GREAT NEWS!!!

tike sent through a lovely letter (will post some of the letter later) and have agreed to expand the contest to include the entire world (not just Australia) and have also increased the contest from 1 tike a month to 2 tikes!

So... start sending tike gifts to your Minti friends around the world and let everyone know that all Minti members are now eligible to win a tike!

PS: Thanks for all your help convincing tike

Great news just in:

tike just informed me the following...

10% discount for Minti members if they buy a tike through www.tike.com.au - all you need do it enter the coupon code MINTI as you go through the checkout.

Please help me convince 'tike' to expand the contest to include all countries (USA, UK, Canada, South Africa etc etc) not just Australia.

I have just placed a call (5 mins ago) with them and they are thinking about it, but I think I will need your support on this one.

Can you please add a comment below. Anything! Stuck for ideas? How about any of the following... Write about how great tike is, why they should expand it to all countries, where you are based (ie: country)and why you need a tike...

Also please email all Minti members to tell them about this blog post and get them to come here and help me convince tike to EXPAND IT!

I am pleased to announce that over the next 3 months Minti members have a chance of winning a free real tike each month.

How do you win? The more tike virtual gifts you send to Minti friends and the more you receive, the greater are your chances of winning. So start sending the tike gifts now! You will find them in the gifts catalogue page.

What is a tike? tike is the coolest and best way to teach your child to ride. Stylish and beautiful, it is designed to teach preschool children balance and steering so they can progress to a pedal bike without trainer wheels.

Where can I buy a real tike? You can buy tikes from the tike website, or from these stores. By the way, for every tike sold a tree is planted through Carbon Neutral.

Just so you know, I personally love the tike. We bought one for Codi months ago and I blogged about it here.

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We gave the Minti servers a big does of Gatorade on the weekend and I am wondering if you have been able to notice a speed increase in load times on Minti web pages at all since then?

Please let me know either way in the comments below...

Thank you all for taking part in our surveys.

One result that we are especially proud of is that 97.86% of Minti members state they would recommend Minti to a new mother. This gives us great confidence that the vast majority of our members agree that we are heading in the right direction and providing a positive website for mums/moms.

Note: If you are a Minti member and want to contribute to our surveys (and earn Minti Moolah) simply go to your member account and click the "surveys" link in your left hand navigation bar.

Minti has been running a little slow of late so we have scheduled to bring the site down for a little while this weekend and give it some more Gatorade (ie: power)

If you are not able to access it 6th Sept 12 Midnight (Sydney time) then you know why

How long will it be down? Hopefully as short as possible. I suspect 30 - 60 mins.

We just launched a couple small upgrades to the Minti website...

1. Member side navigation bar now identifies how many "incomplete" Surveys you have. For example... (3) means you have 3 surveys to complete, and (0) means you have none! Go to your member homepage and have a look at the blue side navigation bar/list to see what I mean.
2. Deleted comments can no longer been seen (in red, or at all) by "Site Admins" once voting on them has been completed.
3. We have a new look "join" page, and process.
4. A couple of small bugs have been eliminated.