http://esposure.com/blog Where the World Comes...For Exposure Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:29:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (the marketing part starts around minute 37 of the above 51 minute video from Jawed Karim--the often forgotten 3rd Youtube co-founder) a) Pitched a bunch of Wired.com reporters. Womp, womp. Didn’t work, got no replies. b) Pitched VCs. Womp, womp. They thought youtube was “cute.” c) Email all their friends. Womp, womp. ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/06/30/youtubecom-howd-they-market-that-puppy/ There’s this notion that people don’t like to feel like they’ve been sold. I completely agree with it. However, I see people fighting this idea all the time. Shameless/blatant self-promotion rarely gets us the response we want. The reason? It’s uncreative. How much effort does it take to say “Hey Everybody! ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/06/21/promote-the-right-way-where-right-interesting/ Linking is still important thing that's done on the Web. As long as PageRank is being used, it will continue to be important. However, when it comes to getting people interested, a link on a Website isn't a convincing as it once was. Clicking on a link ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/06/12/got-a-cool-website-then-show-me-the-site/ This is just a warning post to let you know of things to come. People are always looking for ways to market their services, products, and/or talents. There will be a series of posts that are designed to give you simple ideas on how you can do ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/06/10/simple-ideas/ So eSposure has been live for about a week now. Kinks are still getting worked out here and there though.  You probably wouldn't notice unless you visited the site on the launch day and then visited the site today. A lot of little changes have been happening all over ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/05/10/one-week-in-the-books/ Coming finally...this Friday....keep your eyes peeled! http://esposure.com/blog/2008/04/30/esposure-is/ Alas, I didn't place in today's elevator pitch contest. I thought 2nd place should have gotten first place, but, hey, what do I know? 1st place was patented technology to manage your online information. 2nd place was technology to help prevent people from missing their medications. 3rd place went to some sort ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/03/28/burton-d-morgan-elevator-pitch-contest/ Indiana Entrepreneur Bootcamp The biggest ideas were selected to pitch. Apparently, esposure.com wasn't considered big enough idea. So I didn't get the opportunity to pitch. I will, however, have the opportunity to pitch on Friday. I will be competing against faculty, grad students, and Research Park (Purdue's ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/03/26/quick-update/ So it’s been a while since the last update. So here’s a quick update: Another 5 – 6 business days for the esposure to be fully implemented Executive Summary for Esposure has been submitted to Incubcity for consideration I will be competing in the elevator pitch contest at Indiana Entrepreneur Bootcamp Now it's ... http://esposure.com/blog/2008/03/17/some-updates/   So I decided to just kill the countdown clock. I just saw the current state of the Website, and it's unclear when the esposure launch will be right now. We got a ways to go, but this is all a part of the Dip. http://esposure.com/blog/2008/03/06/the-death-of-a-coutdown/