We tend to focus more on the "do good for others" side of things around here, but honesly, who hasn't dreamt about winning $10,000 to spend on whatever you want? New clothes, new video games, a new TV, maybe a massage... the possibilities are endless and quite frankly, it's really fun to think about.
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You know what Bing is because of their commercials, and because they are quickly becoming one of the most popular and innovative search engines on the web. Have you tried Bing yet? What do you think of it?
Thanks in large part to all of our members who voted for us in the 2009 ThinkSocial Awards, SocialVibe was chosen as an official winner this week. SocialVibe President and Co-Founder Joe Marchese attended an awards ceremony this morning as the The Paley Center for Media honored all winners, which included Kiva.org and The March 18th Movement.
The ThinkSocial Awards honor individuals, institutions and collaborations that represent powerful models of how social media can be used to address global problems.
This is a tremendous honor and we are extremely grateful to our members and partners (and our hardworking team) who have helped us get this far. Who knew our tiny little startup launched a year and a half ago would be receiving such an incredible industry honor.
Just a little over a week left until the one day of the year where it is totally acceptable to stuff yourself silly and veg out: THANKSGIVING! For most of us, this will be a day spent with family and friends, cooking, eating, laughing and resting. However, the ugly truth is that hunger rates across the world are skyrocketing, leaving over 1 billion people hungry. This holiday season, SocialVibe is giving you a simple, fun and fast way to fight hunger and provide meals for those in need.
Today, we launched our new Thanksgiving Feast app on Facebook - an opportunity for you to earn meals for those in need by hosting a feast online and inviting your friends to bring turkeys, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and all the fixings. Each virtual food item earns real meals provided to real people through the UN World Food Programme.
To get started, add the app here. Create your own table, choose the decor (traditional, contemporary or Hawaiian), decide which item you're bringing, and then start inviting your friends. You can also bring food to your friends' tables, providing even more meals!
Share your impact with your Facebook friends!
We're warning you - this is a very addicting game (but it's okay because it is for a good cause!) Once you see all your friends tables, you'll want to visit each and every one to bring green bean casserole, yams, or whatever Thanksgiving-type food they need to help them fill their table.
The Crunchies are TechCrunch's third annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year.
You can vote once per day per category, and we think SocialVibe is a perfect fit for the "Best Internet Application" and "Best Social Networking Application" categories.
You can also vote for us by clicking on the little badges below! Please bookmark this site and vote for us EVERYDAY through December 4 so we can make it to the finals!
Our hope is that by winning awards like these, we'll be able to expose even more people to the wonderful things we are doing here at SocialVibe., thus helping our causes even more.
If you've tried to visit SocialVibe in the last half hour, you've probably noticed the site is down. That's because we're in the process of launching all those fabulous product changes that we've been telling you about the past few days.
To read about them, click here and here. To HEAR about them, check out this quick behind the scenes video we shot of the Product & Technology team (some of whom were "too busy" to talk) powering through the launch and explaining how the changes will help you help your cause!
P.S. Please excuse my uber-annoying voice.
As with any launch, there are bound to be bugs. If you find any, please report them to us at feedback@socialvibe.com. We can't wait to hear what you think of the new profiles!
So you remember yesterday when we gave you a little preview of the newly renovated SocialVibe.com user profiles? Pretty snazzy right? Well today, we're going to unveil a few more exciting elements coming to SocialVibe very soon that will help you connect with others and earn more for your Cause!
And the amazing new features are:
1. New Cause profiles! We've given our charity profiles a fresh new look that will allow you to not only check goal progress, connect with other supporters and find out what's happening with the charity, but actually complete activities to HELP that cause at the same time!
2. New Celebrity profiles! It's no secret we've had a few familiar faces helping us raise money for charity here on SocialVibe. Celebrites like Hayden Panettiere, Linkin Park, Katie Price and even online celebrities like Sunshinee and YouTuber SwiftKarateChop are some of the big names who have been using their powerful influence to help those in need. Our new Celebrity profiles will allow you to identify, friend and connect with these celebrities!
3. New Sponsor profiles! In addition to completing fun activities for points on your Dashboard and on your friend's profiles, you'll also be able to engage with our brand sponsors right on their profile. This is also the place where you can leave some love (and perhaps a thank you!) for that generous brand in the comments!
That's all for now... keep an eye out for the changes that should be live in the next 24 hours. Much, much more to come, just for you!
As we briefly teased on Friday, this week we're unrolling some more new changes to SocialVibe.com. Among the fun new features are revamped profile pages that are full of awesome changes that will help you benefit your Cause and share your impact in a big way.
The first and perhaps the most noticeable change is the ability for your friends to complete sponsor activities upon visiting your profile. Anyone who visits your page can now help you increase your Cause impact and earn more points by completing activities. They can also quickly sign up for SocialVibe right there on your profile, earning you an automatic 100 points. Sweet.
You'll still have the standard profile features, like photos, videos, links to friends profiles and commenting, but you'll also have new ways to share your individual impact, like your total cause impact under your profile photo (i.e., 50 gallons of water). Here's a quick peek at what the new profiles will look like:
See why we encouraged you to get your Personal URL like, now? You're going to be sharing your page like ca-razy!
Another thing you'll be sharing much more of is your answers to the Daily Questions. Now, each time you answer the Daily Question, you'll be able to share your answer on Facebook/Twitter/MySpace, so your friends can come see your answer and answer the DQ themselves, earning you additional points. From there, your friends can complete the other fun activities, all of which result in more points for you and your Cause!
Stay tuned tomorrow to find out how the Cause and Sponsor profiles will be changing... along with some exciting special profiles for our celebrity friends!
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!
