Yesterday I mentioned that I frequently put up #startup on Twitter with a call for anyone working on a startup to contact me, purely because I love to see what is going on. Well, after that blog went up I was contacted by entrepreneur Tom Packer. Tom is someone who I have known for awhile, a creative web programmer who has come up with some great ideas, some that have been great ideas but have struggled to take off. However, Tom let me know about an idea he launched and created at the weekend, bktrack.com which I love!
Bktrack is a website that enables you to see images of key moments in the world, in whatever year you choose to want to see. You may look at the year you were born, the year you got married, the year your parents met – whatever tear you choose. Bktrack is a crowd sourced idea meaning that it is calling up on the public to upload images of key moments of throughout the years.
I really like the idea, it is a sort of cross between instagr.am and wiki that has huge potential. There are many ways to monetize this site and, indeed, Tom has let me in on a few of these ideas. Some ideas that I could imagine include – brand sponsorship of brands key moments, advertising, merchandise around specific years and timelines such as T-shirts and posters and stuff. There are endless possibilities for development here from launching personal timelines, group timelines, being able to post your images on your blog and website etc. It is just a really cool idea.
Of course, the success of this business depends on the public uploading images so, head over to bktrack.com and get involved!
Like Bktrack? Hate it? Thinking of ways it could be improved? Post your comments I would love to hear!
Congratulations to Tom, cannot wait to see where this goes!
I have recently come across www.vyou.com which is a brilliant company with a genius idea. VYou enables the public to ask you questions which you can respond to via video!
Now, you may be shocked out how excited I am about this. To you, this may not seem like any big, brand new idea, in fact, you may be thinking ‘youtube‘. But, what is really exciting about vyou is the interface. As you can see below there is the video section of the individual who owns their ‘channel’ and then on the right hand side there are the questions that people have asked. A user simply clicks on the questions in order to see the channel owners response to the question. Of course there are safety features within this concept, including the fact that you can delete a users questions if you are not happy with what they have asked, before the public see the question.
What really excites me is that this idea is perfect for businesses who want to get close to their user base, owners who want to answer questions but cannot be on live video 24/7. This is a real neat way of providing an up-to-date FAQ’s section or an ask section. As someone who manages social media profiles for a number of companies this vyou is a perfect way to help manage a bran
Indeed, very shortly I am launching a new start up and I have already integrated vyou into the website!