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Looking for an old Cory Rudl product

by Glenellis
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I'm looking for a product that used to be offered by Cory Rudl and his successors several years ago called Desktop Marketer. It was a program that allowed marketers to communicate directly to their subscriber's desktops. Subscribers installed a piece of software that resided on the lower right toolbar of their PC and would ping the mother ship at set intervals. Marketer could post a message on the server and it would appear in the toolbar of the recipients, flashing until they opened and read the message. Arguably, it was an early version of Twitter, but the message center the customer installed belonged solely to the marketer and no other messages from other vendors would appear.
Does anyone know if that product is still around being marketed by someone else, or if something similar is on the market? Barring that, for those of you who are coders, how difficult would something like this be to create?
#cory #desktop #product #rudl #twitter
  • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
    https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...desktop+widget
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  • Profile picture of the author Glenellis
    Thank you TSnyder. I never made the mental connection on that. Thanks for the help.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      While the suggestion link that you received may be a way of trying to replicate Desktop Marketer, it is not the same thing.

      I own Desktop Marketer and purchased it while Cory was still alive and running his Internet Marketing Center. The biggest drawback I found with the software was installing it on the receiving end. It was not easy given that many marketers are not technically inclined. Some had no trouble, but others really struggled, even with help and support.

      The Marketing Tips dot com web site is still up, but when you click on most of the links they come up with errors suggesting that the products are no longer available from them. Derek Gehl took over for Cory upon his death but I haven't seen him around in quite awhile.

      The concept is brilliant - a vendor having his own "in box" plus messaging system right on the task bar of the subscriber. I think you're going to have to start from scratch if you want to develop something similar.

      Good luck to you,

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  • Profile picture of the author DIABL0
    I remember it. That was quite a while back. I think you would be hard pressed getting users to install something like that these days.
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    • Profile picture of the author writeaway
      Originally Posted by DIABL0 View Post

      I remember it. That was quite a while back. I think you would be hard pressed getting users to install something like that these days.
      Exactly.

      There are tons of PPD programs out there.

      Also, people are wary of spyware or anything they fear 'might' act like spyware.

      Also, online interactivity is shifting to MOBILE DEVICES
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      • Profile picture of the author Glenellis
        Originally Posted by writeaway View Post

        Exactly.

        There are tons of PPD programs out there.

        I'm a dinosaur when it comes to this stuff. What exactly is a PPD if you don't mind? The other issues aren't really issues for me. I have about 200 subscribers to a trade call service I operate and my emails are just not getting through to people the way they used to. A desktop communication system would be perfect for my needs (and my subscribers). I was hoping there was something similar on the market or maybe someone bought the rights to DM and were marketing it under another name.
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          • Profile picture of the author Glenellis
            Originally Posted by AntonioSeegars1 View Post

            PPD means Pay-Per-Download. File sharing services offer this. This doesn't actually relate to what you're talking about.


            Thanks for clarifying.
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        • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
          Originally Posted by Glenellis View Post

          I'm a dinosaur when it comes to this stuff. What exactly is a PPD if you don't mind? The other issues aren't really issues for me. I have about 200 subscribers to a trade call service I operate and my emails are just not getting through to people the way they used to. A desktop communication system would be perfect for my needs (and my subscribers). I was hoping there was something similar on the market or maybe someone bought the rights to DM and were marketing it under another name.
          Mobile is where it's at these days. Survey your list to see how many
          have texting capabilities. My bet is 100% Why not move them to an opt
          in text list? It's really very inexpensive for the numbers you're talking.
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  • Profile picture of the author Charlie Parker
    I remember this product from a while ago, essentially the same thing - Contact Automator: Get in touch with 100% of your prospects everytime!
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