Friday 1 October 2010

New Facebook Mobile Phone - Hot off the Press!!!

The mobile phone is the second most searched for item on the internet, which makes it no surprise that there are rumours that Facebook is planning to launch it's very own mobile phone! The Muliti-million dollar generating social network is second in line to Google as the most visited website on the net. Hence it makes perfect sense for Facebook to follow in Google's footsteps. Google as we know recently launched their new Lexus One mobile phone. It seems that these big enterpises pay someone to work out the phone hardware and then they slap their name on the finished product. An easy way to make money as people will be attracted to the product based on whose name is on it. A good example is Virgin. We have Virgin Broadband, Virgin Cola, Virgin Trains, Virgin Planes. You see Virgin did not invent, broadband, Cola or trains; instead, they got someone to make the hardware, then slapped their name on it. Hence Virgin sits on the same shelf and competes with all the other cola producers for a peice of the market. But cola is cola and a mobile phone is a mobile phone but how do i get someone to buy my Facebook phone instead of Googles Nexus One. Well i suppose it depends on how good the hardware people ( the inventors) are in creating something unique to you, which you will pay for. Maybe a revolutionary Video Social Networking - for a small fee of course!

But anyway, i suppose that the thing to learn from these successful entrepreneurs is to establish a name for yourself. Branding is everything. We trust Facebook and we trust Google which is why we visit them more than we would visit Netlog or Bing. Build a good reputation, make yourself visible and watch yourself grow.