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Kijubi.com’s launch at TechCrunch50 in San Francisco a huge success

Sep 17

Posted by Mr K in Facebook, Fishing, Indoor Skydiving, Kijubi, Sailing, Themeparks, Twitter | 1 Comment

For starters we would like to thank the staff at TechCrunch for putting up such a great show. TC50 truly provides an invaluable source of networking for both start-ups and companies in the technology industry.

Kijubi Table at TechCrunch50

Kijubi Table at TechCrunch50

We arrived in San Francisco on Sunday night and stayed at the Phoenix Hotel on Eddy. It’s not necessarily in the best neighborhood (the seedy Tenderloin), but the hotel, rooms and courtyard pool provide a great boutique-like feel (very South Beach). Monday morning we woke up at 5:45am and got ready to rock and roll. Upon arrival to the San Francisco Design Center Concourse, the check-in process took no more than a minute and was well organized. We found our table, set up our iMac and were ready to go before the 7:30am opening.

Instead of gifting chocolates, bags, cups, or other schwag, we decided to give away tons of fun activities to reinforce what our website does. Talk about a relevant and exciting way to engage people. How did we do this? Twitter. We gave people simple instructions: Follow us: http://www.twitter.com/kijubi, Tweet: “RT #Kijubi #TC50 http://bit.ly/frvzb” and tell us “What Kijubi Doing?” Many people won prizes like indoor skydiving, sailing, fishing trips, theme park tickets, plus so much more. In the end we gave away over $5,000 worth of activities, adventures, and fun things to do. I was told we were the most tweeted about company at the show that day.

I would say the absolute best part of launching at TC50 was the press we received, the wonderful connections made with VC’s, angel investors, potential partners, and industry bloggers. After attending several other tech shows, this one proved to be the best networking of all, and a great way to launch Kijubi!

Check out some of the articles written about Kijubi:

TechCrunch.com: Kijubi Launches Booking Engine For Local Outdoor Activities
New York Times: A new resource for travelers
LA Times: Kijubi launches at TechCrunch50: 6 outdoor activities you wouldn’t expect from a travel site
SoCalTech: Interview with Billy Fried, Kijubi
BlackBookMag: Kijubi Active Vacation Search Engine Debuts

There are also lots of bloggers writing (or re-posting) great things about Kijubi. You can check out the Google Blog results for Kijubi here.

We would highly recommend you consider launching your tech product or service at TC50 if the opportunity to do so is available.

Time to plan for 2009 Fishing trips in California

Jan 15

Posted by Mr K in Fishing, Gift Ideas | Comments off

It’s that time again folks. Time to start scheduling your 2009 fishing trips. The months of May to September are always popular and sell out rather quickly. We have trips departing from Dana Point (half-day fishing charter, full day fishing charter) and Newport Beach (half-day fishing charter, full day fishing charter, twilight fishing trip).

  • May & June fishing trips to Catalina Island are excellent. Fish include calico bass, barracuda, and bonito. Also, some of the largest yellowtail of the season are caught during this time. Overnight trips to San Clemente Island are also available. All of these trips include live quid to be used as bait for big white sea bass and large yellowtail.
  • August & September fish include yellowtail, albacore tuna, yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, dorado, and more. Lengthy trips should be booked well in advance, as these are the hottest fishing months of the season.
  • October can sometimes be the perfect month to go fishing. Many people think the fishing is not as good, therefore there is more availability. The Cortez Bank brings in some of the largest yellowtail.

If you want to try something really different, you can try out our Kayak fishing in Newport Beach.

We also have fishing in Ft. Lauderdale as well.

Enjoy, and as always, if you need help booking your Fishing trips, give us a call (even if what you want is not on our website, we can set it up for you!). Our number is 888-Kijubi-7.

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Father's Day Adventure Ideas in Southern California

Jun 11

Posted by Mr K in Boat rentals, Fishing, Flying Lessons, Stock Car Racing | Comments off

So, you are trying to figure out exactly what you can do for father’s day this year. There are so many activities in southern California for you to do with Dad and possibly even the rest of the family. Let’s run through some ideas:

Boat Rentals – 65 Ft Yacht Charter
Southern California has some of the best weather in the country, and we expect this Sunday to be a beautiful day. How great would it be to round up the entire family and cruise along the beautiful SoCal coast? You can charter a 65 foot yacht from Newport Beach, CA.

Flying Lessons – Biplanes or Helicopters
This is for those that are a bit more daring. You can take dad on an experience of a lifetime. You can take lessons for flying either a biplane (like the ones used in the military dogfights) or a helicopter. The biplane flying lessons are out of Carlsbad and the helicopter flying lessons are out of Long Beach.

Fishing
You can never go wrong with a good fishing trip and California is well-known for it’s fishing along the coast. We have Newport Beach fishing and Dana Point fishing, and both offer trips that depart throughout the day. There are half-day, full-day, and all-night fishing trips as well. If you want to do something that is REALLY unique, you may want to go out with dad on a Kayak Fishing trip in Newport Beach, which is a unique and memorable experience.

Stock Car Racing
If you and dad have a need for speed, Stock car racing is the way to go. You would be driving a NASCAR stock car in one of the finest facilities in Southern California (minutes away from downtown Los Angeles). You have three options: 10 Lap Stock Car Race, 20 Lap Stock Car Race, 40 Lap Stock Car Race.

You can also get other ideas by visiting our website, www.kijubi.com.

Feel free to post other cool ideas for things to do with dad this father’s day!

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