HOLIDAY SEASON RAFFLE!!

Everyone loves to win cool stuff, so we thought it would be great fun to have a Holiday Raffle here at ANYwebcam.com. That's right folks, from November 23, 2007 - December 25, 2007 we're giving you a chance to win exciting prizes. All you have to do to go into the draw is collect raffle tickets. Redeem your ANYwebcam Points to win one of 15 fantastic prizes!

Collect as many tickets as you want - for only 20 points per ticket, you can easily double or triple your chances to win. The more tickets you collect, the better your chances of winning will be.

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The winning tickets will be drawn on Christmas Day - 25 December 2007. The lucky winners will no doubt have a fantastic New Year with these new goodies to play with.

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Paying for an online service via phone

Even at this stage of internet security there are still people who dont trust the idea of plugging in their credit card details into a computer, and there are still locations around the world that make if difficult for providers to obtain monies online. With that in mind we at ANYwebcam.com have decided to open a 1800 billing number, not online does it provide yet another option for user wishing to purchase a membership, it also doubles up as a billing support line for members that have questions relating to payments. It has been a great success thus far and the feedback from being able to actually talk to a person on the phone has been great.
What this teaches us it that with all the technology in the world and all the security surround these technologies, people do appreciate a friendly voice to discuss transactions with. I think we will continue to see online businesses implementing traditional concepts like this well into the future.
Oh, by the way if you want an ANYwebcam.com membership and want to do it via phone give us a call on 1800 936 1656

Do you Blog?

How would you like to earn ANYwebcam.com Points for blogging ?

We'd like to reward everyone who posts a blog piece about ANYwebcam.com. You can recommend us to you readers, give people an overview of the site or simply tell people about your experiences with us. A simple post will earn you 40 Points or maybe more.

We only require that your Post has ANYwebcam.com in the title, be at least 50 words long and has a link directly to http://www.anywebcam.com with the words anywebcam, webcam or chat.

Your blog must be listed with one of these Blog Update Services; feedburner.com, moreover.com, syndic8.com, technorati.com, newsgator.com or icerocket.com

You can write about us regularly and you will be rewarded with at least 40 Points each time but please limit your posts to one per week.

Your Blog must have been live for more then 3 months and you must have a minimum of 20 other posts.

We are looking for genuine Bloggers with any area of interest even just people who Blog about their personal life. Please don't submit any Spam Blogs.

Extra Points will be awarded (based on our discretion) for;
- blogs with more 'authority'
- additionally adding us to your Blogroll
- high quality posts
- older blogs with lots of traffic
etc.

Once you have made your post please email blogger@anywebcam.com and once the post has shown up in one of the Update Services we'll immediately award your Points. If you have any questions please contact support at http://support.anywebcam.com.

MINI concepts

I love it when the car shows come around, you get some of the coolest cars imagine-able, the problem is most of them will probably not hit the roads. I am talking about about the million dollar concept cars... MINI came up with a few this year, the one I think I need comes with a sweet little martini bar on the side of the car, just what you need for breaks during a long drive, HA! actually i think they have filled it up with tea and coffee, but who to say you couldnt change it. Anyway, check it out at the mini site

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using your webcam just got easier!

A popular reason people use for not broadcasting is the whole "I cant get it to work, the broadcasting technology is too difficult"... well that is no longer a valid excuse (at least not in ANYwebcam.com), yesterday we released a beta version of a new flash broadcaster that allows users to start there webcam simply by clicking a button. This technology requires NO download and is built using Flash, the simple technology is not there to replace the more robust and superior downloadable desktop application, it is there for those that feel like a download is just "too difficult". Time will tell weather or not this new technology is a MASSIVE success, my bet is that it will be the webcam broadcaster of choice for casual cammers amongst the community who dont feel the need in having a viewers list or more advanced settings.

here is a short News item that was released to the ANYwebcam members.

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Beta - Quick & Easy Webcam'ing
Posted: 28 Feb 2007

Want to be able to get your webcam live on AWC quickly and easily? Don't want to wait to download software? Got a Mac or using Linux so haven't been using your webcam on AWC?

Introducing a quick and new way to show yourself live on ANYwebcam.com.

You can check out the first beta release of our new Flash webcam broadcaster. This new tool allows those of our members not on Windows or that haven't yet downloaded the current ANYwebcam Desktop to join the cam fun and show themselves live. Just click the Start your webcam now! link on the homepage.

The only requirement is Flash 9. Many of you will already have this but if you don't click here to get it.

This beta release has been tested on the following platforms;
Windows XP & Vista - IE 6 & 7 and Firefox 2
Apple OS X 10.4.8 - Safari and FireFox 2
Linux Suse 10.2

Please note there may be issues with Linux as one tester had issues with the webcam image size appearing too small. We are working to fix this.

We are also working on improving the image quality and lowering the CPU usage.

Some new features that will be added in the near future are;

• Only allow specific people to view your webcam by going private
• See a list of who is viewing your webcam along with a total number of viewers.
• Ability to overlay an image or text on your webcam image.

Remember it is beta, so give it a try and let us know your feedback. Contact us at http://support.anywebcam.com with any questions or comments you have.

