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Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Jose — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:54:27 -0000

QAPACITY? .

I love Qapacity, it so easy and fast, you can build your own website in just a few clicks!

We already did one for our company and we are very happy.

Qapacity is just.... amazing!

José Moyano Vázquez
Director
www.nauticaynavegacion.com
tvinternet@nauticaynavegacion.com

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Eric Glazer — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:52:34 -0000

Interesting idea and concept! Email me, we should get you invloved in our small business webinar series, maybe as a penelist?

Next event is tomorrow (Wed): â€œLead Generation Tactics for Resource Limited Small Businesses" and is right on point with this post! Webinar is free to attend.

You can review details and register at:
http://marketingstudio.even...

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Kevin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:21:05 -0000

@Ann

Yes, she is doing well. I sent her a link to the story and she thought it was cool that her face has been seen on a site that generates millions of hits a month.

And, no. I'm not nearly "pretty" as she is.

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Philip Stanley — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:13:48 -0000

Minutecoach has been listed a while, and the interface does provide a clean experience.

There are things that need attention - not being able to use multiple RSS feeds for content filling for instance, and, like so many other start-ups now mashing Google maps, it is not wholly accurate for international locations so you need to jiggle. In part down to Google, but reliance on the US maps.google.com as a starting point is not overly cool. I'll be suggesting they just offer the option to 'roll your own' URL for mapping, but if they allowed choice in the starting point (maps.google.co.uk for instance), addresses would be interpreted correctly.

That said, for visually interesting businesses (or creative owners) options open up with a clean portfolio approach, simple blog, etc. If they can generate Google juice it can develop into a compact marketing and reputation tool.

Wavering? it's worth signing up and taking an active part, and having a look at another user-rated directory for comparison, closest of which is http://www.brownbook.net.

I regularly see results out of Brownbook ( http://www.brownbook.net/bu... ) and see no reason for Qapacity not to be equally useful as part of your armoury, especially if you are looking for local search as part of the mix. Assuming they get the Google visibility right, of course...

Philip Stanley
Minutecoach

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Ann Martina — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:49:39 -0000

Kevin,

The fact is, that image very likely IS your sister. I ask all my clients to sign model releases so I can use their images on my website and other marketing materials. This girl is in her junior year of college, I haven't spoken with her since the spring of her senior year, but I have several clients who I am still in contact with who know her and have told me what college she is attending and that she is doing well. She is a beautiful girl, and that is one of my favorite portraits. Please tell her I said hello and your mom too, and give them my warm regards.

This just proves the power of sites like Qpacity. Isn't it remarkable that my photography site has an audience so wide, that it reached, through happenstance, the brother of a former client?

So, Kevin...I knew this client had brothers, we spoke of it. The question is, are you as "pretty" as your sister? (hehe)

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

@mattsurfs — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:30:18 -0000

I really like the app so far from my initial testing. Very well executed concept. I hope your team is successful with this app.

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

PeterS — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:30:48 -0000

Just got listed. Early days, but will see how it goes. Thanks.

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Lhurey — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:50:48 -0000

noted..Thanks for the link.

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Kevin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:47:48 -0000

Still kind of in shock that my little sister's picture is on a tech blog I read every day. Never thought that would happen.

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Kevin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:40:51 -0000

Yeah, it is. She's a junior in college now.

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Jennifer Van Grove — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:32:13 -0000

Kevin, seriously?!? That is weird...

Re: Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business

Kevin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:29:13 -0000

Ok, that's weird. That's a picture of my sister when she was a senior in high school.