Comments on: May the best product win? http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/ Individuals — Companies — Industries: How We Work Now. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:25:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Social media: the right tool for the job. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-8466 Social media: the right tool for the job. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:40:52 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-8466 [...] May the best product win? [...] [...] May the best product win? [...]

]]> By: What happens when you can’t keep up with your popularity? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-7018 What happens when you can’t keep up with your popularity? -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Wed, 21 May 2008 20:50:58 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-7018 [...] May the best product win? [...] [...] May the best product win? [...]

]]> By: Baby sleep, breastfeeding support, and more: Babble Soft's Aruni Gunasegaram. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-5533 Baby sleep, breastfeeding support, and more: Babble Soft's Aruni Gunasegaram. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:24:45 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-5533 [...] My heavy-duty Twitter use has introduced me not only to folks far away, but also to members of the social media community right here in Austin. One new friend is Aruni Gunasegaram, the president and founder of Babble Soft. After we got to talk in person at SXSW, Aruni was kind enough to answer some of my questions about being an entrepreneur — and mom — who works at the intersection of technology and parenthood. [...] [...] My heavy-duty Twitter use has introduced me not only to folks far away, but also to members of the social media community right here in Austin. One new friend is Aruni Gunasegaram, the president and founder of Babble Soft. After we got to talk in person at SXSW, Aruni was kind enough to answer some of my questions about being an entrepreneur — and mom — who works at the intersection of technology and parenthood. [...]

]]> By: Shawn Zehnder Lea http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-5240 Shawn Zehnder Lea Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:14:05 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-5240 Wow. Now I feel fascinating and fun. Not bad for a Saturday afternoon. Thank you! ;) Wow. Now I feel fascinating and fun. Not bad for a Saturday afternoon. Thank you! ;)

]]> By: Avoiding the Kitty Genovese syndrome in business. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-5155 Avoiding the Kitty Genovese syndrome in business. -- Hoover’s Business Insight Zone Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:00:22 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-5155 [...] As if in confirmation of my prior post, this link came to me through friends on [...] [...] As if in confirmation of my prior post, this link came to me through friends on [...]

]]> By: Greenmonk Associates : Standing Around The Water Kula, Hanging Out http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-5151 Greenmonk Associates : Standing Around The Water Kula, Hanging Out Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:29:42 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-5151 [...] interface (API) is really easy to use. The truly outstanding thing about twitter though is the amazing range of communities and cool people it has fostered. Greenmonk has a core belief that web technology is allowing a hitherto [...] [...] interface (API) is really easy to use. The truly outstanding thing about twitter though is the amazing range of communities and cool people it has fostered. Greenmonk has a core belief that web technology is allowing a hitherto [...]

]]> By: Why is Twitter winning when it isn’t the best? It’s the swarm and peeps who win out. http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-5150 Why is Twitter winning when it isn’t the best? It’s the swarm and peeps who win out. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:08:46 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-5150 [...] Sure I could update both Pownce and Jaiku through Twhirl, but why?  I don’t go there to check replies, conversations or threads.  Through the conversation of tweets and DMs, Tim and I agreed that this smelled like a great blog post.  He beat me to the punch: Is that enough to explain its success? I don’t know — but I’d love to hear what you think. Source: May the best product win? — Hoover’s Business Insight Zone [...] [...] Sure I could update both Pownce and Jaiku through Twhirl, but why?  I don’t go there to check replies, conversations or threads.  Through the conversation of tweets and DMs, Tim and I agreed that this smelled like a great blog post.  He beat me to the punch: Is that enough to explain its success? I don’t know — but I’d love to hear what you think. Source: May the best product win? — Hoover’s Business Insight Zone [...]

]]> By: Tim Walker http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-5149 Tim Walker Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-5149 Good points, Seth. Twitter's business model has been the (much more than) $64,000 question for a while now. I'll be very interested to see what happens. Maybe an acquisition by one of the biggies? Good points, Seth. Twitter’s business model has been the (much more than) $64,000 question for a while now. I’ll be very interested to see what happens. Maybe an acquisition by one of the biggies?

]]> By: Seth Gottlieb http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/comment-page-1/#comment-5147 Seth Gottlieb Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:16:28 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2008/03/27/may-the-best-product-win/#comment-5147 I was at first very skeptical of Twitter but since I started using it, I am a true fan (read addict). I hardly ever visit Facebook anymore. Twitter gives me just the right level of tangential diversion that I need to get me through my day. My main concern with Twitter is with their business model. I hate when I fall in love with a service with no commercial viability or future. The advertising model that we all know and love is destination based. You get enough traffic to a place, and you can make money selling ads. Twitter is placeless. If Twitter is Google-smart (or smarter), they will innovate a new revenue model to tap into their value. The model they come up with will be significant because it may solve the diseconomy of feed syndication where the originator is currently under-compensated in advertising based revenue. I was at first very skeptical of Twitter but since I started using it, I am a true fan (read addict). I hardly ever visit Facebook anymore. Twitter gives me just the right level of tangential diversion that I need to get me through my day.

My main concern with Twitter is with their business model. I hate when I fall in love with a service with no commercial viability or future. The advertising model that we all know and love is destination based. You get enough traffic to a place, and you can make money selling ads. Twitter is placeless. If Twitter is Google-smart (or smarter), they will innovate a new revenue model to tap into their value. The model they come up with will be significant because it may solve the diseconomy of feed syndication where the originator is currently under-compensated in advertising based revenue.

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