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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

What DoStuff's Doing: New Improvements and Movements

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These past few weeks, we've made progress on all fronts. Read on for news of product improvements, ECPs, fests, NBD plans, and all that is new in the network!

Product Improvements

We have been pushing through refinements to our increasingly streamlined metro platform. Upgrades include:

  • 1. The list of all Tastemakers page now displays the appropriate Tastemaker icon and include a few lines of description:
  • 2. Sort by popularity now works better for user/list pages
  • 3. When a user follows an artist or venue, the follow count upticks immediately 
  • 4. Artist and venue follow works on mobile!
  • 5. Artist and venues now have a minimum popularity of 1 to ensure they show in search results
  • 6. Artist popularity was recalibrated to increase the accuracy of search results
  • 7. Featured Event ads work for repeating events!
  • 8. We've increased the file size for Featured Event ad uploads to lessen errors
  • 9. Permalinks saving with accents to lead to error pages will no longer be an issue!
  • 10. META tags have been added for Twitter
  • 11. We removed the "Add" button from past events on listing and event pages
  • 12. The SASS editor will include what went wrong in any error messages to make it easier to work within the designer
  • 13. Got a large number of events to add manually? You can now input them via a spreadsheet

Guestlist

The long-awaited Guestlist App is in a testable state. We are making improvements and soon you'll be able to offer your partners this nifty feature.

New ECPs

The functionality and customizability of our new ECPs is getting better and better! And you all are getting more and more onboard. Check out some new examples:
HazDF - Sopitas
Do312 - Chicago Underground Film Fest

You can also check out LifeBoxset and Star Events, powered by HazDF and Do312 respectively. Do317 has their first in the que and KCRW is stoked to switch over!

Delivery!

Did someone order pizza? Scott and Kristin got to virtually hang with Do317 users who were lured by pizza, beer, and sheer devotion to discuss their sites and give feedback. More pizza and beer hangs to come so we can connect with your fans and ensure we're building a product they love. If you haven't started setting one up in your market, please do so! Do317 enjoyed it so much they are going to keep it up and invite users to come by more regularly.

The Lolla Fest Flyaway is off to a flying start! You all have been keeping up with ads and social to make the campaign a success.

Page by page progress is happening both on our New Managing Partner site, which will help onboard new metros, and LearnStuff for all current support documentation. We are closing in on flipping the switch from old HelpDesk...

News on Newbies

Do206 threw a killer karaoke invite-only launch party sponsored by Pabst. In attendance were the Superbowl trophy and a giant bunny, who sadly was decapitated later in the night. For full coverage, check out pics and more party pics!

A girl, a viking, and a GM
Live at last: Do214! With their new GM getting up to speed fast, Do214 launched the other week. If you didn't get it, check out their newsletter debut:

Last Thursday, Do416 also went live and announced itself to TO and the world. They had a super organized social media blitz with an Influencer (Tastemaker/All-Star/Family Member) announced each day leading up to their launch and an ECP announced each hour after noon the day of their launch.

Show your new partners some love, and the rest of the world how big our network is growing, by sharing the news on your social channels. Like how Do312 gave Do416 a shout out!


Do415 has a new team member! Dylan will be their new Content Manager and Carmen will be moving into account management.

New Metros. New Brands. New Biz.

Last week, we had a post-SX review and SX 2015 planning session with many of you. Get excited for a bigger blowout that our whole metros organize together next year!

New metros are coming! We are gaining momentum with cities such as San Antonio, Minneapolis, Louisville, Miami, Portland(s), and more...

Brand sales updates include traction with Anheuser-Busch and a potential partnership with Healthcare.Gov. Other brand potentials: Taxi Magic, Live Nation, T-Mobile...

Festival Fun

GovBall had an early launch this week that went smoothly!

Other smooth fest launches:
Hudson Project
Forecastle


DoStuff Stuff

If you haven't seen them, be sure to check out our initial DoStuff homegrown marketing pushes with this article by Rick Webb on why he <3s DoStuff and our network SX success story.

Other than enjoying the 80-degree weather here in Austin by throwing bocce, beer, and popchip parties on the daily, we will be cranking hard to finish our E5 strong. We'll keep you posted on our progress.

Please reach out with any questions, thoughts, or shares. 

Happy April!
 


