Comments on: SF Gate Comment String http://www.sharpio.com/sf-gate-comment-string/ { random thoughts about startups, social media, and technology } Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:23:03 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric Brown http://www.sharpio.com/sf-gate-comment-string/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Eric Brown Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:14:44 +0000 http://www.sharpio.com/?p=391#comment-240 Eric, Good Morning I am not so sure your message was completely misconstrued. I thought that the comments were interesting, but what struck me as possibly an underlying nugget of information for you is about the clients you are going after; ie new buildings. Perhaps there is a greater value for potential residents for reviews in older neighborhoods, older buildings. I get that the new buildings are the better paying, more lucrative clients, or maybe the only clients, and this isn't any type of criticism, it just struck me. Maybe you have lots of clients with older buildings, Perhaps owners of older buildings are even more challenging to sell the idea too, not sure, just rambling. I have an offer for you. I am willing to do an open and full disclose testing of your product at our Urbane Apartment Communities. If you lack the resources to launch something in our area I am willing to be an ambassador for you and manage the process for you, under your directive. I have only one request, should you have interest, and that is that all comments be open and available for all to see, good and bad. No watering down of your original intent and idea. i belive that has so very much value for the potential resident I am convinced, to the core center of my being, that open comments are paramount to your original idea. I understand the fear that apartment operators and executives have. Through our own experience of practicing transparency, I fully believe that it is where the most significant value is hiding, and if we can effectively demonstrate your product, from its original intent, perhaps that may help transition our entire industry to a new paradigm, of "Enhance the Residents Experience" and "Break From the Pack of Apartment Commodity" As the product takes hold, I will also help you sell it here locally, regionally and nationally as opportunities arise. I believe in the product offering, and believe that the consumer, the renter is ready for this, and will run with it. I do think there are inherent challenges in selling the concept to reluctant owners and apartment executives, and the more Case Studies of success you can show, the easier it becomes. For disclosure purposes, because the comment has became more than just a comment, I am not looking for anything from you/your company, this is only an offer and opportunity to use Urbane Apartments as a testing lab for these ideas and concepts, and I will happily blog, spread the word and help usher your concept. Communicate when you can, -Eric Eric, Good Morning
I am not so sure your message was completely misconstrued. I thought that the comments were interesting, but what struck me as possibly an underlying nugget of information for you is about the clients you are going after; ie new buildings. Perhaps there is a greater value for potential residents for reviews in older neighborhoods, older buildings. I get that the new buildings are the better paying, more lucrative clients, or maybe the only clients, and this isn’t any type of criticism, it just struck me. Maybe you have lots of clients with older buildings, Perhaps owners of older buildings are even more challenging to sell the idea too, not sure, just rambling.

I have an offer for you. I am willing to do an open and full disclose testing of your product at our Urbane Apartment Communities. If you lack the resources to launch something in our area I am willing to be an ambassador for you and manage the process for you, under your directive. I have only one request, should you have interest, and that is that all comments be open and available for all to see, good and bad. No watering down of your original intent and idea. i belive that has so very much value for the potential resident

I am convinced, to the core center of my being, that open comments are paramount to your original idea. I understand the fear that apartment operators and executives have. Through our own experience of practicing transparency, I fully believe that it is where the most significant value is hiding, and if we can effectively demonstrate your product, from its original intent, perhaps that may help transition our entire industry to a new paradigm, of “Enhance the Residents Experience” and “Break From the Pack of Apartment Commodity”

As the product takes hold, I will also help you sell it here locally, regionally and nationally as opportunities arise. I believe in the product offering, and believe that the consumer, the renter is ready for this, and will run with it. I do think there are inherent challenges in selling the concept to reluctant owners and apartment executives, and the more Case Studies of success you can show, the easier it becomes.

For disclosure purposes, because the comment has became more than just a comment, I am not looking for anything from you/your company, this is only an offer and opportunity to use Urbane Apartments as a testing lab for these ideas and concepts, and I will happily blog, spread the word and help usher your concept.

Communicate when you can, -Eric

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