Want Some Invites to Pheltup?

Posted by Nick O'Neill on June 13th, 2008 10:00 AM

How do you get people to join a brand new social network? Make it uber exclusive and target the leaders of an industry. That’s why when I was stealthily approached and introduced to the brand new social networking service I realized how secretive it really is. Do you want to become a member and get invited to the super selective crowd? You can go enter your email on their site but it won’t guarantee you admission.

We might have some invites available at Social Times but if we did, we couldn’t tell you about it because that’s how selective this site is. Early reports suggest that the site has already embraced OpenSocial, has a mobile client, has a number of geek thought leaders as a members and is revolutionizing the social web. This is all taking place behind the closed doors of the extremely secretive new site.

Last night was the launch party of Pheltup in San Francisco but the venue was changed at the last minute. No photos were allowed out of the party on Flickr but insiders were able to access the photos via http://www.pheltup.com/pheltup-launch-party. If you want to know why people were invited, you could find out from within the site since it is tagged as “The first social network that not only tells you WHO is doing WHAT; but also WHY.”

The social network is poised to explode when it opens up but you are going to have to stick out your “pheelers” to have any chance of getting into the site early on. Good luck getting in my fellow sleuths! Be sure to let me know once you do!

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Liz 5 months ago 1 point
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Yeah, right. Hope this "strategy" works out for them. It might be so exclusive that it's just a small bunch of people talking to themselves. The great thing about social networking is discovering people you do not know who do interesting things with their lives or jobs.

But I'm just a populist at heart any way. Viva la classless society!

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Ian 5 months ago 1 point
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Sounds interesting.

It's horrible how all of this secrecy really makes me want in to the darned thing. I need to stop being such a sucker for social networking.

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http://epershand.com

Stacey 5 months ago 1 point
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uh, is this a joke? seriously? say the name outloud..

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Nick Douglas 5 months ago 1 point
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Hey Liz, I won a couple invites in the latest scavenger hunt. (It was pretty cool, it's a cross-promotion with the TED Conference.) They don't activate for another few days, but when they do, would you like an invitation?

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http://toomuchnick.com

Guy 5 months ago 1 point
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Interesting concept. But what's the point of another social networking website? The space needs more convergence and less diversification. Managing my web presence across multiple networks is annoying and time-consuming.

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http://www.kognitivemarketing.com

MJM 5 months ago 1 point
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This is an amateurish attempt at a new product intro, that it is comical. Are these ex-myspace marketing execs?

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