Last week was a great one for Assetize, as we were invited to present at DemoCamp and were also covered by a couple of great bloggers.

DemoCamp (9/24): While Yossi Vardi was the main attraction, getting a chance to pitch to a crowd of ~200 at DemoCamp Toronto was a great experience for us. A special thanks to all the attendees who approached us after the presentation to offer valuable feedback. It reassures us that we’re building a real solution for a real problem, and are in an exciting space.

[Photo Credit: Farhan Thawar]

Aside: Two great quotes from the always-funny Yossi Vardi:

1) “Who here uses instant messaging? Thanks for your business; I sold each of you for $84.” [Yossi was the founding investor for ICQ]

2) Extending Isaac Newton’s quote – ”If I have achieved anything, it’s by standing on the shoulders of children.” [Yossi is still an active investor in Israel, and often funds young entrepreneurs]

StartupNorth (9/24): Our new Ad Network service received coverage here. David Crow is well-read blogger and is well-connected in the Canadian startup scene, so we’re glad to have made the cut!

Twitterrati (9/25): Mark Evans and Twitterrati also wrote about us, which you can read here. His coverage has been very helpful in getting the word out – the post has been retweeted numerous times!

Thanks to all that have covered us over the last few months, and given us the opportunity to present what we believe is a valuable service to users and companies alike. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Saif

Hi Everyone,

Sorry that I’ve been slow to blog recently but, as you’ll notice, we’ve been busy making big changes to our site. We have built out our ad network functionality, and are focused on being the best targeted ad network for Twitter (check out some real examples on our site).

For those users who have been inquiring about our Buy/Sell service, we have decided to turn this functionality off for the time-being. Since these actions were against Facebook’s and Twitter’s TOS, we thought it was best to focus on ways of monetization that added value to not only our users but also the social networks. We are confident that by creating a proprietary technology that offers targeted and relevant ads, we have now done this.

If you haven’t signed up for our new account monetization service yet, give it a try. Most of our users have already made more money through this than they did through Buy/Sell. It’s a win-win for all!

Hope this clears up why the services have changed.

Happy Assetizing,

Saif