October is Help Make YoTricks Awesome(r) Month

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October is Help Make YoTricks Awesome(r) Month – Week 1

Help Make YoTricks.com AwesomerThis year has been awesome! Besides some great improvements to the website and iOS app, most weeks we have been able to post 1-2 new trick videos, and have added Connor and Chrissy to the YoTricks team. We have even become the most popular dedicated yoyo channel on YouTube (based on subscribers)!

But, with your support YoTricks can become even more awesome, dare we say… AWESOMER!

October is Help Make YoTricks Awesome(r) Month. Each week we will be detailing a different way that you can help spread the word about YoTricks. The more people who know about YoTricks.com and actively use the site, the more time we can invest to make it better than ever!

#1 – Write About YoTricks

One of the best ways you can make YoTricks.com awesome(r) is to write about it. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

First, if you have a website or a blog, write an article about YoTricks. Writing about how you got into yoyoing, or how our videos helped you learn is a great place to start. Be sure to provide a link in the article to YoTricks.com. Also, if you mention a trick or two, feel free to embed our YouTube videos to help explain the tricks.

Second, think about writing an article on yoyoing for your school newsletter. Our website has a lot of information that can help you put together a great article, and you can mention that our website is a great place to get started learning tricks and to pick up yoyo supplies. You can also recommend our iOS app to help people learn how to yoyo on the go!

To help you as you write, members of the YoTricks Team are available for interviews and would be happy to answer questions you might have about yoyoing, YoTricks, or ourselves. Just send us an email through the YoTricks contact page with a few questions and a brief description of what you are working on. You can also check out each team member’s bio page for information on them. Links to a player’s bio page can be found above any trick video featuring that player on YoTricks.

Finally, once you’ve found a place to write about YoTricks, let us know about it. We’d love to take the time to thank you on our Facebook page and we may even feature it in our upcoming newsletters!

Connor Scholten’s 1st Place Performance

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Connor Scholten’s 1st Place Performance

Connor Scholten performing at Grand Rapids Got Talent 2013 YoTricks.com team member, Connor Scholten, took first place in the adult division at the 2013 Grand Rapids Got Talent. Connor was one of 26 different acts that performed, and winners were chosen by a panel of judges along with public voting.

We were able to find a video of Connor’s performance, shot with a cell phone camera, and we uploaded it to our website. You can watch the video here, be sure to check out his amazing final trick! Also, you can read more about the competition and Connor’s performance in an article on mlive.com.

Learn to Yoyo From Connor and get the ReXtreme Yoyo

Rextreme Yoyo by Yoyo JamIn his performance, Connor used the ReXtreme Yoyo, the most highly recommended Offstring yoyo on YoTricks.com. In addition, if you are interested in learning how to do Offstring yoyoing, you can check the Offstring section on our website. It includes a number of videos to help you get started with offstring, many of which feature Connor Scholten.

New Website Features

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Website Updates and New Features

We have been busy the past couple of weeks making all kinds of updates to the YoTricks.com website. Most of the updates we have made recently have been to the backend of the website and isn’t noticeable on the front-end to our users. We have, however, added a few new features to the site that make browsing YoTricks even better than before. We’ve highlighted these new features below.

Yoyo Trick of the Day

Yoyo Trick of the Day

One of our favorite features we added to the website in the past couple of weeks is the Yoyo Trick of the Day section on the homepage.

We designed the Yoyo Trick of the Day as a way to feature one yoyo trick everyday from any play style and difficulty. We thought this would help users find videos they haven’t seen before and introduce the many styles of play to users that may have been unaware of them.

The videos featured in this section change everyday at around midnight EST and are selected at random. So, be sure to check back everyday to see what the new Yoyo Trick of the Day is!

New Yoyo Tricks Page

Yoyo Tricks Page

The Yoyo Tricks Page is one of the most visited pages on the entire website. We felt that the old Yoyo Tricks page wasn’t very user friendly and didn’t make much sense as far as what tricks to learn and where to go depending on your skill level.

