May / June 2024 Product Updates
See what's new at Stanza!
For the new folks joining us, don’t forget to check out:
New Features
Before diving into what we launched, let’s talk about the “why” behind what we’re building. In our last update, we talked about improving Accuracy and Discovery as north stars for our roadmap.
As we continue to iterate on our product thinking, we’re adding a new goal:
Grok - We want to make sure you and your fans clearly understand what Stanza does and its value. The relaunch was all about making Stanza more self-serve, so you can get more done in less time and at a lower cost.
🔎 Learn more about our new creator plans.
Accuracy - We want your fans to trust that the schedules on Stanza are accurate and their calendars are always up to date.
Discovery - Our goal is to help you find the right subscribers and for fans to discover your schedules easily among our 60,000+ calendars.
Here’s what we launched in May & June:
Creator Hub
We’ve listened to your requests and the new Creator Hub is live. Falling under the Grok bucket, the goal behind the hub is to give you all the information you need to use the product, whenever you need it.
We’ve made the Creator Hub easy to access from the product itself — click on “Creator Hub” in the dropdown menu after signing in.
There are three major sections designed to help you find information quickly: Product, Guides and FAQs
🖥️ Product
Stay updated with monthly product updates and new feature releases. We’ll also send these updates via our newsletter.
✎ Guides
We’ve gathered insights from many conversations with creators like you. Each guide provides actionable steps and examples to inspire you. Look out for new guides each month.
💡 Check out the Customizing your Stanza Page and Best Practices for Schedule Release.
⁇ FAQs
Find answers to the most common questions. We’re always adding new FAQs based on what you ask.
✍🏼 Email us at founders@stanza.co if you have ideas for a new Guide or FAQ
Improved Discovery
With over 60,000 calendars on Stanza, fans often ask, “I love this schedule! How do I find more like it?” We’re using Generative AI to make personalized recommendations possible.
How discovery helps you? On average, 30% of a creator’s subscribers are acquired by being recommended on Stanza.
We launched a number of features under this initiative:
Related Calendars
Every event card now has a “Related Calendars” button. Clicking on that button will show other calendars that fans may want to subscribe to. These recommendations are based on relevance and popularity and will get better as we receive feedback.
Coming soon:
You’ll be able to set recommended calendars for your own calendars, giving you more control over what your fans see.
Fans will be able to rate recommendations to fine tune the AI model further.
Event-based recommendations, so fans who like one event can easily find similar ones.
Homepage Tags
We’re experimenting with a small number of tags to nail the user experience. Think of tags as filters, and yet another way for fans to discover your calendar.
Coming soon:
Creators will be able to set tags for their calendars to show up in the appropriate filters.
Fans will be able to create custom tags to further personalize their experience.
More ways to filter calendars and events by date, location, etc.
Curated Sections
We’re helping fans discover new calendars through sections with short headlines and curated calendars. These sections are embedded across the website and are generated by AI based on trending topics.
Coming soon: We’re developing an AI curator to not just generate but also curate sections for the homepage based on newsworthy releases.
Upcoming Updates
Next monthly email will have more updates on how we’re improving accuracy for schedules across Stanza.
Stay tuned!
On Stanza, anyone can create, discover and share event calendars. Getting started is easy. Set up your calendar in just a few minutes.
