Comments on: A Web 2.0 Expo and Brightkite Social Experiment (Brightkite Invites Included)

By: Jennifer Van Grove, Social Media Strategist and San Diego Blogger » Curiousity Killed the Cat and Your Twitter Followers

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:12:31 +0000

[...] kind of funny. I loved the idea of the site so I interviewed Martin May about Brightkite and did a follow up piece to encourage adoption before the Web2.0 Expo in San Francisco. I also convinced all of my internet [...]

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:53:24 +0000

Maria, I figured Chris Brogan would find it, but I had no idea he would then blog about it. In all honesty I didn’t want to try and email him or DM him as to why he should be using Brightkite, because I thought that would be really pushy. I hate pitching bloggers on stories (I’ve never done it but the idea makes me cringe), so I didn’t want to take that approach. I wanted something soft, so I hoped for the best. Let’s see what happens.

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:47:48 +0000

Question: when you mentioned Brogan in your post, were you hoping for him to come across the post? Or was his discovery accidental? If it was intentional, please email me. I would love to talk about this as a form of marketing and pitching. Thanks!

By: Brad Warren

Brad Warren — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:45:16 +0000

This sounds intriguing! I’m curious to be a part and see how useful BrightKite can be. Just sent you an email requesting invite… thanks!

By: Marketing to My Ego | chrisbrogan.com

Marketing to My Ego | chrisbrogan.com — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:31:37 +0000

[...] and about two dozen other terms that matter to me and my efforts, and I found this post. So, I start reading to see why this came to [...]