ROW80: Add Deal Website Launched

So begins another late check in from me, and I really can say that this week I really haven’t had the time to really do anything other than work and code on the main Add Deal website.  The website was finally launched on Friday the 18th May 2012 with the view to continue to develop the website over the coming few weeks and months.

So what else has been going on apart from coding??  Well not much else to report as yet…I have been carrying on with the blogging side of my ROW80 and in fact the Blogging side of things has really taken off.  I have been doing a lot of other different tasks including meeting the Riviera Centre to talk to them about something really new.

I am currently in the process of organising and arranging Torbay’s first official Baby and Toddler Show for 2013 and I also have plans to arrange more in the way of Baby Shows, services and products…

Anyway let’s get on with this weeks check in, as always you can find a copy of all of my initial goals in the dedicated ROW80 category, you can also find a copy of all of my check ins to date in there.

Don’t forget to sign up to my Add Deal newsletter – the only newsletter you need to keep a pace of all of the Add Deal developments.

Blogging

1. Blog at least 10 times per week: Bit of a bad week this week, only managed to complete 4 blog posts all week.  This will be expanded in the coming weeks.
2. Complete 5 guest blog posts per week: Not done
3. Comment on 5 Blog posts Not done

Business

1. Meet local businesses to see if there is any demand: This will be completed this week as I will be approaching local businesses to discover if there is demand for a system like this.
2. Launch Main Website: Completed – this goal will now be removed.
3. Have 5 new users signing up a day: Not done
4. Build Brand recognition through social media: This has continued over the past few weeks, and has been stepped up quite a bit with regards to Add Deal Babies.
5. Promote the concept of Boost Torbay: This will be carried out over the next 2 weeks once demand has been established.
6. Development of the Backend system: - This will be started this week and should be finished by the end of May/June
7. Register as Self Employed: Completed – this goal will now be removed.

Open University

Nothing new to report

Dietry/Exercise

Ok so this week the diet did take a bit of a battering… I won’t go into too much details.. and tomorrow normal order will be restored.

Other

E-mail: All e-mails are in their correct folders.

Music: Nothing New

Hobby: Nothing new

Film: Nothing new

TV: Nothing new

Over the next couple of weeks there are a lot more developments planned… I hope that I will be able to keep up with my ROW80 goals, however please do understand that Add Deal and Add Deal Babies have exploded and a lot of my time is currently being taken up managing and developing these websites.

Don’t forget to visit the new Add Deal.com website.

Also sign up to the official Add Deal Newsletter

You can also find a copy of all of my ROW80 check ins, including the initial goals, can all be found in the dedicated ROW80 category.

Add Deal.com Website Launched

After spending almost 3 months in a solid state of code we are happy to announce that the main Add Deal website has finally gone live.  The new website features a wide range of different tools with which customers and businesses can use to:

1. Discover more about Add Deal and what we’re looking to do
2. The concept of the Boost
3. Subscribe to our newsletter
4. Like us on Facebook
5. Follow us on Twitter
6. Links to our other projects including Add Deal Babies.

However, like all great websites there are areas that still need completing and these will be complete by the end of this week.  These features include:

1. Login and Registration capabilities for the Add Deal Loyalty card
2. Contact us via the online form
3. Points calculator
4. Update Help section
5. Updated legal pages.

We are looking to complete all of the above by the end of next week.  If you would like to see the finished website design come and visit our website which can be found here.

Add Deal Website – Set for Release Friday 18th May

It has been long overdue and the developers have been working extremely hard on developing and designing the new and improved website that we wanted.  However, we are now pleased to announce that the Add Deal website, that is, adddeal.com and adddeal.co.uk will go online on Friday the 18th May 2012.

The website is designed to give you an insight into the benefits, tell you about Add Deal, Introduce to you how the rewards would work and also allow you to sign up for a loyalty card.  You will also be able to order your loyalty card directly from the website, however, you will also need to register and activate the card via our online portal.

This new website is just the tip of the iceberg, as next week we will be out and about showcasing Add Deal and calling in to all local businesses to get them on board.  Our aim isn’t to sell Add Deal to you, but to get you all working on the same objective – Boosting Torbay and bringing the people back into the Town Centre.

We hope that you will be available to take a look at the website, which we will be launching between 3pm and 4pm GMT.

For more about Add Deal and its initiatives please visit our official Facebook page at:www.facebook.com/adddeal

Add Deal Babies – The Torbay Baby and Toddler Show 2013

Add Deal Babies has been online for around 3 weeks so far and has seen some great traffic flow and we’re also starting to busy up with overall registrants on the website.  However, we want to do so much more than this, Add Deal Babies has, over the past few weeks been e-mailing and securing advertising space for its website in order to get the word out there about Add Deal Babies.

However, this is still just not enough for us, we want to go one step further and setup and run our very own Baby and Toddler show right here in the Torbay area.  Of course we would love to say to all of you that the first show will be running this year, however with the amount of time and resources needed  we are going to have to arrange this event for the Summer of next year.

We are currently aiming to book a venue for Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of July 2013 with the view to make this event such a success that we run the event again in 2014.

The Aim

The aim of the show would be to make Torbay the central place where people come for local baby and toddler help, advice and of course retailers.  One of our major aims is to give businesses the opportunity to showcase their business, or products through our shows and give them the chance to pitch to their target market right from the word go.

