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Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-11-14T20:24:18Z

Jasonhowell: /* 2008 */

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/23q86p
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-health Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow H&W Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/geoff Geoff Chudleigh]

==Description==
The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup offers entrepreneurial health and wellness professionals and small businesses an outlet to inspire, collaborate, and support one another. We aspire to positively impact the fields of health and wellness through the innovative ideas and solutions of our members. Our members can expect to gain the following through membership in our group:

#A better understanding of current ideas and solutions in the market and where potential opportunities lie.
#A place to find help and support with the difficult problems facing someone launching a business in the health and wellness field.
#A place to hear stories from entrepreneurs who have already had success building a business in this business arena.

==Meeting Schedule==

The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup meetings are held the first Tuesday of the Month at Genuine Joe's Coffee House, 2001 W Anderson Ln, Austin, Texas 78757 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

===2008===
*'''Mar 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.
*'''Feb 5''': '''to be announced'''
*'''Jan 1''': '''Round Robin''' - group brainstorming around your business idea or biggest challenges. Tap into the experience, creativity, and network of your fellow entrepreneurs.

===2007===
*'''Dec 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.

{{Industry Subgroups}}

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-11-14T20:23:40Z

Jasonhowell: /* 2007 */

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/23q86p
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-health Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow H&W Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/geoff Geoff Chudleigh]

==Description==
The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup offers entrepreneurial health and wellness professionals and small businesses an outlet to inspire, collaborate, and support one another. We aspire to positively impact the fields of health and wellness through the innovative ideas and solutions of our members. Our members can expect to gain the following through membership in our group:

#A better understanding of current ideas and solutions in the market and where potential opportunities lie.
#A place to find help and support with the difficult problems facing someone launching a business in the health and wellness field.
#A place to hear stories from entrepreneurs who have already had success building a business in this business arena.

==Meeting Schedule==

The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup meetings are held the first Tuesday of the Month at Genuine Joe's Coffee House, 2001 W Anderson Ln, Austin, Texas 78757 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

===2008===
*'''Mar 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.
*'''Feb 5''': to be announced
*'''Jan 1''': Round Robin - group brainstorming around your business idea or biggest challenges. Tap into the experience, creativity, and network of your fellow entrepreneurs.

===2007===
*'''Dec 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.

{{Industry Subgroups}}

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-11-14T20:23:19Z

Jasonhowell: /* 2008 */

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/23q86p
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-health Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow H&W Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/geoff Geoff Chudleigh]

==Description==
The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup offers entrepreneurial health and wellness professionals and small businesses an outlet to inspire, collaborate, and support one another. We aspire to positively impact the fields of health and wellness through the innovative ideas and solutions of our members. Our members can expect to gain the following through membership in our group:

#A better understanding of current ideas and solutions in the market and where potential opportunities lie.
#A place to find help and support with the difficult problems facing someone launching a business in the health and wellness field.
#A place to hear stories from entrepreneurs who have already had success building a business in this business arena.

==Meeting Schedule==

The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup meetings are held the first Tuesday of the Month at Genuine Joe's Coffee House, 2001 W Anderson Ln, Austin, Texas 78757 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

===2008===
*'''Mar 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.
*'''Feb 5''': to be announced
*'''Jan 1''': Round Robin - group brainstorming around your business idea or biggest challenges. Tap into the experience, creativity, and network of your fellow entrepreneurs.

===2007===
'''Dec 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.

{{Industry Subgroups}}

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-11-14T20:22:40Z

Jasonhowell: /* Meeting Schedule */

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/23q86p
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-health Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow H&W Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/geoff Geoff Chudleigh]

==Description==
The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup offers entrepreneurial health and wellness professionals and small businesses an outlet to inspire, collaborate, and support one another. We aspire to positively impact the fields of health and wellness through the innovative ideas and solutions of our members. Our members can expect to gain the following through membership in our group:

#A better understanding of current ideas and solutions in the market and where potential opportunities lie.
#A place to find help and support with the difficult problems facing someone launching a business in the health and wellness field.
#A place to hear stories from entrepreneurs who have already had success building a business in this business arena.

==Meeting Schedule==

The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup meetings are held the first Tuesday of the Month at Genuine Joe's Coffee House, 2001 W Anderson Ln, Austin, Texas 78757 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

===2008===
'''Mar 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.
'''Feb 5''': to be announced
'''Jan 1''': Round Robin - group brainstorming around your business idea or biggest challenges. Tap into the experience, creativity, and network of your fellow entrepreneurs.

===2007===
'''Dec 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.

{{Industry Subgroups}}

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-11-14T20:12:36Z

Jasonhowell: /* 2007 */

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/23q86p
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-health Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow H&W Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/geoff Geoff Chudleigh]

==Description==
The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup offers entrepreneurial health and wellness professionals and small businesses an outlet to inspire, collaborate, and support one another. We aspire to positively impact the fields of health and wellness through the innovative ideas and solutions of our members. Our members can expect to gain the following through membership in our group:

#A better understanding of current ideas and solutions in the market and where potential opportunities lie.
#A place to find help and support with the difficult problems facing someone launching a business in the health and wellness field.
#A place to hear stories from entrepreneurs who have already had success building a business in this business arena.

