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Vois Launches Social Sourcing Marketplace
Written by Allen Stern - July 1, 2008
Social networking service Vois is announcing this morning their launch of a "social sourcing" marketplace. The services will include IT, freelance and professional services along with on-demand manufacturing. They will also offer tools for collaboration once a transaction has completed. Certainly is a bold move for a social network.
The question with this social sourcing launch is whether the users of Vois are interested in these types of services. Are they looking to buy or sell these types of services. My guess is that they will have a lot of sellers but it will take a good deal of work to get buyers. Will people who are in the mode of sharing photos or posting notes be able to switch their mindset into a transactional business focus?
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Site looks and feels much better ..Great move to
'social sourcing". One stop networks are what everyone seems to want. Wont have to rely on simply advertising. Hope they can pull it off it will be a huge hit.
I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT A SOCIAL NETWORK FINALLY FIGURED OUT SOMETHING TO DO OTHER THAN POKE AT EACH OTHER
I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT A SOCIAL NETWORK FINALLY FIGURED OUT SOMETHING TO DO OTHER THAN POKE AT EACH OTHER
I am hearing a lot good about vois.There site is cool
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This certainly is a bold move for a social network but I think it may work. I also saw news that they own scommerce.com for social commerce. Is social commerce and social sourcing the same thing or is social commerce the purchase of the goods or services and social soucrcing the locating of the social source? Anyone clarify please.
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