Say hello to the new #3

Thanks for all the extra work put in by our users, we scored the single biggest increase in web traffic since I last posted the results. Here is the latest update

#1 Kamlesh Bharti (369 referrals) – No surprises there

#2 Rahul Basu ( 337 referrals)

#3 Deepesh Shah (306 referrals)

There are loads of users in the 200+ range and with a month left to go can still play catchup. Deepesh has had the fastest week of growth since we started the program. He has also been quite creative in using his url(I can’t quite go into the details here

Oh and somebody is trying to game the system by hiding their referrer information using tools such as Anonym.to .
Please refrain from such practises. Our ever friendly apache log captures this and per contest rules such tactics can lead to disqualification.

One big feature coming right up!

A common paradigm across new startup’s seem’s to be the fact that they are actually listening to their users. At CampusChai, we have been fortunate enough to get lots of user feedback and feature requests(we have had more than 150 feedback suggestions/feature requests). While it may not be prudent or possible to implement all of them, we have decided to take on the ones that make the most sense and start making them available. We have a pretty big feature release coming up and we like what we see. We are hoping to release the feature in a week if we think it’s ready.

Anybody want to guess on what the new feature is? (Hint: How do more than 60% of the people find jobs?? )

With CampusChai , you get less…

Less clutter, less decisions to make and definitely less complexity. We have made subtle changes to the resume page but the difference is huge!

Before:
We felt that the resume page was a little heavy and had lost focus. There were too many fields and the form in general looked intimidating. We felt that the complexity was directly tied to the number of sections/options available to the user. A common pattern across companies is to set up task forces to brainstorm and add new features, but rarely to remove redundant or bloated aspects of the application.

After:
The page is now broken down into four major sections.

• Tags( use this to describe your skills, career interests etc)
• Resume/Sample files
• Percentage( Your academic scores from college)
• Accomplishments

We reduced the number of sections in the newer page and everything just felt right. As we have said before, we are not afraid to rinse and repeat until everything feels right. Of course, this decision was not made on a whim, we also monitored user behavior using our analytics program and identified patterns within this page.We like the change and would love to hear your thoughts.

PS2 Giveaway – Off to the races

We have had great success with our PS2 giveaway contest. Our users have been C-R-E-A-T-I-V-E!! We would have never imagined publicizing CampusChai the way our users have done. Here is an update on the campaign leaders as of today

#1 Rahul Basu

# 2 Kamlesh Bharti

#3 Satya Narayan Pujapanda

#4 Deepesh Shah

#5 Divyesh Gaind

There really isn’t much separating the top three. There are also a bunch of upstarts rapidly gaining on the top 3.

Update1: We will be announcing prizes for #2 and #3  positions as well next week. Stay tuned for the updates.

Intermittent service

We made some changes to our server infrastructure and some of you may have had trouble reaching CampusChai this morning. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.