You Control the Hype…

Posted March 31st, 2009

Have you ever wanted to create buzz for a new fashion trend that people haven’t caught on to yet? Or maybe you’ve wanted to get the word out about your favorite TV show that isn’t getting its due? Well we’ve got news for you… We’re pleased to introduce our new Hype Control, a voting tool that lets you “hype up” anything on SwingVine. Simply click the “hype up” button for all of your favorites as you browse SwingVine, and you’ll help propel them to the top of our rankings. With this feature, you now have complete control over what gets to the top of SwingVine.

Another cool aspect of the hype control is that you embed it directly into your blog or website. Say you’ve discovered the next great book, by embedding our widget on your blog you can not only inform your readers of your discovery, but also increase engagement by allowing them to actively hype it up directly from your site. And you get the added benefit that the widget links back to a SwingVine page that you have full control over.

What better way to demonstrate this new tool than by finally answering the age old question…Which Star Wars film is best (Prequel Trilogy? What Prequel Trilogy?) Sign-in and hype up your favorite:

Some other highlights from our latest release:

• New Categories – Due to popular demand we’ve added “TV” and “Tech”. Now you can add and promote your favorite gadgets, websites, apps and TV shows. No more writing “(TV Series)” on Movie pages (yeah, we noticed).

• Redesigned Homepage – You’ve made so much kick-ass (can I say that?) content that we had to put more of it directly on the homepage. You can also refine and sort directly from the homepage, making it a great place to drop in and browse.

• New Leaderboard – To shine the spotlight on some of our die hard users, we created a new leaderboard at the bottom of the homepage.