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Agreed. It was well run too. I'm actually very curious, what else would do well with something very HARO like - ie- 1-3 emails a day connecting people togethe

Agreed. It was well run too. I'm actually very curious, what else would do well with something very HARO like - ie- 1-3 emails a day connecting people together.

jgrahamc 16y ago
That's truly the essence of HARO: making connections between people. Especially where one of the people is in need of something. The other part of HARO is that the reporters' needs would often be difficult to fulfill otherwise (e.g. I'm looking for people who've had a bad reaction to Viagra in the Boston area, etc.). I bet there are other ideas like this out there.
- jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
  Is there something that would be useful to the HN crowd?
  - jgrahamc 16y ago
    My guess is that you'd want to exclude the HN crowd and look for somewhere that's not exploited. We're all pretty good at navel gazing here and might well have thought of it. I've always thought, for example, that secretaries/PAs are an underserviced market. They have jobs that involve a lot of moving parts (managing people's email, time, travel, special events, ...). I bet there's a start-up in there making them a service that they need.
    - jacquesm 16y ago
      There are people doing this already, one example: http://hellomonday.nl/ http://hellomonday.nl/
jeromec 16y ago
Television/film casting is like that. Being from Los Angeles I had dabbled in "extra" work a bit (still have my expired SAG card! :) Casting agents always need certain looks or skills, e.g. someone tall with red hair that can horseback ride, or has a running car older than 1970. Stuff like that goes out in casting calls, and the best they can do is ask people to work their social network in the traditional way, i.e. family or friends they might know etc. Come to think of it Hollywood in general is pretty low tech...
- jgrahamc 16y ago
  Great insight. Sounds like HAPO (help a producer out) might work. Clearly not just LA because there's also NYC.
  - jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
    This is a really good idea. There's a service that does this I heard about on mixergy, but not email/haro like.
    - jgrahamc 16y ago
      So, shall we build it? I've got next weekend free. Just need someone who can market it to producers.
      - jeromec 16y ago
        Unfortunately, marketing is my weakest suit. I'm more of a developer role. Edit: As a matter of fact this all reminds me of a project I started with an aspiring director, which I still think is a good idea. He approached me with the idea to connect script writers with studios. He had some web design skills and supposed connections. I was to build the backend of the site. I was enthusiastic about that project and even started the coding, but he never delivered on the marketing. He lost his motivation after a competitor site upgraded and corrected many of its flaws (inktip.com).

Agreed. It was well run too. I'm actually very curious, what else would do well with something very HARO like - ie- 1-3 emails a day connecting people together.

jgrahamc 16y ago

That's truly the essence of HARO: making connections between people. Especially where one of the people is in need of something. The other part of HARO is that the reporters' needs would often be difficult to fulfill otherwise (e.g. I'm looking for people who've had a bad reaction to Viagra in the Boston area, etc.). I bet there are other ideas like this out there.

jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
Is there something that would be useful to the HN crowd?
- jgrahamc 16y ago
  My guess is that you'd want to exclude the HN crowd and look for somewhere that's not exploited. We're all pretty good at navel gazing here and might well have thought of it. I've always thought, for example, that secretaries/PAs are an underserviced market. They have jobs that involve a lot of moving parts (managing people's email, time, travel, special events, ...). I bet there's a start-up in there making them a service that they need.
  - jacquesm 16y ago
    There are people doing this already, one example: http://hellomonday.nl/ http://hellomonday.nl/

jeromec 16y ago

Television/film casting is like that. Being from Los Angeles I had dabbled in "extra" work a bit (still have my expired SAG card! :) Casting agents always need certain looks or skills, e.g. someone tall with red hair that can horseback ride, or has a running car older than 1970. Stuff like that goes out in casting calls, and the best they can do is ask people to work their social network in the traditional way, i.e. family or friends they might know etc. Come to think of it Hollywood in general is pretty low tech...

jgrahamc 16y ago
Great insight. Sounds like HAPO (help a producer out) might work. Clearly not just LA because there's also NYC.
- jasonlbaptiste 16y ago
  This is a really good idea. There's a service that does this I heard about on mixergy, but not email/haro like.
  - jgrahamc 16y ago
    So, shall we build it? I've got next weekend free. Just need someone who can market it to producers.
    - jeromec 16y ago
      Unfortunately, marketing is my weakest suit. I'm more of a developer role. Edit: As a matter of fact this all reminds me of a project I started with an aspiring director, which I still think is a good idea. He approached me with the idea to connect script writers with studios. He had some web design skills and supposed connections. I was to build the backend of the site. I was enthusiastic about that project and even started the coding, but he never delivered on the marketing. He lost his motivation after a competitor site upgraded and corrected many of its flaws (inktip.com).