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Re: How can Hollrr.com pay bloggers for spotting new products?

themattbrown — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:34:44 -0000

Thanks for responding so quickly. You show a lot of enthusiasm for your service, and I think that will go a long way. I will be sure to follow Hollrr as you grow. Good Luck!

Re: How can Hollrr.com pay bloggers for spotting new products?

themattbrown — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:34:44 -0000

Thanks for responding so quickly. You show a lot of enthusiasm for your service, and I think that will go a long way. I will be sure to follow Hollrr as you grow. Good Luck!

Re: How can Hollrr.com pay bloggers for spotting new products?

hegs — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:49:48 -0000

Matt - thank you for the shout out. As a small company we love all the exposure we can get.

The team at Hollrr is on a mission... a mission to help people launch great products.... a mission to destroy the advertising that says I have to see banner ads for mediocre products that no-one cares about.

Social Media totally changes what effective advertising should be. Why should you believe a company that tells you their brand is goodâ€¦ when you can listen to the Twittersphere and find out exactly what users think of that brand? In this new world of promotion, shitty products have nowhere to hideâ€¦ and great products will shine like they deserve to.

We believe that small companies don't expect promotion to be free.... they are happy to pay as long as its a good return on investment. For example, many small companies effectively use Affiliate Marketing and targeted search ads. However... you do raise a good point: existing 'banner' advertising is too unfocused and ineffective to be profitable for most small businesses. This is where Hollrr comes in... we believe that positive word of mouth promotion, through Hollrr, will give small companies big bang for their advertising buck!

As we launch, our primary rewards structure will integrate with our partner companies' existing affiliate programs. However, affiliate-type programs will only be suitable for a subset of companies. As we build critical mass, we'll look to introduce more reward options that both encourage users to shout about their favorite product, and allow small companies to generate high ROI on their marketing dollars.

Thanks for giving us an opportunity to connect with your readers. We have a lot of work to do.... and we'd love to get any and all feedback your readers have. From the enthusiastic response we've received from both companies and fans, we know we're on to something. But we're also eager to hear more feedback so we can make it even better.

Please always feel free to email me direct if you've any comments or suggestions.

Thanks again,

-David

Chief Hollrr

hegs@hollrr.com

Re: How can Hollrr.com pay bloggers for spotting new products?

hegs — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:49:48 -0000

Matt - thank you for the shout out. As a small company we love all the exposure we can get.

The team at Hollrr is on a mission... a mission to help people launch great products.... a mission to destroy the advertising that says I have to see banner ads for mediocre products that no-one cares about.

Social Media totally changes what effective advertising should be. Why should you believe a company that tells you their brand is good… when you can listen to the Twittersphere and find out exactly what users think of that brand? In this new world of promotion, shitty products have nowhere to hide… and great products will shine like they deserve to.

We believe that small companies don't expect promotion to be free.... they are happy to pay as long as its a good return on investment. For example, many small companies effectively use Affiliate Marketing and targeted search ads. However... you do raise a good point: existing 'banner' advertising is too unfocused and ineffective to be profitable for most small businesses. This is where Hollrr comes in... we believe that positive word of mouth promotion, through Hollrr, will give small companies big bang for their advertising buck!

As we launch, our primary rewards structure will integrate with our partner companies' existing affiliate programs. However, affiliate-type programs will only be suitable for a subset of companies. As we build critical mass, we'll look to introduce more reward options that both encourage users to shout about their favorite product, and allow small companies to generate high ROI on their marketing dollars.

Thanks for giving us an opportunity to connect with your readers. We have a lot of work to do.... and we'd love to get any and all feedback your readers have. From the enthusiastic response we've received from both companies and fans, we know we're on to something. But we're also eager to hear more feedback so we can make it even better.

Please always feel free to email me direct if you've any comments or suggestions.

Thanks again,

-David

Chief Hollrr

hegs@hollrr.com

Re: TweetPhoto Goes Live: The Next Big Twitter Photo-Sharing Service?

Satoshi Nakajima — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:53:23 -0000

Hi, Matt. Do you have iPhone? If so, please try Big Canvas PhotoShare, and let me know what you think? It is very much like a photo version of Twitter, and works with Twitter as well.

Re: Backblaze Publicly Launches Online Backup Service for Macs

ijokasu — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:20:31 -0000

it is fast or not

Re: Write a List Post – Day 2 of 31DBBB

james — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:57:25 -0000

Leecher.

Re: 15 Recommended Apps for Twitter

tyler — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:22:15 -0000

wow nice list!

Re: 15 Recommended Apps for Twitter

Mark — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:04:10 -0000

You forgot about http://www.tweetweight.com for us fatties trying to lose weight :)

Re: The Do's and Don'ts of Twitter For Businesses and Professionals

ryannagy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:54:14 -0000

Great advice Matt and a good overview of using Twitter in a responsible manner. Sometimes, I tweet about random things on my mind, without any type of link or promotion. Twitter as simple self-expression is OK too!

As you said B-A-L-A-N-C-E. - Ryan

Re: Apple Store "Geniuses" not so Genius

Chris Lentz — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:53:52 -0000

Did you get your MBP fixed? I am guessing yes because you posted this. Yeah, I will turn to my iPhone with questions before I ask a floor "Geniuses" about a product.

Re: About

Chris Lentz — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:14:09 -0000

Wow, your desk is so clean, haha mine is covered in Omni Graffle print outs of all my current projects haha. Nice setup though!

Re: About

Chris Lentz — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:14:09 -0000

Wow, your desk is so clean, haha mine is covered in Omni Graffle print outs of all my current projects haha. Nice setup though!

Re: The blog is now Skribit enabled!

Chris Lentz — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:12:02 -0000

It takes time, be patient. You have to develop and audience before you can make some cash, but I have faith you will build an audience pretty quickly because your articles are well written and informative.

Keep up the good work!

Re: The blog is now Skribit enabled!

themattbrown — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:08:39 -0000

Will do.

I redesigned my site over the weekend and in case you haven't noticed, it has some similar flavor to the various pieces that you have on yours. Thanks for the inspiration and creating a good model to follow. Now if only I could sell some ad space and have this pay for itself....

Re: The blog is now Skribit enabled!

Chris Lentz — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:04:30 -0000

Keep us posted on how Skribit works for you. I like the new small suggestion button. I will have to put that on my site.

Re: My New Theme…..again

Matt Brown — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:09:21 -0000

haha I didn't even make the connection until now. oops. It's just one of my categories....guess it's time to pull out the thesaurus!

Re: My New Theme…..again

JK — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:58:03 -0000

Nice setup, Matt! Is it just coincidence, though, that you have an "Insights" tab too? ;-)

Re: My New Theme…..again

Matt Brown — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:01:30 -0000

Guess the statement "the only way to get things done right is to do them yourself" holds true....

Re: My New Theme…..again

Mark — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:41:23 -0000

That should be `wp_enqueue_script()`

Re: My New Theme…..again

Mark — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:40:06 -0000

There shouldn't be ANY conflicts if the plugins were coded correctly.

Javascript should NEVER be used in a plugin by simply declaring the html tags.

Plugins that use Javascript this way are DOIN IT RONG! Plugin developers need to learn that in order to avoid JS conflicts they need to use the `wp_enqueus_script()` function to ensure only one instance of a particular file gets loaded.