jbgreatstuff
05-13-2008, 09:19 PM
:oIt comes as no surprise that the folks in Silicon Valley have raised the world wide web bar even higher.
The "secret", but not for long, is what's called a "Viral Expansion Loop" Haven't heard of it? More likely than not since it's a concept little known outside Silicon Valley.
It is engineering that almost guarantees a "Self Replicating, borglike growth". It's like taking a penny and doubling it daily for 30 days. By the end of a week, you would have 64 cents; within two weeks, $81.92; and by day 30, about 5.4 Million!
"Nings" brain trust is headed by Gina Bianchini, former Goldman Sachs investment banker, and Marc Andereessen, builder of Netscape.
Ning has been growing "automagically" since it's launch in February of last year. About 40 % of Nings social networks originate outside the U.S.. There are 176 countries who have signed up and is available in several languages. The Company estimates by January 2010it will host 4 million social networks with tens of millions of members.
Ning has remained under the radar for some time now and for good reason. According to Andrew Chen, a blogger and former advertising executive from Myspace, hi5, and other social sites, "This critical insight is worth a lot of money, and the few people who understand it are all doing their own companies."
One former ad executive calls viral loops the most advanced Direct Marketing strategy being developed in the world right now. According to Andreessen, benefits from a "Double Viral Loop" spreads two ways, because every network creator is a user and any user can become a network creator.
By the time the other big names such as, Google, Facebook, myspace, yahoo, you tube, eBay and others try to retrofit and directly "offer a competing service, Ning may well have ridden its double viral loop to impregnability. Because once it hits critical mass the road is paved."
Then, no one can stop it!
Jerry Becker
http://www.creatingwealthteam.net
email: jbecker-success101@q.com
myspace.com/jbgreatstuff
Credits: May 2008 issue of "Fast Company" magazine
The "secret", but not for long, is what's called a "Viral Expansion Loop" Haven't heard of it? More likely than not since it's a concept little known outside Silicon Valley.
It is engineering that almost guarantees a "Self Replicating, borglike growth". It's like taking a penny and doubling it daily for 30 days. By the end of a week, you would have 64 cents; within two weeks, $81.92; and by day 30, about 5.4 Million!
"Nings" brain trust is headed by Gina Bianchini, former Goldman Sachs investment banker, and Marc Andereessen, builder of Netscape.
Ning has been growing "automagically" since it's launch in February of last year. About 40 % of Nings social networks originate outside the U.S.. There are 176 countries who have signed up and is available in several languages. The Company estimates by January 2010it will host 4 million social networks with tens of millions of members.
Ning has remained under the radar for some time now and for good reason. According to Andrew Chen, a blogger and former advertising executive from Myspace, hi5, and other social sites, "This critical insight is worth a lot of money, and the few people who understand it are all doing their own companies."
One former ad executive calls viral loops the most advanced Direct Marketing strategy being developed in the world right now. According to Andreessen, benefits from a "Double Viral Loop" spreads two ways, because every network creator is a user and any user can become a network creator.
By the time the other big names such as, Google, Facebook, myspace, yahoo, you tube, eBay and others try to retrofit and directly "offer a competing service, Ning may well have ridden its double viral loop to impregnability. Because once it hits critical mass the road is paved."
Then, no one can stop it!
Jerry Becker
http://www.creatingwealthteam.net
email: jbecker-success101@q.com
myspace.com/jbgreatstuff
Credits: May 2008 issue of "Fast Company" magazine