Re: RedBeacon Wins The Top Prize At TechCrunch50 2009
by vaksel on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @01:03AM
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i was talking more about technology.
As far as those 2 choices, yeah CitySourced has a good idea, but most towns already have a line you can call to report potholes etc.
LocalBacon I thought was stupid. It might have worked if it was the only option out there, but it's not. Why would a user go to their crappy site and pay money, if they can apply on Monster for free. Same goes for advertisers, they'll still have to post on Monster/Dice and deal with all that crap anyways, How many people using the LocalBacon who don't know about Monster?
Also localbacon is a very bad name, I read the TC post on it yesterday, yet when you mentioned it just now, I didn't think about the company, I thought it was a service that would deliver bacon to your door. So they have 0 name stickiness.
As far as those 2 choices, yeah CitySourced has a good idea, but most towns already have a line you can call to report potholes etc.
LocalBacon I thought was stupid. It might have worked if it was the only option out there, but it's not. Why would a user go to their crappy site and pay money, if they can apply on Monster for free. Same goes for advertisers, they'll still have to post on Monster/Dice and deal with all that crap anyways, How many people using the LocalBacon who don't know about Monster?
Also localbacon is a very bad name, I read the TC post on it yesterday, yet when you mentioned it just now, I didn't think about the company, I thought it was a service that would deliver bacon to your door. So they have 0 name stickiness.