Comments on: Meebo Hits The Live Music Promotion Road

By: JM

JM — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:48:23 +0000

@ Eli

Just shows that we are in a huge bubble when the “so called” blue chip VC’s throw money at every “web 2.0″ start up they can find. Of course, day 1 of any finance class begins with the concept of “diversification”, so who can blame them.

By: eli

eli — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:16:05 +0000

@ #8: as much as i dislike meebo, you can’t really accuse them of having weak VCs…i believe Sequoia led their A round and DFJ led their B round. not too shabby.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:06:57 +0000

@ #7: JM, I think the whiners are referring to the Meebo rooms feature, which by all accounts, isn’t so hot. I agree, partnering has been Meebo’s strong suit, but I think most people will agree they first need a profitable product to promote. IMHO, leeching IM traffic off the big boys and infantile chatrooms don’t seem too promising.

By: Blog.Lejer.Ro - Bloggers Heaven

Blog.Lejer.Ro - Bloggers Heaven — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:05:25 +0000

Meebo promote “Family Values”…

Meebo started to extend their profile? Or just having a great heart and start promoting others?
Read that article by Duncan Riley and comments related to find out
Web based instant messaging platform meebo has announced a new partnership with Live Na…

By: Haggie

Haggie — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:59:41 +0000

unless your start-up is music-related, spending start-up dollars on music-related promotions is a sign of sloppy use of those VC dollars, poor implulse control from senior management, and lack of marketing strategy/leadership.

it is a great chance to get backstage passes for hot chicks, but it will produce nothing beyond some action for meebo execs.

a strong VC would tell them to get laid on their own dime.

By: JM

JM — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:51:19 +0000

Funny that no one seems to understand what is going on here. Meebo isn’t going into a new business that are simply SPONSORING a concert tour, just like Pepsi, Verizon, Budwieser and other big brands do? Not that crazy, they want to promote their service to kids and “shocker” they are at concerts.

This is not Concert 2.0 or anything else. It is simply a branding play. You are all probably confused because TC is about start up deals, not advertising a promo deals .

By: whoopie

whoopie — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:12:41 +0000

might as well go into alternative opportunities, none of the IM majors, or anyone dealing with the IM majors on any monetary level is going to touch meebo. the majors will never backdoor each other. if they wanted to, yahoo could have put up a msn layer years before they had a legit frontdoor route to do so. likewise the majors will never allow themselves to be meaningfully backdoored by a startup if the traffic gets serious. meebo is the only startup i know that made their own poison pill.

By: BeingParents

BeingParents — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:41:20 +0000

I love it. Free tickets and user input welcomed. Concert 2.0 baby.
What a great way to get the message out. DEAL!

By: James

James — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:24:13 +0000

Are they serious? They still do not know how to make money on their core, and now they are branching out with lame stuff like this?

What the heck is Meebo trying to do? I would go nuts if I were one of their investors.

By: eli

eli — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:21:12 +0000

their transformation from an IM provider to a platform has been nothing short of astounding!!

Duncan - I’d like to thank you for toning down your post about meebo. It’s very refreshing to not read hyperbole.

By: Nerd Forum

Nerd Forum — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:52:53 +0000

Meebo should just stick with instant messaging. In my opinion, they do a great job.

-Chris
http://www.nerdcouncil.com

By: Beatle Beatles

Beatle Beatles — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:47:16 +0000

That was the strategy APPLE used in the early 1980s - by producing their own music festivals