==Meeting Schedule==

The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup meetings are held the first Tuesday of the Month at Genuine Joe's Coffee House, 2001 W Anderson Ln, Austin, Texas 78757 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

===2008===
'''Jan 1''': topic to be announced

===2007===
'''Dec 4''': '''Bootstrap Boot Camp''' - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.

{{Industry Subgroups}}

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-11-14T20:11:48Z

Jasonhowell: /* Meetings */

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/23q86p
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-health Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow H&W Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/geoff Geoff Chudleigh]

==Description==
The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup offers entrepreneurial health and wellness professionals and small businesses an outlet to inspire, collaborate, and support one another. We aspire to positively impact the fields of health and wellness through the innovative ideas and solutions of our members. Our members can expect to gain the following through membership in our group:

#A better understanding of current ideas and solutions in the market and where potential opportunities lie.
#A place to find help and support with the difficult problems facing someone launching a business in the health and wellness field.
#A place to hear stories from entrepreneurs who have already had success building a business in this business arena.

==Meeting Schedule==

The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup meetings are held the first Tuesday of the Month at Genuine Joe's Coffee House, 2001 W Anderson Ln, Austin, Texas 78757 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

===2008===
'''Jan 1''': topic to be announced

===2007===
'''Dec 4''': Bootstrap Boot Camp - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.

{{Industry Subgroups}}

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-11-14T20:10:06Z

Jasonhowell: /* Description */

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/23q86p
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-health Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow H&W Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
*[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/geoff Geoff Chudleigh]

==Description==
The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup offers entrepreneurial health and wellness professionals and small businesses an outlet to inspire, collaborate, and support one another. We aspire to positively impact the fields of health and wellness through the innovative ideas and solutions of our members. Our members can expect to gain the following through membership in our group:

#A better understanding of current ideas and solutions in the market and where potential opportunities lie.
#A place to find help and support with the difficult problems facing someone launching a business in the health and wellness field.
#A place to hear stories from entrepreneurs who have already had success building a business in this business arena.

==Meetings==

The Bootstrap Health and Wellness Subgroup meetings are held the first Tuesday of the Month at Genuine Joe's Coffee House, 2001 W Anderson Ln, Austin, Texas 78757 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

===2008 Meeting Schedule===
Jan 1: topic to be announced

===2007 Meeting Schedule===
December 4: Bootstrap Boot Camp - an introduction to Bootstrap concepts by founder Bijoy Goswami + a discussion about apply Bootstrapping to the Health and Wellness industries.

{{Industry Subgroups}}

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-08-14T23:59:46Z

Jasonhowell: /* Description */

Health and Wellness Subgroup

2007-07-29T13:45:42Z

Jasonhowell:

[[Category: Subgroups]]
[[Category: Subgroups by Industry]]
*TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2nj7at
*[http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/bootstrap-wellness Yahoo group] - join to be notified of meeting times and connect with fellow Wellness Bootstrappers

==Lead==
*Jason Howell - [http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell]
*with help from Brandie Trigger - [http://www.healingtherapy.org Healing Therapy]

==Description==

The Bootstrap Wellness subgroup is a collective of practitioners and entrepreneurs in the holistic health realm including but not exclusive to: nutritionists, RDs, wellness coaches, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors, MDs, nurses, personal trainers, physical therapists, chiropractors, bodyworkers, LMTs, midwives, doulas, herbalists, organic farmers, social workers, counselors, therapists, yoga and other movement instructors.
As a collective, we seek to support and encourage each other, recognizing that the success of our individual businesses reaches beyond our own personal abilities to be 'healers' and into the possibility of our community to create a holistic-minded approach to health and wellness, embracing many integrated modalities. This forum will provide resources for practitioners regardless of your stage.

Featured Bootstrap Members

2007-07-23T17:22:44Z

Jasonhowell: /* I want to be featured on the Bootstrap Network Site */

[[Category: Bootstrap Branding]]
*TinyURL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/ynpqpu
*This is part of the [[Bootstrap Branding]] Initiative.

Active Participants and Contributors in Bootstrap are eligible to be featured on the right column of the [http://www.bootstrapnetwork.com Bootstrap Network] site. To be featured, please:

#Create a public profile on the [http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com Bootstrap Small World Labs site]. Do so by editing your profile and clicking on the "privacy" tab. Scroll to the bottom and check "Show Profile" and complete the URL by adding your name. For example, Bijoy's profile is http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/bijoy Note: '''you might want to remove your phone number in the "Info" section so that the world doesn't come calling!'''
#Add your name to the list below and include your public Small World Labs URL.

