Comments on: The Business Of Social Directory Assistance

By: Sebastien Provencher

Sebastien Provencher — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:38:45 +0000

My company, Praized Media, has built exactly that, a Local Answers service platform that can be embedded within any Wordpress blog (or in any website using our API) and serves as a social directory assistance tool. Users can ask their social network friends (including their Twitter and Facebook friends) a local question (what's the best kid-friendly restaurant in San Francisco?, etc.). The question is then broadcasted on Twitter using a przd.com short form URL and all answers are collected in one unique Web page on your site. You can see an example at answers.praized.com. This free platform can be downloaded on Wordpress.org

By: Sebastien Provencher

Sebastien Provencher — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:38:00 +0000

By: Tim Bursch

Tim Bursch — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:32:44 +0000

Great opportunity on crowdsourcing. I think we will see more co-op type of businesses. You become a member (paid or free) and you get the benefits of collaboration and connecting with others around a similar goal/product/service.
Great applications for: recruiting, travel, problem solving, freelancing, non-profits finding volunteers, much more! So fun to be part of an open-source generation of business.

By: Tim Bursch

Tim Bursch — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:32:00 +0000

By: Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:39:33 +0000

I think there’s a huge opportunity for twitter search and quick advise / interaction in location based services. As in, have a volunteer force, or a Twitter ‘Directory Assistance’ account that you can hit that detects your location and can route you to the proper ‘operator’ who can help you with your inquiry…..

Or a Twitpoll that can compare what people in the network think the answer to your question is – side by side with the google results. It may make your searches better, and if / when Google integrates this data, it could really be the next step in getting you to where you need to go the quickest.

@ryancmiller

By: ryancmiller

ryancmiller — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:39:00 +0000

@ryancmiller

By: Zena Weist

Zena Weist — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:35:58 +0000

Definitely a thought provoking post and follow up commentary. Social directory assistance – great term for socnet 411 or in some instances socnet 911.

Twitter truly is instantaneous community sourcing as well as are other socmed tools: FriendFeed, Brightkite, etc. My social online community is my default first source for information, recommendations, research, suggestions, advice – and of course, online conversation.

By: Zena Weist

Zena Weist — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:35:00 +0000

Definitely a thought provoking post and follow up commentary. Social directory assistance – great term for socnet 411 or in some instances socnet 911.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:05:16 +0000

There are a number of Convention & Visitors Bureaus on twitter. @VisitChicago, @TravelPortland and @BaltimoreMD are three of the most-followed bureaus on twitter.

@TravelPortland has a Twisitor Center. They encourage people to use #inpdx for Portland questions and have a team of experts that respond.

And http://www.twisitorcenter.com is an awesome site that lists of all twittering tourism bureaus, domestic and international.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:05:00 +0000

There are a number of Convention & Visitors Bureaus on twitter. @VisitChicago, @TravelPortland and @BaltimoreMD are three of the most-followed bureaus on twitter.

@TravelPortland has a Twisitor Center. They encourage people to use #inpdx for Portland questions and have a team of experts that respond.

And http://www.twisitorcenter.com is an awesome site that lists of all twittering tourism bureaus, domestic and international.