So just recently, my cousin introduced me to a website,
Chacha.com. Dancing lessons? Not quite. This is a site that introduces you to a mobile
marketing solution or to a "smart friend" within your cell phone that you didn't know existed. Not a person literally, but advanced technology that instantly answers any question that you text to
ChaCha.
How this works?
Simply text your question to 242242 (that spells ChaCha) from your cell phone to ask any question.
The people behind the website receive questions 24/7 and the most knowledgeable person on the topic of your question asked will answer it. ChaCha's "Guide" community will answer your question by sending a text message answer back to your cell phone.
The "Guides" of
ChaCha.com are individuals who work for this company and who had to take tests to verify that they are actually capable of being apart of
ChaCha's community.
ChaCha actually has a Search University that these Guides have to go through before they start working.
ChaCha offers quick tips like jokes and the local weather. If you text "joke" to ChaCha (242242), ChaCha will send a joke to your cell phone. If you text "weather" with either your zip code or city, ChaCha will send you your local weather to your cell phone.
For example, If I wanted the weather from my home town, I would text "weather" New Orleans to 242242. And I would instantly get the weather sent to my cell phone.
ChaCha.com also has a section to leave a comment about how you feel about it or what you think about the whole concept of
ChaCha. That section is called "
ChaCha Confessions." Another interesting section is the "Events" section. It tells you what
ChaCha is going to be participating in, like "
ChaCha at
Sundance", just for the fans to text in some questions and instantly get the answers. ChaCha also sells "ChaCha" t-shirts to promote this mobile company.
So with all the elections going on right now,
ChaCha is prepared to answer questions dealing with candidates and issues.
ChaCha also has recent news updates from local and national media for people on the go. Say you heard the end of something on the radio or through word of mouth about McCain or Obama and you wanted to know what it is or at least the headline about it, well it's so easy to take out your cell phone and text "October 22, 2008 and McCain" to 242242 or "news today about Obama" to 242242 and you can instantly get the news that you had missed sent to your cell phone.
ChaCha is mainly a mobile solution for people on the go or away from the Internet to gain information or just
answers to general questions that a person might have. And, it's all FREE!
So you should really try it out! So go
ChaCha!