Comments on: Yet Another Take on Minnesota’s Social Media Innovators

By: Julian Reytel

Julian Reytel — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:39:59 +0000

If you talk about social innovators in minnesota, don’t forget SuddenDeals.com We connect shoppers with merchants in real-time via SMS text messages on cell phones. Our shoppers request Sudden Deals from merchants and receive them on their cell phones when they go out.

By: Aaron Weiche

Aaron Weiche — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:57:46 +0000

Thanks for the mention Ed. I enjoy the interaction and access that Twitter & blogging give me to other great minds and interesting businesses.

I can say for some of the others mentioned on your list, I had never eaten Punch Pizza until being persuaded by their SM efforts and I would have never read a MinnPost story without David Bauers heavy use of Twitter. Thanks again.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:07:15 +0000

Yawn.

By: Ed Kohler

Ed Kohler — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:53:09 +0000

@Steve, I think it's a bit too early to hold MinnPost up as a successful financial model. It looks like 8.7% of MPR's budget (PDF) came from government sources last year, which is down from 13.6% the year before. That comes out to around 11 cents per Minnesotan per month, if I'm reading the numbers correctly.

By: Lee Odden

Lee Odden — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:30:35 +0000

Thanks for the mention Ed, sniff, I didn’t know you cared.

I really appreciate the business perspective to your consideration. Ease of publishing makes everyone “an expert” but in the end, it’s the ability to create, grow and innovate bankable business either directly or indirectly that social media innovation answers to.