This is an unique opportunity to be a part of.... no, to make Internet history. Where may social networks are owned by big corporations that often ignore the wishes of its members, Friendburst wants to give its members the steering wheel to set the direction of Friendburst growth.
Friendburst is truly the independent of Social Networks and we wish to keep it that way.
We have seen trends lately there are very disturbing with website shutting down, members losing their guestbooks, and most recently news of mixpod closing. Will places like veopod or mixpod alternatives be next? That is why we are working on creating those services here.
Another disturbing turn of events is MySpace will be removing html from profiles in February. Where will it end?
So how can we give our members the services they all want? We are going to allow up to 1000 members be a part of the Friendburst Circle of Life. Membership will be for life, and the cost will $1000.
This will give members an opportunity to show everyone what a real social network is all about.
1) Lifetime recognition on a special page of supporters. This will include custom made badges.
2) Lifetime membership status as long as your profile does not get deleted. You may move the membership to a different profile.
3) 20,000 monthly Friendburst gift credits for one account to be used only at http://www.friendburst.com/gift/. Eventually we may have special Friendburst game credits for premium games, those game credits would not be included. Friendburst credits have no monetary value and are only used within the friendburst gift shop.
4) Special badge.
5) 5,000 mb of disk space for upload pictures and videos.
6) Exlusive Circle of Life group where you will receive the lastest news on new projects, opportunities to help test new features and a lot more special perks.
7) At any Friendburst events you participate in you will receive VIP registration and setting.
** Disclaimer - a member in the circle of life violating any TOS will lose their membership and its benefits.
So you may be asking, what will funds be used for. I will try not to get too technical:
1) Even better customer service. Would it not be nice to have a real helpdesk or a live person you can chat to when you have problems? Or if you have a technical question someone that can point you into the right direction? Once we reach 100 COL members we will start hiring people that can help on more of a full time basis.
2) Server growth. It is not just about how many pictures, videos, comments are on the server, but how many people are using it (bandwidth). We will move to a multi-server configuration that will give us the flexibility for a million members or more. Plus we will invest in a content delivery network, so that pictures or videos stored on Friendburst will come from a secure server closer to where you live, speeding up the delivery of content dramatically.
3) Features. members love what we have here, that is why we are not going to change, but add to our features. We will have mobile apps that will allow you to do neat things such as take pictures from your cell and share here, or other places.
4) Our music module will be dramatically improved for our musicians. It is great already but will only get better. If I said more I would have people seriously trying to copy us. We are also looking at video playlists -- opps I should not have let that sneak out lol...
5) Even more features such as a true guest book you can use on Friendburst or embed on other sites. Improved Dashboard, blogs improvement for pre-made profiles so that you don't have to enter your CSS for each blog you create.
Basically, friendburst will be sharing on 'fire'. And by getting just 1000 people to commit to $1000 for a lifetime membership you can be a part of history.
How do you become a Circle of Life Member? Contact me Personally to make arrangements, or use the payment method below.
Friendburst is truly the independent of Social Networks and we wish to keep it that way.
We have seen trends lately there are very disturbing with website shutting down, members losing their guestbooks, and most recently news of mixpod closing. Will places like veopod or mixpod alternatives be next? That is why we are working on creating those services here.
Another disturbing turn of events is MySpace will be removing html from profiles in February. Where will it end?
So how can we give our members the services they all want? We are going to allow up to 1000 members be a part of the Friendburst Circle of Life. Membership will be for life, and the cost will $1000.
This will give members an opportunity to show everyone what a real social network is all about.
1) Lifetime recognition on a special page of supporters. This will include custom made badges.
2) Lifetime membership status as long as your profile does not get deleted. You may move the membership to a different profile.
3) 20,000 monthly Friendburst gift credits for one account to be used only at http://www.friendburst.com/gift/. Eventually we may have special Friendburst game credits for premium games, those game credits would not be included. Friendburst credits have no monetary value and are only used within the friendburst gift shop.
4) Special badge.
5) 5,000 mb of disk space for upload pictures and videos.
6) Exlusive Circle of Life group where you will receive the lastest news on new projects, opportunities to help test new features and a lot more special perks.
7) At any Friendburst events you participate in you will receive VIP registration and setting.
** Disclaimer - a member in the circle of life violating any TOS will lose their membership and its benefits.
So you may be asking, what will funds be used for. I will try not to get too technical:
1) Even better customer service. Would it not be nice to have a real helpdesk or a live person you can chat to when you have problems? Or if you have a technical question someone that can point you into the right direction? Once we reach 100 COL members we will start hiring people that can help on more of a full time basis.
2) Server growth. It is not just about how many pictures, videos, comments are on the server, but how many people are using it (bandwidth). We will move to a multi-server configuration that will give us the flexibility for a million members or more. Plus we will invest in a content delivery network, so that pictures or videos stored on Friendburst will come from a secure server closer to where you live, speeding up the delivery of content dramatically.
3) Features. members love what we have here, that is why we are not going to change, but add to our features. We will have mobile apps that will allow you to do neat things such as take pictures from your cell and share here, or other places.
4) Our music module will be dramatically improved for our musicians. It is great already but will only get better. If I said more I would have people seriously trying to copy us. We are also looking at video playlists -- opps I should not have let that sneak out lol...
5) Even more features such as a true guest book you can use on Friendburst or embed on other sites. Improved Dashboard, blogs improvement for pre-made profiles so that you don't have to enter your CSS for each blog you create.
Basically, friendburst will be sharing on 'fire'. And by getting just 1000 people to commit to $1000 for a lifetime membership you can be a part of history.
How do you become a Circle of Life Member? Contact me Personally to make arrangements, or use the payment method below.