November 2011
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“There are a number of Canadian startups who are already tapping into this trend....”
– Thanks to Andrea Wahbe for this nice mention, which comes via her wonderful blog The Running Start. The entire post can be read here—it’s worth the time and a good way to start enjoying The Running Start.
Add Rewards to Your Site with Shweet™ Buttons
Shweet Buttons are our patent-pending system designed to help web publishers grow their audience, increase loyalty, and get more visitors to share articles, videos, and other content.
With Shweet Buttons, visitors automatically earn Shweet Points by sharing and visiting pages. As they move through the site, their points total increases and is displayed in the gold circle beside the Share and...
We're Rooting for You, AOL!
We’re delighted that our good friends at AOL Canada are on the shortlist for Media Player of the Year at Marketing magazine. We’re cheering you on, gang!
Learn more about it here.
September 2011
2 posts
Shweet.com now on AOL Music!
Shweet and AOL have teamed up again for a brand new campaign on AOL Music, which you can find here. This follows a series of launches with our wonderful partners at AOL, including our deployments on Cambio.com and Spinner.ca and our launch of the MyNXNE app in June for the NXNE music festival.
This time, there’s a special twist: a huge Canada-wide contest for high-school students in...
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Invite your pals to Shweet.com!
We’ve just made it even easier for new visitors to try out Shweet™. First-time visitors can now share videos on Facebook or Twitter without having to create a Shweet account right away. After they’ve racked up some points, they can decide whether they want to create a full Shweet account and start buying tickets for prizes. They’ll see why we say the Shweet is Sharing With...
August 2011
14 posts
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Shweet.com FAQs
General Questions:
Q: How does Shweet™ work?
A: At Shweet.com you find videos and other content you like and share it with your friends via Facebook and/or Twitter. As you share and tweet, you accumulate points that can be used to buy tickets for prizes you want to win. For more information, check out our How does it work? page.
Q: I have a Shweet account, and a family/household member wants...
Press release: Shweet 2 is Launched →
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Shweet 2: Tickets & Contests
If you’re new to Shweet™, one of the features you’ll enjoy is Prize Tickets. When you have earned some Shweet points, you can convert those points into entries in our sweepstakes, by “buying” a Prize Ticket.
Contests are found on the “Prizes” page. On the right-hand side you’ll see a column that says “My Prize Tickets”. Like this:
When...
Shweeting Ethics
At Shweet™ we work hard to make sure that our contests are fair. It’s one of the reasons why we have Rules.
It doesn’t happen often, but we’re unhappy when we catch Members breaking the Rules; usually this results in us having to close their account. Those Members also forfeit any prizes they might otherwise have received, because when we disqualify someone, we draw a new...
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Shweet's Got Mail :)
Sometimes you may want to send a Shweet™ video to one or two special people in your life. With Shweet 2.2 we’ve made it easy to do that. On the bottom right-hand corner of every Shweet video, you’ll see a little icon for email. Click the email icon and it will open an email message and paste in the link. Voila!
If you have a blog or use other social media, you can now embed a...
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New Shweet™ Widget on Cambio.com
Shweet is partnered with Cambio.com, AOL’s teen entertainment site. They have their own Shweet page, which is advertised on their homepage with this brand new snazzy Shweet widget:
Clicking on it sends you to Cambio’s Shweet page, where you can share Cambio content and enter to win more Shweet prizes. Check it out!
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You Might Also Like...
…the brand new footer on every video landing page, suggesting what you might like to view next. When you share or tweet a video on Shweet.com, a link to that video is posted to your FB wall or Twitter feed. Now, when your friends click that link to watch the video you posted, they’ll also get some great suggestions for what to watch next. And who knows, they might find something new...
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Also new in 2.2: Featured Prizes
Another great Shweet™ 2.2 addition is the Shweet prize header that displays featured prizes right on the homepage. Not only is it a fun reminder of all the prizes that you can win, it also helps new Shweeters understand what they can do with their Shweet points. That’s Shweet x2!
