Comments on: Guest Posting: The Voice Long Tail http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/02/11/guest-posting-the-voice-long-tail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guest-posting-the-voice-long-tail An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Talkster: A New Voice 2.0 Company « Talkster http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/02/11/guest-posting-the-voice-long-tail/#comment-1028 Talkster: A New Voice 2.0 Company « Talkster Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:26:56 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2211#comment-1028 [...] Talkster came out of stealth at the recent Voice 2.0 conference in Ottawa. After CEO James Wanless’ pitch, I had a chance to catch up with him and CTO Mark Gelman at the Voice 2.0 conference. Gelman let it casually be known that one of the “hidden under the covers” features of Talkster is a web services interface, allowing the Talkster system to be driven from an application. That feature alone has tremendous potential, and the ability to make Talkster into a true long tail player in the Voice 2.0 ecosystem. [...] [...] Talkster came out of stealth at the recent Voice 2.0 conference in Ottawa. After CEO James Wanless’ pitch, I had a chance to catch up with him and CTO Mark Gelman at the Voice 2.0 conference. Gelman let it casually be known that one of the “hidden under the covers” features of Talkster is a web services interface, allowing the Talkster system to be driven from an application. That feature alone has tremendous potential, and the ability to make Talkster into a true long tail player in the Voice 2.0 ecosystem. [...]

]]> By: T@lkster: A New Voice 2.0 Company -- Alec Saunders .LOG http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/02/11/guest-posting-the-voice-long-tail/#comment-1027 T@lkster: A New Voice 2.0 Company -- Alec Saunders .LOG Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:30:00 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2211#comment-1027 [...] T@lkster came out of stealth at the recent Voice 2.0 conference in Ottawa.  After CEO James Wanless’ pitch, I had a chance to catch up with him and CTO Mark Gelman at the Voice 2.0 conference.  Gelman let it casually be known that one of the “hidden under the covers” features of T@lkster is a web services interface, allowing the T@lkster system to be driven from an application.  That feature alone has tremendous potential, and the ability to make T@lkster into a true long tail player in the Voice 2.0 ecosystem. [...] [...] T@lkster came out of stealth at the recent Voice 2.0 conference in Ottawa.  After CEO James Wanless’ pitch, I had a chance to catch up with him and CTO Mark Gelman at the Voice 2.0 conference.  Gelman let it casually be known that one of the “hidden under the covers” features of T@lkster is a web services interface, allowing the T@lkster system to be driven from an application.  That feature alone has tremendous potential, and the ability to make T@lkster into a true long tail player in the Voice 2.0 ecosystem. [...]

]]> By: Context, Relevance and The Long Tail -- Alec Saunders .LOG http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/02/11/guest-posting-the-voice-long-tail/#comment-1026 Context, Relevance and The Long Tail -- Alec Saunders .LOG Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:01:42 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2211#comment-1026 [...] Telephony is ripe for a Long Tail strategy.  My friend Chris Wood proposed such a thing in a guest post here some time back.  His thesis was that some conversations are more valuable than others, and Long Tail strategies would uncover that value.  That certainly was the view behind the Skype acquisition.  If the Long Tail is about niche markets, however, then the Long Tail of telephony isn’t necessarily only about uncovering commercially valuable conversations.  It’s about uncovering niches!  [...] [...] Telephony is ripe for a Long Tail strategy.  My friend Chris Wood proposed such a thing in a guest post here some time back.  His thesis was that some conversations are more valuable than others, and Long Tail strategies would uncover that value.  That certainly was the view behind the Skype acquisition.  If the Long Tail is about niche markets, however, then the Long Tail of telephony isn’t necessarily only about uncovering commercially valuable conversations.  It’s about uncovering niches!  [...]

]]> By: Aswath http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/02/11/guest-posting-the-voice-long-tail/#comment-1025 Aswath Sun, 12 Feb 2006 04:15:01 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2211#comment-1025 At the outset let me apologize for the discordant voice on an otherwise agreeable line of thinking. But how would we react if Vail (Mr. AT&T) computed his company’s worth based on E.F. Hutton’s business? Certainly it would be different than what people have been saying about eBay and Skype. What happened to the claim that voice is just an application? Would we tolerate a cab driver charging us more just because the trip is to the offices of a VC? Or take a look at thinkingVoice. It is charging 15 cents a minute for what is essentially a two “Out” calls. Agreed, that they do some additional work. But do they justify three times the cost? If the business attitude doesn’t change with the technology, then it can not claim the Voice 2.0 moniker. After all three years back, Clay Shirky nominated (http://www.shirky.com/writings/zapmail.html ) Vonage to be the foster child of “Voice as product” and today, if it is a poster child it is for something else. At the outset let me apologize for the discordant voice on an otherwise agreeable line of thinking.

But how would we react if Vail (Mr. AT&T) computed his company’s worth based on E.F. Hutton’s business? Certainly it would be different than what people have been saying about eBay and Skype. What happened to the claim that voice is just an application? Would we tolerate a cab driver charging us more just because the trip is to the offices of a VC? Or take a look at thinkingVoice. It is charging 15 cents a minute for what is essentially a two “Out” calls. Agreed, that they do some additional work. But do they justify three times the cost?

If the business attitude doesn’t change with the technology, then it can not claim the Voice 2.0 moniker. After all three years back, Clay Shirky nominated (http://www.shirky.com/writings/zapmail.html ) Vonage to be the foster child of “Voice as product” and today, if it is a poster child it is for something else.

]]> By: Jeremiah Owyang http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/02/11/guest-posting-the-voice-long-tail/#comment-1024 Jeremiah Owyang Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:16:26 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2211#comment-1024 Great thoughts, I've been thinking about the long tail and how it attributes to areas just outside of etailers. You've hooked me, I've subscribed to your blog Great thoughts, I've been thinking about the long tail and how it attributes to areas just outside of etailers. You've hooked me, I've subscribed to your blog

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