We're constantly looking for newer and better ways in which to improve our users' experience and one area we've been focusing on recently is Twibbon creation.

Over the past week we have been adding some awesome new features to our creation process, making it easier, quicker and more fun to make Twibbons.

When creating a Twibbon, you previously needed to have a transparent image that required the use of photoshop-style software or online tools. A lot of you told us that this was often time-consuming, difficult and sometimes frustrating.

Having listened to your concerns, we have completely revamped the Twibbon creation process so that you can now add, edit and create Twibbon designs inside the browser!

We have created a range of styles in order to make Twibbon making both easy and fun:

• Badge: This style allows you to place a picture inside a 'badge' for a quick and easy yet distinctive and noticable Twibbon. You can either upload a picture from your computer or browse for one online. You can also change the size of your picture and the colour of the badge.
• Border and Fill: You can also make your Twibbon a basic colour overlay with a border using this style. This is ideal for campaigns looking to "turn Twitter and Facebook" a given color associated with your campaign. With this style you can customise the colour, width of the border and opacity of the fill.
• Upload your own: Of course, you can still use the tried and tested method of uploading your premade Twibbon, with our improved preview functionality showing you exactly what it will look like on your supporters' avatars.

Here at Twibbon, we see this as one of our biggest ever steps in making life quicker and simpler for our users, and hope that you do too!

See the new creation features in action by creating your own Twibbon today!

Our success story of the week is Sweden’s Barn är inte till salu! (Children are not for sale!) created by the Swedish radio’s anti-child trafficking charity show Musikhjälpen 2010.

Since the beginning of the campaign on the 8th of December they have gained an amazing 2,370 supporters!

Here's a peek at some of the comments this activity generated on Twitter - 

Because this was a Custom Campaign and not just a free one they were able to use additional features to increase their Twitter followers and their Facebook likes.

Their Facebook fan page which had started off at 20,614 likes before they created the Twibbon, has now reached a fantastic 39,007 - thanks to the Custom Campaign feature which specifies that users must “like” a page before they can add a Twibbon, and not forgetting the added extra that Musikhjalpen 2010 were able to promote their Facebook page on their Twibbon page.

As well as the increased Likes on their Facebook page, @musikhjalpen were able to benefit from other Custom Campaign features such as:

1. Increased Twitter followers – targeted supporters automatically follow their Twitter account

2. Increased traffic – supporters are automatically redirected to Musikhjälpen 2010's own website

3. Complete control over their message – the ability to customised tweets and status updates that supporters send out 

@musikhjalpen were able to get all of these great benefits for just a one-time fee of $99! We think that represents good value for them, and the cash is what keeps standard Twibbons free and our site ad free.

Our Custom Campaigns are perfect for individuals, charities or businesses looking to quickly and easily expand their online presence with targeted, engaged users. If you would like all of the above features for your brand, cause or event, why not Create your own Custom Campaign today?

Featuring your campaign on Twibbon.com is the perfect way to significantly increase exposure and popularity for your brand, charity, cause or organisation.

With over 150,000 page views a day and 800,000 unique visitors per month, Twibbon.com is one of the most popular social media sites on the web today. By featuring your campaign on our site, you’ll be displaying your cause to thousands of relevant Twitter and Facebook users every single day, thus massively increasing your supporter count!

Not only that, but if you feature a Custom Campaign, you will also be able to instantly convert your new supporters into Facebook likes, Twitter followers and website traffic!

Setting up your featured campaign can be done easily and instantly here: http://twibbon.com/campaignmanagement/getfeaturedselect

You can get your campaign featured prominently around Twibbon.com by paying for a set number of views or impressions (e.g. if you pay for 30,000 views, your campaign will be displayed in the featured sections around Twibbon.com 30,000 times):

Views	Price
15,000	49.99
30,000	89.99
60,000	159.99
120,000	299.99
240,000	559.99
500,000	999.99

Payments are a one-off fee with absolutely no long-term contracts.

Featured campaigns appear at the top of each of the below pages, ensuring maximum exposure per page view:

• Home page – http://twibbon.com
• Category pages – e.g: http://twibbon.com/causes
• Search pages – e.g: http://twibbon.com/Search?searchQuery=poppy
• Tag pages – e.g: http://twibbon.com/tag/cancer

With a quick, easy setup and immediate results, why not start featuring your campaign today?