82.3% of ANYwebcam members are satisfied

ANYwebcam.com 2007 Community Survey

82.3% of ANYwebcam members are satisfied

82.3% of members are satisfied of ANYwebcam.comDuring the last week of January, we ran a survey asking members to tell us what features they use, how important these features are to them and if we were meeting the members’ expectations. We also wanted to know how members’ feel about the overall ANYwebcam experience and how likely they were to refer ANYwebcam.com to someone.

43,192 members filled in the survey which provided a set of results that is representative of the entire ANYwebcam member community with a high level of statistical accuracy.

The team here at ANYwebcam.com work hard to make sure the site is reliable and enjoyable for its members. We were grateful to hear that 82.3% of members were satisfied with ANYwebcam. This is the first time that we have attempted to measure this important metric and whilst we are happy with the results, we are also committed to improving the ANYwebcam experience to ensure that community satisfaction continues to rise.

To achieve this, there is plenty of survey response data on features including cams, broadcasting, chat, message boards, galleries, profiles and support that we will be acting on.

Here are some of the facts that we put into graphs that you may find of interest.

1. ANYwebcam.com spans the Globe

A graph of where ANYwebcam.com members come fromOver the last 6 years, ANYwebcam has grown to include members from over 100 different countries and is accessed in 13 different languages.

ANYwebcam is truly a global community, allowing our members to interact with people from all over the globe and from diverse walks of life. Here are some comments from the survey –

“I enjoy seeing others from around the world freely expressing how they feel in an open and honest manner for all to see.” “i love coming here to meet people from all over the world and see their face while talking to them and seeing their type of life they have.”

Making ANYwebcam available in different languages is a good starting point. Indeed, having 20% of our members reside in Europe is encouraging. What we want though is to not only attract more European members, but to build a larger, stronger and more diverse community.

Here are some comments from European members that tell us we are heading in the right direction -

“AWC is a great community with many interesting people” “Anywebcam is a place where people can express themselves anyway they want.to be made to feel respected”

2. MEMBERS AGE RANGE

A pie chart of the age bands of ANYwebcam.com membersIt’s been an interesting exercise to map out the age ranges of our members. The fact that speaks loudly is that 50% of our members are aged in their 30’s. While our members span many different generations, ANYwebcam has a great mix of youth, maturity, life experience and wisdom.

Here is a quote from a younger member

“I just love how when I ask for advise, I am overwhelmed by so many kind people wanting to help me.”

And another from an older member -

“Coming to AWC makes me feel younger and that I have lots to contribute and my input is appreciated.”

Having a good mix of ages represented is vital in growing a diverse worldwide community. However, the community has a gender imbalance that we want to address as part of our future strategy.

Please consider these comments -

“Great site but need more women on”

and,

“Cause there aren’t enough women on the website. You should give some kind of promotion/discount to get more women memberships.”

We need to attract more female members across the age bands. To help ensure that, we intend to provide our members with more of the tools they need to make the community more comfortable and enjoyable.

Here are what a few of our ladies have said -

“Its like being in a gated community. You’re keeping out the riff-raff. Haven’t seen anyone being abused. I say this is a safe site”

and another –

“to be honest the reason i am satisfied with any web cam is because i feel it is above all a safe environment for meeting like-minded people. The people who come in here are also what make the site so good”

Our female members agree that ANYwebcam is safe place where they feel like they are respected. We need to let every woman on the face of the earth know this and the most credible way of getting the word out, is for our female members to take an active role. Let your girlfriends and colleagues know that ANYwebcam is a safe community that values them and respects them. Please help us achieve this important goal of attracting more women to ANYwebcam.com.

3. COMMUNITY SEGMENTATION

Venn diagram representing ANYwebcam.com market segments What makes our community vibrant, fresh and alive, are the inputs from the members. It’s the same in your local community as it is with our online community. There are people that create things, there are people that add through their involvement and there are people that are simply there to watch what’s going on. We’ve classified the different types of community members and this is what we have –

Creators – People that create new material whether it’s broadcasting themselves on cam or uploading their media.

Collaborators – People that involve themselves by adding their contribution by participating in chat and/or on message boards.

Consumers - These are the people that come to the community simply to watch and observe.

There is a growing conventional wisdom on the internet called the 1% Rule which says that if you get 100 people online, 1 will create content (Creator), 10 will interact with it, comment or try to improve it (Collaborators) and 89 will just read and watch it (Consumers).

The ANYwebcam community eclipses the 1% rule. We achieve 20 times more. 20% of our members in some way, shape or form, create material while 45% of members simply come to view the content.

Perhaps the 1% rule is an overly simplistic model to overlay on our community because the reality is that just about every member of the ANYwebcam community is a combination of the 3C’s. This is represented in the diagram with the cross over areas.

What this diagram tells us is that ANYwebcam members are very involved with the site. Meaning that members are likely to take advantage of multiple features that ANYwebcam offers.

