New Web Site Enhances Northwest Arkansas Community Building
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CONTACT:
Brad Lawless
(479) 530-4872
Brad.Lawless@nwa360.com
nwa360.com Supports and Improves Area Community With Web 2.0 Features
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, October 4, 2006 – nwa360.com officially launched today, providing a platform to support and enhance the evolving community in Northwest Arkansas. After creating a free nwa360 account, a new member can start blogging and connecting with other members right away. Any member can submit event listings, directory entries and bookmarks to share with the rest of the community. nwa360 members can also write reviews of businesses and services listed in its directory.
“We want this site to provide real value back to Northwest Arkansas,” said Brad Lawless, who created the site with his wife, Wendi. “If you go to a restaurant and get great food and service, we want you to write a review so everyone else can know about it and try out the restaurant. Of course, we also want you to write a review if you get bad food or service. That gives the restaurant a chance to improve and helps people make a more informed decision about where to spend their dollar the next time they go out.”
Following in the footsteps of groundbreaking Internet sites like MySpace, Facebook and Friendster, nwa360 differs from mainstream social networking sites in its mission to serve the residents of Northwest Arkansas. According to Lawless, “Popular mainstream social networking sites are good at creating virtual communities by connecting people with similar interests who might not otherwise have the chance to find each other. We already have a great community here in Northwest Arkansas. nwa360 merely provides tools to support and enhance that existing community.
Lawless continues to add new event listings and directory information to the site. “We’re adding content as fast as we can right now,” Lawless said, “but the real power of this site is its ability to empower anyone in Northwest Arkansas to add content. I can type for 40 hours a week and still not get you as much information as 500 people typing for 10 minutes a week.”
Lawless plans to add new functionality to the site based on feedback he receives from members. nwa360 already displays photos and video of area events like Razorback Football games and Bikes, Blues and Barbeque. Members can add their own photos and videos into blogs from free photo-hosting services such as Flickr and Photobucket and from video-hosting services such as YouTube. “At some point, we’d like to start producing podcasts and possibly vidcasts,” said Lawless. “Our ultimate goal is to make this site the first place anyone thinks to visit when they want to find out what’s happening in Northwest Arkansas – and what Northwest Arkansans are thinking.”
CONTACT:
Brad Lawless
(479) 530-4872
Brad.Lawless@nwa360.com
nwa360.com Supports and Improves Area Community With Web 2.0 Features
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS, October 4, 2006 – nwa360.com officially launched today, providing a platform to support and enhance the evolving community in Northwest Arkansas. After creating a free nwa360 account, a new member can start blogging and connecting with other members right away. Any member can submit event listings, directory entries and bookmarks to share with the rest of the community. nwa360 members can also write reviews of businesses and services listed in its directory.
“We want this site to provide real value back to Northwest Arkansas,” said Brad Lawless, who created the site with his wife, Wendi. “If you go to a restaurant and get great food and service, we want you to write a review so everyone else can know about it and try out the restaurant. Of course, we also want you to write a review if you get bad food or service. That gives the restaurant a chance to improve and helps people make a more informed decision about where to spend their dollar the next time they go out.”
Following in the footsteps of groundbreaking Internet sites like MySpace, Facebook and Friendster, nwa360 differs from mainstream social networking sites in its mission to serve the residents of Northwest Arkansas. According to Lawless, “Popular mainstream social networking sites are good at creating virtual communities by connecting people with similar interests who might not otherwise have the chance to find each other. We already have a great community here in Northwest Arkansas. nwa360 merely provides tools to support and enhance that existing community.
Lawless continues to add new event listings and directory information to the site. “We’re adding content as fast as we can right now,” Lawless said, “but the real power of this site is its ability to empower anyone in Northwest Arkansas to add content. I can type for 40 hours a week and still not get you as much information as 500 people typing for 10 minutes a week.”
Lawless plans to add new functionality to the site based on feedback he receives from members. nwa360 already displays photos and video of area events like Razorback Football games and Bikes, Blues and Barbeque. Members can add their own photos and videos into blogs from free photo-hosting services such as Flickr and Photobucket and from video-hosting services such as YouTube. “At some point, we’d like to start producing podcasts and possibly vidcasts,” said Lawless. “Our ultimate goal is to make this site the first place anyone thinks to visit when they want to find out what’s happening in Northwest Arkansas – and what Northwest Arkansans are thinking.”
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