Guerilla Marketing
July 7, 2009 12:09 PM Subscribe
Help me promote my website widget! My wife and I share a computer and are always having to log in and out of GMail, Facebook, Twitter, etc. I decided to create a bookmarklet that each of us can use to login to our websites with 1-Click. What started as a simple idea turned into a service that I think would be quite useful for others. It works quite well, even on the iPhone. I put quite of bit of time into it and would love to see if take off. My question is: How can I best promote my little creation? How can I get write ups on sites like Lifehacker, PC Mag, Twitter, etc. ( Link to website in my profile )
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is going kind of going poorly; if you want to try and find a way to ask this again next week with less of a sales-pitch feel to it, that'd be fine, maybe drop me a line if you want to sanity-check a second draft. -- cortex
In Mac OS X 10.4. and above, it's quite easy to have multiple users logged in at the same time (called fast user switching). I don't see why you're wife and you can't both stay logged into your Mac at the same time.
I suspect (but don't know because I avoid Windows at all costs) that Windows XP and above have a similar feature as Mac OS X's fast user switching.
posted by mrbarrett.com at 12:19 PM on July 7, 2009
I suspect (but don't know because I avoid Windows at all costs) that Windows XP and above have a similar feature as Mac OS X's fast user switching.
posted by mrbarrett.com at 12:19 PM on July 7, 2009
This is definitely too self-linky.
Also, WTF is the market here? You share an account but go through all this trouble to pretend to have different logins?
What operating system are you using that you can't just have two accounts like normal people? Then set your websites and cookies to automatically log you both in. To your own stuff!
MrB, Windows also has multi simultaneous logins. I can't see any need for this hackery.
posted by rokusan at 12:22 PM on July 7, 2009
Also, WTF is the market here? You share an account but go through all this trouble to pretend to have different logins?
What operating system are you using that you can't just have two accounts like normal people? Then set your websites and cookies to automatically log you both in. To your own stuff!
MrB, Windows also has multi simultaneous logins. I can't see any need for this hackery.
posted by rokusan at 12:22 PM on July 7, 2009
I think there is a FF plugin that allows you to login simultaneously to different Gmail accounts.
The simplest solution is to open two different kinds of browsers, say, Chrome and FF. Your wife uses one, you use the other.
posted by KokuRyu at 12:37 PM on July 7, 2009
The simplest solution is to open two different kinds of browsers, say, Chrome and FF. Your wife uses one, you use the other.
posted by KokuRyu at 12:37 PM on July 7, 2009
"... a easy to use"?
posted by AwkwardPause at 12:41 PM on July 7, 2009
posted by AwkwardPause at 12:41 PM on July 7, 2009
Have to agree with others, a different browser profile or user account would take care of this in a cleaner way. You might have received more constructive criticism if this wasn't a ham-fisted attempt at self promotion.
posted by brism at 12:46 PM on July 7, 2009
posted by brism at 12:46 PM on July 7, 2009
Flagged. Also, what's wrong with Firefox profiles, explained here?
posted by Xalf at 12:47 PM on July 7, 2009
posted by Xalf at 12:47 PM on July 7, 2009
You've solved a problem that's long since been solved in many other ways, both at the browser level and at the OS level. You can understand why there would thus be very little of a market for your product. Lifehacker et al won't review your widget is because it is superfluous. Next time you should do a bit more research before spending time reinventing the wheel.
posted by Meagan at 1:03 PM on July 7, 2009
posted by Meagan at 1:03 PM on July 7, 2009
I think having a website that was a bit more professional (no typos in prominent places is a start) and transparent (how much does it cost and why does clicking on Free Trial and Get It Now! want me to sign into Google?) would be helpful in your promotional aspects.
posted by 6550 at 1:06 PM on July 7, 2009
posted by 6550 at 1:06 PM on July 7, 2009
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posted by box at 12:14 PM on July 7, 2009