It is true that we haven’t advertised our content much and could possibly get more views if we did. We are planning to do more here, but we estimated that we’d have to really get a lot more views for it to be worth it (recording each stage costs ~$50k) and we expect we won’t succeed in getting the videos that much exposure.
And we considered your second (and third to some extent) points when making a decision here but still concluded we should cut back at this time.
Re the printing and signage — I’ll note that EAG London was something of an outlier here because the venue we used is a Grade I listed building (i.e. a building designated of architectural/historical interest and hence worthy of protection). This meant that we couldn’t stick anything on any of the walls and so we had to spend more money on other types of free-standing signage.
Also, one other thing we’re thinking about here is trying to memorialize content in other (cheaper) ways, like having the talks written up as Forum posts.
Thanks for your thoughts here!
It is true that we haven’t advertised our content much and could possibly get more views if we did. We are planning to do more here, but we estimated that we’d have to really get a lot more views for it to be worth it (recording each stage costs ~$50k) and we expect we won’t succeed in getting the videos that much exposure.
And we considered your second (and third to some extent) points when making a decision here but still concluded we should cut back at this time.
Re the printing and signage — I’ll note that EAG London was something of an outlier here because the venue we used is a Grade I listed building (i.e. a building designated of architectural/historical interest and hence worthy of protection). This meant that we couldn’t stick anything on any of the walls and so we had to spend more money on other types of free-standing signage.
Also, one other thing we’re thinking about here is trying to memorialize content in other (cheaper) ways, like having the talks written up as Forum posts.