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| 38 MILLION USERS, 180,000 COMMUNITIES, AND GROWING... |
| SEPTEMBER 2008 |
| September brings exciting news at Conduit! |
| We promised that September is going to be full of exciting announcements and we delivered! This edition of the ConduiTimes will bring you all up to speed with all the latest activities we have been working on here at Conduit. But that's not all - make sure you stay tuned as we'll have more great news and new features down your way soon! |
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| New looks, new content |
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In case you haven't had a chance to check out our new website, it's time for you to visit conduit.com and experience the new design and content! Our new site is not only easier on the eyes but it also has new materials for you to read and videos that you can watch and share with your friends, colleagues and toolbar subscribers.
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Here are a few new site features and sections that we recommend to check out:
- Homepage tabs - our new navigation tabs include important facts about your community toolbar features and your benefits as a publisher.
- Featured Publisher - includes quick facts and testimonials from some of our publishers. Want to have your own brand and quote there? Contact us and we'll feature your name there as well.
- Video - a quick intro to the Conduit concept and the first of many new videos that will explain and demo new features and capabilities.
- Case studies - we added 3 new case studies that demonstrate different benefits for publishers of different sizes: from advanced API integration to real-time communications and new revenue streams. It's all there.
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| 3 new users every second - see it now on ConduitLive! |
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Somewhere in the world, a new user is installing a Conduit powered community toolbar right now! In fact, there are 3 new users in the Conduit network and thousands of exciting activities going on at any given second of the day.
You can see the activity in the Conduit network of 180,000 publishers and 38,000,000 users as it happens in real-time by watching our new ConduitLive application. Check it out now and you may find your own toolbar there, used by someone, somewhere in the world in places you would have never imagined.
Tips and tricks - to zoom in and out just click the A and Z buttons on your keyboard.
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| Trusted and certified |
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As you all know, creating your community toolbar with Conduit ensures that your users will have a safe and secure experience. Now, you also have a shiny new seal that proves that to your subscribers.
We are proud to announce that Conduit community toolbars are now included on the only industry recognized safe-software white list authored by TRUSTe. The Conduit platform was evaluated during the last few months and passed TRUSTe's rigorous testing to make sure that best practices are used at Conduit's site and on Conduit powered community toolbars.
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As part of the certification, publishers of community toolbars are now provided with a new "Trusted Download" certification seal that will be embedded on their hosted download page, as well as on other pages and properties that are offered along with their community toolbar.
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You can read more about our latest certification here. And remember, we are here to help you promote your toolbar and ensure your users that best security practices are kept. We hope that the new certification seal will help you better communicate important issues like transparency, security and safety to your users.
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| Dynamic banners in your own language! |
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Whether it's English, Spanish, Russian, German, French, or even Hebrew - you can now offer your own dynamic and custom banners in the language that your users prefer.
Conduit provides you with a set of cool banners to help you offer your users an easy, one-click install of your community toolbar. Now, with our new banner localization options, you can chose from six different languages and make sure your users get exactly what they want.
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To promote your toolbar using one of our dynamic banners, simply login to your account and visit the Banners tab in your toolbar Control Panel. You can then choose your preferred language and pick your favorite banner from the many options in our library. Posting your new banner to your site, blog or even your MySpace or Facebook profile is easy - just copy and paste the HTML code on your page and your new banner will show immediately!
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| Last call to win $1000 in our YouTube contest! |
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Last month, we announced our first YouTube video contest, whereby the publisher with the best video will win up to $1000 in cash, and videos that get the most views will win up to $500.
You still have a chance to win: the contest deadline is October 10th so hurry up and upload your video. It only takes a few minutes to create and you could win up to $1000!
More details can be found here.
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We look forward to hearing your feedback about our new website and other exciting news. Don't hesitate to contact us with ideas and suggestions and as always, we look forward to hearing from you in the Conduit Community Forum.
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| The Conduit team |
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