Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/DxwH4TNGtKS58r7npgjnnO/Valerie-Wagoner-Tapping-the-missedcall-trade.html Interesting. Yeah, but the author's a pos. Don't invite him. (Happy to make intros or send invite.)
Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
I think the answer to that is too late, he's already here Now, intro, please? Nice to see you here and you're not the first Mint columnist to turn up here so welcome, and whatever you do beyond writing that very enjoyable article :) --srs (iPad) On 20-Aug-2013, at 15:08, Mark Bergen mberg...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livemint.com/Industry/DxwH4TNGtKS58r7npgjnnO/Valerie-Wagoner-Tapping-the-missedcall-trade.html Interesting. Yeah, but the author's a pos. Don't invite him. (Happy to make intros or send invite.)
Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Mark Bergen mberg...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livemint.com/Industry/DxwH4TNGtKS58r7npgjnnO/Valerie-Wagoner-Tapping-the-missedcall-trade.html Yeah, but the author's a pos. Don't invite him. Quite clearly a bit of a git. Unfortunately, that gets trumped by my firm belief that the entire editorial staff of Mint should be on Silk. (Happy to make intros or send invite.) Please do, though it's not clear from the article whether she's eccentric enough to fit in. :-) -- b
Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Mark Bergen mberg...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livemint.com/Industry/DxwH4TNGtKS58r7npgjnnO/Valerie-Wagoner-Tapping-the-missedcall-trade.html Interesting. I have heard of Zipdial before and the idea/business is definitely interesting. I felt the article was way too much gaga that it should have been considering the business has been around for a while. I see a PR offensive by ZipDial (they were covered by The Economist as well). Nothing wrong with it though. Neither of the articles elaborates on the vulnerability of the business models now that many people in India have been busy whatsapping. I have seen so many non-tech-savvy people use it, amazing traction. Also there are so many short code marketing companies that have been around for a while. Also another thing that stuck out of the article was 87 broad patents. Will be interesting to know what they are. -- Vinayak
Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
I have heard of Zipdial before and the idea/business is definitely interesting. I felt the article was way too much gaga that it should have been considering the business has been around for a while. That's a fair criticism. It could have gone much deeper on the vulnerabilities and questioned the co's conviction they can bound easily to other platforms. Missed calls will be obsolete at some point, though I don't think anytime soon. If anyone has fresh, intriguing numbers/angles on mobile marketing trends, do share. I see a PR offensive by ZipDial (they were covered by The Economist as well). Nothing wrong with it though. Us lowly writers have little say in publishing calendars, even if -- all I'll say -- words are written many moons ago. Also another thing that stuck out of the article was 87 broad patents. Will be interesting to know what they are. For the next story, perhaps.
Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
On 20 Aug 2013 15:21, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, that gets trumped by my firm belief that the entire editorial staff of Mint should be on Silk. Not Suku the editor surely :)
Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: Also another thing that stuck out of the article was 87 broad patents. Will be interesting to know what they are. Among other things, wouldn't inassignee:Zipdial Mobile Solutions Pvt. Ltd. allow you to get a fair idea about them? -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay https://twitter.com/#!/sankarshan
Re: [silk] Valerie Wagoner: Tapping the missed-call trade
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: Also another thing that stuck out of the article was 87 broad patents. Will be interesting to know what they are. Among other things, wouldn't inassignee:Zipdial Mobile Solutions Pvt. Ltd. allow you to get a fair idea about them? Depends on what database you are searching and where they have filed. For example there seems no easy way to serach for Indian patents[1] for this. --Vinayak 1. https://www.ipindiaonline.gov.in/patentsearch1/patentsearch.aspx
