Happy Valentine’s Day Quizzlers!

In the world of buzz-marketing, Word-of-Mouth-marketing, and TRUST-marketing, a little LOVE goes a long way.

Here are some HONEST, HEART-FELT comments we’ve received lately from our Quizzle ADMIRERS…

• I am IN-LOVE with Quizzle. I FRICKIN LOVE Quizzle!
• Hi, I am so HAPPY I found your site
• I LOVE the Quizzle overview. It shows the Quizzle score and Credit score in an easy to see format
• Very, VERY SWEET features from Quicken! Thank You!
• This is amazing!! It’s so easy and simple to get started. I LOVE Quizzle.

Have a QUIZZLICIOUS day everyone. Remember to TREAT your SWEETHEART well today and don’t forget, it’s always good to SPREAD A LITTLE QUIZZLE LOVE!

Happy Birthday Quizzlers,

What a fun first year!  Here’s a few Quizzle numbers for you in year one:

• $0 dollars spent to-date in advertising
  
• 1 year of life-experience in the books
• 257 Quizzlers improved their mortgage situation with Quicken Loans
• 132,000 new people living in Quizzle-land (what a birthday party!)
  
• 550,000 new people have checked-out the site

Thank you all for being a part of the Quizzlution!

Year two will begin with the launch of our first Quizzle Quiz (in about a week) called “How green are you?”  Stay tuned!

The Quizzle team celebrated its 100,000th Quizzler at a team party last night. It was a wild 2008!  Quizzle grew from 1,000 Quizzlers at the end of February ‘08 (back when Quizzle launched) to hit 100,000 earlier this week!  Quizzle Nestle 100-Grand candy bars were flowing freely this week.

Today, I’d like to take a moment to thank the amazing Quizzle Team, our partners, and YOU for turning this Dan Gilbert vision into a reality.  Quizzle accomplished its goal of building a truly-free educational tool to help average people get a better understanding of their home, credit, money and life!

So, I’d like to give a HUGE THANKS to a lot of great people.  First, thank you to our IT team (who’s the ”#1 IT place to work” in the nation – 3 years running), our client relations team (who create new ‘raving fans’ every day), our marketing team (who dream-up cool new Quizzle tools and generate nation-wide word-of-mouth buzz – on $zero advertising).

Next, I’d like to thank our elite partners -  Quicken Loans (for helping so many people improve their mortgage situation), Experian (for providing credit reports and scores), Cyberhomes (for calculating Quizzlers home values), Onboard Informatics (for providing amazing neighborhood information) and In-House Realty (for matching clients with the best agents in the country).

And finally, a big thanks you to YOU, the people who chose to live in Quizzland and reap the benefits of the free tool!  You’ve played a huge role in the direction of Quizzle by sending us well-over 2000 pieces of feedback (all of which we’ve responded personally to).  Keep the feedback coming – your ideas will continue to drive the vision and direction of Quizzle in the exciting months to come.

In an upcoming blog post, I’ll let you in on the secrets of some cool new stuff coming to Quizzle in ’09 (but that’s for another day).  Today I just wanted to say THANK YOU to the team.  Thanks for your DEDICATION to the project, COMMITMENT to the vision, EXECUTION of the details and constant FOCUS on the client experience!

That was one heckuva Quizzlating year!   Thank you and Happy Quizzling.

LOOKING FOR A HOME? It may be your lucky day!

Check out this graph.  Look at all the factors…

Affordability way high….mortgage rates way low… amazing selection of homes available… prices way down… AND DRUM ROLL PLEASE …….

If you’re a first time home buyer, a $7,500.00 repayable tax credit may be available …

What does this graph mean?  The graph shows an index where 100 means a family has just enough money to qualify for a mortgage.  A number over 100 means that family has more than enough to qualify.  Note that we are at affordability levels not seen since the early 90’s when a monster refi boom was taking place AND….AND…this data is only thru October.  When the ridiculously low current mortgage rates and even lower property values are input, the index should be off the charts!

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving! It’s no-doubt been a crazy year in the financial industry with a large heap of uncertainty and a bounty of unforeseen changes. But it’s Thanksgiving time – a time to put worries aside, count your blessings and feast on the most important things in life: family, friends, health, job, etc.
Here are a few things that Quizzle is thankful for today:

1. YOU! And the other 96,913 people who have decided to settle in the land of Quizzle!
2. The unbelievable word-of-mouth from you, Clark Howard (radio), Dave Ramsey (radio), Wall Street Journal, and many others who have helped gather and educate new Quizzlers!
3. Those of you who are using Quizzle to harvest your good credit, make smarter decisions, and realize the American Dream of home ownership.

Here are a few things that you early Quizzle settlers have told us you were thankful for this year:

• Your site is really awesome. It has come in handy during these really hard times. Thank you Quizzle.
• Very user friendly and flexible.  You will receive consideration for my future mortgage needs.
• This is the kind of service internet users should expect – great information.  Now I know where I stand and what steps are needed to upgrade my fico score. Thanks!
• Thanks Quizzle.  I will work harder to pay off my credit cards early.
• You provide a great service.  I’m glad I heard about you on the Clark Howard radio program.
• This site is super awesome! My new favorite everything site. WOW!
• Everything was right on the money….I Love Quizzle….it’s the Best!
• I heard about you on the Dave Ramsey show…Thank you so much…I am trying to buy a home and this was a very helpful site.
• Great website! Fun to use too. Thanks!
• This is a very cool tool! I am very much looking forward to using it going forward to assess my standing and purchase a new home in the next year and a half.  Thanks.
• Quizzle is ridiculously amazing!
• This was so easy and FRIENDLY. I have put off looking at my “bad credit report” for so long. You helped me get started and encouraged me to raise my score. THANK YOU!

We are thankful to each of you who’ve provided feedback this year!  We use these daily “conversations” with you to make important changes and improve you Quizzle experience – please keep the feedback coming!

Enjoy the holiday season and remember to be smart and stay in-the-know with Quizzle!