Do you have your personal URL yet? If not, now might be a great time to get yours, because very soon, you're going to be wanting to share your SocialVibe profile with everyone who is willing to look.
This coming Wednesday we're going to be making a few improvements to SocialVibe.com, namely where user, sponsor and cause profiles are concerned. Here are a few things you can look forward to seeing:
- Re-designed profiles that make it easier for your friends to sign up, earning more points for you and your cause (100 points for each signup on your page).
- Easier ways to raise money for charity. Brand activities will be more prominently featured on profiles, encouraging visitors to engage and helping your cause even more.
- More celebrity profiles on SocialVibe, celebrities that will be using their influence to help the causes.
Photos, videos, comments, links to other profiles and friends will STILL appear on your profiles.
This is just the tip of the iceberg and of course, we'll go into detail about the changes prior to the launch late next week. Let the countdown begin!
As we've been settling into Fall and observing all the changes happening around us, we're reminded of the simple things that we turn to for comfort - a good book, a warm bed, our best friend's shoulder, a long run. This week, we asked you to submit Pink Ball photos around the theme Comforts, showing us what you rely on for comfort when it's cold outside or the going gets tough. Here are our picks!
Each member will receive 50 SocialVibe points. Scroll down to find out what this week's theme is for your own shot at 50 points!
"This is Kune, the wolf plushie my best friend got me as a gift a while back. Being in college now, I don't really have anyone but myself to rely on when I am not feeling well, so I keep him close as a comforter. He reminds me of better days, of good times...back when my bestie and I would search shops, vainly looking for a plushie that was more like a realistic wolf than a husky. Well, we finally found one, and she bought him for me. :)"
THIS WEEK'S THEME is: Your favorite school subject. Whether you're still in school or have long since graduated, all of us had a favorite subject in school. Were you a Literature nut or did you prefer Chemistry experiments? Perhaps Art or Phys Ed was more of your thing? Whatever it is or was, take a Pink Ball photo with your favorite subject!
Send your Pink Ball pics to pinkballphotos@socialvibe.com. Include the theme in the subject line and your SocialVibe URL in the e-mail. The best photos will receive 50 SocialVibe points! If you upload your photo to Flickr, be sure to tag it with #SocialVibe.
As we've said in the past, we read every bit of feedback from our members. All the little changes you ask for, we hear them. And trust us - we're working on implementing them! Today we're happy to announce one feature that we has repeatedly been requested...
CHANGING YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS.
Now, if you so desire, you can edit the e-mail address associated with your SocialVibe account in your Account Settings.
Here are a couple of screenshots that will prove helpful in making this change... please pay close attention to that little red word next to the field that reads "unverified." Your changes will not be active unless you verify your new e-mail address by clicking on the link we send to that e-mail address!
A sad, unverified e-mail address.
A happy, verified e-mail address!
We hope this makes many of you very happy. More changes to come, we promise.
Great news, members and friends of SocialVibe - we're a finalist in this year's Think Social awards! The Paley Center for Media's Think Social awards recognize individuals, initiatives and organizations who are using social media to connect people and ideas to address society's most pressing challenges.
We're in great company with the other list of worthy nominees, so we need your help to win!
This is a highly respected recognition and we are honored to have been nominated at all, much less make it to the final round. With your help, we have a great shot at winning. Please help us by voting for SocialVibe at this link, and don't forget to leave a comment on the voting page about why you think we deserve a Think Social award!
You'll have to register for an account, but it only takes a few moments. Thank you for your continued support of SocialVibe!
Christmas might be coming early this year for one lucky Music for Relief supporter. As a thanks for helping them raise money for Music for Relief, Linkin Park is offering a limited-edition, autographed Rock Band 2 for Wii to one lucky member who successfully invites at least 8 friends to join them on SocialVibe by 11:59pm on December 17.
You'll be automatically entered to win as soon as you've reached 8 invites, so start inviting your friends to join you in giving on SocialVibe today!
Linkin Park, through Music for Relief, is trying to raise money to help victims of the recent disasters in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands that affected over 2 million people and destroyed schools, homes, and entire villages.
Congratulations are in order to all the supporters of To Write Love On Her Arms, a non-profit devoted to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA passed a milestone this weekend, as they passed 100,000 supporters on SocialVibe! So far, our community has raised over $61,000 for the cause.
In honor of this momentous event, we have a special message from Chris of TWLOHA, who wants to thank all the supporters and share a little info about how the donations will be used to help those in need:
"Thanks so much to everyone who has has helped us reach over 100,000 supporters on SocialVibe! All the money raised through SocialVibe this year will go directly to the first ever online suicide prevention instant messaging service called IMAlive.
You believing in a message of help, hope, and community has been incredible to see take place and, again, we thank you for your continued support."
CONGRATULATIONS and great job to all of the supporters of TWLOHA. Here's to the next 100,000!
Are you ready for Halloween yet? We are, and this year, we're taking the focus away from cavity-creating candy and onto doing good. We've launched a new program called Click 4 Good, a virtual neighborhood of haunted houses where you can go trick or treating to benefit charity!
For each door you knock on, a donation will be made to either Stand Up 2 Cancer, charity: water, The Surfrider Foundation or Keep a Child Alive. Each visit yields a specific impact, such as 18 gallons of water for people in need through charity: water. After you earn your impact, you'll have the opportunity to Tweet it or Facebook it and share it with your friends. Each time THEY go trick or treating, you earn even more!
What are you waiting for? Get some trick or treating practice in a little early this year by visiting SocialVibe's haunted house neighborhood at socialvibe.com/click4good.
In case you missed it, our girl Hayden Panettiere stopped by The Ellen Show yesterday to chat about her mission to save the whales and why she is so connected to this particular cause. Naturally, she told everyone about her petition to stop commercial whaling with The Whaleman Foundation on SocialVibe!
Please thank Ellen for helping us spread the message about SocialVibe and Hayden's petition by tweeting her @TheEllenShow.
BTW, she totally gets bonus points for sporting a wet suit on the show.
