• A Day of Action: Global Hope Network and Empire Avenue

    by  • May 22, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Today, May 22nd 2012, Empire Avenue is proud to be participating in a Social Media Day of Action in support of the Global Hope Network (http://globalhopenetwork.org, @GHNI, (e)GLOBALHOPE). The Global Hope Network believes in Transformational Community Development and working with communities to create sustainable practices, leadership and programs in rural areas to overcome poverty and [...]

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    SOBcon bound!

    by  • May 3, 2012

    Later this week Dups and Ric will be journeying to the windy city of Chicago to hang out with some very cool Social Media types at SOBCon “…the Cirque du Soleil of business strategy events. It’s an interactive think tank that moves ideas to action — packed with business strategies and social media immersion.” One [...]

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    Introducing “Monday Moguls” #MM

    by  • April 30, 2012

    Today we’re trying something new! We decided to take a stroll through the great WordPress.com posts that are being written by the fantastic people on Empire Avenue. Our criteria to appear on today’s Monday Mogul list were the following: – Your blog is on WordPress.com. – You showed positive change in your Share Price over [...]

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    Nom Nom Nom, More Pie

    by  • April 12, 2012

    As promised we now have more Pie Upgrades that will allow you to take the maximum you invest in someone to 800 shares using upgrades. And of course, the current More Dessert and Even More Dessert Bonuses are still active as detailed in our last post, previous Dessert Bonuses you’ve used will now be active [...]

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    Future of Pies and Dessert

    by  • April 8, 2012

    Thank you all very much. Whether you posted on our blog, on Facebook or on Twitter, we really appreciated every comment and every idea. As you might have noticed from the Poll, the winner was Option 2, which was that we would release Pie and leave Bonuses, but you would have to buy the Bonuses [...]

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    A little bit of polish for spring

    by  • April 3, 2012

    Well, as some of you will have noticed, we’ve been rolling out a few updates over the last little while. While some have been cosmetic and layout related, the current updates all relate to the shop. Here’s what we’ve either done, or have planned for the next little while: Ultimately we will have ‘A Bigger [...]

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    Well now. I’d not seen that before!

    by  • March 23, 2012

    Earlier this week, we received a delightful surprise in the form of a member-created Empire Avenue tutorial. Derrik Jacobson, (e)VARATIKI, created a tutorial, but it wasn’t simply a standard blog post or YouTube video about Empire Avenue. Nay, gentle reader, Derrik turned the challenge-o-meter up to 11, and created a seven-part linked Mission tutorial that [...]

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    They’re back! Dilbert & Dessert redux!

    by  • March 21, 2012

    Once again, for a limited time, everyone’s favourite Bonus items have returned to Empire Avenue. We introduced Dilbert Bonus items back in February, and they were a great hit! And the Dessert, well, who couldn’t do with more Dessert (or Even More Dessert)! As mentioned, they’re available for a limited time — in the shop, [...]

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    Celebrate Spring and [X]pendapalooza VII

    by  • March 20, 2012

    Happy Spring! To celebrate the season of Engagement and Growth (two concepts we wholeheartedly support), we’ve mounted another time-limited Eaves Sale! Since there was such demand last time, we’ve introduced a new, larger 225,000 Eave package, in addition to the other 5 popular Eave bundles. So yeah, if you’re looking to build up your warchest, [...]

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    Buh Bye Buy!

    by  • March 16, 2012

    Sharp-eyed members of Empire Avenue will have noticed a minor change today — the lovely green Buy button is gone. Well, the button is still there, but the text now reads, ‘Invest‘. We’ve changed only the text, not the functionality. Why tell us about it? It’s a subtle change, but one we feel is important [...]

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    Missions Update

    by  • March 14, 2012

    Well then. Missions have been ticking along quite nicely for a few months now, so it’s time we took some of your comments, feedback and suggestions and put them to work. First up, you’ll notice that we’ve added new functionality to the Missions creation page. Now, you’ve got the ability to create missions for folks [...]

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