Social eMotion (c) 2011 January 2012 Announcements A New Home! (In December actually) Social eMotion took up new digs in the Khan Incubator in Cary.  Our new office space offers a great collection of entrepreneurial neighbors, better customer meeting and working space and some ability to expand as we continue to grow. A New Family Member! After working as a consultant and advisor since July of 2011, Matt Karash has officially joined the Social eMotion team as Vice President, Sales and Marketing.  Matt brings 15 years of technology start-up company experience to the team.  Most recently, he was President of NBMK Encryption Technologies, Inc.  And Many More Family Members! In late January, Social eMotion acquired Savvy Dollar (www.savvydollar.org) from its founder Dan Griffin.  Savvy Dollar is a North Carolina online community of over 15,000 members focused on helping its members save money at local businesses. Savvy Dollar is a logical fit for Social eMotion, as the Savvy Dollar community is already engaged with many of the same merchants in discussion with Social eMotion.   This cross pollination between communities creates a greater opportunity for Social eMotion, the local merchants, and the local shoppers. Follow us: Merchant Login Press/Media Inquiries For press or media inquiries, please contact Robert Costello at rcostello@social-emotion.com. February 2012 Announcements Even Better miPlaces! After working hard to collect and incorporate customer feedback, our development team has added important new features to miPlaces. Most notably, users now have the ability to opt-in at a merchant level and also at a specific category level within each merchant.  The result is a more targeted and relevant communication between merchant and customer. Non-Smartphone Functionality Added! miPlaces’ full feature set is designed for smartphone users (Android and iPhone), but miPlaces now also supports non-smartphone users via SMS text message and/or email digest options. April 2012 Announcements On Display at Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Expo 12! Thank you to our many supporters who made us the leading vote-getter in the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Start-up Alley contest.  We won the chance to exhibit in Start-up Alley at the 2012 Business Expo conference at the Raleigh Convention Center on May 3, 2012.  If you will be at the conference, please stop by and say ‘hi.’  You can find a link to the April 23, 2012 Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce press release here: http://www.raleighchamber.org/media/news_releases.aspx June 2012 Announcements Trailblazer Launch Underway! Started in late May and pushing through the summer, we are launching a "Trailblazer" group of merchant customers together.  The group will be diverse across a number of business types, so we can learn as much as possible about different uses for miPlaces.  We are incredibly grateful to the "Trailblazer" group!  Thank you for partnering with us!  You can find the growing list of miPlaces merchants at http://www.miplaces.com/partners.htm. We Need Community Member "Trailblazers" Too! With the gradual addition of diverse merchants over the summer, we are adding miPlaces community members at a rapid pace.  We are working incredibly hard to improve miPlaces and are looking for community members who will help by providing feedback.  PLEASE connect with us, help us improve our product and help us build a great service for you.  There is a feedback button prominent in the app, or you can reach us at support@miplaces.com.  Non-Facebook Login Door to Open Very Soon! Our preference is still that community members use Facebook for their log in.  Some current features (i.e. ability to get 'suggested' places from Facebook friends) and a significant portion of our future plans leverage your social network to provide better recommendations on where to shop or eat.  But we recognize that not everyone has a Facebook account and also that some do not feel comfortable using Facebook to log into an app that is still new to them.  (We hope the latter will change as you get to know us.)  Starting mid-July, we will offer non-Facebook login options.  If you want a quick notification when this becomes available, please tell us at support@miplaces.com. July 2012 Announcements New team members, indirectly! Social eMotion has entered the Venture Mentoring Service at the Center for Entrepreneurial Development.  We gained two advisors who are seasoned tech start-up veterans, both with mobile experience.  Thanks to the CED for this great program that helps companies like ours grow. Preparing to flip the switch! We are now a little more than 2 months into our "Trailblazer" program with good results. We continue to learn from and with our early customers, both merchants and community members. We are preparing to start adding additional merchants at a faster pace. We challenge current community members to tell one friend about miPlaces and any non-members reading this to join miPlaces with the goal of helping a local tech company.