- Ideablob: where ideas grow

The Blob is growing!

Category: Inside ideablob | Posted: 11/30/2007

We’re thrilled with everybody’s willingness to share ideas in an open forum and just as we’d hoped, people have been freely providing valuable advice and suggestions.

We’ve got a lot of enhancements underway, but we really encourage you to tell us what you think would make Ideablob better. Please tell us what you think.

Whether you come to vote, submit an idea, advise another or just browse, we hope you keep blobbing!

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tsearight

12.09.07 | 12:32 PM

Unable to get your Contact e-mail to deliver hello@ideablob.com Here's a copy of what I tried to send: Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:14:12 -0800 (PST) From: "Tony Searight" <tsearight18@yahoo.com> View Contact Details Add Mobile Alert Yahoo! DomainKeys has confirmed that this message was sent by yahoo.com. Learn more Subject: GREAT IDEA FOR IDEABLOB.com/ KIDPRENEURS AND TONY SEARIGHT To: hello@ideablob.com CC: "Myra Searight" <tsearight19@yahoo.com>, "Anthony Searight" <tsearight18@yahoo.com> Good Sunday, Just wanted to commend you guys for great idea and pray that you will keep it going FOREVER !!!!!!!! Our Kidpreneurs were happy to be able to help submit our idea http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/864-Searight-Investments-Education and to also tell others about the contest on our websites www.tonysearight.zoomshare.com, www.myspace.com/tonysearight , http://youthinsting.blogspot.com/, http://www…more.youtube.com/tsearight. Tony Searight & Kidpreneurs Searight Investments, Education, & Entertainment For Youth www.tonysearight.zoomshare.com 440-341-2588 Searight Investments, Education, & Entertainment For Youth Home I submitted an idea to ideablob.com/chance to win $10,000.00 http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/864-Searight-Investments-Education http://youthinsting.blogspot.com/ Ideablob Update: You have one new vote Posted by deeholt 11.29.07 | 05:03 PM I think it's a wonderful idea, more African Americans need to start practicing wealth building and getting the children involved at an early age. I'm already involved in Tony's program and all of my children know the importance of investing in companies, like Nike since they put money in their company already.They also have started learning how to be kidpreneurs, my son and his friends have a handyman service, my daughter has started baby-sitting and my other daughter is looking to start selling homemade baked goods. A good book to get your chilld interested in becoming a entrepreneur or investing is "Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens" also check out Tony's site and get your child involved Today!!!!! Remember "The Children Are The Future".......... KIDS HAVING FUN WHILE PREACHING STOCK INVESTING AND EDUCATION THE TIME IS NOW, THE FUTURE IS NOW!!!!! LEARN TO INVEST,STAY IN SCHOOL!!!!! Connecting youth worldwide through technology ! http://www.youtube.com/tsearight www.myspace.com/tonysearight Connecting adults worldwide through technology ! View Tony Searight's profile http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=668935799 http://www.trendhunter.com/tonysearight Mari Ann .. Apr 25, 2007 8:17 PM I love what you're doing Tony - teaching kids to invest AND to give back! How very cool! Your new friend - MS-Independence A & P SEARIGHT INVESTMENT GROUP FOR KIDS, INC. Raise a penny for every search on Goodsearch; monies used to open investment accounts for kids through our foundation.

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tsearight

12.09.07 | 12:33 PM

Unable to get your Contact e-mail to deliver hello@ideablob.com Here's a copy of what I tried to send: Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:14:12 -0800 (PST) From: "Tony Searight" <tsearight18@yahoo.com> View Contact Details Add Mobile Alert Yahoo! DomainKeys has confirmed that this message was sent by yahoo.com. Learn more Subject: GREAT IDEA FOR IDEABLOB.com/ KIDPRENEURS AND TONY SEARIGHT To: hello@ideablob.com CC: "Myra Searight" <tsearight19@yahoo.com>, "Anthony Searight" <tsearight18@yahoo.com> Good Sunday, Just wanted to commend you guys for great idea and pray that you will keep it going FOREVER !!!!!!!! Our Kidpreneurs were happy to be able to help submit our idea http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/864-Searight-Investments-Education and to also tell others about the contest on our websites www.tonysearight.zoomshare.com, www.myspace.com/tonysearight , http://youthinsting.blogspot.com/, http://www…more.youtube.com/tsearight. Tony Searight & Kidpreneurs Searight Investments, Education, & Entertainment For Youth www.tonysearight.zoomshare.com 440-341-2588 Searight Investments, Education, & Entertainment For Youth Home I submitted an idea to ideablob.com/chance to win $10,000.00 http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/864-Searight-Investments-Education http://youthinsting.blogspot.com/ Ideablob Update: You have one new vote Posted by deeholt 11.29.07 | 05:03 PM I think it's a wonderful idea, more African Americans need to start practicing wealth building and getting the children involved at an early age. I'm already involved in Tony's program and all of my children know the importance of investing in companies, like Nike since they put money in their company already.They also have started learning how to be kidpreneurs, my son and his friends have a handyman service, my daughter has started baby-sitting and my other daughter is looking to start selling homemade baked goods. A good book to get your chilld interested in becoming a entrepreneur or investing is "Rich Dad Poor Dad for Teens" also check out Tony's site and get your child involved Today!!!!! Remember "The Children Are The Future".......... KIDS HAVING FUN WHILE PREACHING STOCK INVESTING AND EDUCATION THE TIME IS NOW, THE FUTURE IS NOW!!!!! LEARN TO INVEST,STAY IN SCHOOL!!!!! Connecting youth worldwide through technology ! http://www.youtube.com/tsearight www.myspace.com/tonysearight Connecting adults worldwide through technology ! View Tony Searight's profile http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=668935799 http://www.trendhunter.com/tonysearight Mari Ann .. Apr 25, 2007 8:17 PM I love what you're doing Tony - teaching kids to invest AND to give back! How very cool! Your new friend - MS-Independence A & P SEARIGHT INVESTMENT GROUP FOR KIDS, INC. Raise a penny for every search on Goodsearch; monies used to open investment accounts for kids through our foundation.