We’re not about stuffy suits and ties, we believe that business can be done in a fun and free manner.  The Torbay Baby and Toddler Show will feature a wide range of local retailers from around the Torbay, Exeter and Plymouth areas, industry professionals, midwives, photographer and lots, lots more.

Something for the Kids

Of course the event wouldn’t be complete without something for the children, so we’re going to be looking at a wide range of different activities that they can do on the day, leaving mum and dad to go shopping around the stalls.  Some of the activities we hope to include will be bouncy castles, face painting and lots of games and prizes.

Exhibitors 

Initially if you would like to find out more information about the Torbay Baby and Toddler Show in the Summer 2013, or if you want to become a sponsor all you need to do is e-mail the organisers of the show on… babies@adddeal.com

Website 

We are currently planning a new website to be designed and built by local web developers, Let us Manage That.  The new website can be found here: www.torbaybabyshow.co.uk

Add Deal Babies – Twitter Challenge

We have recently been focusing a lot of our efforts on increasing our social media activities.. the aim is to increase the number of followers so that we can promote our website to more and more people and businesses.

Today, 15/05/2012, has seen our Twitter follower account go from a modest 150 to over 200 followers.

Our first set of followers includes small to medium sized businesses, large size organisations and of course everyday people looking for that special website.  With this goal now reached we are now looking at setting a new goal for our twitter followers and we think we have just that special something.

We’ve come up with 2 very unique prizes up for grabs:

At 500 Followers 

If you are our 500th follower we will provide you with a FREE blog post directly onto our blog which is promoted via our Facebook and Twitter feeds and receives over 500 visitorsa month, we will also promote this again a week later. We will also mention you on Twitter with a special dedicated shout out.

So to summarise:

• Be our 500th follower
• Get a FREE blog post on the Add Deal Babies blog
• FREE advertising via our Facebook and Twitter profiles
• FREE promotion a week later

At 1,000 Followers 

If you become our 1000th follower we will provide that company or person with all of the perks from the above plus.  A second blog post about one of your products or services, advertising via our Add Deal Babies website, which receives a further 1,000 clicks per month.

So to summarise:

• Be our 1,000th follower
• Get a FREE blog post about your business on the Add Deal Babies Blog
• Get a FREE blog post about one of your business products
• FREE Advertising via our Facebook and Twitter Profiles
• FREE Promotion of your business and products for 2 weeks there after
• FREE Advertising via our Add Deal Babies website

We’re all about rewarding our Twitter followers for following us… we’ll let you decide which one you want to be.

So come and follow us over on our Twitter profile and get yourself a FREE set of prizes.

ROW80 – A Late Check In

Wow!!! Well where have I been hiding??  Have I been busy working on the Add Deal projects??  Perhaps I’ve been busy working on a new project altogether??  Nope none of those, in fact this week I haven’t spent a lot of time at home or indeed behind the desk, instead I have been out and about and all over the place this week.

Monday as we all know was bank holiday, Tuesday I was in Newton Abott having an interview for a testing job, Wednesday and Thursday I was at home, however I was very busy applying for jobs and also making amendments to the Add Deal Babies social network.

Friday saw myself in Totnes attending another interview… so overall these past couple of days have been extremely busy and it’s not about to get much quieter either.

So let’s take a look at some of or if any of the progress that I have made on my goals this week.

Don’t forget you can always find a copy of our initial goals inside our dedicated ROW80 category.

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Blogging

1. Blog at least 10 times per week: Not done at all this week and I’d say the maximum number of posts that have been completed would be no more than 2 or even 3.
2. Complete 5 guest blog posts per week: Not done
3. Update Pages: All pages are currently up to date so this goal will be removed as of this week.
4. Comment on 5 Blog posts: Not done.

Business

1. Meet local businesses to see if there is any demand: This week will be the main week with which to begin delivering the leaflets to local businesses throughout the bay.  This will be done this week.
2. Launch Main Website: Website is currently around 2 or 3 days away from launch and will be online very shortly.
3. Have 5 new users signing up a day: Nothing new to report here
4. Build Brand Recognition through Social Media: This I have continued with throughout this week.. however not as much as I would have done had I not been out and about.  - More developments due soon.
5. Promote the concept of Boost Torbay: This will be done a lot more over the coming week and there are some interesting developments in the pipeline for this.
6. Development of backend control panel: This will be complete once the Add Deal Website is online.
7. Register as Self Employed: This is planned for the end of May 2012 as there are a lot of new and exciting developments planned for the future of Add Deal.

Open University

Nothing new to report here – I am currently waiting to hear back from the Open University relating to my application for funding.

Dietry/Exercise

This week has seen the diet take an interesting turn for the better… brown bread has been added to the diet and this week will see a bit more development in this area with the adaptation of muesli…

Let’s see how I get on.

Other

E-Mail: Inbox has remained in quite a tidy state so this is one goal that I have been able to keep in top of.

Music: Nothing new here

Hobby: or here

Films: nothing new here

TV Series: or here

This about rounds up my week.  It has been very busy and hence why not a lot of goals have been completed.  I hope that this week will be as equally busy however with a more project focused approach.

Don’t forget that you can always find out about our progress in the dedicated ROW80 category.  You can also find a copy of our initial goals in this category as well.

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