Saturday, April 5, 2008

Chris Brogan "Starting to Get" PimpMyNews

For those of you who follow "social media," Chris Brogan needs no introduction. For those who might not be familiar with him, he's the proverbial "social media superhero." Thousands of people follow him on Twitter, read his blog, and hang on his every word (or, should I say, his every character?).


A Little New School "Fairy Dust"

Chris is well-known for sprinkling "textual fairy dust" on things... which usually ignites healthy conversations about those things. Just last night, we were pleased to find that Chris signed up for PimpMyNews, and wrote a post about us on his highly-trafficked blog.

The blog post is titled "Listening to Blogs - Really Listening."

Chris doesn't really do "endorsements," but we were pleased with the positive things he had to say about PimpMyNews. Here are a few excerpts from his post:

  • "What’s neat about PimpMyNews is that you can cook off a bunch of MP3 files of blogs you like reading, dump them into your MP3 player (portable or on your desk), and listen to a bunch of blogs while doing stuff."
  • "I listened to my own blog post (natch), and found it actually reasonably listenable."
  • "It’s neat, and you might give it a try."
"Kindling" for the User Feedback Conversation.

Chris also said "John and team have done a good start," and offered constructive criticism by suggesting tweaks to our navigation. Then, he ended the post by asking his readers to share their feedback on PimpMyNews. And share, they did.

Please check out the post on Brogan's blog and, don't forget to read, and add to, the comments.

[Read the full post here: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/listening-to-blogs-really-listening/ or - REALLY listen to it here: http://pimpmynews.com/p.aspx?i=632354 ]

This is exactly what a startup needs... Feedback from, and ongoing dialogue with, its users.

Thank you Chris Brogan, you fire-starter, you ;)

John
PimpMyNews Co-Founder & CEO

PS: As always, please send your feedback to Suggestions@PimpMyNews.com

Friday, April 4, 2008

PimpMyNews Tops 500,000 "Talking Stories"

Did you know that you can now access more than a half a million "talking stories," from the web's top 1,000+ blogs on our full site at www.PimpMyNews.com ?

[see the news on Yahoo here: http://tinyurl.com/yu4cd3]

If you're accessing this story on your iPhone, or another mobile device, you just gotta check out all the cool functionality on our full site on your Mac or PC.
A Few of the Cool Things You Can Do on the Full Site:
1) Sign Up for a Free Personalized Account & Get the News YOU care about
  • Just click the sign up link on our home page to create your personalized account.
  • You can choose from more than 1,000 of the web's top blogs to create your playlist.
  • Then, you'll be able to log in on your iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac or PC, and hear YOUR favorites, anytime, anywhere.

2) Create a Daily News Podcast for Your MP3 Player

  • Just log in to your account, click "Manage MyPodcast," and select the blogs you'd like in your daily podcast. Then, every morning, PimpMyNews will automatically check your blogs for new stories, and create an episode with 10 minutes of uninterrupted stories.
  • Just sync your MP3 player with your computer, and... Listen at the gym, on the train, while doing laundry - anywhere!
3) Share, Share, Share!
  • With over half a million stories to choose from, chances are good that you'll find something funny, shocking, or just plain interesting. Why keep it to yourself?
  • You can email any "talking story" to friends, or post it to Digg, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Delicious, Stumble Upon and other social sites, with a single mouse-click.
  • To share any story, just click the envelope icon, or click the "View Summary" link and look for the social site icons at the bottom of every story.
To enjoy all of the fun, time-saving functionality, sign up on your Mac or PC today, at: http://www.pimpmynews.com/

Thanks for listening with PimpMyNews!

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