Comments on: More on Spotzer: A Conversation With Andy Klein http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: JK http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-268458 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:19:26 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/#comment-268458 This is pretty similar to Jippidy.com. I think charging for these minor upgrades can be a big headache. I could see how business owners could get very picky about having to pay for these minor upgrades.

]]> By: Mike Boland http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-268394 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:18:13 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/#comment-268394 Brad — true, the majority will be stock.
I Also recognize MC’s questionable retention tactics, as separate from this move. We’ve covered that here and remain watchful of it. I don’t want to beat a dead horse, and I’ll wait to see how they push these videos before i slam them for it. Thanks for calling that out and thanks for your engagement. Keep comments coming.

]]> By: Tom http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-268029 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:28:46 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/#comment-268029 To be clear, as one of those 600,000 free merchants, I have created alot of content on my merchantcircle page they can use in a video. To say a video of this cool squirrel talking is not high art is true….but it is very entertaining to suck users into engaging with all the stuff I wrote about my DJ business. In fact, the free products that they keep giving us is pretty cool. We get something new every month. Alot of this i first see when one of the other merchants in my town start using them.

]]> By: brad http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-267338 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:24:34 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/#comment-267338 Yes it can be personalized if the advertiser pays, but in reality, the vast majority of these videos will be for unpaid advertisers, meaning zero value-add for users and they’ll get in the way of good videos businesses may be producing for themselves. I’m just constantly amazed that, with all the negative things MC has done, they keep getting tons of positive press for questionable actions.

http://local-research.blogspot.com/2008/09/video-spam.html

]]> By: Mike Boland http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-267323 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:43:48 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/#comment-267323 Can be personalized with still photos of a business and custom voiceovers, etc. Will be used for SEO on these MC landing pages, but more so to meet advertiser demand for video.

]]> By: brad http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/comment-page-1/#comment-267230 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:51:41 +0000 http://blog.kelseygroup.com/index.php/2008/09/16/more-on-spotzer-a-conversation-with-andy-klein/#comment-267230 Were they able to give any insight on how they think having templated ads without any business info other than the phone number provides a good experience to people looking for local information? Or were they explicit with their plans to use this solely for SEO and cheap traffic?

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