Last Few Days of the Smarterer Campaign

For some reason its felt like this particular campaign has been going on FOREVER. Not that its a bad thing but I keep going back to my BzzAgent account hoping for something new and different to try. I started the Smarterer campaign with an open mind and at first thought it was kind of fun to go and take this quizzes, but I have to admit that once the newness of the idea wore off I struggled to want to go back and take more quizzes and see how I scored against others. Each week I got a new email from Smarterer saying they had new quizzes for me to try out and I did go back to see what was available but it was just more of the same stuff and my interest faded pretty fast. I know a few of my friends went and checked out the site and in the end felt the same way. There has to be something else going on for this website to be successful in the long run. As I've said in my previous blogs and reviews this is pretty much just a great site when you are bored and looking to waste some time. I'm not saying I'm disappointed with my experience because at times it was fun but it just didn't have the staying power or the draw to keep me coming back all the time.

Pantene is Coming!

I just got an email a few days ago from Shespeaks telling me that I get to try the new natural fusion Pantene line of shampoo and condition and it should be arriving in the mail any day now. This is super exciting since I use Pantene products and love them so I'm always up for trying something new that might be even better. So now I just have to wait for them to show up in my mail box. I'll let you know when I get them and what the details of the product are when it gets here.

BzzScore Finally Launched!

Ever since I became a BzzAgent two and a half years ago, progress as a member had been monitored by a function called status. Starting at "solitary bee" and working your way up the honeycomb strata, you could gain status by bzzing about products they sent you as campaigns and reviewing products you used on a daily basis in their bzzcapes and frogs program. I know this must all sound strange to those of you who haven't become agents, and I must admit it was a little convoluted for those of us who were agents as well. It all seemed kind of arbitrarty and you never knew how you stacked up to other agents or if you really were progressing in a way that you would be invited to new campaignes any earlier than anyone else.

So BzzAgent did away with bzzcapes, frogs, and even status itself and launched the new BzzScore which is a numerical evaluation of the work you as an agent have done since entering their program. This evaluation is based on your participation in campaings, the quality of information you provide others when you bzz about products, and how active you are as an agent. If you become lazy and subpar your score goes down while if you really participate and in general have fun while being an agent the score goes up.

Its a rating based on a 0-10 scale so when I first checked my score this past week I was really hoping for a 10 but was sad to see that after so long I was only an 8.2. The break down is 0-2 BAD (why are you even bothering to be a BzzAgent), 2-6 OK (you are giving it a good showing and keep up the work you are doing), and 6-10 AWESOME (you are kicking butt and taking names). Now this is nothing to be ashamed of by any means and it really motivates me to participate even more than I do. Even with an 8.2 I know I can do better. So thanks again BzzAgent for lighting a fire under my behind and making me want to do even more for your program! Hope all the other Bzzagents feel the same and we can make BzzAgent even more awesome!