Idea – Hype Feedback Tool

Have you ever submitted the most awesome blog entry to ycombinator, or the coolest youtube video to digg, and no one seemed to care? There are a number of places where users submit content, and either that content gets into the spotlight and cherished for 15 minutes, or its cast into the depths of obscurity with little to no feedback as to why.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get feedback not only on the content that you submit, but on the way you submit it? Maybe your angle is all wrong, or you misspelled the title, or any number of things? It could be useful for veterans as well as noobs. Have an idea for a press release, or a submission to slashdot, but want to try a few different angles? You could experiment with posting different titles, and bodies and have users rank and give feedback, with the focus less on the content, and more on the presentation.

Then when content is ready they can post to social sites (reddit, buzz, fark, etc.) through our site, and we can track who gets the most diggs/upvotes/etc. So you can see from start to finish what worked and what didn’t. Think of it a s a social media sandbox, a place to pitch your ideas before you pitch to the world. What do you think?

Known Implementations:

• Limited feedback can already be gained from comments from the posting sites themselves, though they aren’t always helpful, and rarely focus on how to better present the submission.
• PR professionals, and other pay for marketing consultants
• Various forums http://groups.google.com/group/Interactive-PR?lnk=gschg&pli=1 online, though most are not very helpful, and are filled with spam and people only interested in self promotion

Biggest Hurdles:

• Link spam, and self promotion would dominate the site initially, unless enough incentives are given to users, maybe users above a certain rank will get their links posted without nofollow…
• Is the idea too specific or is it too general? Can others do achieve the same result with another service, or no service? How does one market to the marketing community?