user080142

Sorry, you misunderstood. My bad writing.

I am not writing the jokes. I am asking people to spend $1 to share their joke with 1,000 people and then tell these readers about their product/service.

Does that make better sense?

So, would you pay $1 to tell 1,000 people a joke and then a bit about your product? Would you pay $2? $3? $10?

Just testing the possible price points.

Through word-of-mouth and social media.

My thinking is as follows: People naturally want to share a good joke/anecdote. If I make the sharing frictionless, then good jokes should multiply viewers organically. No?

I have a feeling that people will return to a good joke site habitually.

The big "if" for me (I know, I know. Like all entrepreneurs, my Achilles heel is that I am too optimistic!) is how we get the good, the very best jokes on a regular basis.

For example, I don't know if you have read any good jokes lately, but I read the "the waiter and the spoon" joke on Slashdot a few days back and could help guffawing:

yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2988669&cid=40695313

It's definitely not targeted advertising like AdWords. It's kinda like the billboard on the highway. Everyone sees it and some people will find it useful.

I have a suspicion that if you told 10,000 people (completely randomly) about your product/service, 1-2 might want to learn more. No? Or, am I completely off base here?