== I want to be featured on the Bootstrap Network Site ==
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/ashmaurya Ash Maurya]
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/masonarnold Mason Arnold]
#[http://www.bootstrapnetwork.com/StevenList Steven List]
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/JasonHowell Jason Howell]
#add your name/link
#add your name/link

== Unusable ==
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/allen Allen Beuershausen] - No photo

==Current==
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/brianmassey Brian Massey]
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/nancy1 Nancy Schill]
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/tonja Tonja O'Neill]

== Completed ==
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/marcy Marcy Hoen]
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/martinmontero Martin Montero]
#[http://community.bootstrapnetwork.com/dannyg Danny Gutknecht]

Marketing:Swarms

2007-06-05T17:30:15Z

Jasonhowell:

[[Bootstrap_Marketing|Return to Bootstrap Marketing]]

A Marketing swarm is a gathering of bootstrappers with experience marketing businesses. They will, in the space of one meeting, prepare a recommended marketing plan for the subject business.

# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|June 2006: Bootstrap Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap#Social_Network_Marketing_Swarm:_OakTreeIdea.com|March 2007: Social Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|April 2007: Small Planet Guide Swarm]]

== Swarm Me! ==
If you are a bootstrap member and want us to do a marketing swarm on you, please add the name of the business you want us to swarm, your name, and a link to your User page here.

'''NOTE:''' Your user page should give us a way to get in touch with you.
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Back of the Room
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Athought|Steven List]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Back of the Room is an online bookstore that specializes in self-published and small press products. Several Bootstrappers have products listed on the site ([http://www.backoftheroom.com www.BackOfTheRoom.com]). We've had some reasonable success in reaching authors/product creators, and are now working on reaching consumers.
|}

{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TRACE((e))
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:texasbootz|Tom Baum]]--[[User:Texasbootz|Texasbootz]] 21:42, 28 June 2006 (CDT)
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Whereas Google helps find information fast in the virtual world, TRACE((e)) helps find things fast and lose them less in the real world. Its flagship offering, "egoIDs", facilitates this by creating and attaching digital "egos" or "identities" to physical things and locations --> "who says objects can't talk?"
|}

'''Example:'''
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| HearThis.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Bmassey|Brian Massey]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| HearThis.com scripts and produce podcasts for marketers. If you want to use podcasting as a powerful part of your marketing mix, HearThis.com can help you be heard.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TagSlides.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:springnet|springnet]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| TagSlides.com is an offshoot of http://web2.0slides.com which was an instant hit and showed up several "lists" of top web 2.0 apps and has been catching on with the social bookmarking communities. Our strategy page is at http://workontheweb.com/gameplan We are forming a virtual team and have several web designers and developers involved. We have registered over 80 "slides" themed sites. The basic concept is that you can filter a google search, a technorati search, a del.icio.us tag search etc and show the results as a "slide show". It is "hands free browsing" once the slide show starts you don't have to click. We're using an interstitial advertising model. Actively seeking team members. Contact Paul Terry Walhus 512.581.9617 terry@spring.net
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Ziga Zoga
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Jason Cronkhite|Jason Cronkhite]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Ziga Zoga is soccer specific community dedicated to the development of players, coaches, parents and general soccer fans. Our mission is to provide products and services specifically designed or geared to cater to the soccer community (let your mind run wild and its probably going to be included). Contact me at 210.259.3242 or jason.cronkhite<at>gmail.com
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Small Planet Guide
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: David Whitworth|drwhitworth]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Small Planet Guide is a an online real estate company. We are focused on the Austin apartment rental market but have plans to grow to other cities. Our goal is to become the MLS of apartment listings as well as create a unique and innovative way of finding an apartment. We have only been around for only a short time but have already hit almost 20,000 visitors per month and growing quickly. I need some help doing some creative and inexpensive marketing for both my customers, the apartments, and my users online. Contact me at 512.417.2713 or drwhitworth<at>gmail.com website is http://austin.smallplanetguide.com/rentals
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| WiredReach / BoxCloud
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Ash Maurya|ashmaurya]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| BoxCloud is dead-simple file sharing for creative professionals. It allows designers to share large files with clients and coworkers without any uploading or emailing. They simply drag-n-share stuff right from their desktop. Our marketing initiatives to date have included advertising on the DECK (http://www.coudal.com/deck), getting reviewed/mentioned by influential bloggers, and word of mouth. We are always looking for other effective ways for reaching our target audience.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| RUWT? ([http://www.areyouwatchingthis.com areyouwatchingthis.com])
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: mphil14|Mark Phillip]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Can algorithms determine if a College Basketball game is exciting?

At the core of this sports-focused social networking site is RUWTbot, our "game-watching robot" that monitors sports feeds searching for instant classics in the making. It can identify no-hitters through 7, a ranked college team getting upset, or a game going into double overtime. The "excitement rating" created by RUWTbot mashed up with personalized TV listings and the opinions of users also watching games, allows us to send a text message or email alert when you need to stop raking the leaves, get on the couch, and turn on channel 28.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| [[http://www.selfbookit.com Self Book It]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:JasonHowell|Jason Howell]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| SelfBookIt.com makes shopping services and scheduling appointments as easy as buying books and finding fares online. As a Long Tail aggregator for service microbusinesses, Self Book It will do for appointment-based services what eBay has done for goods, Amazon has done for books, iTunes has done for music, and Google has done for ads. Self Book It holistically solves a culmination of problems: high-speed consumers better manage their time and their life, service providers cost-effectively attract ideal client flow, and a sales force of affiliate Sites monetize their stickier traffic. With Self Book It, each available appointment becomes a fully merchandised product and cost-per-action advertisement that is easily distributed throughout the Web. Providers centrally post their availability for consumers to privately shop and securely schedule from Web 2.0 communities, blogs, marketplaces, directories, and iCalendaring systems as well as from Self Book It's membership portal[[http://selfbookit.com/]], community[[http://community.selfbookit.com/]], and SEO niche Sites[[http://massage.selfbookit.com/]].
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Company
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| User: name|Your User Page
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
|
|}

