In the past year, our message traffic has tripled thanks to everyone using tXtBlaster!  I’d like to thank the FIJIs (Phi Gamma Delta) at the University of California, San Diego for being our #1 group sending messages this month!  GO UCSD FIJIs! w00t!

Below are some pictures of the FIJIs helping us spread the word on their college campus. Thanks Guys, You’re Awesome!

We plan to sponsor other college groups in January & February 2009.  If you’re interested, contact Ashley at ashley@txtblaster.com.  Spots are filling quickly!

Already using tXtBlaster and want to earn some extra cash?? tXtBlaster is currently rewarding college students who spread the word to other college students.  Want to learn more? Email Ashley at ashley@txtblaster.com.

Look forward to hearing from you!

The tXtBlaster team has created a new logo and website design slated to launch before Thanksgiving.  We’ve provided below a few images of what the new design will look like.  Not only is the design simple and easier to use, but it’s better looking, too!

The new front page design makes it easier for existing tXtBlaster members to log in to their accounts and does a better job of explaining tXtBlaster to new visitors or members who are visiting the website for the first time.

tXtBlaster's New Front Page

 Managing and sending messages to groups is easier than ever before!

Home Page/Groups Page: groups are better organized and easier to manage. Administrators are able to view all their groups and general information at once. Groups expand so Admins can manage and send messages to their group.

 We’ll keep you updated on the status of the new website design launch and keep you in the loop in regards to new features, etc. 

tXtBlaster’s messaging and site traffic have dramatically increased during the past three months, and we’ve had to make a few accomodations and improvements to our website and our messaging system to handle this increase.  

Since our current users are using the current tXtBlaster website so frequently, we’ve decided to put a hold on the launch of our new site design for another week or two.  This will allow for us to spend extra time on stabilizing our current messaging system and website application, as well as to add a couple new features.

Make sure to check out tomorrow’s Blog posting for an opportunity to see our new site design and logo!

Cheers!

We originally planned to deploy our new site last week, but due to a few bugs and loose ends, we’ve held back the deployment.  It looks like the site will be ready to go by the end of the week. 

We’re playing around with the idea of allowing users to use both versions of the site, instead of forcing everyone to use the new one right away.  This would let users to go back and forth between the new and old designs (like Facebook did when they first deployed their new design), allowing you to give feedback.   Let me know what you think!

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For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here’s our very own Ashley Paula being interviewed by Allen Stern from CenterNetworks. Ashley has poured a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into tXtBlaster, but for many of you this will be the first time you see her face.

If you pay attention, you’ll get a sneak peek of the new site design that is going to be launched very shortly. Many thanks go out to Allen for including us in his startup interview circuit while he was here in San Francisco. You can check out CenterNetworks to read about other startups and goings-on in the tech industry (I’ve been reading for about a year and his team is top notch).