Where are all of the Teens going?
Facebook use by high school and college users dropped 16.5 percent and 21.7 percent, respectively.
“There have been rumors that these younger user groups are being alienated by their parents joining the service, and this data seems to prove it,” iStrategyLabs CEO Peter Corbett wrote in this statement
Facebook has experienced a “staggering increase,” in users—513.7 percent—aged 55 and older in the last six months.
iStrategyLabs, which culled demographics and statistics from Facebook’s social ads platform, found that fewer than 1 million users aged 55 and older used Facebook in January 2009. Conversely, more than 5.8 million Facebook users fell in the 55+ age range as of July 4.
So it seems as Facebook becomes more popular their base may end up leaving to find the new cool thing. At Qittle we believe a balanced Social Networking presence is important but don’t be fooled this is a very hot and cold space. So use them all through our Social Networking updating tool to build your Mobile Data Base, because we’ll always have a Cell Phone but we may not always be Facebookers.
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Power Outages, just another reason to go Mobile
So you are in the middle of a major project and just like that the power goes off. That is no fun. How do you stay connected during a power outage. Well hopefully your smart phone is fully charged and you are good to go.
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO LAUNCHES NATIONAL You Need a Vacation … a SNOWMASS Vacation Contest
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO LAUNCHES NATIONAL
You Need a Vacation … a SNOWMASS Vacation Contest
Contestants vie for a Snowmass vacation for two including airfare, 4 nights lodging, an adventure activity & spending money
SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO, July 6, 2009 – Just how badly do people need a vacation these days and can it be explained in a minute or less? Snowmass, a popular mountain ski resort town in Colorado, is about to find out through its’ You Need a Vacation, a SNOWMASS Vacation! YouTube video contest. Contestants are asked to post a video on YouTube explaining, demonstrating or using any other creative means to show just how badly they need a summer vacation in Snowmass.
Why a summer vacation in a ski resort? Snowmass is well-known for world-class skiing, snowboarding and other winter adventures, yet there’s much more to this mountain town than just ripping up the slopes. Snowmass offers massive summer events and activities including 40 miles of scenic mountain trails for hiking and biking, whitewater rafting, horseback riding, gold medal fly fishing, jeeping tours, food and wine festivals, free concerts and more. Snowmass is nestled in the heart of the Elk Mountains surrounded by seven of Colorado’s famous “14er’s,” just 9 miles from Aspen.
Those wanting to share why they deserve a Snowmass vacation – i.e., did they work too hard this year, does it suck to be them? – go to http://www.youtube.com/youneedavacationsv and submit a video of 10 seconds to one minute in length. All videos must be received between July 3 and August 31, 2009. The YouTube videos will be judged through a text messaging voting system. Visitors to the site can cast a vote by texting the number associated with their favorite video to a short code (one vote per mobile phone number). Votes will be tallied after August 3, and the winner of a Snowmass 2010 summer vacation will be announced on September 18.
“We’re anxious to see the contestant’s creativity,” said Susan Hamley, Director, Snowmass Tourism. “We wanted to make this fun, and in this day in age with so many involved in the social media scene, YouTube will make it easy for them to enter to win a fabulous retreat to the mountains.”
To participate in the contest or vote on the videos visit http://www.youtube.com/youneedavacationsv For information on summer activities and incredible lodging deals in Snowmass visit www.snowmassvillage.com or call 1-800-SNOWMASS.
Social Networking Birthday Wishes
Social Networking has created a whole new way of telling people happy birthday. Last week was my birthday and it was amazing how many folks left a comment on my profile wishing me a happy birthday, thanks!!
Cards? Nope this is so much easier to tell your friends and family happy birthday online. The more folks go digital this will become more and more the norm.
Mobile Generation Demo Graphics
Check out these stats,
40 million plus U.S. mobile smart phone users.
By 2013 100% penetration of the U.S. cell phone market.
22,400,000 the number of people who accessed news and information daily on their mobile phones in Jan 2009 (up from 10.8 million a year ago)
42% of teens say they could text message blindfolded.
79% of teens have a mobile device
From Deliver Magazine July edition
The Jerry Bovino Show – Aspen Young Professionals
The Jerry Bovino Show – ‘Aspen Young Professionals’ with Chris Kelly evoJets, Casey McConnell Qittle and Kristin Dittmar design.
Click here to watch Aspen Young Professionals
evoJets is pioneering a new kind of private travel, one that maximizes value by empowering individuals with the information and options necessary to make savvy, sensible travel choices.
At the end of 2008, I was given the opportunity to launch Kristin Dittmar Design. We are based in idyllic Aspen, Colorado, and specialize in many different aspects of building and creating a home, or space. From construction detailing to furniture layouts, Kristin Dittmar Design provides an opportunity to specialize and tailor your project to exceed the highest expectations.
Qittle is featured today in Icontact’s Email Newsletter
Icontact who provides email marketing to 50,000 plus clients is our partner
and their software is integrated into our software that way we can provide
email solutions to our clients.
IContact featured us in their email newsletter to their client base this
morning. How exciting.Text Message Voting
Snowmass Village Chili and Brew Fest Chili text message voting
We recently helped Snowmass Village with this year’s Chili and Brew Fest do text message voting for the winning Chili. It went over very well and it was a lot of fun to have real time results.
Qittle Software Upgrade now includes SMS, Email and Social Networking
 The months of May & June have been a very busy time here at Qittle. Our development team and customer support team have been working very hard to make the switch to our new Qittle 1.0 software. First off let me take a moment to say thank you for working with us during this transition as I know it has not been with out hiccups. We would love to hear from you about how we can continue to improve our software and make your experience as easy as possible.
Our new software includes the ability to manage your SMS, Email and Social Networking campaigns all from your Qittle account. Feel free to give us a call and let us walk you through the new software. We have heard a lot of feedback that it is much easier to use. We appreciate your business and look forward to helping you accomplish your goals through SMS, Email and Social Networking.
Thanks
Casey McConnell
 CEO of Qittle
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Qittle features
SMS
Email
Social Networking
SMS – Send Text messages to unlimited contacts or groups right from our web based software. Manage your contacts, set up specific groups and schedule messages. Reporting so you can see who got your message. Set up an auto reply to a text message that way consumers can get a special offer or coupon right on their mobile phone. Check out the City of Aspen’s campaign for Ride The Rockies.  Email - We’ve partnered with one of the Industries leading email providers, Icontact. Now you can manage your existing Icontact account in your Qittle account or you can set up an email account. The benefits, now you can manage all of your communications from one location. All of your contacts will be in one location and your sign up forms on your website will push all of the data back to your Qittle account. We think you’re really going to like this. You’ll find the pricing is very competitive and is easy to use with full reporting so you can see who opened your emails and clicked on links. Give us a call if you have questions.
 Social Networking - There are literally hundreds of social networking and social media sites on the internet today. As you can imagine, certain sites are more popular in some parts of the globe than others. That’s why you Qittle! We have a simple tool that can update 30 of the most popular Social Networking sites out there right from your Qittle account. It makes Social Networking easy to manage. There is a 1 time set up fee to connect your accounts then this service is included with your account.
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“We have been thrilled with the immediate success and response to this new marketing strategy. We are able to reach our customers when they are thinking about food and getting hungry. Our redemption rate in the first month has been around 14-15% whereas our print coupon marketing yields a 1-2% redemption rate,” said Josh Martino, Vice President of Operations and Legal Counsel for Bono’s , of Qittle’s SMS services. http://bonosbarbq.com/
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