Our Favorite Reviews
We just updated our reviews page and I asked people around the company which were their favorite reviews. (Now we’re reviewing the reviewers!)
Christian says, “I like how our simplicity can be so powerful.”
Brian Jepson [Providence Geeks]: CrowdVine is totally crowd-centric: you answer a few questions, post a photo, maybe friend a few people in the group, and that’s it. From there, CrowdVine turns into a back-channel for an event or association, and is great for matching names to faces, finding out more about someone, or informal followups before, after.
Tony (that’s me) says, “This was our second conference and after this quote I knew we were on to something.”
Gareth Branwyn [MakerFaire]: Within a few hours, over 100 people had signed on, started linking and commenting, piping in their blog feeds, Flickr pools, social bookmarks. It really was kind of extraordinary.
Jay says, “I want CrowdVine to be a company where we can measure the value we create.”
Jeff Haynie [SoCon]: I think the tipping point was CrowdVine. I tracked the numbers during registration and like most events, there is an inflection point. In our case, that tipping point was when the CrowdVine social network came online.
Chris says, “I like that we have a clear value that’s easy to understand”
Sarah Worsham [Web 2.0 Expo]: CrowdVine’s networks are centered on allowing network members to connect and communicate. Everything on the network exists to facilitate this communication – profiles, comments, blog posts, and profile questions, all of which are featured on the homepage.
Sarah says, “This reflects my experiences. As an attendee, CrowdVine gets me more excited about conferences and gets me talking about them more. As an organizer, it helps me plan better
events.”
Grace Porter [JISC]: It is definitely adding to the buzz around the conference and it
certainly helps us…tap into what delegates are discussing in the run
up to the Conference…and who they are interested in hooking up with.
Terrie says, “I loved this review because it neatly describes our benefit….’Help me meet someone.’ CrowdVine’s power is that it helps you meet people you don’t already know, within the context of a conference. You could try friending and following other attendees using more general social networking software, but you lose the conference context…a few months later, you’re looking at your “friends” list and wondering who some of these people are! CrowdVine for conferences helps you create real living relationships instead of awkward accumulations of stranger-friends.
Chris Spiek [Search Marketing Expo]: I had never heard of CrowdVine, but it was free, so I had nothing to lose. Creating an account took less than ten minutes. I entered my interests, professional information, links to profiles (LinkedIn, etc), and uploaded my photo. When I logged in I knew I was on the way to accomplishing my goal. I still didn’t know anyone, but the discussions that were happening on the site led me to believe that other conference goers were hiring the site for the same reason that I was. Discussion topics included, “Who Is Arriving Early And Attending the Sunday Cocktail Party,” and “Who Wants to Find a Good Manhattan Wine Bar on Monday Night?” I joined in on a few of the conversations, and accomplished my goal. Then CrowdVine took it a step further. I received an email a few hours later telling me that someone wanted to meet me while I was at the conference. I clicked the link, and it was another online marketing professional with similar interests. Until then I hadn’t noticed the “+ Someone I Want to Meet.” link under the photo on people’s profiles. After scanning the profiles of a number of people on the site, I began clicking the link and letting people know that I’d like to meet them. This one tiny link was no great programming feat, but it’s inclusion in the software enabled it to accomplish the job that I needed to have done. Help me meet someone.
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