Social Networking is half the fun of being a CityWaboo member and building that inner circle can help you to discover new and exciting places to visit and things to do. Each of your friends offer a different aspects to your life, for example, one of your friends is your “shopping” buddy, another friend is your “eat-out” buddy, another is your “spa-day” buddy, and yet another “fun” buddy. With your inner circle, all of your friends can simply rate and review the businesses they’ve visited and you’ll automatically have access to these recommended places in your “Friend’s Favorites”. With the “Friend’s Favorites” you’ve got your shopping buddy, eat out buddy, spa-day buddy, and fun buddy’s favorite places from restaurants to body shops and golf courses to nail salons.

Building your inner circle is easy and there are multiple ways that you can do this. Try inviting all of your friends by using your email accounts to send an invite, you can also individually type in your friends email addresses. Another way to increase your circle is to add other users to your friends list. How do you decide which users on CityWaboo to add? Well, it’s simple, just add those people who’s reviews you’ve found helpful. Encourage your inner circle to upload photos of their favorite places as well. This will only help you when deciding if you want to visit that particular business. Expand your inner circle and explore the new places that all your friends are raving about!

As promised, CityWaboo has been sending out event newsletters to all of our members every Wednesday. Last Wednesday’s email had a bit of a twist however, stating that the first ten to reply would receive a pair of VIP tickets to the Laugh Factory’s 8 PM All Star Comedy show! Emails came pouring in and we were able to award all ten pairs to our loyal CityWaboo users.

Host Joshua Escandon took the stage first warming up the crowd and bringing the comedians to the stage one by one. The night was a ton of laughs! Comedians such as Chris Spencer from The Chris Rock Show and The Jamie Foxx Show, Gerry Bednob from 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, Eddie Ifft, and Mike Marino took the stage leaving the crowd in an uproar!

All of those that couldn’t make it, be on the lookout for additional ways to win VIP tickets in the Wednesday Event Newsletter!

Of all the options available in advertising, why pick online local advertising? The answer is quite simplistic, as online local advertising provides the business owner a reach unobtainable through traditional mailer campaigns as well as giving the business visibility to new clients. In this day and age, more and more people use the Internet for finding the mass of their information and major search engines have capitalized on this knowledge. Local online advertising targets your local market specifically, but also populates major search engines and drives traffic to your ad. In turn, this traffic typically turns into new clients and increased business and increased business translates into dollars.

When a company targets locally, you streamline your business online, cutting your competition down tremendously. Instead of competing against all of America or the world for that matter, you’re now competing in your local market. When potential customers search for a service in their community, the business is more likely to appear in the search results because they’ve streamlined who they service as opposed to putting the business in a national perspective.

Those businesses that hold a national standing, still highly profit from local online advertising, as they not only drive traffic to their business nationally, but also to the specific business locations. In the event the business does not have physical locations, online local advertising campaigns still focus attention on one group of people at a time allowing the company to personalize and really speak to that particular community. This type of advertising gives companies visibility to clients that normally the business may not interact with, expanding the client base and community popularity. With everything in the business realm shifting towards local and with competition ever increasing, locally promoting businesses is quickly becoming the most effective and affordable form of advertising.

Events are occurring everyday in our cities and usually most pass us by without our even noticing. Festivals, concerts, plays, and other events offer fun for you, your friends and your family, so why not go and enjoy them?

We discovered that it’s simple, no one wants to take the time to go through tons of event websites to find something to do for the weekend and why should you have to? CityWaboo offers an event page full of the events happening in your city. We’ve got one place for you to plan your entire day going into the night. We’re even sending out a newsletter every Wednesday to fill you in on all the hottest events you won’t want to miss!

Are you throwing or hosting an event? No problem, add and upload your own event to the CityWaboo event page in order to create a guest list, post details, and massively spread the word to your city. You can upload photos and personalize the event as well!If you don’t receive the CityWaboo Event Newsletter, create a CityWaboo account and one will be sent to you. Look for your weekly event updates every Wednesday!

It’s the perfect time of year to head over to your local ice cream shop and try one of the newest flavors and we’ve found all the hot spots and secret shops for getting through the summer heat with an icy treat. Vegan? Don’t worry we’ve found a place for you too!

Combining both ice cream and gift shop, Zanzabelle provides it all from candles to exotic toys, candies, and other wacky gift ideas. The ice cream is just as unique as this bungalow where flavors like cappuccino crunch, salty caramel and strawberry chip give this parlor plenty of character.

Looking for the organic solution to Ice Cream? Tara’s Organic Ice Cream shop has just that, organic ice cream and it’s become a favorite in New Mexico. A new shop is opening in Berkeley, CA and they specialize in flavors like Basil, Lavender, and Hazelnut. Containing no stabilizers, emulsifiers, fillers, or synthetics, they use only natural, essential ingredients.

Vegan’s, don’t worry, as promised, we’ve found the answer to your prayers at Scoops. Here you can find gigantic scoops of soy-based vegan ice cream and they have no problem letting you try whatever flavors you want. Chocolate-wasabi, lemon-ginger, and black sea salt are among some of the unique flavors you can find at Scoops.

Fosselman’s is another of the great places in Los Angeles to try Ice Cream, they’re family owned and operated and feature over 40 flavors of ice cream as well as sorbets and yogurts. Macapuno, Burgundy Cherry, Ube, and Lychee are some of the unique creations that Fosselman’s prides itself on.

Gourmet French ice cream and gelato can be found at Beverly Hills and West Hollywood’s first and only micro-creamery, Silky Smooth Ultra Creamery. They provide a healthy way to indulge in these sugary treats by providing a 90% fat free product. Not only are they 90% fat free, their flavors are all natural and all kosher!

Ginger rosewater Ice cream is a specialty of Mashti Malones Ice Cream. The ice cream has been described “as sensual as a kiss” and they only use natural ingredients. They also feature other flavors of the rosewater ice cream including Rosewater Saffron with Pistachios and Rose Sorbet with Sour Cherry. You can also find their rosewater ice cream at over 200 restaurants in the LA area.