Blog

So I finally got round to creating a blog for Vibe Capital today.
Here it is. Specific Vibe Capital news will be posted there (obviously i hear you say ).

Only a few days after our Pubic Beta launch and we have received more coverage (TechCrunch, alarm:clock, WebMetricsGuru) in the blogosphere. The site has stood up very well to the immediate boost in traffic. Below is a graph of traffic to the site...



Thanks to all the tech bloggers who have blogged about Refurber already. Now we need to start spreading the news to the DIY/Renovations/Landscaping community.

Glad to see Refurber received a bit of blog coverage last night, mainly with the tech croud

Here are a few of the blog posts...

1. Dipping into the blogpond.
2. Mashable.
3. Techmate.
4. WebDev2.0.

If you have a blog, it would be really appreciated if you could help us spread the word

Thanks
Clay

Here are some blog buttons for you to post on your blog and link back to Refurber.

Link them to http://www.refurber.com


Here is the html code for the button above...

<a href="http://www.refurber.com">
<img width="100" height="100" border="0" alt=""
src="http://www.refurber.com/image/r-100-100/123/blog-button-generic_image_vsm.jpg"/>
</a>

Here is the html code for the button above...

<a href="http://www.refurber.com">
<img width="125" height="125" border="0" alt="" 
src="http://www.refurber.com/image/r-125-125/124/blog-button-generic_image_sm.jpg" />
</a>

Here is the html code for the button above...

<a href="http://www.refurber.com">
<img width="250" height="250" border="0" alt="" 
src="http://www.refurber.com/image/r-250-250/125/blog-button-generic_image.jpg" />
</a>

Here is the html code for the logo above...

<a href="http://www.refurber.com">
<img width="133" height="215" border="0" 
src="http://www.refurber.com/image/r-133-215/126/logo-homepage_beta.gif" alt="" />
</a>

How big is this home improvement market? Really really big!

$316B in the US alone according to the Global Insight here.

Quote: In the Global Insight/HIRI forecast report of February 2007, the current estimated size of the residential repair & remodeling products’ market for 2007 was reported at a level of $316 billion

We have decided that the site is ready to go to public beta, so we have emailed a couple key bloggers in the tech space.

We are still adding content before letting people know.
Also still fixing bugs. Most bugs are fixed now though thankfully

We are very nearly ready to let people know about Refurber.
It is actually available to the public at the moment, we just haven't told anyone about it yet
Going through it adding content and fixing any last minute critical bugs.