An Urbantastic Update

Once again, I thought you might enjoy catching up with Urbantastic’s activities. The last time I gave an update was February 26th. An incredible amount has changed since then.

Here are some statistical updates:

• The site has been live for 116 days.
• Over 100 people have joined.
• Over 500 people are following us on Twitter.
• Heath and I have been working together for nine months.
• Site traffic has tripled since the last update.

Back on February 26th, once a person signed up there wasn’t much to do aside from read the news or join an Org’s Posse. Today it’s a completely different world. The news now has a comment feature, and Orgs are now asking questions, posting tasks, and rewarding people for great work. Nine organizations are offering a wide variety of ways to get involved right now. Check it out!

We’ve also been featured by a number of bloggers from Miss 604, to UQ Events, Techvibes, Notes for Non-Profits, and Jessica of YumoRama. This has been a fantastic experience and I appreciate every ounce of support we’ve received.

Not only have we been connecting with bloggers, but we’ve met with:

• Marc at Amuse Consulting
• Emily at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House
• Lauryn at Volunteer BC
• Grace & Ryan at Invoke Media
• Michelle at Take a Hike

And more!

Our goal over the next 60 days we’ll be to continue building our hyper-local audience through social media and also perhaps the traditional media (fingers crossed). Heath will continue to pound away on the keys to create an even better site, and I will be preparing a seminar on communication, micro-volunteering & Gen Y in the late Summer. We’re also planning a special surprise…

As before, until the next update I’ll leave you with this quote:

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. - Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist & Philanthropist.

Benjamin