With one of the most fascinating PR headlines I’ve seen this year we find ourselves smack in the middle of the perfect Web 2.0 storm: Latinos, babies, and social networks. Introducing Babyspot Latino, a social network for parents of Latino babies or babies of Latino parents. Add in the words “Twitter” and “API” and you’ve got a grand slam.
Don’t get me wrong, this a noble goal. It brings a new voice to baby care to a market traditionally under-served by standard social networks. The site debuted on a Spanish-language talk show featuring cute little shavers capering like cupids and the site will include educational material on baby health and pregnancy along with the standard BabySpot features like photo sharing and group creation.
My main question is how that headline (”Latino Babies and Social Networking Unaffected by Financial Markets – BabySpotLatino.com Debuts with Great Success on Univision’s Despierta America“) made it past some PR flak’s absolute bull sensor. Connecting the launch of a Latino baby site with the economic collapse of the free world is probably not the image young mothers from here to Jalisco want to conjure up while dandling junior on their knees.
can you say random? i think they’re taking the idea of cornering a niche market a little too far.
Not a bad headline considering it got the site featured here at TC. Kudos!
its not a bad idea, considering that all latinos love to show their babies to their friends and families, trust me all my parent friends have their baby son picture on their msn display picture, and lots of them have albums on facebook.
You have got to be kidding me. BabySpot Latino? That sounds ghetto…lol
the wrong niche . if they open it up to all babies parents regardless of nationality it would be an huge hit.
There are already tons of non Latino baby sites. Why would you spend money on marketing a Spanish Language site to non Spanish language speakers?
so what now babies will have their social networking circle… what they are going to talk about diapers, formula’s !!! just wait and see how the other ethnic baby spotters are coming in the next few months
very funny title….I was like WTF?!
I think this is a WONDERFUL idea! They also have babyspot.com for all groups and ethnicities…I’m a current user of babyspot.com and it is GREAT! I encourage you all to use it as well!
I luv the stable KNOWN facts of investment: people still socialize and people still sex (socialize + sex = babies)
Wow, You gotta have babies networking socially.
John Biggs,
I want to thank you for giving us the opportunity here! We really appreciate it!
Thanks to all for the comments! We are very excited about BabySpot and BabySpotLatino!
If anyone has any questions that they would like addressed please email me at james@babyspot.com
or twitter: jamesatbabyspot
I agree with the “fascinating PR headline”… probably too far… but the idea is not new nor bad. A significant percentage of the births in the US today, come from Hispanic families, that’s why an
While having a kid is a very similar experience for all human beings, there’s a lot of cultural nuances and differences on parenting among Latinos. Rituals, traditions and word of mouth dynamics are sufficient to justify the existence of this, any these other baby-social newtworking sites for US Latinos: http://www.todobebe.com, http://www.babysitio.com, babycenter.com, espanol.babycenter.com to name a few… Of course there is a big overlap with other non Latino sites… but that other 20% percent makes a huge difference.
I use Babiesonline.com .. They are more focused on letting you set up your own Baby site .. an Album online that can never be lost or destroyed plus you can add stories of moments I don’t want to forget. … I think that is better then having babies talk to babies thru their mothers. Plus they have a Babiesonline user name on Myspace for socializing with the other moms and dads…
Hey the link to the website is messed up… that’ll greatly reduce the “TechCrunch” effect…
What “effect” from a website predominantly read by single childless whites is this going to be?
John (Biggs)!!!!
now! I LIVE IN JALISCO Mexico! ha ha haLoL.. and yup.. you really made me laugh with that line.
I really think that it has got a niche.. and somehow go along with Quevedo’s comment… all of my friends really LOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooove.. in a crazy… super hyper way! to show up their babies.. in msn or everywhere!
maybe its not such a bad design after…all! we might have to ask IDEO about it
? or see their results? is it public? can we check their numbers somewhere?
ha ha .. neat.
Take care.. TC community
Best regards..
Yorgenmeister Yorch
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from Jalisco, the land of tequila and reaaaally cute babes