Tom's Winning Strategy

Category: Inside ideablob | Posted: 11/28/2007

Tom first tried creating a Facebook Event to invite friends to join and vote for the idea. However, his Facebook friends found this to be confusing. Tom decided to send out individual messages to each and every one of his nearly 500 Facebook friends. (He actually rallied two colleagues to do the same and it took each of them pretty much the entire day). The message to their friends basically introduced what they were doing, let their friends know how they could help, provided a link to the site and then a big thanks. This was not a mass message /spam. Tom warns, “I have great respect for my network. Don’t Spam! It comes around to hurt you in the long run.”

Some other interesting notes from Tom:

Tom informed friends that if they passed the first round, they would be asking them again to vote in the finals.
He waited until the last day of each of the rounds to send out most of the messages in order to keep the competition unaware of what was coming.
They found that nearly 80% of the friends on Facebook responded to tell him they voted as opposed to 30% of those they emailed.
MySpace was much more difficult than Facebook to quickly and effectively message individuals.

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Advanta Announces November's ideablob.com Finalists

Category: Inside ideablob | Posted: 11/23/2007

Winner to be Selected by Community, Win $10,000

Spring House, PA (November 26, 2007)– Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ:ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced November’s eight ideablob.com finalists for the $10,000 monthly contest prize. They are: Kemper Barkhurst of Albuquerque, NM; Nicole Brooks of Riverview, FL; Susan di Rende of Los Angeles, CA; Sherrie Gossett of Fairfax Station, VA; Collin LaHay of St. Louis Park, MN; Geoffrey Ravenhill of Islesford, ME; Marci Schankweiler of North Wales, PA, and Vaughan Woodruff of Bozeman, MT.

Launched by Advanta in September 2007, ideablob.com is where small businesses and entrepreneurs can share, compare and grow their business ideas – and have a chance to win $10,000 towards fulfilling them. The finalists include the top two winners from each of the first three weeks of November, as voted on by the ideablob.com community. In addition, the finalists include two contestants who received the most votes overall from the community since the ideablob.com contest began. … more

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: Winner Tom Krieglstein

Chicago Entrepreneur Wins Advanta’s National ideablob.com Monthly Contest

Category: Winning Announcement | Posted: 11/19/2007

ideablob.com community votes Tom Krieglstein’s idea to develop freshman orientation software as best business idea of the month

Spring House, PA (November 19, 2007) – Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced October’s ideablob.com $10,000 monthly contest winner for the best business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community. Tom Krieglstein, 27, of Chicago, IL received the most votes for his idea to develop freshman orientation software that integrates with popular online social networks to match college students with other students, groups and courses.

Krieglstein is co-founder of Swift Kick, a Chicago-based education company whose mission is to increase student engagement through leadership, technology and community. He plans on using the $10,000 prize from ideablob.com to pay for hosting fees so his freshman orientation software, called Red Rover, can be offered to schools at no cost. … more

Ideablob.com is an active community where participants submit business ideas as well as advise and vote on them. Advanta, one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market, awards a $10,000 monthly prize to the best idea, as determined by the voting.

“We are thrilled to award our first monthly prize to Tom Krieglstein of Swift Kick,” said Ami Kassar, Advanta’s Chief Innovation Officer. ”Tom is a great example of an entrepreneur who is utilizing the ideablob platform to grow and promote his existing business, and take it to the next level.”

