Right in time for our Million Dollar Video Contest, YouTube has added a feature that allows any popular video to become monetized with the creator’s permission. The ad revenues are shared between the video creator and YouTube, which is a great idea. GoHuman.com offers generous referral bonuses for those who help build our community.
Charity: water helps millions of people drink clean water. It’s amazing to hear the story of how something starting so small can inspire people to give so much. Find out how you can help.
On the surface I’m a typical white American male. Dig deeper and you’ll find that I was born in Canada and have lived in 7 countries. Some of my formative years were spent in Sweden, a “socialist” country bordering on the Soviet Union, during the Cold War years.
We didn’t follow regional basketball and baseball, we watched Sweden compete in Soccer and Hockey with countries that had opposing ideological, political, social and economic systems. My Swedish cousin used to joke that the Russian ships patrolling the Baltic borders were Keeping people from flooding into the “Worker’s Paradise”. I am fascinated by these differences, how they affect the individual, and the societies they produce.
Throughout history people have tried a variety of economic models, social systems and government structures, with mixed results. The Internet has enabled new experiments that leverage the “voice of the people” and democracy in new ways. In the US the Internet has played an increasing role in determining who can become a presidential candidate and, most recently, who gets elected.
I believe in the power of the individual, communities, and nations to achieve self determination, create change, and control their destiny. GoHuman.com addresses change up and down economic and power pyramids. It provides new ways of working and being compensated at the micro and macro level. It provides new ways of connecting, working and relating – one-on-one or in larger circles, in new, innovative, and positive ways. And I believe that as its adoption rate increases, it will produce real, lasting change.
GoHuman.com is not just “social networking”. It harnesses the power of the latest technology advancements of the human race, and pushes the envelope of integrating these into our daily lives, our economic philosophy, and our social structure. GoHuman.com has the power to improve the equality and dignity of individuals and communities across socio-economic boundaries, while celebrating their unique and cultural characteristics.
I believe in GoHuman.com’s primary tagline – that you can use it to change the way your world works. As John Lennon said in one of his most famous songs, “Imagine” “You might say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.”
Wade Fransson
GoHuman.com Co-Founder
Me and my gal
Andy Sernovitz gives five great word of mouth marketing tips for restaurants. From secret menu items to creating holidays, this should spur your imagination to get those customers raving about you others in the community.
Social media changes every day. New tools, new strategies, new ideas for how everyone can use the power of these tools. Here are 10 (actually 11) practical examples of how New Hampshire businesses are using social media to expand awareness in their communities and reach out to potential customers.
ICANN’s Chief Executive Rod Beckstrom has developed a model for how to value a network. Put simply: value is the total benefits minus costs. Whether online or off, you can quantify the cost-benefit of any transaction involving time and resources.
“Beckstrom says that network value should be a big concern for social networks like Facebook and Twitter, which all want to scale to massive numbers of users. Since users are typically concerned only about how much the network is worth to them, there can be an inflection point where suddenly each new user makes life harder for existing users.”
As we all face social networking fatigue due to an imbalance of value versus time consumed, we should look toward new alternatives in this space that do provide real-world value for the time invested. GoHuman.com is such a resource.
When Amanda Bonnen tweeted a complaint about her apartment managed by Horizon Group Management to 20 followers, she found herself facing a $50,000 lawsuit claiming she “greatly injured its reputation as a landlord in Chicago.” This has erupted into a brilliant case study about customer service and the negative impact of stepping carelessly in a public space where people have the power to make the worst of a little bad attitude or knee-jerk response.
Never underestimate the power of marketing locally through the Web. This focuses largely on claiming your directory listing on popular sites. We are more than a directory. The content we develop on GoHuman.com, the content you help us develop for your favorite local businesses, is what sets us apart and greatly increases the value of this community.
In this example, Papa John’s gets a lot of things right with their campaign sending their founder all over the country delivering pizzas, but really miss the boat with online local marketing. Their SEO needs some work, too.
Some good advice for building a community of raving fans. Go above and beyond no matter the cost, and you’ll reap the rewards of customer loyalty and increased word of mouth.
The trick is to make it harder, not easier, for your raving fans to get involved. “They want other hardcore fans with whom they can share their passion.”
Spread your love for GoHuman by telling your friends, family and co-workers about it!
