Comments on: Dear Web startups: Buying local isn’t just for food

By: mikefedyk (Mike Fedyk)

mikefedyk (Mike Fedyk) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:55:28 +0000

Dear Web startups: Buying local isn’t just for food http://siliconflorist.com/2009/04/24/dear-web-startups-buying-local-isnt-just-for-food/

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By: kriswallsmith (Kris Wallsmith)

kriswallsmith (Kris Wallsmith) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:53:39 +0000

Here y’go! RT @siliconflorist: In bloom: Dear Web startups: Buying local isn’t just for food http://is.gd/unAd

By: JohnChilson (John Chilson)

JohnChilson (John Chilson) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:20:26 +0000

Dear Web startups: Buying local isn’t just for food: http://tinyurl.com/d327f3 [from siliconflorist.com].

By: Steve Woodward

Steve Woodward — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:40:17 +0000

Right on, Rick. This was a major problem when I was doing tech reporting for The Oregonian. I went through the same detective work to find out the locations of companies. California and Washington companies were relatively transparent, but Oregon companies often operated as though they were in stealth mode. It was a major irritant, and it made me wonder whether they were ashamed of being based in Oregon. I felt I couldn’t quite trust a company that wouldn’t tell me where it was based.

By: Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:41:37 +0000

@Completely Disagree It’s a shame you posted anonymously, becomes I’m really curious as to how indicating your location causes one to “alienate customers.” I’d also love to know how providing a means of contacting you constitutes “vanity.”

Hopefully, you’ll get the chance to swing back by and provide some additional insight in this regard.

By: Complelety Disagree

Complelety Disagree — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:26:13 +0000

Completely disagree. Web startups exist to serve people on the web.

That’s great if you want to support them locally, but they have no obligation to alienate customers by putting a geographic spin on their marketing message (unless they serve a specific geography, like you).

In this economy, most people just want to know within 10 seconds “what can you do for me?”. There’s decreasing tolerance for vanity pages like “Contact Us” and “About Us”.

By: Betsy Richter

Betsy Richter — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:48:27 +0000

I really like it when you get “all effing whiny.” I’d encourage you to do it more often, in fact!

By: Bruce Christensen

Bruce Christensen — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:35:42 +0000

Rick,
I immediately went to the About page on our introductory blog (http://party2point0.wordpress.com/about/)and disclosed our location, along with every location that is supporting the development of our new venture.
I have notified the development team that we will have our address and phone number on each of the party game sites offered on the network.
Thanks for reminding us that we are blessed to have the support of great local people.