“It’s rewarding to know that the people Red Rover will help the most – students on social networking websites – were our biggest contest supporters,” said Krieglstein. “The powerful effect that social networking sites could have on education is amazing, and we plan to unleash that power through Red Rover.”

The eight finalists who will compete for November’s $10,000 contest prize will be announced on ideablob.com on November 22, and the ideablob community will have approximately one week to vote for November’s best business idea. For information about past finalists and their ideas, please visit www.ideablob.com.

There is no purchase necessary to enter the ideablob.com contest. Contest began on 9/24/07 at 12:00:00 am CT and ends on 9/30/08 at 11:59:59 pm CT. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and D.C. who are of the legal age of majority in their state of residence at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. Official Rules are available online at www.ideablob.com. Sponsored by Advanta Bank Corp, PO Box 30715, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0715.

About Advanta

Advanta is one of the nation’s largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market today. Advanta’s exclusive focus on this market, as well as its size, experience and commitment to developing meaningful product offerings and a high level of service tailored to the needs of small businesses, differentiate the company from other issuers. Founded in 1951, Advanta has long been an innovator in developing and introducing many of the marketing techniques that are common in the financial services industry today. Learn more about Advanta at www.advanta.com

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November 2007 Press Release

Category: Media Kit | Posted: 11/07/2007

Founder of Philadelphia Charity Wins National ideablob.com^* Contest for Best Small Business Idea

ideablob.com community votes Marci Schankweiler's idea to buy a retreat home for cancer patients and their families as November's best business idea.

Spring House, PA (December 17, 2007) - Advanta Corp. (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) today announced that Marci Bossow Schankweiler of North Wales, PA has been named November's ideablob.com monthly contest winner for the best business idea, as voted on by the ideablob community. In addition to the $10,000 contest prize, she is eligible to receive 1,000,000 rewards points on her Advanta BusinessCard*.

Schankweiler is President and founder of Crossing the Finish Line (CFL), a Blue Bell, PA-based non-profit organization that provides excursions for young adult cancer patients and their families. Schankweiler founded CFL after her first husband passed away from cancer at the age of 30. She plans to use the prize money to help fund a home for cancer patients near Orlando, FL.

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Schankweiler is the first Advanta Business Cards customer to win the monthly ideablob contest, which is open to small business owners and entrepreneurs. As a result, she is eligible to receive 1,000,000 rewards points on her Advanta BusinessCard in addition to the $10,000 monthly contest prize.

Ideablob.com is a vibrant and active community where small business owners and entrepreneurs are sharing business ideas in exchange for feedback, advice and votes from the community. Advanta, one of the nation's largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market, awards a $10,000 monthly prize to the best idea, as determined by the voting.

"We are thrilled that the ideablob community picked a non-profit as this month's winner," said Ami Kassar, Advanta's Chief Innovation Officer. "There are more than 1.5 million non-profit organizations in the United States, most of which are small and face the same daily struggles for survival as millions of small businesses."

"We've been talking about securing a home near Orlando for a while and when I heard about ideablob.com I thought I'd put the idea out there," explains Schankweiler. "There's such a demand to provide young patients a respite from the traumas associated with cancer. Thanks to the support of the ideablob community, we now have the money to provide additional assistance."

For more information, please visit www.ideablob.com.

There is no purchase necessary to enter the ideablob.com contest. Contest began on 9/24/07 at 12:00:00 am CT and ends on 3/31/08 at 11:59:59 pm CT. Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states and D.C. who are of the legal age of majority in their state of residence at the time of entry. Void where prohibited. To be eligible for the rewards points portion of the prize, you must have an Advanta BusinessCard account in good standing. All awarded points are subject to the Advanta Business Rewards Program Rules. Residents of AZ, MD, NJ, ND, TN and VT are not eligible for the rewards points portion of the prize. Official Rules are available online at http://www.ideablob.com/. Sponsored by Advanta Bank Corp, PO Box 30715, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0715.

* ideablob.com and ideablob are service marks owned by Advanta Bank Corp. Eligible Advanta BusinessCard customers may choose to receive 1,000,000 rewards points on their Advanta BusinessCard or the cash alternative.

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About Advanta

Advanta is one of the nation's largest credit card issuers (through Advanta Bank Corp.) in the small business market today. Advanta's exclusive focus on this market, as well as its size, experience and commitment to developing meaningful product offerings and a high level of service tailored to the needs of small businesses, differentiate the company from other issuers. Founded in 1951, Advanta has long been an innovator in developing and introducing many of the marketing techniques that are common in the financial services industry today. Learn more about Advanta at https://mail.navisite.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.advanta.com/.

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David M. Goodman
Director, Communications
215-444-5073
dgoodman@advanta.com

Allison Clark
ideablob Public Relations
847-921-7417
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Matthew Vlahos

ideablob Public Relations

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mvlahos@redtettemer.com

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