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2.2 Feature: Free Prize Tickets!
As we mentioned before, a great feature of the new Shweet™ is the chance to unlock surprise rewards when you share or tweet content you like. Often this surprise reward is a trivia question, and getting the answer right earns you some bonus Shweet points. Now, you also have a chance to receive a free prize ticket for a contest that you haven’t entered yet. Here’s what one of these...
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Rules Updated
Shweet just updated the Rules to version 2.1. Refer to the Rules for any changes.
Please note per the Rules Addendum that “[w]ith regard to Sweepstakes conducted on Cambio.com, no Member may validly win such a Sweepstakes if he or she is under the age of 18 and residing in the United States at the time of his or her entry or the closing of such Sweepstakes. In such case Shweet.com will...
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Shweet 2 Covered by TechVibes
We’re pleased to see that TechVibes, one of our favourite tech sites, has covered the launch of Shweet 2. Knowlton Thomas described 2.0 better than we could ourselves:
How does it work? First, check Shweet.com for videos and links—good ones. Then share and tweet ‘em to your friends. This activity unlocks points. Finally, cash in your points to enter contests to win prizes, like Kobo...
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Shweet 2 Feature: Discover Bonus Points!
One of the cool features in Shweet™ 2 is that now you can unlock surprise chances to win bonus points when you share or tweet content you like. One such surprise is a quiz card. Get the answer right and you earn bonus points!
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Shweet 2 Launched Today
Today we roll out Shweet™ 2, an upgrade of our service. And we are excited to tell you about it.
Shweet has always been about discovering exciting new content and products and then sharing your discoveries with your friends. As a bonus for sharing with friends, we give our members the chance to win prizes.
With Shweet 2.0 we wanted to make it more fun to discover content and products. We...
Notice: Updated Shweet™ Rules, Terms
As part of upgrading our service to Shweet 2.0, the Rules have been modified and updated. One notable change is that sharing via Facebook now requires a genuine (or bona fide) Facebook account that has 15 or more friends. The Twitter requirement remains unchanged at 15 followers. The Terms & Conditions have also been changed. Members are encouraged to refer to the Rules and to the Terms...
July 2011
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Shweet™ & AOL Led in NXNE Social Media
Focus on Social has a blog post on how different social media campaigns fared during NXNE. We are delighted to see that Shweet, working with AOL, led the pack. Here is what Focus on Social found:
Knowing that this was going to be a large social media event, many companies decided to create their own Social media campaigns. Two of the biggest roles that we saw were Windows running their...
June 2011
34 posts
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WatchLive from Yonge & Dundas: App Announcement!
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“Very cool app!”
– October Sky, commenting on our MyNXNE app for iPhone. Thanks October!
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“MyNXNE makes it easy to find our shows at the festival…”
– Thanks for the mention, Vandelles! http://thevandelles.blogspot.com
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Fox & Fiddle on Shweet and Shweet on Fox & Fiddle!
While Fox & Fiddle helps promote our MyNXNE app, we’re running a contest for a $50 Fox & Fiddle gift certificate.
Thanks to Fox & Fiddle is giving their customers a heads-up about the contest - score 1 for teamwork!
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WatchCheck out the MyNXNE video ad running at Yonge & Dundas square!
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MyNXNE posters hit T.O.!
Our street team took these shots of some of our posters that have gone up all around the downtown core. Looking great!
University Ave.:
Queen St. West:
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“[MyNXNE has] everything you need to keep you from getting caught in the NXNE...”
– Thanks to Toronto Music Scene for that nice review of MyNXNE. You can read the full review here. Toronto Music Scene is a cool site for music lovers—check it out and enjoy!
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“This NXNE app, by Kibboko, gives you a guide to venues, show-times, schedules,...”
– Thanks to Kyle McInnes at Festiv.com for those kind words. You can read the full article here. And of course to download MyNXNE just go here, to the iTunes App Store.
