http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog Putting your ideas on the cloud. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:28:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We are happy to announce that after several months of hard work and gallons of coffee we are officially launching Client2Central, a powerful online help-desk web application specifically designed for smaller companies whose support staff must multi-task, as opposed to having staff that is dedicated solely to help-desk functions. Check our ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/05/07/client2central-is-live/ We are almost launching it officially guys. Just a few more days... :) We are working on final details to launch Client2Central.com and you can check now our presentation video. Awesome job by Felipe Zafred and team! http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/04/29/client2central-video-presentation/ We've been discussing the weaknesses of ad-based revenue models for web applications. Now we would like to share what, in our opinion, is the best way to monetize a web startup. Let's remember that startups need to produce positive cash flow, which doesn’t simply mean occasional funds or a second ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/04/17/freemium-model-rocks/ You can follow us on Twitter from now on! In English you can follow our official Twitter @c2cballoon In Portuguese you can also follow our official Twitter @c2cballoonbr or follow at your own risk our All Work* Twitter: @all_work :) We will update it with fresh last news from our crew, projects and ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/04/15/follow-us-on-twitter/ And talking about Freemium model, Twitter confirmed that they will soon sell commercial "pro" accounts. We don't know yet what goodies will be included for the monthly fee, but Twitter confirms that pro accounts will have "more features." The Freemium model is just perfect for Twitter. A lot of companies would pay ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/04/02/twitter-goes-freemium/ For some time now, I have been hearing about how web applications need to be free, or very close to free at the least. The interesting fact here is that these "free future" gurus are often owners or founders of social networking sites. And as we discussed on our last post, ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/03/19/should-i-charge-for-my-web-application/ Well, welcome to the club! There isn't a clear and killer way to monetize social networks yet. Consumer-facing applications are struggling to pay the bills using the traditional advertising model, and even if you read in the news that "Facebook is worth $15 billion," you may face significant challenges if ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/03/12/do-you-want-to-make-money-with-a-new-social-networking-application/ Wrong. We've seen too many great ideas going directly to the dead pool because all that the creators had in mind was this fixed idea of going viral. Let's say this clearly: you may have a better chance of winning the lottery than you would have of your brand new web site ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/02/27/a-great-idea-goes-viral-right/ A week ago it was Charles Darwin's birthday. Two hundred years ago he exposed his statement - all species of life have evolved over time - and I kept this in mind the whole week. I could not avoid comparing “natural selection” with the current situation we are living. We are ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/02/19/and-darwin-was-right%e2%80%a6/ Perhaps you are thinking about dedicating to a brand new web startup. Perhaps you have time and the capital. But do you fully understand what is required to  start a new venture on the web? On a regular basis we at C2C Balloon hear of new Web 2.0 startups building cool ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/02/11/what-does-it-take-to-be-a-web-entrepreneur/ So you got a great idea for a web application. Something simple but effective that would connect people or maybe make them improve collaboration, become more organized and even more productive. Why not being a web entrepreneur? C2C Balloon is powered by a highly motivated, creative (not to mention friendly) team of ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/02/06/you-think-it-we-make-it-happen/ Two weeks ago we posted about the new era of communication that is starting. You can check it here. Well, Felipe just played a bit with the concept and illustrated it with a video. Always interesting to put words into images... Hope you like it. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_RhSCDRt1A&fmt=18 http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/01/30/words-into-images/ Vile LA is a concierge tour company offering private special tours of Los Angeles . They needed a special project and we were excited to be there to help. We started by creating their logo that had to show a mix of LA styles and scenes. In this first stage we built Vile ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/01/26/we-discovered-the-vile-side-of-los-angeles/ It's been some months since we planned and started developing a pioneer project with an ambitious goal – to create a powerful web 2.0 help-desk support  application that could offer a great advantage for small-medium businesses. We are happy and proud to announce that from today on we will be slowly ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/01/19/our-first-baby-is-coming/ We are real and virtual people. We've learned to profit from the best of both worlds and our lives integrate these two Worlds into one. Whether we like it or not we are and will be connected all the time. In fact, we collaborate, share and have found many ways to ... http://www.c2cballoon.com/blog/2009/01/12/a-new-era-of-communication-is-starting/