Marketing:Swarms

2007-06-05T17:28:30Z

Jasonhowell:

[[Bootstrap_Marketing|Return to Bootstrap Marketing]]

A Marketing swarm is a gathering of bootstrappers with experience marketing businesses. They will, in the space of one meeting, prepare a recommended marketing plan for the subject business.

# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|June 2006: Bootstrap Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap#Social_Network_Marketing_Swarm:_OakTreeIdea.com|March 2007: Social Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|April 2007: Small Planet Guide Swarm]]

== Swarm Me! ==
If you are a bootstrap member and want us to do a marketing swarm on you, please add the name of the business you want us to swarm, your name, and a link to your User page here.

'''NOTE:''' Your user page should give us a way to get in touch with you.
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Back of the Room
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Athought|Steven List]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Back of the Room is an online bookstore that specializes in self-published and small press products. Several Bootstrappers have products listed on the site ([http://www.backoftheroom.com www.BackOfTheRoom.com]). We've had some reasonable success in reaching authors/product creators, and are now working on reaching consumers.
|}

{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TRACE((e))
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:texasbootz|Tom Baum]]--[[User:Texasbootz|Texasbootz]] 21:42, 28 June 2006 (CDT)
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Whereas Google helps find information fast in the virtual world, TRACE((e)) helps find things fast and lose them less in the real world. Its flagship offering, "egoIDs", facilitates this by creating and attaching digital "egos" or "identities" to physical things and locations --> "who says objects can't talk?"
|}

'''Example:'''
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| HearThis.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Bmassey|Brian Massey]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| HearThis.com scripts and produce podcasts for marketers. If you want to use podcasting as a powerful part of your marketing mix, HearThis.com can help you be heard.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TagSlides.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:springnet|springnet]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| TagSlides.com is an offshoot of http://web2.0slides.com which was an instant hit and showed up several "lists" of top web 2.0 apps and has been catching on with the social bookmarking communities. Our strategy page is at http://workontheweb.com/gameplan We are forming a virtual team and have several web designers and developers involved. We have registered over 80 "slides" themed sites. The basic concept is that you can filter a google search, a technorati search, a del.icio.us tag search etc and show the results as a "slide show". It is "hands free browsing" once the slide show starts you don't have to click. We're using an interstitial advertising model. Actively seeking team members. Contact Paul Terry Walhus 512.581.9617 terry@spring.net
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Ziga Zoga
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Jason Cronkhite|Jason Cronkhite]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Ziga Zoga is soccer specific community dedicated to the development of players, coaches, parents and general soccer fans. Our mission is to provide products and services specifically designed or geared to cater to the soccer community (let your mind run wild and its probably going to be included). Contact me at 210.259.3242 or jason.cronkhite<at>gmail.com
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Small Planet Guide
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: David Whitworth|drwhitworth]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Small Planet Guide is a an online real estate company. We are focused on the Austin apartment rental market but have plans to grow to other cities. Our goal is to become the MLS of apartment listings as well as create a unique and innovative way of finding an apartment. We have only been around for only a short time but have already hit almost 20,000 visitors per month and growing quickly. I need some help doing some creative and inexpensive marketing for both my customers, the apartments, and my users online. Contact me at 512.417.2713 or drwhitworth<at>gmail.com website is http://austin.smallplanetguide.com/rentals
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| WiredReach / BoxCloud
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Ash Maurya|ashmaurya]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| BoxCloud is dead-simple file sharing for creative professionals. It allows designers to share large files with clients and coworkers without any uploading or emailing. They simply drag-n-share stuff right from their desktop. Our marketing initiatives to date have included advertising on the DECK (http://www.coudal.com/deck), getting reviewed/mentioned by influential bloggers, and word of mouth. We are always looking for other effective ways for reaching our target audience.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| RUWT? ([http://www.areyouwatchingthis.com areyouwatchingthis.com])
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: mphil14|Mark Phillip]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Can algorithms determine if a College Basketball game is exciting?

