Peer Reviews —
Kerry posted on Front Porch Forum today in Burlington…
Dear Neighbors – Thank you so much for all the wonderful recommendations that we received for painters. There is nothing like having a recommendation from a neighbor. We thank you and our house thanks you!
That’s lovely. And just now I see that Jeanne followed up with one [...]
Among its many uses, people use Front Porch Forum to find and recommend plumbers and dentists and all sorts of services in between. This leads others to ask… “oh, so FPF is like Angie’s List?” Well, yes and no. Yes, in that both FPF (in our one pilot city) and Angie’s List (in its 250 [...]
Quote seen on the website for the Backdoor Bakery in Huntington, VT…
“Also on my mind — the best almond croissant I’ve ever had in my life — last Saturday — hot out of the oven from the Backdoor Bakery (my stomach thanks Front Porch Forum).” -Catherine
This is a “community supported bakery”… locals buy shares in [...]
Here’s Front Porch Forum boiled down to two slides…
CitySquares in Boston and beyond says business is good with advertisers’ coupons being hot.
Citysearch rebuilt its site. “Elements of the revamp include a more intuitive interface, an embrace of social media, a major focus on video, some new twists in mobile, and the development of a full-fledged local ad and content network that offers an [...]
Mike Boland posted today about a conversation with Center’d’s CEO who…
positions the company as a deeper dive into events, which breaths more functionality into all of the nuances of planning local outings. With the tag line, people, places, plans, it also brings in some social features and local search functionality.
The value proposition lies in the [...]
Peter Krasilovsky reports today…
Getting people to submit reviews is hard. We’ve seen incentives such as $5 coffee cards (a lot), $10 gas cards, and direct donations to charity (InsiderPages‘ current model)…
This month, Angie’s List, a paid service founded in 1995 that counts 650,000 members… launches a review campaign with the biggest review incentive we’ve seen [...]
“Vermont public relations chick – Rachel Carter (www.rachelcarterpr.com)” offers “5 Free & Quick Ways to Promote Your Business” today. And number five is…
Join your local Front Porch Forum and let your neighbors know who you are and what your business is! (www.frontporchforum.org)
Yes sir… and many have and do. Thanks Rachel.
I don’t have much data about the multiplier effect of Front Porch Forum, that is, how much off-forum activity does an FPF posting stir up? So I was interested to read the following from Mike in Burlington’s South End. His small neighborhood of 120 households has about 70 of those subscribing to their FPF neighborhood [...]
Just stumbled across this exchange posted on AllExperts.com… (thanks David!)…
Expert: David Beckett
Date: 8/27/2008
Subject: Temporary Housing
Question
Hi David – I read your answers about Burlington and my husband & I decided to move here from Los Angeles a few months ago… We love it here. I am French and we need to go back to France for [...]