Posted by admin on November 25, 2008 under Companies, Marketing, Technology | 
Do you know of a current service that tracks blog comments? I know this would be slightly complex because each blog uses their own comments system, but I would love a service like this and I know others would as well. The goal of many startups/blogs is to get noticed by other popular bloggers… a post mentioning your site is your ticket to more press, traffic, etc. For example, I just started bts411 and of course, I am always trying to get more press for Lead411 so I want bloggers that discuss topics like marketing and startups (e.g. Seth Godin, Dave McClure, etc) to find out about us. A great way to do this would be to post followup comments to their blog comments. Usually they are alerted when someone follows up with a comment reply. If a service told me every time Seth or Dave posted a comment I could consider posting a response to their comment if I felt I was knowledgable on the subject.
Posted by Tom Blue on November 24, 2008 under Companies, Marketing, Technology |
This is ustream.tv’s 4 month traffic chart. In the past month they have exploded due to their live stream – “Shiba Inu Puppy Cam” – in which a San Francisco couple has been showing a 24/7 feed of their Shiba Inu puppies via the ustream.tv website. I have probably been to the site 40 times since someone forwarded me the link a few weeks ago and am still amazed at how quickly a link/site can spread… It reminds me of SNL’s Lazy Sunday video which was uploaded to youtube and garnered over 2 million viewers in less than 1 week. Youtube was barely known before this and really put them on the map.
Posted by Tom Blue on November 20, 2008 under Technology |
I switched from a blackberry to an iPhone about 2 months ago. I wanted to get an iPhone because Lead411 will be creating an iPhone application for our daily newsletter and company profiles. I really like it for the most part, but its largest benefit is the ease of internet browsing in comparison to a blackberry. Blackberry browsing is practically useless while the iPhone makes it fairly simple. After that, I love downloading applications and I like having a decent camera always with me… The only problem I see is the email functionality. Typing is MUCH slower on the iPhone so I rarely email with it. With the blackberry I could constantly work wherever I was. With the iPhone it is much harder. In addition, downloading emails take awhile and can get stuck if you have too many in your inbox. For example, when I go on a long flight I can no longer download email unless I re-clear out my inbox. I do get a lot of email so I don’t know if that problem will occur with everyone. Hopefully, one day, apple will give the option of a keypad as well as a touch screen keyboard…
Posted by Tom Blue on November 19, 2008 under Uncategorized |
Take a look at the traffic increase at Mark Cuban’s blog since the bad press…
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Yesterday I watched the Automobile Bailout hearings on C-SPAN. It was interesting and frustrating at the same time. I am completely for the use of government funds to stimulate the economy, but I am definitely drawing the line with an automaker bailout. Their failure is not our fault. Toyota and Honda are still making money. Why can’t you? In addition, this $25B would be more beneficial to the U.S. economy if we had a tax cut to citizens or a clean energy stimulus plan. Giving money to dying businesses is not a logical move.
By far the most frustrating out of the top 3 us automakers is General Motors. In the past 12 months they have lost $22B yet they say they need $10B to get things back on track. Yesterday, Tenn Senator Bob Corker asked all of the automakers, “Will you make the pledge to us that you will not be back for more money if you get the $25B?” GM’s Richard Wagoner responded, “well if you could make a pledge to us that the US economy will turnaround at a certain time and the financial markets will rejuvenate. Then we would be glad based on that data to come back to give you our exact best estimate of how much financing we think we need.” The worst part about is that he feels that he deserves the money… like the U.S. government owes GM.
