Community Liaison Report #9

Product Updates: Shipping/On Sale: Verseur, Converge; Now in Production: Steeper Keeper, Hydroduo; Now for Presale: Pod Power, Toob, Catch

Community Liaison Updates (Beta): Because information moves fast at Quirky, and via many channels, you can now subscribe to email updates (sent every couple of days).  You will get a digest of the highlights from the Forums, Twitter, Get Satisfaction, etc.  (Note: there will still be a weekly Community Liaison Report posted in the Forum and on the Blog).  Start signing up here.

Community Service: Four new reps hired, the search for Head of Community Kicking off, and Shirley is no longer with Quirky.  Read more and discuss in this forum thread.

Oldest Sort: Folks have been recently requesting this feature again.  To vote for Quirky adding that tab, go to this GS Thread: Add an Oldest Sort.  Meanwhile, click here to actually see the oldest sort.

Comp Shop: read the Blog Post and join the discussion in this forum thread.  Quirky continues to monitor this thread for ideas, but they state that the comp shop seems to be good enough for now, as is.

Voting Influence: Remember, you can get influence for a winning idea even if you didn’t vote for it. How? By voting for any idea that makes it into UC (Under Consideration) during that round.  And be quick: an idea can go into UC at any time after it is submitted, even minutes (Quirky only needs the community to bubble up ideas if they don’t catch them first).  Once in UC, an idea can no longer be voted for.  Like the “Most Active” formula, the way the amount of voting influence is determined remains a secret.

The Top 11 Influencers: This blog post has been updated (for accuracy), and demonstrates how much money can be made by community members simply by influencing Quirky products (without inventing any). However, be aware that #1 Paul Lee got the majority of his money by purchasing Cloaks in Presale (prior to the 25 unit maximum restriction).

Black Friday Contest: read about it in the blog post, and discuss it in the forum thread. This is likely partly the brainchild of the new marketing person, Bret.

Wikithreads:
Production Statuses: is in draft form, and will be posted shortly.
What to do before you submit an idea
What happens after you submit an idea
How to promote your submission
Invention Ambassadors
Not getting the credit/influence we think we deserve, and stolen ideas

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@quirkyinc.com (but please don’t use the Quirky messenger).