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Update 12/19 December 20, 2011

You can read and discuss this CL Update in the corresponding Forum Thread:
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HEAD OF COMMUNITY: My email to Quirky (Gaz, Ben, CAs) on 12/12:
“Head of Community: What is the update on the search?  The position is not listed on the jobs page.” No answer yet.
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SOCIAL SALES LINKS FOR PRODUCTS: are now back! Check out the link icon Share button on each product page, use it, and earn 10%.  Thanks, Nathan!
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PRESALES SYSTEM (From Quirky’s Nathan, GS thread, 12/16):
“Sorry if we have not been clear about this. We will still offer users the chance to earn influence on new products by buying them. This includes products that were not a part of the old presale system. The only change here is that we are not setting a threshold, and for new products, presale influence will be available for all users that have participated in the product in some way.”
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BLACK FRIDAY UPDATE (From Rob L to me, email 12/16):
“The recap has unfairly been pushed back as new, time sensitive things have come up. At this point anything less than a full recap will be an extreme disappointment to the community, so I won’t be adding it to the CL report. I have a few things I need to take care of after Eval today, but I will not leave this office until the recap is posted tonight. Feel free to quote me in your CL report if you like.” Further details and discussion in this forum thread.
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ARCHIVING the GS topic about Shop copy (eg. WTF, Because you don’t really care):
From Chris: “However, with the shop copy topic as an example, the discussion certainly could have continued, but we didn’t believe that it was going to be resourceful topic for community members going forward.  This kind of discussion is definitely encouraged in the forums, but we want to keep GS as a resource for people looking for answers.”
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My reply (12/18): “You see, I still don’t get the logic.  The shop copy is still up, so more members could try posting in or searching GS about it.  The discussion, and Quirky’s decision to keep the copy as is, are all still relevant.  So why bury it now?
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I need to discuss this with the person who made the call.  I will try to see it from his side.”
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UPDATING THE FAQ AND LEARN SECTIONS: (From Quirky’s Andy, email, 12/7):
“Ruthea, the newest addition to the Community team, is working on revamping the FAQs. We’re working on rolling these out asap to eliminate any confusion that may be arising. As with everything, there’s a pipeline in place but this is definitely in it.”
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PRODUCT STATS: (From Nathan, email, 12/7):
“We will be showing units to date again on our next update. The change is made, and is just waiting to be pushed.
We are still working on a new product history page that will house more detailed info.”
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Update 12/7/11 December 7, 2011

Product Updates:
Upcoming: Lift
Into Production: Mercado

Earn Influence:
Research: Herb Stripper, Slim Toaster, Collapsible Bike Helmet
CMF: Layered Boot Rack
Product Naming: Layered Boot Rack
Product Tagline: Layered Boot Rack, Broom Stopper
Pricing Game: Assist and Stem

Tweets:
Last night (12/5) we paid out approximately $30k to influencers in our community. How’s that for a holiday bonus?! (Quirky Tweet)

Time into Under Consideration slowing down:
From Quirky: “What we will do starting by Monday (12/12) is make it impossible for ideas that have been up for less than 48 hours to be placed under consideration.” (Source: forum thread)

Tether 2? There is forum debate (thread) about whether Gregg H’s recent winning submission should be a line extension.  Quirky states, for now: “If this product really does become a Tether 2, we’ll award influence justly. If it becomes something entirely different, we’ll proceed as usual.” (Soure: GS)

Mugstirs: Want to win a set? Check out this forum thread.

Black Friday Update:  Email on 12/7 – “Participant list was handed off to tech last night and gift cards will be emailed out today. Blog will be up before EOD on Friday.”

Pricing Game update: get influence on 2 products a week.  Read this blog post.

Teams: Quirky is hard at work researching and discussing the rules and implications around having an individual account, being on a winning team, etc.

Updating Website Content: (in the FAQs and Learn Section) is in the process of being updated ASAP.

Update 12/2/11 December 3, 2011

Product Updates: Stem is now upcoming.

Earn Influence: Those added since the last update (10/30) include:
Concept Phase: Grilling Cookware, Measuring Knife, Modular Ear Buds, Broom Stopper, Auto-Stirring Microwave Bowl
Refine phase: Grilling Cookware, College Lock Box
CMF: Auto-Stirring Microwave Bowl
Product Naming: Broom Stopper, Auto-Stirring Microwave Bowl
Tagline: Broom Stopper, Auto-Stirring Microwave Bowl

News: Pricing Game will be tweaked Tuesday 12/6. Important: Everyone who has answered at least one pricing question for a given product by next Tuesday at 12pm EST will earn influence for that product when the product launches.  Read the blog post here.

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Community Liaison Report #10

Community Liaison Updates: Do you know what you can conveniently have delivered to your email inbox several times a week? A digest summary of the most important and current Quirky related news, like this one (the same content will also be posted as forum threads). Visit the new Qmunity Blog to check it out and subscribe to the email updates.

Production Updates:The Production Status Updates wikithread has now been posted (and is currently a work in progress) to provide you with all the updates of products in production (but not design). Meanwhile, the Invention Ambassadors started this forum thread seeking our ideas and questions about production development details we may want to know.

Social Selling: Want to really make mad money? Earn 10% of any product you sell online by using your referral link (yes, that means you get about $8 if you sell ONE Space Bar that ships). The next couple of weeks are prime for holiday shopping. Learn more about social selling and some tricks in the new wikithread: Social Selling.

Presales Report: has been retired. Thank you, Thundernumbers, for all that work. It was helpful to the community, and a brilliant way to social sell and make good money for your efforts.

Bandits: These are handy little buggers. Post photos of how you use them in this new blog, HowIBandit.com, started by Quirky’s Rob L.

The Black Friday Contest: is over. Micheal Taylor won! More details to follow next week, but some info and discussion can be found in this forum thread.

Ending Soon: Did you see, we can now perform an Oldest sort for the submissions! Perhaps Quirky listened to all of you that voted for this idea in the GS thread. Well done for speaking up, and thanks to Quirky for programming it in.

To discuss this report further, please do so in the corresponding Forum Thread.

If you have any comments or questions not better suited for the thread above, please email me at matt@quirky.com.

Update 11/30/11 December 1, 2011

Product Updates:
Totem into production.
Duo  and Groove upcoming.
Converge will cost $40, not $60, according to this blog post.

News:
Pricing Game replaces Presales System.  Watch the video here.   Discuss here.
New changes to the Terms and Conditions here.
Like Quirky on Facebook and get $5 credit (Quirky tweet)
Cyber Monday: Single day sales bigger than 25 pct of last years revenue. (Ben’s Tweet)

Forum:
Production Status Updates wikithread has been added here.
TeamLab won this week, and there is discussion about teams at Quirky.
Quirky is looking to hire a new Head of Community. Discuss your thoughts here.

Get Satisfaction (Click on the +1 to vote):
Oldest sort is now being considered, but continue to vote for it here.
Upset that product sales and influence payout data is now missing?  Say so here.
Upset that we can’t easily find the links to the blog and forum? Go here.
Interested in an Influence to do list?

Earn Influence
Research survey for Kitchen Tongs  and Slim Toaster.
Concept Phase for Kitchen Tongs.

Discuss and comment on this Update in this forum thread.

First post September 5, 2011

This the actual blog page.  Posts will be here, and there will never be more than one post a day.