David RD Gratton

Opportunity Alert: LinkedIn for New Media Companies

February 15, 2007

Donat Group just developed a public beta of a new Drupal site: Opportunity Alert.

Opportunity Alert is a partnership matching tool for New Media businesses. It provides a forum where companies can present their projects, search for the best business partners, and begin a discussion with companies from around the world. It's an interesting twist on Social Networks in that it is not intended as a place for hanging out; it is very task focused. Extended or detailed conversations are expected to be taken off-line once a connection has been made.

There are two modes of finding a potential partner:
Active - go search for what you need and introduce yourself.
Passive - submit your partnering needs and get notified when an appropriate partner becomes available.

What I like about this site is the focus. It's industry specific and it has one purpose: facilitate new media partnerships.

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Well Done Great Looking Site

great job david. looks great. I just signed up. One thing that needs to be tweaked is the "Your password and further instructions have been sent to your e-mail address." message. It appears in the UI, but it is barely noticeable. I imagine many people will think they didn't register for the site and try again (or just leave). Fix that, and its perfect (I love the TOS layer that pops up) J | http://www.sumolabs.com