Cherple & Twitter: Two Members of the Social Media Bird Family
Cherple and Twitter, both members of the bird family, both powerful technologies, both integral components supporting the growing uses of SMS communication, are part of the same social media species, yet each have unique characteristics that make them different. Despite the differences, bird watchers the world over find both Cherple and Twitter to be useful.
Twitter provides an SMS platform for PC-to-PC communication so SMS postings, or tweets, can be viewed by “followers.” Cherple provides a PC-to-cell SMS platform that allows users to reach just about anyone carrying a U.S. mobile device and have a two-way texting conversation from almost anywhere and at almost anytime.
Cherping and tweeting, two sounds one might hear from the two, two words that describe what’s being done when using them, both have user-friendly websites where people, businesses, and even organizations, can freely navigate to, use, and subsequently gain some kind of really cool benefit. Both provide unique and effective ways to communicate.
Cherple not only benefits users by allowing them the convenience of PC to mobile communication, but also gives content managers, businesses and the like, an opportunity to blast info straight to custumers carrying their mobile devices (these devices need not be smart phones).
There’s no questioning the unique uses for a website like Twitter, over 50 million users can’t be wrong, but despite its popularity, Twitter has yet to generate a trickle of revenue. Some have placed a value on Twitter of about $1 billion, but if the business model can’t support the price tag, then why the big buzz around Twitter. Well, it’s the users who benefit and who’ve made Twitter a social media powerhouse.
Cherple also seems to be a selfless bird by allowing users to gain the benefits and reap the wireless rewards. From the PC-end Cherple is free, standard text messaging rates apply to mobile devices but, nonetheless, both Cherple and Twitter are birds everyone can benefit from, not just your typical bird watchers.
LINKS:
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/09/28/meet-twitters-newest-investor-insight-venture-partners/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Diego-CA/Cherple/54280439385