Because of this, we have completely redesigned the Yoyo Tricks Page and made it into an information hub for all the different styles of yoyoing including information on what each style is and what yoyo is best for learning that style.

If you have any questions on what yoyo to get to start learning or where you should start, check out the new Yoyo Tricks Page for all the answers you need!

Recommendations for Out of Stock Products

What Should I Get InsteadSince the Luminator is no longer being made, we have been receiving a lot questions asking what yoyo one should get instead. So, we decided to develop a feature to tell users what product we recommend as an alternative to an out of stock product.

If you come across a product that is out of stock, just look for the green button that says “What Should I Get Instead” and a window will appear displaying the recommended product with a detailed explanation as to why we recommend that product as an alternative.

iOS App Updated – Android App on the way!

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The YoTrick.com iPhone app.At long last we have updated our iOS app. The experience is the same, but we have squashed a number of the bugs that have bothered our users for some time. The iOS app is for the iPhone, iPod and can be used on the iPad to get quick access to all our videos on your mobile devices.

We are also pleased to announce that we are in the final testing phases of our Android app. This app will be different than the iOS app in that it is a web app. This means that it will work the same way as if you were to go to YoTricks.com on your mobile Android device.

International Shipping Now Available

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YoTricks International ShippingAt long last we have begun to open our store to world wide international shipping. We are starting small, limiting our shipping to those countries from which we have received the most attention, specifically the United Kingdom, Australia, South Korea, and Mexico.

Our intention is to continue to expand our shipping as we gain interest in other countries. If you are ready to place an order and your country is not available on our checkout page send us an email through the contact page and let us know where you are from and we will do our best to get our store setup to ship to your area. Usually this will take place the same day, but as we are still testing our international shipping it may take longer if we run into any issues.

Cheers!

Welcome to the New YoTricks.com

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Here at YoTricks.com we are proud to unveil our newest creation, a brand new site built from the ground up. Our new interface is designed for ever expanding content while keeping a focus on learning tricks. As a part of our new launch we have added several new features to our site.

More Yoyos

While we still love the Luminator and Dominator yoyos, we have significantly expanded our line of yoyos. We have hand picked the best (i.e. our favorite) yoyos from the major U.S. yoyo companies keeping in mind value, performance, and how well they facilitate the learning of new tricks. If you have not tried these yoyos we are confident you will love them as much as we do, and they will certainly take your skills to new heights.

More Trick Styles

With the addition of new yoyos we have been able to expand into different trick styles as well. Most notably 3A Yoyoing, Offstring Yoyoing, and Freehand Yoyoing. We are absolutely excited to bring these tricks to our users. At the same time, we labored greatly over what yoyos to use for each style. We are confident that the new yoyos we use in our videos and recommend to you will be a great asset to you as you seek to master these new skills.

More Accessibility

Along with the release of the new website we are proud to be releasing a new mobile site as well. Just visit YoTricks.com on any mobile device and you will experience our new dynamic theme tailored specifically for YoTricks on the go.

More Videos

As a part of our YoTricks relaunch we will be adding new types of videos to the site, including Yoyo Reviews, Yoyo FAQs and more. While we are still in the beginning stages for these videos we are working hard on new videos and are confident these videos will become a favorite for our users.

With such a big launch we are aware that there will be some problems. If you come across any bugs, typos, etc., please feel free to contact us and help us iron things out as we seek to move forward.

Enjoy!

YoTricks iPhone App Updated

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YoTricks Yoyo AppIf you haven’t already done so be sure to download the latest version of the iPhone App. If you have tried to download it in the past and it crashed on you give this version a try. We have fixed a couple of holes in the code and tightened things up a bit.

If you find the app crashes when you start it please try this: hold the top button on your device down for five seconds and it will give you a prompt to “Slide to Power Off”. Use the slider to shut the device down and then hold the top button down again to restart the device. This will free up some memory on the device and should allow the app to open.

We have also been busy on a mobile version of the website to improve the YoTricks.com experience on all mobile devices, as well as an Android version of the app to bring our YoTricks.com yoyo videos to as many people as possible.

We’ll keep you updated as things develop.

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