Comments on: Kickoff of 30 Day Sprint: One Lazy Day http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/ B2C stands for "Bingo To Customer" Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:24:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Day 30 - Website And The Official End - Beginning? | The Recursive ISV http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1377 Day 30 - Website And The Official End - Beginning? | The Recursive ISV Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:40 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1377 [...] Patrick McKenzie - Firefox Widget Creator: http://kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/ [...] [...] Patrick McKenzie – Firefox Widget Creator: http://kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/ [...]

]]> By: The 30 day "release or die trying" challenge (day 0) : Mike on Software http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1376 The 30 day "release or die trying" challenge (day 0) : Mike on Software Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:35:42 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1376 [...] http://kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/ [...] [...] http://kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/ [...]

]]> By: Bracken http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1375 Bracken Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:11:00 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1375 Could I set up a source that gets passed a widget id, or user id or something and displays dynamic content based on the parameter(s) passed in? Could I set up a source that gets passed a widget id, or user id or something and displays dynamic content based on the parameter(s) passed in?

]]> By: Patrick http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1373 Patrick Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:11:40 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1373 Luckily for me, scraping an RSS feed is the easiest thing in the world, and with a bit of elbow grease I can make it as easy as "point me at the frequently updated web page which you want to embed in your widget". (Then you just do the auto feed discovery like Google Reader or Firefox does.) Luckily for me, scraping an RSS feed is the easiest thing in the world, and with a bit of elbow grease I can make it as easy as “point me at the frequently updated web page which you want to embed in your widget”. (Then you just do the auto feed discovery like Google Reader or Firefox does.)

]]> By: Bracken http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1372 Bracken Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:31:58 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1372 If you could provide me with an easy way to make a widget like I explained in my blog, I would gladly set up some kind of data source though. ;) But my guess is that most people wouldn't want to do that. Heh, I'm sure you've already thought of all this. It'll be interesting to see what your plans are. If you could provide me with an easy way to make a widget like I explained in my blog, I would gladly set up some kind of data source though. ;) But my guess is that most people wouldn’t want to do that.
Heh, I’m sure you’ve already thought of all this. It’ll be interesting to see what your plans are.

]]> By: ColinM http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1371 ColinM Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:38:00 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1371 Sounds interesting, but I have to agree with Bracken that most people will want data relevant to their site, without knowing how to setup some sort of data source. Still if you can link it to the million and RSS feeds out there it could provide value. Good luck Patrick! Sounds interesting, but I have to agree with Bracken that most people will want data relevant to their site, without knowing how to setup some sort of data source. Still if you can link it to the million and RSS feeds out there it could provide value. Good luck Patrick!

]]> By: Simon Shutter http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1374 Simon Shutter Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:29:44 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1374 Patrick, Just so I understand clearly, your widgets would be more complex than: a simple anchor tag containing an image tag of the customer’s choice and another anchor tag doing the viral thing for your service. Are you actually proposing to hook the widget to a bona fide data source and, if so, is it a data source that you host as part of your service or would your service just provide the link to a third party like Google Analytics (in the case of the example you provided)? Could you provide a couple more examples without giving the farm away? It sounds like a great subscription service but I don’t quite get it and how you will explain it to your potential customers. p.s. Minor issue on the subject of links - your blog’s a: visited style is the work of the devil (#666). Seriously though, it is hard to find links when returning, as so many of us often do, to your site. Patrick,

Just so I understand clearly, your widgets would be more complex than: a simple anchor tag containing an image tag of the customer’s choice and another anchor tag doing the viral thing for your service. Are you actually proposing to hook the widget to a bona fide data source and, if so, is it a data source that you host as part of your service or would your service just provide the link to a third party like Google Analytics (in the case of the example you provided)?

Could you provide a couple more examples without giving the farm away?

It sounds like a great subscription service but I don’t quite get it and how you will explain it to your potential customers.

p.s. Minor issue on the subject of links – your blog’s a: visited style is the work of the devil (#666). Seriously though, it is hard to find links when returning, as so many of us often do, to your site.

]]> By: Tower Prints » Blog Archive » Widget Marketing http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1370 Tower Prints » Blog Archive » Widget Marketing Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:29:30 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1370 [...] that these widgets will also be able to keep statistics and have generally nifty functionality. His Post has a slightly better explanation of what his product will [...] [...] that these widgets will also be able to keep statistics and have generally nifty functionality. His Post has a slightly better explanation of what his product will [...]

]]> By: Bracken http://www.kalzumeus.com/2008/06/01/day-1/#comment-1369 Bracken Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:56:56 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/?p=404#comment-1369 So will you try to make a few widgets that you think will appeal to a lot of people? Or will you be able to make custom widgets for some people? It just seems that most small businesses would need a different type of widget than any one else. Like if you weren't the one creating this service, would you be able to come along and say 'Hey, I want a widget that is bingo-card aware, and I don't want to change anything on the back end of my website because I don't know how.' If you have a decent amount of widgets that can appeal to a somewhat wide range of customers I think this sounds like a cool idea. If you can somehow customize it beyond just a graphic for a given site/service then I see really great potential. And one more thought. As I first thought about it I didn't think that would be something that I would want to do for myself, but then I started thinking about some simple widget ideas that we could try to get our customers to use. I actually think there would be a lot of potential in that.... So if nothing else you've got me thinking a little out of the box for marketing. ;) Thanks. So will you try to make a few widgets that you think will appeal to a lot of people? Or will you be able to make custom widgets for some people?
It just seems that most small businesses would need a different type of widget than any one else. Like if you weren’t the one creating this service, would you be able to come along and say ‘Hey, I want a widget that is bingo-card aware, and I don’t want to change anything on the back end of my website because I don’t know how.’
If you have a decent amount of widgets that can appeal to a somewhat wide range of customers I think this sounds like a cool idea. If you can somehow customize it beyond just a graphic for a given site/service then I see really great potential.
And one more thought. As I first thought about it I didn’t think that would be something that I would want to do for myself, but then I started thinking about some simple widget ideas that we could try to get our customers to use. I actually think there would be a lot of potential in that…. So if nothing else you’ve got me thinking a little out of the box for marketing. ;) Thanks.

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