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Ready, Set, Blog 3.0!

LindaRutherford
Employee
Employee
We spent Friday reminiscing about our award-winning blog history of five years. From its infancy, Nuts About Southwest has always been a learning process and still remains one. At its core, Nuts is about letting Customers not only see behind the curtain, but tear the curtain down altogether. So it is with great pleasure I formally present our latest edition of Nuts About Southwest, fresh out of the packaging. Besides the sleek new interface, you'll notice the Social Stream to the right of the page. The stream is a tool that will provide real-time updates on Southwest activity in spaces like Twitter and Facebook, as well as user activity from across the Nuts blog. It's a live play-by-play of what's going on at Southwest. Our new Blog Team was selected from among many, many talented Employee submissions. They represent different jobs, tenures, perspectives, and parts of the country. Enhanced user profiles provide more ways to share, and an interactive map shows us what Southwest cities users have visited. Located just above that map you'll notice badges. Users can earn badges based on how they interact with the blog - by commenting, LUV'ing a post, or sharing their travel destinations. As our user interactions grow, so will our badges. Red Belly Radio is easier to listen to than ever, with a pop-out player that allows users to continue surfing the blog while they listen to the podcast. Head over to the downloads tab to access smart phone wallpaper, extras for your own blog, and the Southwest Social Media Guide for Employees When the sun sets at our Headquarters in Dallas, it also sets on Nuts About Southwest. I'll let you return tonight to see what I mean (after all, we can't reveal ALL our secrets). I hope you're as excited as I am in welcoming our new Blog Team, and applauding the fantastic work that got us to Blog 3.0!
18 Comments
cday
Frequent Flyer C
I can't wait for the sun to set tonight so we can see the "night" look on the blog...even though we all know I'm a fan of Day.
cfox
Frequent Flyer C
This is so great! I LUV the new blog.
timothy-okeefe
Explorer C
Looks great! I'm excited about all of our new content!
airtran371
Explorer B
This is fun and I luv it soooo much thanks Southwest.
joey-reynolds
Explorer C
The new blog looks fantastic! I am really excited for everything yet to come! 2011 is going to be NUTS!
stove
Explorer A
Fantastic new design! Congratulations on a great new look!
kikodelgado
Explorer A
Another great upgrade... CONGRATS ON THE FIVE GREAT BLOG YEARS USS BLOG BOY
jeremy
Explorer C
woohoo! Site looks great!
RobH
Adventurer C
WOW!! The updated blog looks great and very 2011! I like the new badges, and the changing background for the time of day is pretty cool too!
annie_mikutis
Explorer C
When are the Flights to ft. lauderdale from Chicago gonna go down some, my goodness $165 one way, we use to buy them for $59 a few years ago...with that rate our family of 4 wont ever be able to fly again...driving just doesnt sit with a 3 and 6 year old... You are still the best airline out there...just wish ata was back!!
Tamela
Explorer C
Really like the new blog!
Holly7
Explorer C
I love Southwest so much! The flight attendants are funny and have warm personalities. Keep up the good work!
Patti_Gerlach
Explorer C
Very nice blog.....great job!!!
Sherry_Bradford
Explorer C
You all - this is so wonderful it brought tears to my eyes! Ok, so I'm a cornball kind of gal! But truly - it is lovely. It has energy, it looks so inviting, it is fun - just like our wonderful airline. Thank you all SO MUCH for all your efforts on this. It truly is stunning!
leyva1998
Explorer C
Nice blog, now off to explore it...
Clayton_Snodgra
Explorer C
Congrats on the new blog launch! Just a note - I found a problem with the urls in your Social Stream sidebar. The problem only seems to occur on post permalink pages. The "blog" segment of the url is listed twice, and sends visitors to a "nutty" 404. Cheers.
CJ_Yeoman
Explorer C
Recent article about corporate blogs said most of them are not very good ... but Southwest was listed as one of the really great ones! It says volumes that you invest the people time to do this well. But those who are familiar with your culture are not surprised. CONGRATS on being at this for 5 years, begun long before the current "social media" craze for companies.
ksujayc
Explorer C
New layout looks great! However, I noticed yesterday on my RSS feed for Friday Flashback that I only got the first paragraph. Is that a permanent change to the feeds?