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Marchese had just launched an ambitious venture enabling brands to reward consumers that gave them their attention amp160Ten years later Fox acquired Marcheseamp8217s venture Truex named Marchese head of advertising sales and has already begun shifting from an ad impressionsbased model to one based on the quality and duration of time consumers spend with Foxamp8217s shows and the brands that advertise on themMarchese helped solve the problem from the industryamp8217s perspective amp160I was inspired to try and solve it from the consumeramp8217s pointofview and began developing Bidr a new marketplace in which consumers trade their own time and attention explicitly and transparently with brands amp160With the blessing of Jack Myers I am inviting you to be a part of the live market trial that will launch in the next few weeksFull disclosure amp160Jack Joe Marchese and a Whoamp8217s Who list of industry veterans are also angels backing Bidramp8217s launch amp160They include Dave Morgan Andrew Susman Alan Cohen Russ Zingale Sarah Faye Ellen Oppenheim Debbie Reichig Mitch Oscar Charlene Weisler Dave Thomas Bruce Dennler Steve Farella Mike Lotito and David VerklinBidr wouldnamp8217t be launching now if it wasnamp8217t for their support amp160It wonamp8217t get much past that point if we donamp8217t get the support of people like you amp160Thatamp8217s because Bidr is a peoplepowered marketplace that depends on people trading something their own time and attention with others willing to give them something for it brand marketersSo whatamp8217s in it for you to participate in the market trialWell aside from the goodwill of helping me my partner Hagen Wenzek our angels and advisors such as Brian Monahan Carl Marci Bob DeSena Bryan Wiener Marc Guldimann and Josh Engroff youamp8217ll help shape a marketplace people have been attempting to crack the code on for as long as people have been talking about the amp8220attention economyamp8221Beyond that youamp8217ll get a amp8220listingamp8221 on an exchange controlled 100 by you and five minutes of amp8220inventoryamp8221 each day to trade with brands offering you explicit values samples swag content experiences even cash to trade it with themMany of the bids youamp8217ll receive in your amp8220bid feedamp8221 will be things you can find in the real world but over time youamp8217ll see some unique interesting and valuable bids coming directly from brands targeting users on Bidr amp160These are the trades weamp8217re most excited about testing because in some cases they will be forms of value exchange that have never been explored between consumers and brands beforeThe goal of the market trial is to prove Bidramp8217s model a directtoconsumer audience exchange based on people trading themselves like an equity works and to refine and improve it over timeThe market trial will last for two monthsamp160 Users can only trade up to five minutes of time dailyWe are only accepting 1000 users for the trial so please go to wwwbidrcominstallation and list yourself nowThe experience wonamp8217t be perfect but with your help and feedback Bidr will become a marketplace based on the value of you amp160So sign up and find out what your really worthClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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