AdHack Alphanauts

Private alpha.

Welcome to you, Alphanauts.

What is AdHack?

Do-it-yourself (DIY) advertising.

1. Distributed ad agency.

2. Ad marketplace.

3. Ad testing.

4. Fun place to mess around.

How does it work?

• Ads get created.

• Ads get commissioned.

• Ads get feedback and refined.

• Ad buyers choose ads.

• AdHack pays back the creators.

For example…

Alphanauts goals

1. test out the site

2. create some frickin ads

3. tell us what that’s like

4. tell us your AdHack future vision

5. finish chocolate cake

Alphanauts, what we expect is…

• Honesty: the tough love

• Opinions: real thoughts

• Big thinking and tiny details

• A challenge

• Some privacy, for now– Blog embargo

Alphanauts, you can expect…

• Honesty

• Fairness

• Creativity

• Responsiveness

Alphanauts: you will be able to…

• sign in• upload an ad• edit an ad• view an ad• comment on an ad• subscribe to a feed for the site• edit your profile• add tags• navigate by tags• see popular ads• read the AdHack2 blog• comment on the AdHack2 blog

Next, you’ll be able to…

• sets and collections• add contacts• message centre• favourites• give and receive Cred (!)• search ads• search for a person• subscribe to a person• (your suggestion here)

Outlook…

Jul: work with your AdHack2 feedback

Aug: invite in Wave 3 (suggestions?)

Aug: revisions and new features

Aug: invite in Wave 4

Sep: revisions and new features

Sep: open invitations

How to contribute…

• We have Basecamp!– https://adhack2.projectpath.com/login

• Published development timeline

• Email me: james@adhack.com

• Call me: 604-788-1502– (Skype: JamesSherrett)