At the core of this sports-focused social networking site is RUWTbot, our "game-watching robot" that monitors sports feeds searching for instant classics in the making. It can identify no-hitters through 7, a ranked college team getting upset, or a game going into double overtime. The "excitement rating" created by RUWTbot mashed up with personalized TV listings and the opinions of users also watching games, allows us to send a text message or email alert when you need to stop raking the leaves, get on the couch, and turn on channel 28.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| [[http://www.selfbookit.com Self Book It]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:JasonHowell|Jason Howell]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| SelfBookIt.com makes shopping services and scheduling appointments as easy as buying books and finding fares online. As a Long Tail aggregator for service microbusinesses, Self Book It will do for appointment-based services what eBay has done for goods, Amazon has done for books, iTunes has done for music, and Google has done for ads. Self Book It holistically solves a culmination of problems: high-speed consumers better manage their time and their life, service providers cost-effectively attract ideal client flow, and a sales force of affiliate Sites monetize their stickier traffic. With Self Book It, each available appointment becomes a fully merchandised product and cost-per-action advertisement that is easily distributed throughout the Web. Providers centrally post their availability for consumers to privately shop and securely schedule from Web 2.0 communities, blogs, marketplaces, directories, and iCalendaring systems as well as from Self Book It's membership portal, community, and SEO niche Sites|[[http://massage.selfbookit.com/]].
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Company
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| User: name|Your User Page
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
|
|}

Marketing:Swarms

2007-06-05T17:25:25Z

Jasonhowell:

[[Bootstrap_Marketing|Return to Bootstrap Marketing]]

A Marketing swarm is a gathering of bootstrappers with experience marketing businesses. They will, in the space of one meeting, prepare a recommended marketing plan for the subject business.

# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|June 2006: Bootstrap Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap#Social_Network_Marketing_Swarm:_OakTreeIdea.com|March 2007: Social Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|April 2007: Small Planet Guide Swarm]]

== Swarm Me! ==
If you are a bootstrap member and want us to do a marketing swarm on you, please add the name of the business you want us to swarm, your name, and a link to your User page here.

'''NOTE:''' Your user page should give us a way to get in touch with you.
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Back of the Room
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Athought|Steven List]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Back of the Room is an online bookstore that specializes in self-published and small press products. Several Bootstrappers have products listed on the site ([http://www.backoftheroom.com www.BackOfTheRoom.com]). We've had some reasonable success in reaching authors/product creators, and are now working on reaching consumers.
|}

{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TRACE((e))
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:texasbootz|Tom Baum]]--[[User:Texasbootz|Texasbootz]] 21:42, 28 June 2006 (CDT)
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Whereas Google helps find information fast in the virtual world, TRACE((e)) helps find things fast and lose them less in the real world. Its flagship offering, "egoIDs", facilitates this by creating and attaching digital "egos" or "identities" to physical things and locations --> "who says objects can't talk?"
|}

'''Example:'''
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| HearThis.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Bmassey|Brian Massey]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| HearThis.com scripts and produce podcasts for marketers. If you want to use podcasting as a powerful part of your marketing mix, HearThis.com can help you be heard.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TagSlides.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:springnet|springnet]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| TagSlides.com is an offshoot of http://web2.0slides.com which was an instant hit and showed up several "lists" of top web 2.0 apps and has been catching on with the social bookmarking communities. Our strategy page is at http://workontheweb.com/gameplan We are forming a virtual team and have several web designers and developers involved. We have registered over 80 "slides" themed sites. The basic concept is that you can filter a google search, a technorati search, a del.icio.us tag search etc and show the results as a "slide show". It is "hands free browsing" once the slide show starts you don't have to click. We're using an interstitial advertising model. Actively seeking team members. Contact Paul Terry Walhus 512.581.9617 terry@spring.net
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Ziga Zoga
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Jason Cronkhite|Jason Cronkhite]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Ziga Zoga is soccer specific community dedicated to the development of players, coaches, parents and general soccer fans. Our mission is to provide products and services specifically designed or geared to cater to the soccer community (let your mind run wild and its probably going to be included). Contact me at 210.259.3242 or jason.cronkhite<at>gmail.com
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Small Planet Guide
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: David Whitworth|drwhitworth]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Small Planet Guide is a an online real estate company. We are focused on the Austin apartment rental market but have plans to grow to other cities. Our goal is to become the MLS of apartment listings as well as create a unique and innovative way of finding an apartment. We have only been around for only a short time but have already hit almost 20,000 visitors per month and growing quickly. I need some help doing some creative and inexpensive marketing for both my customers, the apartments, and my users online. Contact me at 512.417.2713 or drwhitworth<at>gmail.com website is http://austin.smallplanetguide.com/rentals
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| WiredReach / BoxCloud
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Ash Maurya|ashmaurya]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| BoxCloud is dead-simple file sharing for creative professionals. It allows designers to share large files with clients and coworkers without any uploading or emailing. They simply drag-n-share stuff right from their desktop. Our marketing initiatives to date have included advertising on the DECK (http://www.coudal.com/deck), getting reviewed/mentioned by influential bloggers, and word of mouth. We are always looking for other effective ways for reaching our target audience.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| RUWT? ([http://www.areyouwatchingthis.com areyouwatchingthis.com])
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: mphil14|Mark Phillip]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Can algorithms determine if a College Basketball game is exciting?

