Last week, Mike and I made a trip to Austin, Texas to visit both current and potential clients. One of our current clients, who is managing a 200+ unit condo development in the Barton Springs area of Austin, has been leasing a vanity code for nearly 6-months. By providing out text-for-info service, Goomzee Connect, to market the Barton Place Condos, people driving by are able to send a text message to learn more about the development (size, price, beds, baths, amenities, contact info, etc.). She has created billboards and sandwich boards with the vanity GCode; BARTON. Mike and I visited her development and took a picture by one of the sandwich boards.

We had a great time in Austin and enjoyed talking with people about our company and learning more about the area! Now that we are back, we are even more excited about continuing to establish relationships in Austin.

~Erika

GOOMZEE POSITIONS TO MEET DEMANDS OF MOBILE EXPANSION

Missoula, MT April 29, 2008 – In their commitment to meet increased consumer demand for mobile access to information, real estate mobile marketing company, Goomzee, announced today the release of its 2nd generation text message marketing platform, Goomzee Connect 2.0. The company is also expanding into a new office and adding team members to support increased demand for their services.

Living in an always on, always connected world, consumers expect to have a plethora of information at their finger tips at the click of a button. To accommodate those expectations, Goomzee enhanced its software solution. Over nine months and countless man hours went into a complete re-engineering of their web based campaign management and two-way text messaging system, geared to meet current and future needs of buyers and sellers. “We pulled out all the stops. We gave our engineers in the US and Europe free reign to architect and build a best-of-breed software system to support client needs, from individuals to the largest global enterprises,” states Goomzee CEO and Founder, Mike Sparr. “I am pleased to say that all expectations were exceeded, and our clients recognize that value.”

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The color of caring: Pink flamingos planted around town will grow donations for local charity
By TIMOTHY ALEX AKIMOFF of the Missoulian 4/5/08

Missoula is about to be invaded by pink flamingos.

No, global warming did not send the warm-weather birds scurrying for the Garden City.

Necessity brought them here.

What Big Brothers Big Sisters of Missoula needs more than anything is good volunteers who have the time to be big brothers and big sisters.

Second only to that, they need money to run the organization, which has 101 children waiting to be matched with good brothers and sisters here in Missoula alone.

“Money that is raised is used for general operating costs,” BBBS CEO Danette Rector said.

And those costs start piling up the minute a potential volunteer walks through the door, throughout the screening process and over the lives of the relationships, some of which have lasted 12 years or more.

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