thewordpainter

need to set up a way to make our new venture into a real business (making $$).

what are the different considerations we should have as we evaluate the options?

which have the lowest up-front fees?

is it logical to switch once you have a certain number of accounts?

thanks for any feedback!

Just got featured in 'Spark of Genius' for http://www.GoRankem.com -- even at ~1130p EST on a friday night the tweet stream is out of control!<p>Here's the article: http://mashable.com/2011/07/15/gorankem/<p>Anybody know why the Facebook 'Like' count is not working properly?<p>In general, what would you do to spread the word with a nice writeup? I'm planning to jump on different listserves I'm on in the morning and ask for friends to help spread the word. I know a mention on reddit couldn't hurt. Any other ideas are much appreciated!<p>p.s. i'll take this over a night getting blasted downtown any day :)

tentatively set to be profiled in Mashable's 'Spark of Genius' feature tomorrow for http://GoRankem.com

putting together a checklist for the team: -tweet, fb share, google +1 & stumbleupon from the article -include a mention in gmail status -mention in google+ circles -pass along to reddit

what are some other ways to keep the momentum from a writeup spreading as far as possible? thanks in advance!

-adam

I imagine a lot of lurkers (myself included) tend to use compete, quantcast & alexa for tracking other sites. When it comes to your personal site not being reporting correctly, have you ever tried to correct any holes in their data? We're offering to send them private info on our growth at http://gorankem.com , but compete says they have their own methodology for computing (??)

I'd hate to hear that prospective investors or the like are going off of those charts when their samples are often not fully accurate.

Anybody had issues in the past? Gotten them resolved?

i'm long overdue to adopt a program, but now that our b2c startup is entering the b2b market, it's definitely time.

here are the three biggest things i'm looking for:

-notifications when to followup with certain people -notifications if contact never responded to email (does any service offer this??) -a system that organizes my contacts by priority ( i currently http://gist.com to put my contacts in perspective, but it's just a reference -- not actionable for me)

i'm looking for a free service at this point to use between two of us -- any suggestions?

what is your CRM of choice? specifically, what makes it great? thanks!

-adam

similarly, which TLDs do you think have the best future prospects?

(other than bit.ly & about.me, looking to hear some other solid examples. thanks)