AustinLifestyles.com
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Blog | Cafe | twitter | future site | ning | social networks Austin Lifestyles is changing! This website is in transition and we've formed a "Board of Advisors" (so far 3 members @moomoney , Eric Rice @spin on twitter) and Stan Ginsel who worked on the production of "Friday Night Lights" and we'll be rolling out a new iteration within the next 60 days. We already have an alpha site that's well underway, you can visit it now. Austinlifestyles.com will provide not just a cool domain name, but a fluid, highly navigable social media and social networking community. It will be a compelling site that will be not just be "sticky" but it will be so seductive the users will not want to leave it. It will be a totally immersive experience, and be the obvious hub for interacting socially with other like minded Austinites. In addition to viewing show segments and locating participants in the show, you’ll be able to gain additional information on local entertainment, community events and issues, shopping, dining and real Estate. It will incorporate a directory of Austin resources, with user reviews and the ability of the users to add their own links. On the users profile page, there will be embedded tweetstreams from twitter and content pulled from their various social networks and social bookmarking services (eg. del.icio.us). Live Videos provided by Ustream.TVHighlights: Directory: The existing directory on http://austinlifestyles.com will be transformed in to a user driven directory where the users can add entries, post videos files and comments/reviews.etc and we'll keep all the categories that we now have. It wil be database driven. Entertainment/Music: In addition to locating venues profiled in the show, users can play what they want, when they want from their favorite Austin artists. They will be able to create playlists. Dining: Users will be able to choose and store their favorite restaurants and also create a preference profile that we'll use to make suggestions to them. They will also be able to find friends in their network with similar dining preferences. Shopping: We’ll have the option to add a full-on shopping cart and sell products on the site. Retailers will be profiled on their own pages and they can be added to a users preferences. A user will be able to build up a set of shopping preferences. For example, a someone can store Frys, Best Buy, the Apple Store, etc. etc. on his shopping page and read customer reviews and find friends with similar shopping interests. Real Estate: New homes will be searched via a powerful home search tool we have already developed, you won't need to develop this but it will need to be integrated. We will also offer used home search tools as well. Community: Community issues discussed on the show will be highlighted and explored via the social networking tools included as part of the site. Community networking additions include: People: They will add friends so easily they won't want to stop, they will even be able to graphically say what kinds of friends they're seeking and get suggestions for friends. The vendors we set up can also be as easily added and it will be so cleverly integrated in to the friend selection process they won't be aware of commercialism. But the product sellers will be perceived more as friends. User profile pages will be rich with links their tweetstream on twitter, friendfeed, jaiku, linkedin, del.icio.us, etc. and will list their other social networks like the column of social networks you see on the left of this page. Open Mic: Users will be able to create content on the fly using their webcams or upload content. They'll be able to push this content automatically to a dozens of video sharing sites like YouTube and will do link insertion that will direct traffic back to our site. There will be links to their video content on their profile page. Social Network: Users will not only be able to build a social network on AustinLifestyles.com they will be able to connect their networks on twitter, FaceBook, MySpace and others to their AustinLifestyles network. They'll also be able to add all their contacts on Gmail, yahoo, Plaxo, hotmail, live mail, etc. automatically by sending them an invitation. Video: users will be able to easily upload videos or create them on the fly with their webcams or video enabled cell phones. Community Calendar - using eventful, google calendar and upcoming.org Community Blogs - using Wordpress and mu? Our goal is to create the obvious Austin, Texas social hub with networking, media sharing and discovery of great dining, housing, music and more.
Web Development and Social Networking Strategy for AustinLifestyles.com AustinLifestyles.com was conceived as a showcase for
Austin people and homes, to feature
video Home tours of the famous, not so famous and others who reflect the
unique Austin lifestyle, with much the same format as the MTV show "Cribs" but
with emphasis not just on homes and cars, but the workplaces, workflow, and
gadgets and high tech gear of the people inhabiting the showplace homes. This
would have the impact and effectiveness of an "infomercial" for the homebuilders
without the appearance, look and feel of an infomercial.
It would take on more of the character of shows like
moglogic.tv and
geekbrief.tv and be centered around unique Austin lifestyles.
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