Comments on: When Social Media Marketers Stumble

By: Mike Rapp

Mike Rapp — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:37:13 +0000

I have loosely worked in software development with our GeneratorTools cms partners for two years now.

The main issue is knowing when something is truly ready. No one wants to release software that doesn't work right, but unlike "the old world" — where customers took the only path to purchase you provided — now customers take a myriad of paths, and sub-paths, to get where they want to go. It's just darned near impossible to bug-proof software nowadays.

Want proof? Check out the message boards at Microsoft for Word. Page after page after page of problems, for perhaps the most ubiquitous software application on the planet!

We all get lulled to sleep by the incredible advances in software development. Just imagine the technology behind TiVo, or iTunes — literally hundreds of thousands of man hours, untold millions of dollars, and still there are glitches. We forget that, in the grand scheme of things, we are still in the Gutenberg Press era of the web.

By: stephenbateman

stephenbateman — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:45:01 +0000

That's weird…I got on Su.pr at once without any problems. I guess everyone has different experiences…

By: JakeSchwein

JakeSchwein — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:03:20 +0000

Law of first impressions : FAIL!!

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:17:35 +0000

Best, I can tell, yes. (Of course, I haven't actually been able to try the program!) But, I think it's a whole lot more.

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:16:48 +0000

Yes, it is surprising. You think by now they would have already picked up on this blog post and contacted me. I know I have Google alerts and Thomas Nelson Twitter searches set up to notify immediately when our name is mentioned.

By: Paul | TweetFurther

Paul | TweetFurther — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:13:29 +0000

I'm in the middle of launching my own viral marketing campaign right now, so I know how important it is to check and double check that everything works.

Even so, things can go wrong… the chain can break… but at least I'll be spending the next few weeks watching it like a hawk :) I'm surprised a company with the resources of StumbleUpon weren't doing more of that.

Paul Hancox
TweetFurther.com

By: Lyn Cote

Lyn Cote — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:01:09 +0000

Is this Su.pr anything like Bit.ly?

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:24:34 +0000

Yep, I'm afraid we have all been guilty of this.

By: Rodlie Ortiz

Rodlie Ortiz — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:13:52 +0000

anyone know of any other codes floating around? hoping to get in.

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:34:16 +0000

That's why it is so critical to be careful in lending our reputation to others.