Wednesday, April 2, 2014

What DoStuff's Doing: New Improvements and Movements

These past few weeks, we've made progress on all fronts. Read on for news of product improvements, ECPs, fests, NBD plans, and all that is new in the network!

Product Improvements

We have been pushing through refinements to our increasingly streamlined metro platform. Upgrades include:

  • 1. The list of all Tastemakers page now displays the appropriate Tastemaker icon and include a few lines of description:
  • 2. Sort by popularity now works better for user/list pages
  • 3. When a user follows an artist or venue, the follow count upticks immediately 
  • 4. Artist and venue follow works on mobile!
  • 5. Artist and venues now have a minimum popularity of 1 to ensure they show in search results
  • 6. Artist popularity was recalibrated to increase the accuracy of search results
  • 7. Featured Event ads work for repeating events!
  • 8. We've increased the file size for Featured Event ad uploads to lessen errors
  • 9. Permalinks saving with accents to lead to error pages will no longer be an issue!
  • 10. META tags have been added for Twitter
  • 11. We removed the "Add" button from past events on listing and event pages
  • 12. The SASS editor will include what went wrong in any error messages to make it easier to work within the designer
  • 13. Got a large number of events to add manually? You can now input them via a spreadsheet

Guestlist

The long-awaited Guestlist App is in a testable state. We are making improvements and soon you'll be able to offer your partners this nifty feature.

New ECPs

The functionality and customizability of our new ECPs is getting better and better! And you all are getting more and more onboard. Check out some new examples:
HazDF - Sopitas
Do312 - Chicago Underground Film Fest

You can also check out LifeBoxset and Star Events, powered by HazDF and Do312 respectively. Do317 has their first in the que and KCRW is stoked to switch over!

Delivery!

Did someone order pizza? Scott and Kristin got to virtually hang with Do317 users who were lured by pizza, beer, and sheer devotion to discuss their sites and give feedback. More pizza and beer hangs to come so we can connect with your fans and ensure we're building a product they love. If you haven't started setting one up in your market, please do so! Do317 enjoyed it so much they are going to keep it up and invite users to come by more regularly.

The Lolla Fest Flyaway is off to a flying start! You all have been keeping up with ads and social to make the campaign a success.

Page by page progress is happening both on our New Managing Partner site, which will help onboard new metros, and LearnStuff for all current support documentation. We are closing in on flipping the switch from old HelpDesk...

News on Newbies

Do206 threw a killer karaoke invite-only launch party sponsored by Pabst. In attendance were the Superbowl trophy and a giant bunny, who sadly was decapitated later in the night. For full coverage, check out pics and more party pics!

A girl, a viking, and a GM
Live at last: Do214! With their new GM getting up to speed fast, Do214 launched the other week. If you didn't get it, check out their newsletter debut:

Last Thursday, Do416 also went live and announced itself to TO and the world. They had a super organized social media blitz with an Influencer (Tastemaker/All-Star/Family Member) announced each day leading up to their launch and an ECP announced each hour after noon the day of their launch.

Show your new partners some love, and the rest of the world how big our network is growing, by sharing the news on your social channels. Like how Do312 gave Do416 a shout out!


Do415 has a new team member! Dylan will be their new Content Manager and Carmen will be moving into account management.

New Metros. New Brands. New Biz.

Last week, we had a post-SX review and SX 2015 planning session with many of you. Get excited for a bigger blowout that our whole metros organize together next year!

New metros are coming! We are gaining momentum with cities such as San Antonio, Minneapolis, Louisville, Miami, Portland(s), and more...

Brand sales updates include traction with Anheuser-Busch and a potential partnership with Healthcare.Gov. Other brand potentials: Taxi Magic, Live Nation, T-Mobile...

Festival Fun

GovBall had an early launch this week that went smoothly!

Other smooth fest launches:
Hudson Project
Forecastle


DoStuff Stuff

If you haven't seen them, be sure to check out our initial DoStuff homegrown marketing pushes with this article by Rick Webb on why he <3s DoStuff and our network SX success story.

Other than enjoying the 80-degree weather here in Austin by throwing bocce, beer, and popchip parties on the daily, we will be cranking hard to finish our E5 strong. We'll keep you posted on our progress.

Please reach out with any questions, thoughts, or shares. 

Happy April!
 


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