Robert

Great ideas. There are many things we’re in the process of implementing.

Thanks again for participating as a sponsor last night. I know the winner wfcentral from TX will appreciate it when his video iPod arrives on Tuesday. We sent him an email just after he won. Here was his response, “Hey Michael, Thanks for the GREAT FUN – I felt like I was in a 100 meter dash racing an invisible pack of athletes… Please send the iPod to…”

Feedback from the players has been a great help. One player wrote, “Just a suggestion….don’t make the game be on Friday night! We’re all computer geeks enough; we don’t need to emphasize that by playing games on Friday night by ourselves. -Patrick” … so the next TenHunt starts next Thursday night at 6:33pm PST, thanks to Patrick. We know if the players continue to drive TenHunt, there’s no limit to the fun factor… not to mention how big the prizes will be.

Talk soon.

Walt

One suggestion. In looking at the site this morning, it’d be great to look at the last game and not only see the leaderboard, but also, see the questions, the related websites, the answers and the average time to get each question right. First, I think it’d just be kinda’ cool, but second, as an advertiser, I love the idea of lingering exposure…

Obviously, from my perspective, I care most about positive brand exposure and ultimately conversion and ROI. From reading here it sounds like the experience was positive, so you’re definitely off on the right foot.

BTW, I know the model may be tough to swallow for some, but look at Myspace and YouTube…

Cheers!

How about a leaderboard once the game ends?

All I can say is that was invigorating. I came in 7th today and I loved the questions.

One question i didn’t see addressed: If I get one wrong am I out? or can i keep on guessing? or is there any penalty for getting one wrong?

I appreciate your personal response / explanation … you’ve definitely helped me come to understand TenHunt more clearly

First, the demographic that TenHunt will attract is largely dependent on the prizes that will be offered through the site. For instance, my mother would rather play for a Pottery Barn gift certificate than an iPod. As time goes on, we are planning on offering a variety of prizes throughout the week for people to play for to encourage a broader demographic.

Second, I feel your assumption that only people without cash would play TenHunt is fundamentally flawed because the only reason people are playing is not simply for the prize. While it is a huge factor in someone signing up, the heat of the competition is something that will be a lot of fun for players. How many executives do you know of that kill some time online by either watching videos, finding jokes, reading Digg, etc? Judging by the amount of forwards I get from people like this, I think it is safe to say that even high paying individuals would be interested in competing in a TenHunt game as part of their leisure time.

We are currently developing systems such as groups (so you can see how you fare against your friends) and overall ranking stats (so you can see where you stand in the community). These types of things will help increase the fun factor related

The goal for the advertisers of TenHunt is to expose as many people as possible to their unique offer. This may be letting people know they carry a certain product or getting the word out about a contest. While we are not expecting people to stop playing the game and buy something at that moment, the player has now received a unique, positive message about that sponsor. In the future if they have a need that one of the sponsors can fill they may think of that sponsor first because they already have established a “relationship” through the game.

If you still have any other thoughts or questions I would love to hear them.

I’m sure you’ve researched the following question in determining the feasibility of TenHunt.com … in relation to convincing advertisers of the “value” that TenHunt.com brings to them in exchange for their precious advertising dollars.

Specifically, “What demographic will TenHunt.com attract / cater to?”

Said differently, users who (1) have cash and (2) who are likely to spend that cash are desirable. Conversely, those who don’t have cash to spend or who are not likely to spend what little cash they have would not be attractive.

It’s my assumption that the majority of users in the prior category are less likely to use TenHunt.com due to “time constraints” in their busy lives, and that the majority of users in the latter category are more likely to use TenHunt.com since they might have “nothing better to do” … but nonetheless, they might not be inclined to “purchase?”

If you could enlighten me on this, I’d be appreciative

(I suppose my real question “hinges” on “how do you convince busy individuals – the ones who have the most value to advertisers – to exchange their precious time to be hit up by advertisers when the benefit is an unlikely scenario of actually winning an iPod?”)

the same thing. it made u go through the articles (web 000000.1)

it reminds me of cover songs hoping no one will know there was ever the original.

shame on them.

Is it just me?

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1. Users will not be forced to sign up or buy anything in order to complete a question. The questions/riddles ask for specific phrases, words, or numbers that will be found somewhere on the site corresponding with that question.

2. Someone will win. There is no ifs, ands, or buts and there are no hidden catches like “Congratulations you’ve won now pay us for shipping” There will never ever ever be any cost to the users.

3. The questions themselves get increasingly difficult and may require extra clicks to find the answers. Also, the questions themselves utilize a rhyming riddle style format and many of them will require the user to think a little outside the box in order to find the correct answer.

Jackie, the prize recommendations are great and something we are looking into. In the future we would like to run different prizes and people can choose which TenHunts they would like to play for. I know my mom for instance would rather play for a gift certificate to Target than an iPod.

Hope you guys like the site and if you are playing then best of luck. This whole concept was born out of the idea that we should make something fun for people to compete in real time on the internet. The community will determine the overall success of the site.