At the core of this sports-focused social networking site is RUWTbot, our "game-watching robot" that monitors sports feeds searching for instant classics in the making. It can identify no-hitters through 7, a ranked college team getting upset, or a game going into double overtime. The "excitement rating" created by RUWTbot mashed up with personalized TV listings and the opinions of users also watching games, allows us to send a text message or email alert when you need to stop raking the leaves, get on the couch, and turn on channel 28.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| [[http://www.selfbookit.com Self Book It]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:JasonHowell|Jason Howell]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| SelfBookIt.com makes shopping services and scheduling appointments as easy as buying books and finding fares online. As a Long Tail aggregator for service microbusinesses, Self Book It will do for appointment-based services what eBay has done for goods, Amazon has done for books, iTunes has done for music, and Google has done for ads. Self Book It holistically solves a culmination of problems: high-speed consumers better manage their time and their life, service providers cost-effectively attract ideal client flow, and a sales force of affiliate Sites monetize their stickier traffic. With Self Book It, each available appointment becomes a fully merchandised product and cost-per-action advertisement that is easily distributed throughout the Web. Providers centrally post their availability for consumers to privately shop and securely schedule from Web 2.0 communities, blogs, marketplaces, directories, and iCalendaring systems as well as from Self Book It's membership portal, community, and SEO niche Sites.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Company
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| User: name|Your User Page
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
|
|}

User:JasonHowell

2007-06-05T17:23:23Z

Jasonhowell: /* Self Book It */

==Background==
Jason wandered off a cattle ranch near the Mexican boarder to Austin, Texas by way of Texas A&M. With a B.S. in Animal Science and Master of Business, he worked in Fortune 100 sales and marketing for about a decade before following his entrepreneurial spirit.
==Service Marketing Geek==
Jason is a service marketing geek who as a massage therapist, life coach, and consultant has faced the challenges of owning service microbusiness.

Jason has started writing an eBook, The Art of Service [[http://community.selfbookit.com/node/24]]

==Quality of Touch==
In 2003, Jason founded, Quality of Touch, a company that researches and develops IT and business tools for service providers and their customers.
==Self Book It==
Years of research, trails, and errors paid off; www.selfbookit.com was launched in January 2007. Self Book It is a centralized marketplace for services and a Web-appointment distribution center that will revolutionize the way users manage their time and their life. Self Book It makes shopping for services and scheduling appointments as easy as buying books and finding fares online.

Jason sees the Web 2.0 as a major tool for service microbusinesses. Some of his videos are posted on YouTube [[http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=selfbookit]]

==Contact Info==
* jason@selfbookit.com
* jasonhowell@myopenid.com
* Skype: 512.772.1799

User:JasonHowell

2007-06-05T17:20:57Z

Jasonhowell: /* Service Marketing Geek */

==Background==
Jason wandered off a cattle ranch near the Mexican boarder to Austin, Texas by way of Texas A&M. With a B.S. in Animal Science and Master of Business, he worked in Fortune 100 sales and marketing for about a decade before following his entrepreneurial spirit.
==Service Marketing Geek==
Jason is a service marketing geek who as a massage therapist, life coach, and consultant has faced the challenges of owning service microbusiness.

Jason has started writing an eBook, The Art of Service [[http://community.selfbookit.com/node/24]]

==Quality of Touch==
In 2003, Jason founded, Quality of Touch, a company that researches and develops IT and business tools for service providers and their customers.
==Self Book It==
Years of research, trails, and errors paid off; www.selfbookit.com was launched in January 2007. Self Book It is a centralized marketplace for services and a Web-appointment distribution center that will revolutionize the way users manage their time and their life. Self Book It makes shopping for services and scheduling appointments as easy as buying books and finding fares online.
==Contact Info==
* jason@selfbookit.com
* jasonhowell@myopenid.com
* Skype: 512.772.1799

User:JasonHowell

2007-06-05T17:19:22Z

Jasonhowell:

==Background==
Jason wandered off a cattle ranch near the Mexican boarder to Austin, Texas by way of Texas A&M. With a B.S. in Animal Science and Master of Business, he worked in Fortune 100 sales and marketing for about a decade before following his entrepreneurial spirit.
==Service Marketing Geek==
Jason is a service marketing geek who as a massage therapist, life coach, and consultant has faced the challenges of owning service microbusiness.
==Quality of Touch==
In 2003, Jason founded, Quality of Touch, a company that researches and develops IT and business tools for service providers and their customers.
==Self Book It==
Years of research, trails, and errors paid off; www.selfbookit.com was launched in January 2007. Self Book It is a centralized marketplace for services and a Web-appointment distribution center that will revolutionize the way users manage their time and their life. Self Book It makes shopping for services and scheduling appointments as easy as buying books and finding fares online.
==Contact Info==
* jason@selfbookit.com
* jasonhowell@myopenid.com
* Skype: 512.772.1799

User:JasonHowell

2007-06-05T17:13:14Z

Jasonhowell:

Marketing:Swarms

2007-06-05T16:58:02Z

Jasonhowell:

[[Bootstrap_Marketing|Return to Bootstrap Marketing]]

A Marketing swarm is a gathering of bootstrappers with experience marketing businesses. They will, in the space of one meeting, prepare a recommended marketing plan for the subject business.

# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|June 2006: Bootstrap Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap#Social_Network_Marketing_Swarm:_OakTreeIdea.com|March 2007: Social Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|April 2007: Small Planet Guide Swarm]]

== Swarm Me! ==
If you are a bootstrap member and want us to do a marketing swarm on you, please add the name of the business you want us to swarm, your name, and a link to your User page here.

