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Re: Tweetiator.com - Know When People Tweet Your Links | Visit tweetiator.com

Marshall_Macias — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:54:34 -0000

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Re: No song this week – 52 Song Project

Marshall_Macias — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:04:42 -0000

I enjoyed following your project and completely understand the need to focus more on other goals. From what I understand, you have some pretty exciting things coming your way ;)

Re: Which songs should I redo? The first 4 weeks

Marshall_Macias — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:21:23 -0000

You should redo the songs with a bit of a short video like this guy did with his Bing Jingle. He got 'rave' reviews ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Re: Because You Know – Song #2 in 52 Song Project

Marshall_Macias — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:00:38 -0000

Well sir, I bow down and applaud your vision for the project. Looking forward to the Social Networking theme song though' :)

Re: Because You Know – Song #2 in 52 Song Project

Marshall_Macias — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:37:56 -0000

Wow! What a project... I'm impressed by your ability to churn through a song a week and focus on some of the more important things in life. Keep em' comin!
I'd like to see you try to do some catchy jingles...not all songs are 2-3 minutes long :) Who knows you might come up with the Twitter tagline- Plus people tend to share things they know or feel strongly about.

Re: Can you crowdsource a business? Who wants to try?

Marshall_Macias — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:34:04 -0000

Thanks for the great info Blue. I'd like to note that in my previous comment I was not trying to say that people do not love to share their ideas online. I think you are correct in that people love to share (Hints the explosion in social networks online). I was merely suggesting there should be some sort of filter or exclusivity to the site once an idea has been generated and conceptualized. This may follow the structure you suggested in different levels and types of crowdsourcing. A possible solution to your question about various levels of commitment in each idea may be solved partially with the member voting/ranking process, but there is the problem of favoritism and ghost voting- (But this wouldn't be a problem if it was an exclusive site where each member gets 1 vote). As you pointed out, there is a lot that is note immediately apparent, but that's the point of getting multiple views, thoughts?
Your offer to share your experience on what does(nt) work is too good to pass up- do you have any data/docs that you can share relating to Cambrian House's our your experiences with crowdsourcing?....As Eric has mentioned, case studies are more substantial than claims.
On another note TO ALL: Here is an article from Wharton that touches on a similar idea: Innovation Networks (Perhaps another angle to take) http://knowledge.wharton.up...

Re: Can you crowdsource a business? Who wants to try?

Marshall_Macias — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:03:02 -0000

The problems with sharing good "income generating" ideas in a public site are obvious.The site would need to be an exclusive place where the nonsense is screened out prior to group brainstorming (although, there is something to say for crazy "nonsense" ideas). The reason for the exclusivity is the limit on shareholders on most business types...and to keep idea sharks from stealing all the good ideas from the start. The revenue sharing platform may work if each member is ranked or voted on by the community based on who is providing the best ideas and or useful work. Essentially, each new idea would be a new "business" where shares could be distributed based on involvement and support (including the Execs that you discussed in your clip)....The revenue model then is simply a dividend per share based on Net Profit. I think your idea is very good and I'd love to run with it! We should connect soon- want to grab some coffee this week?

Re: Facebook vanity URLs won’t matter soon enough

Marshall_Macias — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:41:55 -0000

You are completely correct Sir! I cannot tell you how many social networking I have seen coming through Angels that are wanting to tear Facebook from its #1 spot. If we can learn anything from Twitter it is this: Social networking is still a viable business (if they can make it profitable); however, the faster one can get to greatness, the faster it can also be taken away.
Facebook URL's are useful, but as you point out- It is the quality social network you create that will create value, not the tools that get you there.