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Weekly Update 🎉: From Text to Match

Weekly Update 🎉: From Text to Match


TL;DR:

  •  New demo videos will accompany major updates! This week’s videos cover:
  • Beta Test now has 52 users! Please follow up with anyone you've invited to help us hit our goal of 100 sign-ups by January 31st.
  • Matchbox engagement is growing, with 100+ submissions from 20 users in the past 3 days!

Hi Testers,

First, a big thank you to everyone submitting potential power users for this next batch of invites. We’re now up to 52 users in the Beta Test! I’ll be sending reminder emails to those who haven’t signed up yet, but if you want to give your invitees a friendly nudge, it would be greatly appreciated.

Given the positive feedback from last week’s demo video, I’ll be sharing video walkthroughs more regularly for major product releases or updates. These videos will be short and to the point so you can quickly learn how to make the most of Matchbox.

This week’s demo videos:

  1. Free-Form Texting: Learn how to text free-form information into Matchbox and turn it into a match. Watch the demo here.
  2. Ideas Use Case: See how the new conceptual content use case works for humor, topical content, and more. Watch the demo here.

1/6 - 1/13 Product Updates

  • TikTok API Integration: We’re now connected to a third-party TikTok API, pulling everything from captions to transcribed videos (where available). TikTok is now one of our highest-fidelity content sources.
  • Free-Form Texting: You can now send free-form information into Matchbox! Just start your text with “Add” so Matchbox knows to process it as a match.
  • Ideas Use Case: A new use case is available for conceptual content—perfect for humor, topics, or content that’s not location- or product-based.

Focus Areas for This Week

  • Facebook Issues: We’re investigating ongoing issues with Facebook posts and Facebook Marketplace to get this content pathway back on track.
  • Beta Expansion:
    • Invites Sent: 85 (so far)
    • Users Signed Up: 52 (since 12/2)
    • Goal: 100 sign-ups by the end of January! We’re looking to send out 50–60 more invites in the next two weeks.

Looking Ahead

Matchbox engagement is growing rapidly—just in the last 3 days, we’ve seen over 100 submissions from 20 different users. This reinforces my belief that Matchbox is a product worth further investment! I’m starting to plan the next few months and will keep you all updated as things develop.

As always, I deeply appreciate all the help this group is providing in turning Matchbox into something real.

Hope you all have a great week!

Pat

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