Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Predictify: Make Predictions, Earn Reputation, Connect With The Like Interested



Are you good at predicting the future? If you are than you may find Predictify totally fun. And if you suck at predicting, you may find Predictify fun as well.

Because Predictify is VERY fun.

Think of a social site built around current events. Then ask members to make predictions about what will happen next. Then build a back end that tabulates individuals' accuracy and gives everyone a score. Then let members connect with one another based upon common interests. Built it all and you have a cool business.

Actually, you wouldn't because Predictify does all that very well, and has a humongous head start. So just join Predictify and have some fun instead, until you think of a new idea.

Here's their 1 minute pitch from Tech Crunch:



Here's a sample voting box, which is conveniently embeddable most anywhere on line. Oh, yes, virality:



The marketing and monetization angle on this is the opportunity to pose sponsored questions. That's a cool way to drive consumer involvement in a brand.

I predict a bright future for Predictify...

Thanks for reading, and don't forget to write.

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