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MyNXNE Just Got Better: Track Previews!
We are pleased to tell you that version 1.1 of MyNXNE just went LIVE in the Apple App Store and it includes a killer new feature: artist song previews! That’s right, now you can listen to artists before you decide whether or not to check out their show. And 1.1 includes some other cool features, like a refined calendar and Shweet updates. Don’t delay, grab it now, grab it here.
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“This is why MyNXNE is awesome. The developers at Shweet have developed a fairly...”
– Thanks to Ricky, who wrote these kind words in “5 Things to Do During #NXNE” on The Panic Manual. We worked hard on the app, and it’s always appreciated when someone takes the time to mention our work. And we’ve become fans of The Panic Manual, which is well-written and...
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“We downloaded the App and saw our showcase posted! We’re using it to...”
– An email we had from We Were Lovers, a band playing at NXNE. They’re playing at 10:00pm on Friday, June 17th at Czehoski (678 Queen Street West). Looking forward to the show guys!
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“Part of the NXNE Music and Interactive Media Festival, AOL Canada, Spinner.ca...”
– An excerpt from ‘Digital Media Campaign Drives NXNE Festival Promotion’, an article published this morning on MediacasterMagazine.com.
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Techvibes: "Shweet partners with AOL Canada to... →
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AOL's NXNE press release featuring the myNXNE app... →
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MyNXNE gets coverage in Marketing Magazine! →
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MyNXNE in Action: Add a Show to Calendar
One of the convenient features of MyNXNE is that you can easily add a show to your iPhone calendar. Here is how:
Step 1: Pick a Show
Step 2: Click Calendar Icon (circled here in blue)
Step 3: Complete Details & Done!
MyNXNE. Get it. Try it. love it.
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“Mynxne application looks great. It’s basically an all-in-one...”
– Our thanks to W♥M (We Heart Music) for these kind words in yesterday’s post entitled “NXNE Preview”. You can read the entire piece by W♥M right here. A quick perusal of W♥M showed us that it is a high-quality and well-written site for music lovers. Check it out!
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“I just got this great App for my iPhone as I go into the home stretch of leaving...”
– A much-appreciated post from NXNE Blog. Thanks to Mike Townsend for these kind words. We hope you have a great time at NXNE, Mike—and we’ll be reading your NXNE Blog throughout the week!
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We're Shweet on Spinner! - Part 2
And winners get showcased:
Want to join the fun? Visit Spinner here.
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MyNXNE in Action: Artist Backgrounds
With MyNXNE you get information on all your favourite NXNE artists. Includes biography, photos, genres, and much more!
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Spinner.ca Gives a Shout-out to MyNXNE! →
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MyNXNE Covered by iPhoneinCanada.ca →
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Congratulations to our Shweet Lottery Winners!
We’re pleased to announce the following winners in our first ever Shweet Points event. Congrats to everyone that won, and thanks to everyone else for participating!
Our grand prize winners:
Andy Dixon Ian Yeung
Calving Wong Jennifer Simpson
And our runner-up winners, who each get a $10...
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MyNXNE Covered on AppShopper →
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MyNXNE in Action: AOL Spinner® News
Need to stay current on NXNE and the music world? The best source for music news is AOL Spinner. The reporting is unmatched, and you’ll get stories you cannot get anywhere else. We’re delighted to have Spinner’s top-flight music coverage in the new MyNXNE app. Where to get it? At the App Store of course: right here.
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MyNXNE in Action: Shweet™ Contests
Naturally Shweet’s new MyNXNE iPhone app has Shweet contests built right in. We have NXNE contests (courtesy of AOL Spinner®) and then support all Shweet contests from our site. The whole deal. Check it out!
And sharing is simple with Shweet’s usual flair:
MyNXNE: get it now. Get it at iTunes.
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WatchThe new commercial for Shweet™ and AOL’s Spinner®, featuring the new MyNXNE iPhone app for NXNE 2011. Awesome! You can also catch it on YouTube here.