Charl Norman is a web entrepreneur behind local social networks 
This is my 2008 year end post for Blueworld from the BWCOM staff blog
Hey Everyone,
From everyone at Blueworld Communities we would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy XMAS and your business a successful new year.
Blueworld experienced a great 2008 and we look forward to continuing this success in 2009. Some of the highlights we experienced this year included being acquired by Naspers in a landmark SA internet deal, launching the new look Blueworld, using our platform to launch 24.com’s Speakerbox project, launching the new look for Zoopedup, soaring past the one million page views mark and launching Blueworld mobile.
In 2008 the Blueworld community posted 6441 blogs, uploaded 101 033 photos, created 1034 groups, shared 1854 videos and sent 558 939 sms’s from our free sms platform which accumulated to 1.5 terabytes of monthly bandwidth and a storage total of 95 gigs. Blueworld photographers took 187.460 photos covering in excess of 2.600 events.
As I write this Blueworld is ranked 47th on the OPA (SA website rankings) for local visitors and 7th on the OPA time spent on site chart with our sister niche social network, Zoopedup, 2nd on the OPA for time spent on site.
We look forward to continue our growth in the new year and look forward to working with you.
Please be safe if you travel these holidays and look out for the Blueworld photographers!
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Charl N and the rest of the team
Co-Founder, Chief Operations Officer
BWCOM pty ltd
charl@bwcom.co.za
Read Blueworld press from 2008 here
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Photos from my trip to Silicon Valley for the MIH Tech conference.
I appeared on channel MK TV's new hip hop and car show WOELAG. They interviewed me on our automotive social network Zoopedup.
I have been nominated for ICT Young Entrepreneur of Africa 2008. Now to even be nominated is a great honour for me seeing as last years winner of the award is internationally renowned Vinny Lingham.