Our winner this week is...Symphonica in Rosso! The Symphonica is a concert held annually in the GelreDome in Arnhem, Netherlands which attracts thousands. @symphonicair created a colourful Twibbon to publicise the event.

In the week since they launched the campaign they have amassed a remarkable 2,800 supporters! Here is what some of them are saying  - 

But because this was a Custom Campaign and not just a free one, the benefits didn't stop there.

With a Custom Campaign, users who add your Twibbon will automatically follow your Twitter account. For @symphonicair, the result was an increase from 730 to over 2,000 followers in a week!

Not only that but the Custom Campaign allowed them to:

• Increase traffic – supporters are automatically redirected to http://www.symphonicainrosso.nl/ after each join

• Have complete control over their message – they've customised the tweets and Facebook status updates that supporters send out

Amazingly, Symphonica In Rosso were able to get all of these great benefits for just a one-time fee of $99!

Twibbon’s Custom Campaigns are perfect for individuals, charities or businesses looking to quickly and easily increase their online presence with targeted, interested users. If you would like to increase the number of your Twitter followers and experience other great features to make the most of your brand, cause or event, why not Create your own Custom Campaign today?

 

We’re looking to add a designer to our small but growing team. What we’re after is a talented designer who’s passionate about creating amazing user experiences and who wants to work on interesting projects with global audiences. 

You’ll have experience of:

• Fireworks CS5 / Photoshop CS5
• HTML and CSS right up to HTML5 / CSS3
• jQuery
• JavaScript

Any of the following would be an advantage:

• Experience of designing web applications
• Git
• ASP.NET MVC
• A/B Testing
• Copy writing

You’ll have your portfolio available to view online and be more than a little bit obsessed with the Internet! We live and breathe this stuff and are looking for people who do too.

You’ll get your work in front of millions of people every month working on sites like:

http://twibbon.com

http://lst.ly

As well as Facebook Applications for global brands like:

http://apps.facebook.com/teamtwoeight/

http://team28.radioshack.com/

http://apps.facebook.com/iacgame/

http://apps.facebook.com/we-are-london/

As well as build cool side projects like:

http://apps.facebook.com/friendoodle

Salary is dependant on experience. We're ideally looking for someone local who can come into the office but may consider someone working remotely if they perfectly fit the bill!

storm ideas is a small company based in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. We think that the conditions have never been better for small, agile and talented teams to make a global impact via the Internet, and have fun doing it! We built and run Twibbon, which has seen fantastic traction since its launch in July 09 and we are profitable and growing.

We think we are creating something special here. We have fun working on interesting stuff in a nice office surrounded by like-minded individuals. We help charities get more followers, work on things that get seen by millions the world over and love what we are doing. If you want to be a part of something a little different and have a chance to really make an impact with your design skills then we’d like to hear from you. Interested? Contact bob@stormideas.com including your CV and a link to examples of your work.

 

This week’s conquering campaign was devised in the light of the tribulations in South America. After the under-reported shocking events in Rio the local government decided to make a Twibbon PAZ no Rio to help spread the news and raise awareness of what was going on there.

In the 5 days since the creation of their campaign they have garnered a phenomenal 6,328 supporters! 

But because this was a Custom Campaign and not just a free one, the benefits didn't stop there.

Their own twitter account @GovRJ saw a surge in Twitter followers, as users who add your Twibbon will automatically follow your Twitter account. The result was a doubling in followers from 4000 to 8,000 in only 5 days!

As you can see from the above graph they were able to leverage Twibbon to get their message across as well as increase their Twitter followers with relevant, engaged people. As well as an increase in followers @GovRJ were able also to benefit from another Custom Campaign features such as the ability to customise tweets and status updates that supporters send out.

Incredibly, the Governo de Rio were able to get all of these great benefits for just a one-time fee of $99!

We think that represents good value for them, and the cash is what keeps standard Twibbons free and our site ad free.

Our Custom Campaigns are perfect for individuals, charities or businesses looking to quickly and easily expand their online presence with targeted, engaged users. If you would like all of the above features for your brand, cause or event, why not Create your own Custom Campaign today?