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unlock iphone 3g — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:25:38 +0000

yea tony i think you are correct @Zac is going to grow

By: FVB > IZEAFest Day 1: Tweets Galore & So Much More

FVB > IZEAFest Day 1: Tweets Galore & So Much More — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:42:07 +0000

FVB > IZEAFest Day 1: Tweets Galore & So Much More…

Call me tired, but instead of detailing the first day of IZEAFest, I’m just gonna share live-tweets and the video streams. I’ll also provide a quick report card on the sessions:…

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:50:45 +0000

@Zac — I hear that. They need to grow both the install base and the buzz surrounding it. Unlike the iPhone or Facebook, the Izea probably doesn’t have the benefit of thousands and thousands (or, perhaps millions in the case of Facebook). Hotness or size of network are two relatively important things that would be attractive to developers.

(I think :)

Cheers
tony.

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:47:12 +0000

@Dan — I appreciate you’re not “forcing” anything with the widget platform … I guess what I mean is if you’re asking people to move back to a place they’ve moved *from*.

Will they be happy to move to a place like a blog, if they’re already satisfied with a place like Facebook or Friendfeed? I’m not saying its impossible, but I think its going to need a lot of things right for it to happen.

Cheers
tony.

By: Zac Johnson

Zac Johnson — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:14:35 +0000

I did like what Izea has in the works, but I think it will be tough for them to get the installations/ exposure they will need for this type of service/tool to go main stream.

Not only will they have to pick up some big name blogs to carry the tool, but also none bloggers as well.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out…

By: IzeaFest First Day Sessions | Inside the Secret Life of a Super Affiliate - Zac Johnson dot Com

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:35:34 +0000

[...] panel covering “Growing Blog Traffic” took place. The speakers on this panel were Tony Hung, Lea Alcantara, Brian Clark, Alex Schel, Steve Spalding and Tamar Weinberg. While some of the [...]

By: Dan...

Dan... — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:49:52 +0000

Man Tony, you’re fast. It was great meeting you today; as I’ve been a long-time reader.

As you mentioned, the SocialSpark Causes, Blog for Charity announcement is a good one — unlocking the power of social media for charities, with advertisers and bloggers partnering to do good together.

I think the key for CloudShout as the first real-time click2install Blog Apps platform (analogous to iPhone Apps or Facebook Apps) is to not force a decision between one location or the other — just allow replication of app functionality on-blog that makes those other places so rich. This is where I think MyBlogLog could have gone, were they not stunted by the Yahoo acquisition.

If the function is there, and the readers are empowered to direct-connect in real-time (analogous to Facebook chat, for example), the power of blogs as someone’s lifestream/app page will flow naturally.

Even if the “big idea” takes time to culture, simply providing real-time visitor presence (e.g. Dan is visiting, Tony is chatting, Ted is playing checkers) and real-time communication (reader-to-reader and blogger-to-reader) is a leap forward from today’s Recent Reader widgets.