April 15th

This post is not about LetzGoOut.com.

It's about a brilliant idea I have that could quite possibly fix our great nation. Actually, I have two great ideas that would do that. The first one is put me in charge. But let's talk about the other one instead.

Actually, this one is far simpler. It may not benefit me as greatly as my other proposal, but I still like this idea. No, I love it. I frekkin love this idea. It's beauty is it's simplicity.

Ok, so what's the great idea, you're wondering, right? Or you got bored with my long intro and went on to surf for porn instead...

Election day. Move it. I wonder if they timed it this way deliberately. They had to have. Election day, in case you didn't know how they determine its date, is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Tax day is held on April 15th every year. In your average year, this is only about 15-20 days away from the farthest two dates in year can be. That can't have been an accident.

My proposal would make Election Day the first Tuesday after April 15th.

Just think how much more responsibly our elected officials might spend our money if they knew that on the day after they billed us, we would decide whether we wanted them to spend our money, or if we'd rather put somebody else in charge of that this time.

About the only thing that could make a greater statement is if we eliminated the federal government's ability to deduct directly from our pay each week, and that on April 15th, we actually saw how much we were REALLY paying, rather than making that statement that so many foolishly make each year, "Hey, this is great! I didn't have to pay taxes! I actually got $1,500 BACK!" No, you didn't dumbass. You overpaid the government by $1,500, and they got to collect the interest on it for the past year instead of you. And had you UNDERPAID by that amount, they'd have CHARGED interest.

Imagine for a moment, the accountability that senators and congressmen might feel if they knew that the day after their constituents sent around 25% of their hard earned money in that these people would then be deciding who got to spend it. It just might reduce the chances of awarding a hammer contract to their buddy who charges $1800 a piece, allowing federal funding to study the mating habits of the tsi tsi fly, or giving tax breaks to oil companies that are charging record prices at the pumps.

Now, instead picture some nervous lawyers sitting in a committee room in DC calculating how much money they can give back to the people. Imagine our elected officials working to appease the people that will decide whether they should be updating their resume next week, instead of cutting a deal with some lobbyist who, in exchange for a tax break, government contract or change in some legislation that benefits them specifically, can get some contributions to their reelection campaign.

This might be the next best thing to a Second American Revolution.

Now, if you're looking for a bar and in need of a drink now, might I recommend LetzGoOut.com. 50 states. 50,000 bars. Coincidence? Yes. An awesome coincidence.

New toys to play with...

LetzGoOut.com has been working steadily to deploy new toys for the site weekly. This month, we're proud to announce several of these toys.

• The Bar Photo Gallery: Registered users are encouraged to upload any pictures they have of themselves having fun, or their friends making a asses of themselves (with their reluctant consent, of course). ;^D
• The Bathroom Wall: Our message board forums are starting to take off with the inclusion of our "Bar Jokes" section. Of course, there are other forums for more serious things, like talking about your favorite bar, band or telling everybody where they should go tonight. (And we mean that in a nice way!)
• The LetzGoOut Links Page: Yup, just what it sounds like… a page with links. If you've got a bar, a band or some other business that pertains to nightlife and you have a website, I'd love to add you. And all that I ask in return is that you do the same for me somewhere on your site. Visit our links page and check it out. And also, if you do have a bar, a band or another entertainment based business, you really should register. Doing so lets you post pictures to our gallery, it lets you post on our message board, if you're a bar owner, it lets you enhance your bar profile page, and in a few days, it will let you enroll in our affiliate links program. It's free, so just do it!
• The LetzGoOut Affiliate Program: Just puttin' the finishing touches on this one. Kinda like the links page, only better. We give you a link and an image to put on your page. Every time it displays, you get credit. If somebody clicks the link, you get even more credits. And with these credits, we will display a banner ad on our site, driving thirsty people who haven't decided what they want to do yet on to your website. Sound like a good deal? We think so!

So, if you own a bar or entertain at one, you can see that there's a bunch of reasons you should be spending some time on this site. And the more you put into it, the more everybody else is going to get out of it, and they'll think you're cool. Really. They will. I know I will.

So, sign up, post some pictures, post some jokes, tell us what's going on at your place, make your profile page nice and informative so that our thirsty, undecided visitors will wanna check you out, and see what happens. It's all free, so get to it!

Getting back on track...

Though it may not be visible on the surface, a number of enhancements have been made to LetzGoOut.com which will be deployed next week.

We've made some tweaks to site performance which should speed up the site quite a bit.

We've started playing with a photo gallery section, and should have it in place within two weeks, and will allow all registered users the ability to upload their best bar photos.

The enhanced user profile system is up and running now, which, coupled with the affiliate program, slated to be launched within two weeks, we are finally ready to make the big push to get bars actively involved with this site.

The event calendar is about to begin development, following deployment of the affiliate program and photo gallery module.

We're open to suggestions on anything else you think this site may need. Please feel free to comment here, or use the feedback box on the home page to let us know what you'd like to see here. This site's for you, not me. If I ain't doin something you'd like done, you gotta tell me!

Happy bar hopping as always!

-- Brian, CEO of LGO

The LGO Referral Program!

We're putting the finishing touches on an exciting new feature here at LGO - The LetzGoOut.com referral program!

How it works is simple. As a bar owner, you register for LetzGoOut.com. It's free. No reason not to. In addition to being able to participate in this new program next week, you'll be able to update and enhance your bar profile right now!

Next, you your site up for the referral program. There will be links the second it's ready for use. If you're signed up, you won't be able to miss 'em.

On that page, it will show you how to post a link to LetzGoOut.com on your site.

That's it.

LetzGoOut will then credit you every time our link is displayed on your site, and credit you even more when somebody clicks the link to our site.

These credits will then give you ad displays on our site. You'll be able to choose from different sizes depending on how quickly you wanna burn your credits versus how prominently you want to display your ad.

So, if you own a bar, don't wait... register, and get ready for our free advertising program, ready to send thirsty patrons to your site.