Comments on: The bit.ly Investment Makes Sense to Me (the Feedburner of Twitter) http://www.charleshudson.net/the-bitly-investment-makes-sense-to-me-the-feedburner-of-twitter?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-bitly-investment-makes-sense-to-me-the-feedburner-of-twitter This is my personal website for posting my views on the world of technology and gadgets. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chudson http://www.charleshudson.net/the-bitly-investment-makes-sense-to-me-the-feedburner-of-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-54819 chudson Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:08:22 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=714#comment-54819 Yes, I agree - the road for any of the URL shortening services is a long one. There might be an interesting business here, but it's far from assured. Yes, I agree – the road for any of the URL shortening services is a long one. There might be an interesting business here, but it's far from assured.

]]> By: Engago Team http://www.charleshudson.net/the-bitly-investment-makes-sense-to-me-the-feedburner-of-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-54818 Engago Team Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:04:40 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=714#comment-54818 As Bit.ly has started out completely free, how will they manage to impose a premium service?<br>They will need to build a lot of usefull features into Bit.ly before anyone is going to pay. As Bit.ly has started out completely free, how will they manage to impose a premium service?
They will need to build a lot of usefull features into Bit.ly before anyone is going to pay.

]]> By: chudson http://www.charleshudson.net/the-bitly-investment-makes-sense-to-me-the-feedburner-of-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-54776 chudson Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:39:45 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=714#comment-54776 Very good point - I do a fair amount of email marketing myself and think you've outlined a useful use case. Very good point – I do a fair amount of email marketing myself and think you've outlined a useful use case.

]]> By: dremoran http://www.charleshudson.net/the-bitly-investment-makes-sense-to-me-the-feedburner-of-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-54775 dremoran Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:13:29 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=714#comment-54775 Good points. But I think bitly can survive even beyond the twitter ecosystem. The analytics it provides can be valuable to small- and medium-sized businesses conducting their own email marketing campaigns (whether through Constant Contact or an in-house system). The timeline component illuminates the effects of externalities on a message's response rate. A bitly link can also be put behind banner ads.<br><br>Beyond marketing uses, a bitly link within an email tells me how many recipients read my email, closing the loop on the message without using a read receipt.<br><br>Even as a meager consumer, I would pay a small monthly fee for bitly. Good points. But I think bitly can survive even beyond the twitter ecosystem. The analytics it provides can be valuable to small- and medium-sized businesses conducting their own email marketing campaigns (whether through Constant Contact or an in-house system). The timeline component illuminates the effects of externalities on a message's response rate. A bitly link can also be put behind banner ads.

Beyond marketing uses, a bitly link within an email tells me how many recipients read my email, closing the loop on the message without using a read receipt.

Even as a meager consumer, I would pay a small monthly fee for bitly.

]]> By: chudson http://www.charleshudson.net/the-bitly-investment-makes-sense-to-me-the-feedburner-of-twitter/comment-page-1#comment-54774 chudson Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:58:50 +0000 http://www.charleshudson.net/?p=714#comment-54774 Quick comment to those who mentioned that this post went out on twitter with a link in tinyurl. The Wordpress to Twitter plugin I use only offers TinyURL. Good catch. Quick comment to those who mentioned that this post went out on twitter with a link in tinyurl. The WordPress to Twitter plugin I use only offers TinyURL. Good catch.

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