Comments on: 3 New Social Media Tools that Startups should know about

By: not chris

not chris — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:50:38 +0000

you're such a penis chris

By: chris

chris — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:26:19 +0000

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By: Social Media Applications

Social Media Applications — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:14:45 +0000

Great list. Thanks. There are always new ones, but it’s hard to tell which ones will be around a few years out.

By: snehaandani

snehaandani — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:25:59 +0000

The problem with the folks like Google & Yahoo is that they have created many tools which have been loosely coupled. The challenge with such a solution is that the the information gets locked into multiple silos. With Google Wave they are trying to integrate all the conversations (discussions) but what would be truly desirable is a platform built form ground up using social networking at the base and business apps on top of it. I have tried Injoos Teamware (http://www.injoos.com) and found it captures both informal and formal knowledge like documents in one single workspace on the cloud.

By: Shazwi

Shazwi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:59:01 +0000

Dont you need to have a paid domain/email? Like @paiddomain

Ok, my bad then… It's free…

By: Bernard Leong

Bernard Leong — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:25:08 +0000

Shazwi,

Yammer is free by the way.

By: Shazwi

Shazwi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:16:51 +0000

Wonder if startups really need these overhyped stuffs.

It's all about saving every single penny & bootstrapping.

1) Google Wave - Little chance of a startup getting an invite because they would not fully utilise it, compared to a bigger company where PR is way more important and should be catered to.

2) Yammer - What the hell? I need to pay for this piece of crap? We're talking bout startups here. I can easily make a wordpress blog that can have a twitter design with a micro blogging function and put it to PRIVATE and easily share on wordpress. <<< FOR FREE.

Free advice from a startup -

1) I want to save money. I can collaborate with my team way cheaper than this and also produce the same functionality that these provide.

2) I want maximum exposure for the little pennies that I fork out - Press Release Sites, Commenting on other blogs. Just do a google search on something and a lot of Press Release Sites will give them. And it's free.

3) All I ever want as a startup is something that will lower my cost and increase my profits. Anything other than that is just a no-no.