Hey, check it out, I got recognized on RGB Garden for two of my sites! First, this site, which you can check out here; and the second one which is for State Rep, John E. Bradley’s site, which is located here.
Also, if you want to contact me for any design, programming, customization of any open source application I can be reached at william {at] jumpfox [dot] com.
Social Media is obviously the driving force behind web 2.0, and how much better of a way to embrace social content than to open your site to developers? It goes back to the original Fast Company article on Ning, and the Viral Expansion Loop. Get members of the social graph to make something, that makes the parent node to the other nodes (people). Obviously, Facebook did this with their developers platform, and It has paid off well for them, and been highly embraced.
I have always been, and still remain the biggest proponent of the the developers platform, but it seems like the buzz is dying, and the community is being filled with garbage — usually clones, and over-simplified apps. One suggestion, and one that I always believed in, was the social graph allows good things to bubble to the top, in sort of a democratic way. But, think about first mover advantage, with companies such as RockYou, and Slide. They were able to jump in before there were anti-invite groups started to shut down the application platform all together.
The simple truth is the platofrm has been abused, and Facbook is suffering. Their grand idea is slowly slipping to commonplace. What does Facebook need? I don’t know. If they start cutting apps, then there would be an uprise, but something needs to be done. I am glad to see they are cracking down on the big dogs.
Maybe facebooks new redesign will help stop the mess facebook has with the applications, but with that set to launch July 16th, I wouldn’t expect much.
So… my brain is ticking again, and I’m working on another startup idea, and I’m in the middle of writing a business plan, but im stuck! How on earth do web 2.0 companies estimate revenue? Yikes? I do have a premium service integration, which is the majority of my profit, but seriously!
I googled “revenue model web 2.0 business plan” and all I find is people complaining how no web startups ever have a proper business plan. Thanks, that helps! Why not put some info out there on how to estimate the revenue of a web startup. Not saying I can’t — but I know that the first thing that will happen when i give it to a potential investor, and he/she reads it — “where did you get this data?” thats when my head sinks.
If anyone out there can offer some advice, please let me know. Well I guess I will do my best, and if I get classified in the crappy business plan category, then ill go back to the drawing board.
Peace,
William Kasel
I am the founder of buzzbuy.com, a new kind of shopping utility for merchants. Using our tool, it is possible to create a fully functioning e-store in about 5 minutes. Embed the store in your existing site, or use your special url to send buyers to your store.
