Comments on: How Can A Web Site Have A Street Team? I’m Looking For Ideas And Interviews. http://mixergy.com/how-can-a-web-site-have-a-street-team-im-looking-for-ideas-and-interviews/ Entrepreneurs you respect teach how they did it. Mon, 21 May 2012 08:08:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: davidjemeyson http://mixergy.com/how-can-a-web-site-have-a-street-team-im-looking-for-ideas-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-12397 davidjemeyson Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:50:07 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=5032#comment-12397 Hello Everyone, I am building a nationwide sales force to promote a business we have created that increases revenues and saves Small and Medium Businesses on core non differentiating business products and services. This nationwide sales force ( I think of them as a 'street team') is in its infancy. What I am finding is that pure online plays, for instance a Facebook application that needs a specific kind of retailer to cooperate in their community, have a need to utilize this growing sales force. My goal is to enrich the sales force via a continual broadening of the offerings for them to promote. Is there some way we could discuss how to accelerate all of our efforts? David <a href="mailto:Jemeyson(davidjemeyson@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Jemeyson(davidjemeyson@gmail.com</a>) Hello Everyone, I am building a nationwide sales force to promote a business we have created that increases revenues and saves Small and Medium Businesses on core non differentiating business products and services. This nationwide sales force ( I think of them as a 'street team') is in its infancy. What I am finding is that pure online plays, for instance a Facebook application that needs a specific kind of retailer to cooperate in their community, have a need to utilize this growing sales force. My goal is to enrich the sales force via a continual broadening of the offerings for them to promote. Is there some way we could discuss how to accelerate all of our efforts? David Jemeyson(davidjemeyson@gmail.com)

]]> By: davidjemeyson http://mixergy.com/how-can-a-web-site-have-a-street-team-im-looking-for-ideas-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-8412 davidjemeyson Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:50:07 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=5032#comment-8412 Hello Everyone, I am building a nationwide sales force to promote a business we have created that increases revenues and saves Small and Medium Businesses on core non differentiating business products and services. This nationwide sales force ( I think of them as a 'street team') is in its infancy. What I am finding is that pure online plays, for instance a Facebook application that needs a specific kind of retailer to cooperate in their community, have a need to utilize this growing sales force. My goal is to enrich the sales force via a continual broadening of the offerings for them to promote. Is there some way we could discuss how to accelerate all of our efforts? David <a href="mailto:Jemeyson(davidjemeyson@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Jemeyson(davidjemeyson@gmail.com</a>) Hello Everyone, I am building a nationwide sales force to promote a business we have created that increases revenues and saves Small and Medium Businesses on core non differentiating business products and services. This nationwide sales force ( I think of them as a 'street team') is in its infancy. What I am finding is that pure online plays, for instance a Facebook application that needs a specific kind of retailer to cooperate in their community, have a need to utilize this growing sales force. My goal is to enrich the sales force via a continual broadening of the offerings for them to promote. Is there some way we could discuss how to accelerate all of our efforts? David Jemeyson(davidjemeyson@gmail.com)

]]> By: lukebodley http://mixergy.com/how-can-a-web-site-have-a-street-team-im-looking-for-ideas-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-8386 lukebodley Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:21:40 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=5032#comment-8386 Street teams are my bread and butter for my website/event. I've actually gone beyond just street teams and made what I call quazi-remote-interns that commit on an official level long-term. I'd be happy to interview. My music festival had its first year in 2008 with over 12,000 attending, then almost doubling it's second year to 23,000 people. Expecting it to reach over 40,000 in 2010.A huge brunt of that success is from creating large street teams both online and offline to do the promotion for you. Street teams are my bread and butter for my website/event. I've actually gone beyond just street teams and made what I call quazi-remote-interns that commit on an official level long-term. I'd be happy to interview. My music festival had its first year in 2008 with over 12,000 attending, then almost doubling it's second year to 23,000 people. Expecting it to reach over 40,000 in 2010.A huge brunt of that success is from creating large street teams both online and offline to do the promotion for you.

]]> By: Jeremy http://mixergy.com/how-can-a-web-site-have-a-street-team-im-looking-for-ideas-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-8385 Jeremy Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:52:08 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=5032#comment-8385 Though the site ultimately failed...the site was <a href="http://cyclespace.com" rel="nofollow">cyclespace.com</a>, we would use "street teams" to create brand awareness and encourage online activity...we did this from 2007-2008. Everything from trucks shooting t-shirts out of a shirt gun and girls handing out flyers, to filming people and their interest around motorcycles @ all the different events. We found it to be very successful. I have found that for communities that are arranged around activities or interests that occur off-line that they have a unique opportunity to use their off-line perspective to gain online activity and engagement. Though the site ultimately failed…the site was cyclespace.com, we would use “street teams” to create brand awareness and encourage online activity…we did this from 2007-2008. Everything from trucks shooting t-shirts out of a shirt gun and girls handing out flyers, to filming people and their interest around motorcycles @ all the different events. We found it to be very successful. I have found that for communities that are arranged around activities or interests that occur off-line that they have a unique opportunity to use their off-line perspective to gain online activity and engagement.

]]> By: doj464 http://mixergy.com/how-can-a-web-site-have-a-street-team-im-looking-for-ideas-and-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-8384 doj464 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:12:07 +0000 http://mixergy.com/?p=5032#comment-8384 1. The concept of badges has worked out quite well for many sites. E.G. Semmy awards badges and all of the "Top SEO" badges etc. I would say that although your' interviewees are obviously big fans of yours, the key is to make it easy for them to promote themselves while promoting you. <br><br>Having a funky "certified mixergy interviewee" w/a small call to action under it "Entrepenuers Secrets" or wtvr. (If you want to get SEO value, make sure it targets some keyword that you want to rank for, and add it as part of the text. Beware, this could be targeted by Google if it's misused.)<br><br> - In a similar fashion, you can have a "proud mixergy listener" type of badge which people can put on their blogs. People that are listening to your' interviews are making the same smart decision you are - learning some amazing techniques from successful entrepreneurs. (without the effort of finding those entrepreneurs to learn from :) )<br><br>Help us pat ourselves on our own back by calling ourselves smart on our blogs, while at the same time getting yourself additional exposure.<br><br>2. Free (or regular priced) mixergy t-shirts. In your' case, I don't think fliers would be applicable, since your' content is currently online, and the best place to reach your' target audience online. However, t-shirts are all the rage in the tech industry. Heck, half of us walk into WORK with T-Shirts! 1. The concept of badges has worked out quite well for many sites. E.G. Semmy awards badges and all of the “Top SEO” badges etc. I would say that although your' interviewees are obviously big fans of yours, the key is to make it easy for them to promote themselves while promoting you.

Having a funky “certified mixergy interviewee” w/a small call to action under it “Entrepenuers Secrets” or wtvr. (If you want to get SEO value, make sure it targets some keyword that you want to rank for, and add it as part of the text. Beware, this could be targeted by Google if it's misused.)

– In a similar fashion, you can have a “proud mixergy listener” type of badge which people can put on their blogs. People that are listening to your' interviews are making the same smart decision you are – learning some amazing techniques from successful entrepreneurs. (without the effort of finding those entrepreneurs to learn from :) )

Help us pat ourselves on our own back by calling ourselves smart on our blogs, while at the same time getting yourself additional exposure.

2. Free (or regular priced) mixergy t-shirts. In your' case, I don't think fliers would be applicable, since your' content is currently online, and the best place to reach your' target audience online. However, t-shirts are all the rage in the tech industry. Heck, half of us walk into WORK with T-Shirts!

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