We’re very happy to be the secret sauce behind Vator.tv’s new “Find Your Friends’ Startup” feature. Working with Vator on this feature has been a really fun, and I think a lot of websites out there can learn from this user experience. It’s a very easy way to increase engagement in any community-based website or niche social network.
If you’re already a Vator.tv member, try it out!
…and win $5,000 while you’re at it if your launch gets the most signups using LaunchRock during SXSW Interactive next week.
Edit: The LaunchRock guys, never cease to amaze me. They’ve upped the prize amount to $30,000 thanks to a partnership with Vencorps. Read about it on TechCrunch.
The CloudSponge address book importer is a critical feature of LaunchRock’s landing pages and we’re very happy to be able to contribute to the success of your SXSWi launch along with Rapleaf, Posterous and Hootsuite.
Good luck!
We’re delighted to announce that the developer behind the Invite Anyone plugin for BuddyPress has taken the time to include CloudSponge integration in the latest version of his plugin (0.8+). We couldn’t be happier with the integration, it’s robust and very straightforward. Just sign up for CloudSponge, paste our domain key into your Invite Anyone configuration panel, and you’re good to go.
You can read more about the integration details on Teleogistic.net and on the plugin page at BuddyPress.org.
The evil geniuses over at LabSecrets (aka WidgetLaboratory) created this short video to show you how the integration works.
If you’re not familiar with Invite Anyone, you can see a more verbose explanation of the plugin (along with a more detailed walk-through of the CloudSponge part) in this video.
If you’re thinking about using BuddyPress and WordPress, we recommend that you check out the wizardry at LabSecrets.com, they make it really easy to get off to a quick start with everything you need, including plugins like Invite Anyone.
What a great surprise! Natalie Sisson from the Forbes blog series called Work in Progress included CloudSponge in her list of 6 new tools that every entrepreneur should know about.
Not only that, but one of our showcased customers, BusinessCard2 is in the short list with us. It’s a real honor to be in a list with such great companies, thanks for the shout out Natalie.
Natalie Sisson is a Kiwi entrepreneur and adventurer who’s passionate about getting more women into business. As Founder of http://www.WomanzWorld.com ‘The Ultimate Resource for Female Entrepreneurs’ she offers insight, intelligence and inspiration to aspiring and established entrepreneurs.
Work In Progress is a growing community of bloggers who focus on, support and promote the magic 51%. That’s the tipping point for professional and entrepreneurial women, who make up 51% of the workforce and own 51% of small businesses. We are part women-to-women advice and solutions, and part cheerleading and collaboration.
I sat down for a chat with Markus from GrowVC to chat about CloudSponge’s journey and entrepreneurship in general.
Listen to the interview from their iTunes podcast. It’s entitled “From the Binary Trenches to being a Founder” and it was published on January 7, 2011.
GrowVC (the “C” is for Community, not Capital) is a global crowd-funding platform for seed funding startups. They help startups secure up to $1mm USD in funding from the GrowVC community. Very cool guys, very cool company.
Thanks for the interview Markus, I really enjoyed doing it.
