…again. I have blogged about this before but it bears repeating. I am in the process of a rewrite that’s turning out pretty massive. Just now a functional test revealed something I would surely have missed.
Archive for January, 2008
We really want to compete at internet startup competitions during the coming months. The submission forms made me think about the product, again. I remembered the article ‘Will it fly? How to Evaluate a New Product Idea’ by Evan Williams. So I decided to use this to evaluate the current and next release of Bemba. (more…)
Every web application has lots of forms and Bemba is no different. And where there are forms, there is potentially invalid input. Hence, validation. As you’d expect, this too is an area with many “dos” and even more “donts”.
Tamar’s extensive list of ‘Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007‘ shows two blog posts on Linkedin. How can this professional niche social networking site contribute to the marketing of Bemba.com? In this post I will quote pieces of others that I find relevant for an internet startup of our kind. (more…)
I just read Michael Arrington’s post ‘Things are Looking Good At Startup Schwag’ today – especially the picture – and thought of a photo that I got made for Bemba a few months ago. Okay, maybe it’s not very constructive for building our brand image, but it’s fun. (more…)
One of any social application’s key aspects is often importing contacts. There are a couple of ways to do this. Many wrong ones, and one right one. Our friend Frank Oxener has pointed us to the best one yet.
The obvious professional reason for using Twitter is networking. When you’ve got a large number of followers, it becomes a platform to – once in a while – communicate about your product. I read some blogs for tips and tricks.
We started our blog as part of our marketing strategy. But why will we want to keep writing, and what’s in it for the reader? Now we know. I feel that a blog must have a reason, to both writer AND the reader. Read more about our goals for blogging and improvements for style, blog features and look & feel. (more…)
Or don’t they? How important is a business model for an internet start-up? Crucial? Some people advise companies to focus on gaining critical mass and believe that profit will follow. It won’t hurt to have one. What should Bemba do? Evan wrote in article about valuating new product ideas: ‘Far be it for me to say (more…)
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