Gooruze Is Crack For On-Line Marketers

So after being invited by a couple of different people to the beta for Gooruze and then not joining, I finally caved last night and logged about 2 hours on the site.

tyrone biggums

The tech is solid, nothing too spectacular but good. It’s a scalable social media app that focuses on incentivising participation with an action based scoring system.

With about 3 total hours logged, I’m already #20! (Gooruze member standings)

Now as a social media marketer I have seen all of this before in a number of different verticals and I know that the most important aspects of a community are 3 fold.

In order to ensure success you need:

      People with a shared passion (interest isn’t enough)
      A clear UI
      Participation Incentives

But what’s different about Gooruze that has me acting like Tyrone Biggums.

      They are focused on MY passion. On-Line Marketing.
      They targeted the right people in the industry to be a part of the founding community members to seed the site before even the beta launch.

That being said, I’m hooked.

I can’t not track my site wide ranking as I ask, comment, and write the time away. Now that I am up to # 20 though, who knows how long I will be able to keep it up as more and more brilliant online marketers join this new platform.

I am already talking to the founders about licensing options of this app for a couple of my clients who have a need for mobilizing a passion centric online community. I will keep you posted on some of the details as things move forward.

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Ignore please - boldadam.gooruze.com

3 Comments »

  1. Phil Said,

    October 28, 2007 @ 6:38 pm

    And like Tyrone Biggums, some schools may mistakenly ask you to come give guest lectures. Count me in!

  2. Adam Said,

    October 28, 2007 @ 7:02 pm

    Work it out man. wrtgrl is NJ and i’m boldadam

  3. Adam Schultz » I am so incredibly creeped out by myself right now. Thanks Gooruze. :) Said,

    November 5, 2007 @ 10:10 pm

    […] they asked if they could use a quote from a recent blog post I wrote about Gooruze to announce the win. Again, no problem. I was actually quite flattered and IMHO it was a nice […]

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