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Ello Goes Mobile & Worries About Becoming Walmart of Social

Ello Goes Mobile & Worries About Becoming Walmart of Social | Social Marketing Revolution | Scoop.it

Ello No Worries
Here is what I just posted on GPlus about Ello worrying about becoming the Walmart of social if they allow selling:

1. Setting up authorize.net gateways isn't easy.
2. Getting PCI compliance from banks and credit cards isn't easy.
3. NO ONE has shown how a social feed can be successfully monetized.

So to the team at Ello I would say imagine you are about to take a trip around the world. You are at the foot of your driveway and "becoming the Walmart of social" is a world away :). M

PS. If Ello allows selling what does that do to their "no ads" positioning?  

Maybe the first thing to worry about is scaling their social network to a point where it is beloved and used by us INSTEAD of Facebook or Twitter then worrying about becoming the Walmart of social may make some sense. 

In my mind this is another social net whose invitation only beta has all but killed it.  So worry less, do more is my advice. 


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Is Ello The New / Better Facebook?

Is Ello The New / Better Facebook? | Social Marketing Revolution | Scoop.it

Ello Manifesto

We believe there is a better way. We believe in audacity. We believe in beauty, simplicity and transparency. We believe that the people who make things and the people who use them should be in partnership.

We believe a social network can be a tool for empowerment. Not a tool to deceive, coerce and manipulate — but a place to connect, create and celebrate life.


You are not a product.


Mark Traphagen
Mark was on Ello early creating helpful tools as is his way.


Mark's Take on Ello

https://plus.google.com/102639884404823294558/posts/ZxRjQkTFPhf


Mark's Free Ello Guide
https://www.stonetemple.com/ello-the-complete-guide-to-the-ad-free-social-network/

 

 

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Jan-Olof Steen's comment, September 30, 2014 1:38 AM
As long as it is invite only it will fail...
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I spent 48 hours on Ello. This is what I saw via @malekalby

I spent 48 hours on Ello. This is what I saw via @malekalby | Social Marketing Revolution | Scoop.it


 Ello is currently in beta, and we are inviting new users in small groups as we roll out new features.

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Fellow Scoopiteer @malek
post notes favorable disposition to the ad free nature of Ellow, but doubts the nascent social net is ready to de-throne Facebook. Others agree: http://mashable.com/2014/09/29/ello-is-no-facebook-killer/ .

I will weigh in once I get my double secret beta login (and if that last statement sounds frustrated already you are correct).


Via malek
malek's curator insight, October 1, 2014 6:17 PM

Top secret new social media. Going back to the ad-free model, that may be the secret behind the rapid expansion of Ello. But too early to name Ello as the killer of Facebook.

[url=/u/129000 x-already-notified=1]Martin (Marty) Smith[/url] called it the new/better Facebook here

Adlava's curator insight, October 2, 2014 5:56 PM

Haven't heard of a lot of these, thanks for sharing, @Martin (Marty) Smith