Weeks 2/13 - 2/27
We've gotten some serious things DONE these past few weeks at DoStuff: an array of product improvements, our first ECP on the new platform, Bonnaroo's launch, a new NBD hire and SX site development as well as planning. The details are all right here!Product Improvements
We made some important changes to our platform the last few weeks.Small but sweet:
- 1. Time views, such as Calendar or Weekend, are now associated with the Top 3 most popular events on your site for those days rather than your Top Picks account
- 2. Brand ads now display on alternative listing pages such as http://do512.com/artists and http://do512.com/venues
- 3. The # of events on a listing page now appears at the top of the page. If you want this removed, just let us know.
- 4. Instead of “<VENUE> added <ARTISTS>” appearing in the event activity feed, the artists attached to a show are linked at the top of the event description
- 5. End times for events with assigned end times now SHOW
- 6. Cookies will now save a preferred listing view (map vs. standard list for example) so that each time a user navigates back to a page, they’ll see events by the last view that they selected
Fun Fixes:
- 1. We fixed a bug that was messing with RSVP list download and sending
- 2. The "Follow User" button is now working across your sites
- 3. The Giveaway activity feed text will no longer include “<NAME> is gonna win some free tickets to this show” because some of your users thought this meant they may have actually won
On Deck (Items you've asked for that will be complete soon in no particular order):
- 1. Cache fixes
- 2. Search result accuracy (Avicii does have a page on your sites!)
- 3. Posting links to Facebook will include images and info
New ECP Preview
Our first partner site has launched on the new ECP platform. And in español! The new ECP platform works like the lenses powering Do512's current SX site. The major differences from the old platform are obviously visual, but it is a holistic improvement to get our ECPs a better, faster site.
We still have tweaks to make and features to add before you begin the work of talking to current ECP partners about the transition. We'll walk you through that process given the timeframe that works best for you. This is simply to show you the progress we've made and get you excited for what you will soon have available!
You can visit LifeBoxSet, HazDF's first ECP partner, to check it out!
Festivals
Bonnaroo launched its lineup without a hiccup last week! And you all are now setup to run a Giveaway with fest tickets! We continue to support a myriad of festivals, most recently Center of the Universe, Forecastle, Hangout... It's full speed ahead into fest season.Programs
Adi will be working with PBR on sponsored events in six cites! Goose continues to be stellar. We'll be talking more program prospects with the network later this afternoon.NBD FTW
Our NBD team has tripled in the past few weeks with Graham Hickey joining as the third member to lead network brand sales. He comes to the team with extensive experience, especially in entertainment/music/media. Though based in Chicago, he'll be spending a lot of time initially here in Austin learning the DoStuff ropes and getting some Vitamin D.Network News
HazDF is officially our first international site to launch! Check them out on Facebook and Twitter if you haven't done so already.
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| Armando hablando at their big press conference debut with IMAS. |
Want your news shared with the network here? Just let us know!
SX Stuff
The SX lense itself continues to get refined. Quickview for both listing and artist pages has been improved. A bug was fixed thanks to much sleuthing that was preventing users from successfully RSVPing. We switched our geo-targeted registration service to be more precise. And just this morning, we moved the lense from the "sx2014" subdomain to http://2014.do512.com/ due to sensitivity about subdomain copyright.
Do512 continues to work overtime building up comprehensive content. Traffic and RSVPs have been heavy enough to force us to ramp up more servers.
Later today, we'll have a call to cover everything you need to know regarding autoregistration, RSVP partnerships, and our Bocce Tournament here at DoStuff HQ.
Fef sent out the official invite, but here is a link to the event where you can RSVP:
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| The blue bocce ball is actually an Italian cigarette mascot making a special guest appearance in our poster art. |
DoStuff Optimization
Mary has SOUND PROOFED the offices in our office. If you noticed when visiting that they leaked noise, that is no longer an issue! We also now have full access to the upstairs "treehouse" for special calls and meetings and plan on putting in a treadmill desk.
Scott will be fundraising these next few weeks so we can make keep making growth strides.
March = Madness
Enjoy the fun! Stay as sane as relatively possible (or not)! We look forward to seeing many of you here soon!
