Hi Paul, There is also http://www.plugmyevent.com, which has a different pricing model.
Ianh have you got any plans to implement a api so third parties script creation of the events etc? I would be interested in that for a project im currently working on. On 9 Jan, 08:17, WebbedIT <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sounds a really good idea, I have a couple of comments that couple > > be a help or not. > > Thanks for taking an interest, always happy to hear other's > suggestions :o) > > I have not dabbled much in RSS feeds/parsers but agree with the > principle that this would save time. However I foresee this working > in the opposite direction as, in the early days at least, a large > percentage of the not-for-profits that sign-up will likely have no > website or will be replacing an existing website that is out of date > or more probably lacking in any serious content. > > Another bow to LocalCause's fiddle is that not only will organisations > get access to the application to add their content into our portal, > but they will get quarterly reviews (if they want them) of how they > are using the system. The idea behind this is to encourage > subscribers to make best use of the service adding a good quantity of > quality content which will in turn maximise their benefits whilst > creating a higher volume of overall content for the portal. > > Those who are not using the system much will be asked what is acting > as a barrier to them doing so and offered links to market research to > stimulate their interest and tutorials that will enable them move > forward. Those trail blazers who are using the system to it's fullest > potential will be recognised and awarded cause of the week/month which > will see them prominently promoted within the portal attracting more > traffic. This is our 'carrots and sticks' approach that let's > subscribers know that we won't just sell them the service and walk > away, we will support them for the length of their subscription. > > With all of this in mind, hopefully it will be a case of RSS parsers > being offered that will take content out of their LocalCause site's > and display it within their own domain names, but then again at a > small extra cost we will be offering an extra service to redirect > their own domain name direct into their LocalCause pages anyway. > Future plans include upgrading the LocalCause control panel so it also > acts as a full Content Management System to drive a standalone site > whilst also adding site content into LocalCause. > > As for outsourcing sections of the site, I am open to any offers and > will actively look to work with existing services that I feel align > with the LocalCause brand. http://www.eventhq.co.uklooks very > interesting and I had already earmarked it for further investigation, > but our pricing strategy is more often than not going to be a > barrier. For example, EventHQ's charges for their smallest credit > pack (£110) is more than I am looking to charge for the entire > LocalCause service. Likelihood is that EventHQ offers a richer > feature set than I am looking to offer via my event module (which are > more geared towards fundraising events) and as such his costs are > probably very reasonable for what his service provides. > > Thanks, > > Paul. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
