News organizations (BusinessWeek, CBS, CNet, NetworkWorld, more), bloggers (TechCrunch, CRM Mastery, WebAnalytique, カテゴリ, more), and wanna-be industry pundits have been buzzing about Genius since our product came out of its successful beta at its release party. [party photos]
If you are interested in how we announce these things here in San Francisco, we have a photo album showing some of the 500+ industry luminaries, VCs, Genius employees, left-coast partiers, and various hangers-on enjoying a product unveiling, a private showing of the Calder exhibit at the SFMOMA, and an admittedly glamourous party -- complete with branded drinks (Smirnoff Orange Twist™ vodka and an as-yet unreleased but interesting José Cuervo Orange Tequilla). You will notice in the photos that all Genius employees wore orange dress shirts, and some wore green ties. There were no green drinks (there is a limit to branding).
Right now the press is spending a lot of tv-air-time and copy-space talking about whether or not Genius and a handful of other Bay Area internet companies represent a coming "Web 2.0" internet boom. Yes, we have a very popular new product and we do hold events to promote it ... but the real (and less controversial) story is that we have a good product that is becoming very popular because it is useful and helps sales and marketing people be more effective. So people use SalesGenius because it works. We do appreciate the press anyway though.
Our Director of Marketing Communications (here on the right) has pointedly asked me to put a "Call-to-Action" here: Try It Now. You get 30 days to use it. After that it's $49/month (sorry, no more open-ended free beta).