Here are some quotes taken from the survey –

“I love it because AWC offers so many things for me to do. I can chat with my friends, see the expressions change on their face, share my sense of humor on the message board and if I want more, I can look through ppls competition entries. It’s that great”

While the majority of our members use many of the features that ANYwebcam offers, we still have room to improve these features so that we can build a stronger, larger and more involved community.

Please consider some of the feedback we received –

“We have enjoyed every minute on here!! The cams could do with running faster but I am sure that will come.” “I am surprised that more people aren’t on anywebcam”

And this –

“I find the site very user friendly! My only wishes are that searches for users were more specific so that for instance we here in the US could find all users in a selected state” “i think more people would join if the membership was paid by the month and not recurring so you have to cancel it if you want to”

We hear the message loud and clear. Our technologies need to remain at the forefront and we need to improve the way that we communicate to both our members and our non-members. The last thing that we are doing is resting on our laurels.

Many of you will notice that we are now have internal advertising of the key features offered which the survey participants rated as important to them. We are also planning new initiatives to improve the member experience which we will release as soon as they are completed.

4. SITE FEATURES

A chart of members usage of ANYwebcam.com featuresThis graph shows the percentage of members that access the individual features available at ANYwebcam.com. The way it reads is “95% of members watch cams, 90% of members view profiles, etc.)

A surprising statistic is that only 35% of members access the message boards.

The message boards are a snapshot of the community’s feelings, its moods and its thought at any given point in time. It is the community’s time capsule. Ever want to know how to cook up a Turducken or to remind ourselves of the horror of 9/11? With a simple search of the message boards you can find these things and many more.

Here’s an encouraging comment –

“Had to do a presentation at work and a colleague suggested I lighten it up and crack some jokes. All my jokes came from AWC boards and the audience were in stitches, some clearly didn’t approve but it sure was worth it”

The messages boards are open to all members however, some free members feel disengaged from the boards because of posting restrictions. Like this comment -

“It would be alot better if I could post to the boards”

or this

“you should give free members more access to the message boards”

We will definitely consider this feedback, however, for those Free members who want to get more involved we encourage you to look into all the benefits of being a paid member.

5. MEMBERS THAT BROADCAST

A graph of ANYwebcam.com members that broadcast their camsThis is an interesting result that we got from the survey. Our logs show that 30% of members broadcast their cams but the result that we got is 75% of members intend to broadcast their cams. This leaves 45% of members wanting to broadcast that obviously don’t.

It does pose an interesting question. What can ANYwebcam do to get more members broadcasting their cam? The desire is obviously there and perhaps there is an obstacle between intention and actually broadcasting?

We would ask for the members to help us understand what the obstacles are as we couldn’t find any comments in the survey that give us clarity on the issue. We would encourage the community to post their idea’s on the Message Board’s or let Support know.

In closing, some of the results from the member survey made us go “wow” and other results confirm that we are on the right track in terms of building a larger and stronger community. We are actively developing Version 5 of the ANYwebcam software and website and you have helped us set our goals :-

* Develop a variety of strategies to get more people onto ANYwebcam.
* Modernize the usability and navigation of ANYwebcam and to improve the look and feel.
* Enable members to personalize ANYwebcam to their own requirements.
* Investigate true streaming video live cams with better resolution, larger cam window size and integrated audio for our Gold members.
* Ramp up research and development to deliver an improved chat experience.
* Move from Java to Flash platforms to enable better quality real time media tools for cams, chat and voice.
* Provide our members with new desktop tools where members can access ANYwebcam features without having to open an internet browser.
* Make broadcasting available to a much larger population as we are doing with ANYwebcam LIVE!

Stay tuned, 2007 is shaping up to be a great year at ANYwebcam

Thank you to all that participated in the survey.

That last 1%

It seems to be the world over regardless of what industry you are dealing in, its allways going to be that last 1% that causes you the most headachs and causes un-expected delays. We have been working on creating a new site for a company that puts on the worlds most awesome partys EVER! Its a cool site with loads of photos, videos, diary entires and message boards, the site works and looks great, but getting it LIVE has taken longer than expected. Dotting the i's and crossing the t's to get the site approved for general release is proving a pain. I understand all the reasoning behind the issues that have popped up, I guess its the excitment of getting so close to the finish line starts to play with you head. Anyway, it looks like we are about to get this thing out there so keep your eyes peeled for www.PartyO.com.

Thinking outside the box.

Our new little webcam widget is starting to gain momentum, we are now seeing over 4000 people a day tuning in to watch embedded cams all over the internet. Lots of people are using it for their personal sites like profile and blogs, but we are now starting to see users thinking outside the box and using the technology for other cool reasons. Heres acouple that I found myself watching today, check'em'out.

Dogs Delight - Holistic Grooming, Boarding, Walking, Day creche. Dog owners can drop their pets off for the day and watch them play whilst they are at work. Awesome.
http://www.dogs-delight.net/index2.htm

The gorgeous Melissa-Anne is using it in her MySpace profile to flirt to her fans and help with her modelling career.
http://www.myspace.com/Ms_Melissa_Anne

A Marine Corps hang out, the guys play pool, foosball and generally relax during their time off. Like a fly on the wall.
http://www.myspace.com/cherrypoint_roadhouse