In this issue:
A Special invitation related to Twitter
CitySpeek cross posting to Twitter
CitySpeek iPod winner
New groups
We know that many CitySpeek members are also Twitter users. On Tuesday June 16th at 2pm PST, Twitter will go offline for 1 hour of maintenance. Why not use that time to come build your network on CitySpeek and take a few of our features for a test drive? Accept friend requests, join a group or post a picture. We promise not to get mad if you go back to Twitter after their maintenance.
Speaking of Twitter, don’t forget that you can have your speeks posted to your Twitter account as well. To enable this feature: Log into CitySpeek, click “Settings,” select “Social Network Settings” from the drop down, enter your Twitter credentials and make sure to check “Send messages to my twitter.com account” before clicking SAVE CHANGES. Imagine how powerful this feature is if you use CitySpeek with an IM account!
A few months back, a loyal CitySpeek user approached us about donating a prize to a fitness challenge that was utilizing a CitySpeek group to keep each other motivated. Of course we said yes and offered a new iPod Nano to the user that logged the most days with a speek in their private group. The challenge is over and the lucky winner is CitySpeek user @Josh (http://www.cityspeek.com/profile/josh). If you are interested in running a similar contest, let us know by emailing support@cityspeek.com.
CitySpeek adds new groups almost daily. Some of the newest groups include: @beer, @Overheard in PDX and @Obama Followers. To sell all groups, click through to http://www.cityspeek.com/groups.
That’s all for now, thanks for your support of CitySpeek.com!
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General
CitySpeek, Groups, instant message, ipod, newsletter, Twitter
One of the most popular and useful features of CitySpeek.com is Groups. In the few weeks since CitySpeek.com launched, we already boast 33 groups with hundreds of speeks posted through them. Groups vary from Red Sox Fans to a Law Forum and even the Portland Storm Team.
Today we made CitySpeek Groups even more useful by adding rss feeds. Now you can track the activity of any CitySpeek Group with all popular feed readers. When viewing a group page, simply click the now iconic orange and white rss icon and proceed just as you would with any other rss subscription.
Stay tuned to our blog for continued CitySpeek improvements and platform additions.
Groups, Updates
Groups, improvement, rss
CitySpeek is a micro-messaging service that allows you to stay in contact with your friends, co-workers, teammates and customers through an efficient means of communication.
Isn’t that just like Twitter?
No, it is not. For two reasons:
First, on a grand scale the only similarity that CitySpeek shares with Twitter is the 140 character limit for messages (what we call ‘speeks’). CitySpeek offers many features that Twitter does not, including:
- Groups, both open and private
- Integrated pics and video, no leaving the site to view
- Speek by category like “Overheard”, “Question”, “For Sale”, etc.
- Communicate with CitySpeek via IM
- Seamless integration with Flickr
- …and many more
The real reason why CitySpeek is not like Twitter is our positioning. We developed CitySpeek for the other hundreds of millions of internet users that don’t use Twitter. We created CitySpeek for groups like your city league softball team, your church or the Saturday morning coffee group at the local café. And we don’t stop there. If you own that little café or run the Parks & Rec department where the softball team plays, why not use CitySpeek to communicate with those groups? We make it easy and efficient to do so.
General
CitySpeek, Flickr, Groups, IM, Micro-Blogging, Micro-Messaging, pics, video