Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
BLOGS!
The topic of this week’s episode is some of the best banking blogs that you need to read! Check out the blogs we’re featuring, and go subscribe to them!
NetBanker, run by Jim Bruene, is a great comprehensive banking blog. They have lots of great news about finance, mortgage and much more. They update daily to give their readers the absolute best, up-to-date news.
Run by Colin Henderson, The Bankwatch is a great bank news website that features a lot of great social media & research information. This was actually the first blog that Brad ever subscribed to.
The Story is run by Jeff Stephens at Creative Brand Communications. It’s a fantastic blog about marketing techniques for banks. They’ve also got a lot of really great posts about branding and social media. Be sure to check them out!
Marketing ROI is run by a familiar face around Banktastic, Ron Shevlin (aka - The Shevlinator). This blog is a great source for trends in all things related to marketing. Ron updates very frequently, so it’s a great addition to your RSS reader. Go and subscribe now!
Payments News is run by Glenbrook Partners. We’ve done a little research, and it turns out that most of the articles posted on Banktastic come from Payments News! They post several times a day with the latest and greatest banking payment news. If you want to keep up with what’s going on with payments in the banking industry, we highly suggest you subscribe to their RSS feed!
They’ve also tapped into the Twitter world! Follow their updates on Twitter: paymentsnews
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The CU Scoop” featuring Mark McSpadden. Here are some important notes about this episode:
Banktastic Credit Union Feed
After being out-of-order for several weeks, Banktastic’s credit union feed is back to normal! This feed features the cream of the credit union crop, so check it out and subscribe now!
While you’re at it, check out the rest of the Banktastic feeds. We’ve got something for everyone - IT feeds, bank feeds, credit union feeds, marketing feeds and more! If you want to check out all the feeds, click here to subscribe & start reading!
You Can Sponsor The CU Scoop
The CU Scoop and other BanktasticTV shows are looking for some sponsors! if you’d like to sponsor any of our shows, shoot an email off to lisa@banktastic.com. We have several sponsorship and advertising opportunities available, so email us if you’re interested!
You can be on The CU Scoop!
We’re interested in your thoughts on topics and trends in the credit union industry. If you want to be a part of our show, record your own video (roughly 2-3 minutes long) and upload it to our Viddler.com account. Here’s the log-in information:
username: thecuscoop
password: markymark
Remember the rules: 1.) no bank bashing, and 2.) don’t self-promote too much. If you have any questions about sharing your video with The CU Scoop crew, send an email to mark@banktastic.com.
Email Us!
Feel free to email comments or suggestions about “The CU Scoop” to mark@banktastic.com, or post your thoughts on the Banktastic Community. We’re always looking for your input.
Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
Have you ever used the word “spondu”?
On a rather silly note, Brad brought up the fact that I use the word “spondu” on occasion. There’s a quite nice example of what the definition is in this video. He wants to know if any of you have ever heard of or used the word…ever. So comment back and let us know. I swear the word is real!
BIG Metrics Demo Account for Banktastic Members David G. worked out a nice deal with the people from BIG Metrics to get a demo account for Banktastic members to try out. He thought the application was so great that he wanted to share the wealth with everybody else. To find out what BIG Metrics is about and get the demo account information, click here. We’d like to send a huge thank you to David for working this out for us. You rock!
Private Message about Web 2.0
Brad received a nice private message from David A. about technology leaders and their knowledge of Web 2.0. There’s a great discussion to be had on this topic. Do you think that technology leaders know anything about social media, and would it help them at all to know it? Comment back on the blog and let us know what you think.
New Features on Banktastic!
We’ve rolled out a few new features on Banktastic! The first one is a nice little algorithm we’ve setup in all main sections of Banktastic to show you what’s “hot” and what’s “fresh.” Based on community activity, you can see what’s the most popular content out there by clicking “hot”, or check out the latest news, questions or vendor ratings by clicking “fresh.” It’s a great new way to sort content on Banktastic. Check it out!
The other BIG thing we’ve rolled out this week is a groups section that’s not currently available to the public version of Banktastic. We’ve given associations, member groups, credit union leagues and many more the opportunity to use Banktastic as a communication tool to stay in touch between conferences. It’s like a mini-Banktastic all for particular group. An established group can share announcements, post articles, private message anybody within the group, and ask questions all within the privacy of your own group. You have the option of keeping all of your content private, or sharing it openly with the rest of the Banktastic community. It’s a great way to keep your members connected in between events or meetings.
Here’s a little sneak-peek at what a group looks like:
If you’d like more information about groups or are thinking of creating one in Banktastic, please contact brad@banktastic.com or lisa@banktastic.com. We’d be more than happy to setup a webinar to show you all the capabilities of a group on Banktastic.
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Email Us!
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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The CU Scoop” featuring Mark McSpadden. Here are some important notes about this episode:
Age Is Just a Number
An issue arose in the online credit union world when Trey Reeme was misquoted in the CU Times as saying, “60-plus-year old directors looking at the industry’s future should seriously consider stepping down to make way for a generation more connected to new technology.” (I’m not even going to link to the original article, here’s Trey’s take. You can get to the original from there.)
Of course Trey didn’t say that at all, but a great conversation about ages & trends in credit unions came of all of this. You can find the base of the conversation in the comments at Ron Shevlin’s Blog and there are other links within that thread that are worth checking out. (Also worth noting, Ron has a classy apology to Trey that is worth a read as well.)
