Several months ago WordPress announced the introduction of their own url shortening service under the WP.me branded domain.
At the time, I congratulated the WordPress staff on their blog while also asking when or if I could ever Tweet WordPress blog posts directly to my Twitter account.
The Official WordPress blog approves or disapproves comments and my suggestion went – for what seemed like an eternity – without being published.
Then within the last week or two, WordPress announced their new Publicize feature which Tweets WordPress blog posts directly to Twitter accounts.
I thought – unbelievable, Are you kidding me WordPress?!
As a consultant I am used to sharing strategies and techniques for growing businesses with my clients, but I provide them because my clients reciprocate by paying my fees.
Sharing ideas freely on the web is a requisite for participating in web culture yet not giving credit where credit is due is what keeps additional ideas from flowing and then multiplying.
This morning I woke up thinking about the above process and how I was going to write about how my suggestion had been perpetually embargoed in an approval que at WordPress while they went ahead and launched their Publicize to Twitter service.
To my surprise, my comment and suggestion were actually published several weeks ago while also being acknowledged by Automattic’s User Engagement head @Wordpress – Heather.
Wordpress Listens to Their Customer Audience
Congratulations WordPress… you not only listen to your customer audience, you also act on that which you have heard.
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BusinessWeek Testing Google Voice Call Me Voice Comments
November 23, 2009Clicking through to a BusinessWeek article today, I noticed what I thought was an ad for Google Voice.
Call Me Google
After closer inspection, I realized BusinessWeek is testing a “voice comments” feature for their Byte of the Apple column.
When I first saw the ad, I had no idea what it offered. Even after several minutes of playing around with it and clicking on the learn more link did I realize the BusinessWeek page had refreshed with the following explanation page:
Understanding what the ad offered, I then gave it a try.
I entered my Google Voice telephone number in the fields provided and clicked Connect.
Connect Call
Within a second or two of clicking connect, I reached a voice mail box where I heard Arik Hesseldahl of BusinessWeek explain why they are testing the Google Voice product.
I was then urged to leave my comments about their Byte of the Apple column.
This is the first time I have noticed a website of any kind incorporate voice commenting into their user engagement mix.
Although I don’t have any comments about their Apple column per se, I do have one question about the Call Me Google Voice messaging product: When can I get a Call Me Google plugin for my WordPress blog?
Isn’t this type of audience interactivity something every publisher would want for their website?
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