. so where does all the premium money go??
im sure its piling up somewhere.. don’t tell me you guys use it to buy clothes and stuff, cuz that would just be weird :S
time to show some entrepreneurship and risk blowing it all on an ad which could pull in loads
hehe i duno wut im talkin about but thanks for dedicating an entry to my idea :)
How about simply starting by making Xanga faster, more reliable, and offering Domain name transfers.
Too much?
How about just more reliable and faster?
shoot just get T-shirts and put it up for sale online ^.^ off of xanga, using PayPal or IONO, but wtvr it is, get T-shirts, I’ll wear it, and take a picture of myself and put it on my xanga.shoooot… KAKAKA
Maybe say XANGA really fast like those old Sega commercials used to have that guy yelling SEGA. That would be cool.
here ya go….
have your neighbors shut their curtains because they’re tired of you constantly peering into their lives????? well here at xanga, our curtains are always open…….so come on in and take a peek.
i wish i could have the option of choosing how many posts to show on each page… i have alot of pictures and id rather separate them so theres less or one post per page.
and the “next | last | previous” links on the comments page are quite confusing.
but i still love xanga!
Xanga – it’s like stealing your sister’s diary, only you don’t get in trouble for doing it.
LMAO! I think the Xanga yodel should sound like the Captain Caveman holler!
That’s just too funny
There are many ways that Xanga could be marketed. And can I just add ~ I’m so glad that I’ve always pronounced Xanga the correct way
John, forget the advertising spot. Xanga should start their own tv network. There’s some good stuff here. Ok start with ads.
As cool as Xanga commercials would be, I don’t know how successful they would be.
I think that the majority of people who spend enough time online to be interested in blogging have heard of Xanga, and anyone who doesn’t usually gives up, and Xanga will just end up litered with “There are no post here. Sign so-and-so’s guestbook to get him/her started”…like abandoned housing.
The best bet is to continue doing a great job, and people will join through word of mouth. Most of the people I know joined, because a lot of people they knew had Xanga’s…or because I bothered them long enough. See? Peer pressure works out sometimes.
As far as that xaaaaaaaaannnggggaaaa thing goes, you could do a commercial like that ricola commercial with the guy standing up on the hill with that big horn
Haha, that’s great everyone…
i think the shirts would be great
and the hoodie sweatshirts… i’m so into hoodie sweatshirts…
Xenon
Xylophone Go figure…
Xylose
Xanga
***mad love from 808***
Go Xangariffic!
hasn’t xanga tecnically already advertised itself? well not tv, but uh.. ‘ads’… coughbiancacough
thats such a good idea…rock on. yea..i think you should do TV ads anyways. get a bigger budget.
Two strangers meet in a quiet market. They exchange hellos. They small talk. After a while they find out they are both Xanganites. One yells “Muscle_mania_man!” the other shouts with glee, “BoobyLady” it’s YOU! The power went out so I never got to read your last blog…so did your brother in law really come out of the closet? ” (or something really gossipy)
and they walk off all involved in their conversation….
Man’s voice “Ever blog?…Go Xanga.”
Sign fades in “www. xanga.com”.
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Nuther one: Beatnik says ”Xanga. It’s like eavesdropping, Man.”
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY XANGA HAS NOT RESPONDED TO MY EMAILS (AND THE REPEATED EMAILS OF ANOTHER MEMBER) REGARDING A BLOGGER WHO HAS VIOLATED YOUR TERMS OF USE.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT I CANNOT GET ANY HELP FROM XANGA, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A REFUND OF MY PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP. PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS COMMENT.
Make “Got Xanga?” T-shirts, bumper stickers, hats, coffee mugs, mouse pads, wallpapers! At least wallpapers are free to make. May I make some?