'''NOTE:''' Your user page should give us a way to get in touch with you.
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Back of the Room
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Athought|Steven List]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Back of the Room is an online bookstore that specializes in self-published and small press products. Several Bootstrappers have products listed on the site ([http://www.backoftheroom.com www.BackOfTheRoom.com]). We've had some reasonable success in reaching authors/product creators, and are now working on reaching consumers.
|}

{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TRACE((e))
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:texasbootz|Tom Baum]]--[[User:Texasbootz|Texasbootz]] 21:42, 28 June 2006 (CDT)
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Whereas Google helps find information fast in the virtual world, TRACE((e)) helps find things fast and lose them less in the real world. Its flagship offering, "egoIDs", facilitates this by creating and attaching digital "egos" or "identities" to physical things and locations --> "who says objects can't talk?"
|}

'''Example:'''
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| HearThis.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Bmassey|Brian Massey]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| HearThis.com scripts and produce podcasts for marketers. If you want to use podcasting as a powerful part of your marketing mix, HearThis.com can help you be heard.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TagSlides.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:springnet|springnet]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| TagSlides.com is an offshoot of http://web2.0slides.com which was an instant hit and showed up several "lists" of top web 2.0 apps and has been catching on with the social bookmarking communities. Our strategy page is at http://workontheweb.com/gameplan We are forming a virtual team and have several web designers and developers involved. We have registered over 80 "slides" themed sites. The basic concept is that you can filter a google search, a technorati search, a del.icio.us tag search etc and show the results as a "slide show". It is "hands free browsing" once the slide show starts you don't have to click. We're using an interstitial advertising model. Actively seeking team members. Contact Paul Terry Walhus 512.581.9617 terry@spring.net
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Ziga Zoga
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Jason Cronkhite|Jason Cronkhite]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Ziga Zoga is soccer specific community dedicated to the development of players, coaches, parents and general soccer fans. Our mission is to provide products and services specifically designed or geared to cater to the soccer community (let your mind run wild and its probably going to be included). Contact me at 210.259.3242 or jason.cronkhite<at>gmail.com
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Small Planet Guide
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: David Whitworth|drwhitworth]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Small Planet Guide is a an online real estate company. We are focused on the Austin apartment rental market but have plans to grow to other cities. Our goal is to become the MLS of apartment listings as well as create a unique and innovative way of finding an apartment. We have only been around for only a short time but have already hit almost 20,000 visitors per month and growing quickly. I need some help doing some creative and inexpensive marketing for both my customers, the apartments, and my users online. Contact me at 512.417.2713 or drwhitworth<at>gmail.com website is http://austin.smallplanetguide.com/rentals
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| WiredReach / BoxCloud
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Ash Maurya|ashmaurya]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| BoxCloud is dead-simple file sharing for creative professionals. It allows designers to share large files with clients and coworkers without any uploading or emailing. They simply drag-n-share stuff right from their desktop. Our marketing initiatives to date have included advertising on the DECK (http://www.coudal.com/deck), getting reviewed/mentioned by influential bloggers, and word of mouth. We are always looking for other effective ways for reaching our target audience.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| RUWT? ([http://www.areyouwatchingthis.com areyouwatchingthis.com])
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: mphil14|Mark Phillip]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Can algorithms determine if a College Basketball game is exciting?

At the core of this sports-focused social networking site is RUWTbot, our "game-watching robot" that monitors sports feeds searching for instant classics in the making. It can identify no-hitters through 7, a ranked college team getting upset, or a game going into double overtime. The "excitement rating" created by RUWTbot mashed up with personalized TV listings and the opinions of users also watching games, allows us to send a text message or email alert when you need to stop raking the leaves, get on the couch, and turn on channel 28.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| [[http://www.selfbookit.com Self Book It]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:JasonHowell|Jason Howell]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| SelfBookIt.com, a Long Tail aggregator for service microbusinesses, will do for appointment-based services what eBay has done for goods, Amazon has done for books, iTunes has done for music, and Google has done for ads. Self Book It holistically solves a culmination of problems: high-speed consumers better manage their time and their life, service providers cost-effectively attract ideal client flow, and a sales force of affiliate Sites monetize their stickier traffic. With Self Book It, each available appointment becomes a fully merchandised product and cost-per-action advertisement that is easily distributed throughout the Web. Providers centrally post their availability for consumers to privately shop and securely schedule from Web 2.0 communities, blogs, marketplaces, directories, and iCalendaring systems as well as from Self Book It's membership portal, community, and SEO niche Sites.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Company
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| User: name|Your User Page
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
|
|}

Marketing:Swarms

2007-06-05T16:55:48Z

Jasonhowell:

[[Bootstrap_Marketing|Return to Bootstrap Marketing]]

A Marketing swarm is a gathering of bootstrappers with experience marketing businesses. They will, in the space of one meeting, prepare a recommended marketing plan for the subject business.

# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|June 2006: Bootstrap Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap#Social_Network_Marketing_Swarm:_OakTreeIdea.com|March 2007: Social Network Swarm]]
# [[Marketing:Swarms:Bootstrap|April 2007: Small Planet Guide Swarm]]

== Swarm Me! ==
If you are a bootstrap member and want us to do a marketing swarm on you, please add the name of the business you want us to swarm, your name, and a link to your User page here.

'''NOTE:''' Your user page should give us a way to get in touch with you.
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Back of the Room
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Athought|Steven List]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Back of the Room is an online bookstore that specializes in self-published and small press products. Several Bootstrappers have products listed on the site ([http://www.backoftheroom.com www.BackOfTheRoom.com]). We've had some reasonable success in reaching authors/product creators, and are now working on reaching consumers.
|}

{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TRACE((e))
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:texasbootz|Tom Baum]]--[[User:Texasbootz|Texasbootz]] 21:42, 28 June 2006 (CDT)
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Whereas Google helps find information fast in the virtual world, TRACE((e)) helps find things fast and lose them less in the real world. Its flagship offering, "egoIDs", facilitates this by creating and attaching digital "egos" or "identities" to physical things and locations --> "who says objects can't talk?"
|}

'''Example:'''
<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| HearThis.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:Bmassey|Brian Massey]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| HearThis.com scripts and produce podcasts for marketers. If you want to use podcasting as a powerful part of your marketing mix, HearThis.com can help you be heard.
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| TagSlides.com
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User:springnet|springnet]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| TagSlides.com is an offshoot of http://web2.0slides.com which was an instant hit and showed up several "lists" of top web 2.0 apps and has been catching on with the social bookmarking communities. Our strategy page is at http://workontheweb.com/gameplan We are forming a virtual team and have several web designers and developers involved. We have registered over 80 "slides" themed sites. The basic concept is that you can filter a google search, a technorati search, a del.icio.us tag search etc and show the results as a "slide show". It is "hands free browsing" once the slide show starts you don't have to click. We're using an interstitial advertising model. Actively seeking team members. Contact Paul Terry Walhus 512.581.9617 terry@spring.net
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Ziga Zoga
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Jason Cronkhite|Jason Cronkhite]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Ziga Zoga is soccer specific community dedicated to the development of players, coaches, parents and general soccer fans. Our mission is to provide products and services specifically designed or geared to cater to the soccer community (let your mind run wild and its probably going to be included). Contact me at 210.259.3242 or jason.cronkhite<at>gmail.com
|}

<hr />
{| style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-left:1px #ffffff solid"
! Company Name
| Small Planet Guide
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Entrepreneur
| [[User: David Whitworth|drwhitworth]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left"
! Description
| Small Planet Guide is a an online real estate company. We are focused on the Austin apartment rental market but have plans to grow to other cities. Our goal is to become the MLS of apartment listings as well as create a unique and innovative way of finding an apartment. We have only been around for only a short time but have already hit almost 20,000 visitors per month and growing quickly. I need some help doing some creative and inexpensive marketing for both my customers, the apartments, and my users online. Contact me at 512.417.2713 or drwhitworth<at>gmail.com website is http://austin.smallplanetguide.com/rentals
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! Company Name
| WiredReach / BoxCloud
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! Entrepreneur
| [[User: Ash Maurya|ashmaurya]]
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! Description
| BoxCloud is dead-simple file sharing for creative professionals. It allows designers to share large files with clients and coworkers without any uploading or emailing. They simply drag-n-share stuff right from their desktop. Our marketing initiatives to date have included advertising on the DECK (http://www.coudal.com/deck), getting reviewed/mentioned by influential bloggers, and word of mouth. We are always looking for other effective ways for reaching our target audience.
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! Company Name
| RUWT? ([http://www.areyouwatchingthis.com areyouwatchingthis.com])
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! Entrepreneur
| [[User: mphil14|Mark Phillip]]
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! Description
| Can algorithms determine if a College Basketball game is exciting?

At the core of this sports-focused social networking site is RUWTbot, our "game-watching robot" that monitors sports feeds searching for instant classics in the making. It can identify no-hitters through 7, a ranked college team getting upset, or a game going into double overtime. The "excitement rating" created by RUWTbot mashed up with personalized TV listings and the opinions of users also watching games, allows us to send a text message or email alert when you need to stop raking the leaves, get on the couch, and turn on channel 28.
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! Company Name
| [[http://www.selfbookit.com Self Book It]]
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! Entrepreneur
| Jason Howell
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! Description
| SelfBookIt.com, a Long Tail aggregator for service microbusinesses, will do for appointment-based services what eBay has done for goods, Amazon has done for books, iTunes has done for music, and Google has done for ads. Self Book It holistically solves a culmination of problems: high-speed consumers better manage their time and their life, service providers cost-effectively attract ideal client flow, and a sales force of affiliate Sites monetize their stickier traffic. With Self Book It, each available appointment becomes a fully merchandised product and cost-per-action advertisement that is easily distributed throughout the Web. Providers centrally post their availability for consumers to privately shop and securely schedule from Web 2.0 communities, blogs, marketplaces, directories, and iCalendaring systems as well as from Self Book It's membership portal, community, and SEO niche Sites.
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| Company
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| User: name|Your User Page
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