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MeetingWave Dilemma: Chicken or the Egg?
02/07/09
posted by John
Someone recently reviewed MeetingWave and, not seeing many invites posted yet in his area, he stated “I believe you may have a ’chicken and the egg’ syndrome.”
Yes, we do have a "chicken and egg" problem. This is particularly true because we are a location-based site for the most part (although some users post invites for Skype calls or online chats). We need interesting people posting interesting invites, and interesting members accepting those invites and getting approved, in every location we serve. Not easy being us.
The good news is the "hen house" is finally built and working. Now, we can begin focusing more energy on marketing the site across the US. We are currently testing ad campaigns in cities such as NYC and DC and are seeing the number of invites posted increasing everywhere. However, we have a lot of work to do and we appreciate your patience and support while we gain traction where you are.
While we continue working to draw more people to our site, any member can post one or more recurring invites, so your meeting invite can stay active over time while more people search for opportunities in your area. In addition, you can set up Meeting Alerts from the Advanced Search page based on your search criteria (e.g., zip code, key words, purpose, etc.) and MeetingWave will notify you of any new invites meeting your search criteria in the future. You can set up multiple Meeting Alerts including alerts near your office and near home.
In addition to posting invites and setting up “Meeting Alerts” you can also help us by notifying your contacts about MeetingWave. Try importing your contacts from Gmail, Yahoo or LinkedIn. This makes it easier for you to invite your contacts to your meetings and you can send a note to them about MeetingWave.
As mentioned above, we have further improvements in our pipeline. You'll be seeing design improvements in the coming weeks. Let us know if you have any feedback on how to improve MeetingWave. We appreciate your support and patience.
Regards John
Founder, MeetingWave.com
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