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 Valentine’s Day from Quizzle! was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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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!

Quizzle Celebrates Its 1st Birthday! was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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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.

Quizzle Welcomes its 100,000th Quizzler! was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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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!

Looking for a Home? It May Be Your Lucky Day! was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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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!

Quizzle Is Thankful for All of You! was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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BOO brave Quizzlers…

WARNING!… Read on only if you think you can handle the SCARY-buzz that is surrounding Quizzle.

The numbers are FRIGHTENING. Yesterday ~500 new people created Quizzle accounts, on Wednesday ~1,000 new Quizzle accounts, and on Tuesday ~2,000 new accounts were created!

Today, on this TERRIFYING day of ghosts, ghouls and goblins, Quizzle will amass a BONE-CHILLING total of 90,000 Quizzlers (in less than nine months) with an ALARMING advertising budget of (WATCH OUT, you might have to cover your eyes) … ZERO DOLLARS! So thank you to all of you blog readers for spreading the word and being a part of this HORRIFYINGLY-great buzz!

You have also contributed to another SPOOKY-big number.  Exactly 316 of you have chosen to improve your mortgage with Quicken Loans (our mortgage partner) after Quizzle showed you a better solution!

So go forth FEARLESS Quizzlers.  Have a WICKED-fun Halloween tonight.  And please don’t be AFRAID to Quizzle today!

Happy Trick-or-Treating and Quizzling!

SCARY-Good Buzz and SPOOKY-Big Numbers for Quizzle was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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In the last few weeks we’ve expanded to a whopping 70,000 living in Quizzle Land – getting Quizzle scores, credit reports, credit scores, home values, new mortgages from Quicken Loans, retirement and college saving advice.  Also, congratulations, many of you early Quizzle adopters are now eligible for a new free credit report and free credit score inside Quizzle!

Oh, and I want to take a quick minute to thank you for all the great feedback you’re sending in.  Daily we receive dozens of really amazing ideas for improving Quizzle – all generated by YOU.  We are having some great conversations with many you and (based on the most popular ideas) we’ll make and announcement in the next week or two about some exciting new additions that are coming soon to your friendly neighborhood Quizzle!

So Happy Belated Birthday to Quizzle.  We can’t wait to see what you grow up to be.  And Quizzlers, we’d tell you to have a piece of cake on us, but Bill Gates, Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft have not yet made “computers moist and chewy like cake…” yet, so we’ll just say happy Quizzling!

Happy Belated (6-month) Birthday, Quizzle! was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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Check it out: Clark Howard Shows You How To Get Your Free Credit Score

We built Quizzle with the belief that people do things based on “word of mouth.” We believe that “if you build something” useful… and really cool, people will talk about it and – “they will come!” Word-of-mouth marketing works because of TRUST and people really TRUST Clark Howard. Last night, a Quizzle Client told us that, “If Clark Howard says Quizzle is great, then it’s great!”

After experiencing the massive traffic blitz from Clark Howard’s loyal fan base, it’s obvious that he is the “real deal.” When Clark talks, people listen… and now, people Quizzle!

Clark Howard Says Quizzle Is the “Real Deal!” was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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A couple of the super fun new features CyberHomes offers all Quizzle clients –

1. No waiting! Before Cyberhomes lived in Quizzle-land, our home value report was updated every few months. Now, every time you log-in to Quizzle, your home value will be updated to the current day’s info!
2. More KNOWING! Be the neighborhood know-it-all as you can now watch all the homes in your neighborhood sell inside Quizzle! See exactly what the homes down the street from you are selling for in comparison to your home.
3. Higher accuracy! If something doesn’t seem right about your home’s value or details (bedrooms, baths, square-footage, etc), you can use our partnership with CyberHomes to correct details and refine your home’s value inside Quizzle!

See, Quizzle listens! And we’ve heard your feedback over the past couple months. We realize how important your home’s value is to you and that’s why we chose to mash-up with Cyberhomes, the leading site on the web for current home values and accuracy! So, enjoy everything that Cyberhomes has to offer inside your personalized Quizzle account. Go take a look at how your new home’s value affecting your Quizzle score and… your life!!

Thanks Quizzle Q-munity for the great feedback and keep it coming! Your ideas and suggestions are being implemented into the Quizzle everyday to create the best experience for YOU!

What’s next, you ask? We’ve gotten a lot of feedback in Quizzle about helping you KNOW what it takes to live in a “Green” home and live a “Green” life. So, we are working with the Internet environmental experts to create a new Quizzle app for you that will answer the question, “How green are you?” Yep, of course you’ll even get a green grade! Stay tuned; it’s coming soon. And anytime you’ve got more ideas to make Quizzle better, just e-mail us – blog@quizzle.com.

Happy Quizzling!

Quizzle Welcomes CyberHomes! was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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Gilbert said, “Most people spend so much time focusing on their assets like their stocks, bonds, cash, and 401(k), that managing their debt (especially the largest one: their mortgage), takes a far back seat.

“How does somebody keep track of and feel confident that they are in the best possible home loan at any given time, when there are so many moving parts that can change the answer to that question from one week to the next?” Gilbert asked. “The short answer is that it’s nearly impossible. Each individual’s personal situation demands custom solutions. So we built Quizzle.

“Quizzle takes the guesswork out of the nearly infinite possible solutions and recommendations in an ever-changing, complex financial world,” Gilbert said. “It’s unique and provides clarity to the most pressing decisions of people’s financial lives: their monthly obligations centered on the typically largest one: their home loan.”

But as we began to build this new online experience called Quizzle, we realized we were building a tool that had the potential to go well beyond mortgage. We were developing a new tool (unlike anything out there) that would help people better manage their LIVES. We were giving people access to vital information they should know about themselves – critical things like credit score, home value, budget, mortgage and rainy day fund – important things like KNOWING when you can comfortably retire and KNOWING if you’ll have enough for your kid’s college fund.

We chose the tagline, “Don’t Guess. Know.” to encourage people to stop guessing about the significant things in their lives, and instead, choose to KNOW the truth.

We believe that the future vision of Quizzle is currently being defined by YOU, the Quizzle community. Every day, new Quizzlers are suggesting ideas for new stuff that they would like to see in Quizzle. And we’re listening.

Do you want to see your driver’s record and when that 4-point speeding ticket falls off of it (you know, the one that’s driving your insurance rates up)? Do you want access to your medical records – the same ones your doctors and insurance companies see? Do you want to know the best place for YOU to live? Do you want to find the perfect job? Your ideas will drive the future vision of Quizzle – so please, keep ‘em coming!

Why “Quizzle?”

Quizzle‘s original name was Mortgage Manager, based on Gilbert’s idea of helping folks manage their mortgages. As the idea evolved, we debated the name NestWorth – “nest” being your home and “worth” representing the true worth of your home, money and life. But we decided that NestWorth wasn’t the right fit (a bit too stuffy) for our unique company culture. So finally we decided on a name that would place no limitations on wherever YOU, the Quizzle community, might want to take this tool. We chose a fanciful name for which the possibilities are endless. We chose Quizzle!

The true Quizzle story has not even begun to be written yet. Because ultimately, the Quizzle story will be written by YOU.

Happy Quizzling!

The Quizzle Story: Why Quicken Loans Built Quizzle and How It Got Its Name was originally featured on Quizzle Wire

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