You can be on The CU Scoop!
We’re interested in your thoughts on topics and trends in the credit union industry. If you want to be a part of our show, record your own video (roughly 2-3 minutes long) and upload it to our Viddler.com account. Here’s the log-in information:
username: thecuscoop
password: markymark
Remember the rules: 1.) no bank bashing, and 2.) don’t self-promote too much. If you have any questions about sharing your video with The CU Scoop crew, send an email to mark@banktastic.com.
Email Us!
Feel free to email comments or suggestions about “The CU Scoop” to mark@banktastic.com, or post your thoughts on the Banktastic Community. We’re always looking for your input.
The Banktastics also got together to discuss openly our new private messaging feature on Banktastic.com. We really appreciate the feedback we’ve gotten so far about whether or not to make messaging completely open. We wanted to take a few minutes and share with you our own personal thoughts on the messaging system we’ve implemented.
Watch the video and let us know your thoughts on the private messaging system on Banktastic!
We thought it would be fun to share with you all how things went down on April 29 with covering FinovateStartup 2008. There were a lot of things we were able to do that other people covering the event weren’t able to. We reviewed, we interviewed, we invited guests to join us, and we brought it all live to you throughout the day. We hope you enjoyed our coverage, so feel free to watch our “casual Friday” discussion on how it went!
Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:
Complete FinovateStartup Coverage
One more mention of FinovateStartup, and we’ll move on, we swear! We’d like to thank everyone who’s watched our interviews, viewed our episodes or read our reviews online. A week after the event, and our coverage has generated roughly 9,000 views! We were really glad to be able to cover the event and bring you the content as quickly as we did. It was a bit chaotic, but it definitely paid off. We hope you enjoyed it!
Banktastic Article: Innovation - The Growth Accelerator
One article that piqued Brad’s interest recently on Banktastic was one he posted entitled “Innovation - The Growth Accelerator.” The article basically talks about how innovation makes a creative environment in the banking industry. If you would like to read the original article and get involved in the discussion on Banktastic, click here to check everything out!
Private Messaging on Banktastic - We need your input!
Last week, we launched private messaging on Banktastic, and we’re in need of your feedback. As the system is right now, you’re allowed to message and be messaged only by your friends. The Banktastics are considering changing this so that you can send and receive messages from any Banktastic community member. If you feel that the system should be completely open, or if you’d prefer it stay semi-closed, please let us know what you’d like by commenting on this blog post. We really need your input, so please don’t hesitate to tell us!
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Email Us!
Feel free to email comments or suggestions about “The Burst” to brad@banktastic.com, or post your thoughts on the Banktastic Community.
Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The CU Scoop” featuring Mark McSpadden. Here are some important notes about this episode:
FinonvateStartup Coverage
Mark & Brad visited San Francisco on April 29th for FinovateStartup 2008. They got a lot of really great footage from demoing companies, which are all available to view on the Banktastic Blog. If you were unable to attend FinovateStartup, we encourage you to check out the blog to read reviews posted by Mark & Brad live during the demos.
Interview with Zopa
We’d like to give a huge thanks to Doug Dolton, CEO of Zopa, for letting us interview him for Banktastic at Finovate! We’d like to encourage everybody to check out the Zopa website to see what they’re all about. Thanks again, Doug! Congratulations on your win at Finovate this year!
You can be on The CU Scoop!
We’re interested in your thoughts on topics and trends in the credit union industry. If you want to be a part of our show, record your own video (roughly 2-3 minutes long) and upload it to our Viddler.com account. Here’s the log-in information:
username: thecuscoop
password: markymark
Remember the rules: 1.) no bank bashing, and 2.) don’t self-promote too much. If you have any questions about sharing your video with The CU Scoop crew, send an email to mark@banktastic.com.
Email Us!
Feel free to email comments or suggestions about “The CU Scoop” to mark@banktastic.com, or post your thoughts on the Banktastic Community. We’re always looking for your input.
One more thing we added to make Banktastic more user-friendly is avatar actions! If you see a conversation and you want to see someone’s profile or message them immediately, just hover over their profile picture and go from there! It’s a great way to connect with someone immediately without a lot of clicking.
Have fun with all the new features, and let us know what you think!
The Banktastics have been hard at work at bringing some great new features to our community, and we’ve just released the best set yet! We’d like to introduce our new private messaging system on Banktastic!
We setup this system to encourage communication with one another on Banktastic. If you want to start a conversation with someone or ask them a direct question, just simply click the “Send Message” button on their profile to get started! You will be notified by email when you receive a new private message on Banktastic. You’ll also be able to see a list of your new messages on your Dashboard and on your own profile page. So if you’d ever like to opt out of receiving email notifications of new messages, you can edit your profile and uncheck the box marked “Notify me when someone sends me a private message.” You’ll still be able to see your messages when you login.
In addition to the private messaging system, we’ve added a lot of helpful information to the site. For those a little unsure of everything you can do on Banktastic, we’ve added a visual tour page. Here you can browse through different sections of Banktastic and read up on what each page is all about. This is really helpful for new members or current members who haven’t gotten a chance to explore the site.
We’ve also included a really great help page for when you get in a bind on Banktastic. If you ever find a bug or just need some assistance, feel free to visit the help page and contact one of the Banktastics.
Let us know what you think of the new private messaging and other features! Also, if you ever have an idea that would make Banktastic better, feel free to shoot us an email at lisa@banktastic.com. We look forward to your input!
