[Hidden-tech] biznik

fern radiodjfern at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 4 22:00:01 EST 2007


As a newbie to HT, I was surprised to see that the
website lacked any punch given that there are so many
members who do websites. As a matter of fact, I don't
think I've ever gone back to the HT website since I
became a member. 

Has there been any discussions in the past about how
best to use the website? I think this Biznik site is
great and could serve as a model for Hidden Tech.

Fern




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> 
> Mik,
> 
> yeh, really.  that Biznik  site makes me wanna' get
> up and dance the can-can... 
> 
> Giannina, please sign me up!  Again, not to slight
> all the great work that's been gowing on with face
> to face networking and meetings and stuff right here
> in the happy valley ...but I really think Biznik has
> absolutely captured the essence of what is necessary
> to make a modern, small business efficient,
> profitable and dare I say ...FUN!
> 
> I can't wait to take a closer look...
> 
>  Regards,
> 
> Tom Adams
> 
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> 
> 
>  
> On Thursday, January 04, 2007, at 04:31PM, "Michael
> Muller" <michael at mullertech.com> wrote:
> >   ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
> >   ** You too can help the group
> >   ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the
> member's area.
> >   ** If you did, we all thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >Giannina,
> >
> >Wow. That site rocks. I'm impressed. From a
> software point of view there are several things in
> there that I've been thinking of doing to my
> directory function for a long time, and many more
> things that I now want to do now that I see them.
> It's really well done, and I almost think we should
> lift what they're doing and use it for HT. I mean...
> wow. Definitely, send me an invitation.
> >
> >And all this conversation is not to say that HT
> isn't great and hasn't done good things. It is
> great, and it holds many excellent seminars and
> networking opportunities. But if we're talking about
> making HT better, here's a website model that makes
> me sit up and get excited. It seems to drive the
> organization, rather than the website being a
> glimpse of what the organization is about.  This is
> natural, of course, since HT started as a group of
> people who wanted to network, and not as a website
> that wanted to network and promote people.
> >
> >For a refresher, here's the HT "about" page: 
> http://hidden-tech.net/about.html
> >
> >And here's BizNik's "manifesto" page: 
> http://biznik.com/about/manifesto.html
> >
> >
> >BTW, It looks like there was an HT meeting in
> September to vote on a Steering Committee. What was
> the outcome of that meeting?
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >
> >
> >At 12:21 PM 1/4/2007, Giannina Granata Silverman
> wrote:
> >>Michael,
> >>
> >>Thank you for your excellent insights.
> >>
> >>My thoughts mirror your own. While Hidden-tech has
> been great for me to meet people in a live setting
> (the offline events have been great), the site does
> not do any heavy lifting in terms of leveraging our
> community and our expertise.
> >>
> >>I am going to send you an example of a community I
> belong to in Seattle that is similar to Hidden-tech,
> it's made of small solopreneur types and indie
> businesses, but it uses a social networking model. I
> wish the Hidden-tech site was more like this! It's a
> self-promotional killer app!!
> >>
> >>It is: www.biznik.com
> >>
> >>The Biznik community is Seattle-based but anyone
> can join, and there are members from all over the
> world who are starting their own local "chapters".
> And non-members can look within the member directory
> for people they want to work with. The founders
> closely manage the site and the vision of the
> community, but anyone can contribute by putting on a
> seminar in their area (you get a cut of every
> seminar you put on) or hosting a networking
> happy-hour in your area. The more you contribute, or
> show up, or post on the message board, or bring in
> new members, the higher you rank in searches. And,
> you can pay $100 a year to be a supporting member,
> which buys you a higher search rank and and
> revolving ads, but otherwise the site is free. I am
> a non-paying member and my profile gets about 50-80
> views a month.
> >>
> >>What's great about this network is that they've
> figured out how to use the internet to it's ultimate
> advantage.
> >>The site also has links to member blogs so people
> can self-promote to their hearts content.
> >>
> >>BTW, if anyone wants an invitation to Biznik, let
> me know via email and I'll invite ya! Or you can
> sign up on your own.
> >>Thanks! Hope you're all well!!
> >>-g
> >>
> >>-- 
> >>Giannina Granata Silverman
> >>Rocket Ranch Design + Advertising
> >>gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com
> >>
> >>Seattle: 425.939.6823
> >>Mass: 413.303.9453
> >>Cell: 425.780.1693
> >>
> >>www.rocketranchdesign.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >--------
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> >
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