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Tipd First Impressions
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Late last week, the two guys who started Tipd asked me if I’d like to join Tipd as a member of the advisory board. My role on the board is for blogger outreach, that is, talking to bloggers and seeing what they thought of Tipd, whether they had any suggestions, concerns, etc. It’s actually been quite fun reaching out to so many people, some of which I haven’t had the chance to trade too many emails with, and the response so far has been the site looks promising. Since it’s only five days old, promising is pretty good! With nearly seven hundred users tipping stories left and right, we’ll see where another week takes it.
The site isn’t just for bloggers, it’s for anyone looking to find the latest financial news. Readers of blogs can find plenty of good information there and you can help your favorite bloggers get their stories more publicity. According to internal stats at Tipd, front page stories get anywhere from 50 to 100 hits, which is a lot even to the largest blogs (every visitor counts!). Right now, it takes about ten to fifteen votes to get something to the front page. Even the youngest of blogs can get on the front page of Tipd, this isn’t Digg with all the politics and hand editing and banning BS.
How can you help your favorite bloggers? The easiest way is to look for the Tipd button and tip posts that you think are good. (there are smaller versions too that some bloggers are using)
Vote up the best stuff and everyone wins.
Here are some reviews about Tipd:
- Stop Buying Crap: Tip’d – New Source for Financial News
- Consumerism Commentary: How to Get the Latest News and Opinions in Personal Finance
- Five Cent Nickel: Check Out Tip’d: Social Media for Money
- Cash Money Life: Tip’d – A New Social Media Site for Financial Topics
- Tough Money Love: Hard Truth Week in Review – Ray of Market Sunshine Edition
- Me Financially Free: Tip’d – A Community for Financial News, Ideas and Tips
- Military Money Might: Find Some of the Best Personal Finance Articles on Tip’d – New Social Media Site
- Realm of Prosperity: Introducing Tip’d: Social Media For The Financial Community
- Free From Broke: Festive Link Love Carnivality 29
- Clever Dude: Now Entering the Ring: Tip’d Personal Finance Community
- My Two Dollars: Tip’d: A New Financial Social Media/Bookmarking Site
- My Retirement Blog: Tipd: Social Money News Site
- Blueprint for Financial Prosperity: Tip’d: Social Media for Money News
- Insight Writer: Tipd is Digg for the Financial Community
- ZDNet: Top Digger helps launch Tip’d, a Digg clone for financial news
- The Industry Standard: Top Digger launches Tip’d: Niche social media with a niche business model
- Mashable: Tipd Offers Crowdsourced Financial Advice
- VentureBeat: With a focus on financial news, Tip’d is a timely Digg clone
- Student Scrooge: tip’d – new resource for sharing financial news and ideas
Also, my username on Tipd is wangarific, if you join, let me know yours and I’ll add you as a friend. If you’re a blogger and have written a review post of Tipd, even after I publish this, please email me or leave a comment below and I’ll include you in the roundup!
Finally, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions for Tipd, please email me or leave them in the comments below. Thanks!
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You know, I don’t think I mentioned that you don’t need to be a blogger to use Tip’d. That may have been a good thing to do.
Great post, Jim. We’re really excited to have you on board!
Thanks for the tip about Tip’d. Looks like a great resource I’ll sign up for right now. My user name is poormd.
Nice review, and thanks for letting us know about the site! I just joined.
Hi Jim,
Thanks for the add. My user name is jeremymday for anyone interested in adding me.
Thanks,
Jeremy
I actually posted on Tip’d this morning too!
I also added you as a friend. Seems like the next big place to gather.
So far Tip’d is pretty cool. Very active!