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Last Friday, a few people from the ChaCha family made their way to Miami for the Superbowl in their trusty ChaCha van.  They said that as they were driving by, there wasn’t a single person who didn’t slow down to see what the van said.

Through a lot of sweet talking and favor-cashing they were able to park right up in the very front, where over 15,000 people walked by.

They talked to about 2,000 football fans, gave away about 150 t-shirts and about 600 egrips.  They met people from all over the world- including a number of folks from ESPN Brasil, who had actually heard of ChaCha!  They couldn’t use it back home, of course, but they were totally aware of it!

Those wisecracks also gave a ChaCha “Search Me” tshirt to this SWAT Team member.  How appropriate!

In their words, “the ChaCha Fan Base was present” and all kinds of people came up to them and showed them the love.  Even though our home-team, The Colts, lost the game it was a great opportunity for ChaCha to be present and, if the Colts had to lose to anyone we’re glad it was The Saints!

Thanks to all of our Guides who participated in our Super Bowl Sunday contest!  Look for the Guaranteed Cash earners to be posted later today!

Due to the system issues experienced this morning, we have decided to move the QC appeal deadline for all Guide Roles back to Noon EST on Tuesday, February 9th.

Just a quick little congrats to mich1978 for correctly guessing the final score for Super Bowl 44.  Mich1978 hit the nail on the head with her correct guess of 31-17 Saints.  Mich1978 will win a nice little prize pack from ChaCha for playing along.

Thanks to everyone who helped provide ChaCha magic today to our ChaCha fans and to new ChaCha users.  It looks to be another record-breaker.  Watch my blog for photos of the ChaCha van, which traveled to Florida on Friday and spent the weekend in South Florida spreading the word to fans in person!

Also a thank you to our technical team who spent weeks preparing for the increase in volume today - work that will lay the groundwork for even greater query volumes as we continue to lift question limits and ChaCha spreads through word of mouth.

We will pay out contest earnings this week, so watch for more on that to come soon!

Specialists: Check out the football quicklinks page for great links to provide super superbowl answers!

Expeditors:

Remember to use your score finder (finders mode) for providing answers on the score of the superbowl, or to questions like “Who is leading?” or “Who is winning the superbowl?”  Just choose Colts or Saints and send, and the customer will get an up to the minute response with the score of the game!

We’ve also loaded PAQs with historical stats and other football trivia to create a super experience for our users today, so make sure you check your PAQs for great football answers.

ChaCha’s DYK ThmbSavr has been such a hit that we’ve rolled out a new one especially for the Super Bowl, as well as ThmbSavrs with trivia for each team! Here are some examples:

General Super Bowl Trivia:

COLTS Trivia:

We are also doing a fun, interactive poll late in the game to get feedback on the best and most lame Superbowl commercials. Users will respond back with BESTC and LAMEC with their picks. Make sure to grab some snacks, kick your feet up, and have a great day rooting for your team and creating some ChaCha magic!  ChaCha on!

ChaCha is updating the keywords associated with the Tampax campaign announced last November.

Expeditors -  The keywords for the campaign are listed below and will be live in the QUACK Box when the campaign starts. (February 8th.)

OUTSMART
TAMPAX
ONTRACK
BACKUP
MYGAME
MYSECRET
PEARL
MYSPORTS
NOSURPRISE
MYSPORTS
SLIPME

What is pigweed?
Pigweed can mean any of a number of weedy plants which may be used as pig fodder, such as, amaranthus species, portulaca. ChaCha!

Where does oil really go when its recycled?
When used oil is collected for recycling it is taken to a refinery. Used motor oil can be reprocessed into fuel that can be used in furnaces for heat, or in power plants to generate electricity for homes, schools and businesses. ChaCha!

How big is a lunar halo?
Cirro-stratus clouds are thin clouds, very high in the atmosphere, and are composed of ice crystals. They bend light at a 22 degree angle, which creates a solar halo or lunar halo that is 44 degrees in diameter.

When was the book Misery published?
The book Misery by Stephen King was published in 1987. The novel was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1988. Made into a film in 1990. Rated number 12 in the top 100 scariest movies. ChaCha

What is a nine letter word for a reddish stone used in King Tuts death mask?
The Tutankhamun Sarcophagus (King Tut’s ) is made of red quartzite, rectangular in shape and measuring approximately 9 feet high by 5 feet wide and 9 feet long. Read the rest of this entry »

We are starting a new Referral Contest for the month of February! This contest is even better than last month’s with more winners! There are some details we need to share with you to be sure this all runs smoothly.

When thinking of the best people to refer to the Guiding community, think of fun, energetic people who love to share their knowledge with others! Maybe you know a Sports Nut, or a Smarty Pants, maybe a Trivia Whiz, or a Farmville Addict, etc.

Now that you have those people in mind, remember these keys to success:

• Most important, be sure that anyone you refer enters your EXACT email address on file for your Guide account in the Referral Box on their application. We cannot go back and change that information after they are in the system.
• Only people who pass the Readiness Test and are on-boarded as a live Guide count.
• We will be verifying all data and accounts that are created. So no funny business!
• This contest begins now, so referrals before today do not count towards this contest, and this contest ends February 28th at 11:59pm EST. Meaning that anyone who passes the Readiness test and is on-boarded has to have completed their Readiness test by the end of the contest.

You probably want to know a little more about this contest!  So here’s how you can go about winning.  Simply send us more referrals than anyone else and you get first prize.  There’s tons of chances to win, so give it a shot!

$75 – First Place
$50 – Second Place
$25 – Third Place
$20 – Fourth thru Eighth Place (five winners)
$10 – Ninth thru Eighteenth Place (ten winners)
$5 – Nineteenth thru Thirty-Eighth Place (twenty winners)

What about last month’s contest? We will determine the winners of last month’s contest tomorrow as we await the last of the referrals to be graded and on-boarded.

Well that about covers it! Good luck in your recruitment efforts!
Click here to check out the email sent regarding this contest.

Hey GuideShare Guides!

Hopefully you’ve seen your e-mail by now and you know that the GuideShare pool for February has increased by $25,000 compared to January to $100,000 for the month.  We forgot to mention that once again, we are offering to double the earnings for the Top 25 Points earners for the month.  Please note that this additional reward is not subtracted from the pool for the month, it is an additional incentive on top of the $100,000 pool.  Have fun, and ChaCha on!

Hey all -

ChaCha is running a new campaign with the US NAVY.    Expeditors: we will have Quick Answers in place for them shortly in case you see them coming through.

Keywords:

NAVY(followed by a number 1-25)
GOGIRL
PAYME
NSW
EDUCATEME
MYCAREER
MAJORSTUDY
SCHOOLSTUDY
TECHNIC
NONTECH
FIRSTHAND
SITBACK
MYNAVY
ADVTRAVEL
BEHINDSCENE
HEELZ
DIRTEE
SHOPPIN
COMPUTZ