Comments on: MeetingWave Might Be a Little Late to the Party http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/18/meetingwave-might-be-a-little-late-to-the-party/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:12:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Scott Blitstein http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/18/meetingwave-might-be-a-little-late-to-the-party/#comment-302668 Scott Blitstein Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:44:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=3388#comment-302668 @Ian - that sounds like a great use. In fact, that is really the type of event I was looking for, and expecting to find in the nature of invites. @John - Thanks for your comments and clarification. Perhaps it is just a discrepancy between my expectations and the types of events I saw listed in my area. I can certainly see the service being useful if the desired type of folks are there to respond to and accept the invites. I have posted my own event locally to see if there was any interest. Thanks SB @Ian – that sounds like a great use. In fact, that is really the type of event I was looking for, and expecting to find in the nature of invites.

@John – Thanks for your comments and clarification. Perhaps it is just a discrepancy between my expectations and the types of events I saw listed in my area. I can certainly see the service being useful if the desired type of folks are there to respond to and accept the invites.

I have posted my own event locally to see if there was any interest.

Thanks
SB

]]> By: John http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/18/meetingwave-might-be-a-little-late-to-the-party/#comment-302663 John Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:16:10 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=3388#comment-302663 Scott - Thanks for the feedback. We restarted our promotional efforts after renaming the site in early June (after months of looking for a new name that didn't sound overly focused on traveling). The renaming took longer than expected with so many domain name squatters, potential trademark issues and conflicting internal opinions. We are happy to be moving forward again and gaining traction. Regarding the Get Started page you landed on after signing up, I apologize for the incovenience. We are planning to replace that page to provide additional options this week (hopefully today or tomorrow). We'll also take a look at the input screens you had issues with. We are focused on providing a tool for professional and business networking (e.g., making new contacts, finding new clients). We are free and open so are currently seeing a variety of invites being posted. However, users are free to decide which invites to post and which to accept so who you meet and for what purpose is up to you. We only include "romance" as an option so these invites can be categorized differently when users are searching. You should only see "romance" invites if you specifically search for them. Otherwise, they are not displayed. We are considering a variety of options to better control the quality and type of invites. We are not focused on providing an event organizing tool like meetup or a party planning tool like evite. Instead, we are hoping to provide a free flexible, versatile tool that is laser focused on helping users network offline with new people for business and professional purposes. We have a lot of work to do on the development and promotional fronts, but appreciate the feedback as it helps us prioritize our efforts. Thanks, John Boyd, founder Scott – Thanks for the feedback. We restarted our promotional efforts after renaming the site in early June (after months of looking for a new name that didn’t sound overly focused on traveling). The renaming took longer than expected with so many domain name squatters, potential trademark issues and conflicting internal opinions. We are happy to be moving forward again and gaining traction.

Regarding the Get Started page you landed on after signing up, I apologize for the incovenience. We are planning to replace that page to provide additional options this week (hopefully today or tomorrow). We’ll also take a look at the input screens you had issues with.

We are focused on providing a tool for professional and business networking (e.g., making new contacts, finding new clients). We are free and open so are currently seeing a variety of invites being posted. However, users are free to decide which invites to post and which to accept so who you meet and for what purpose is up to you. We only include “romance” as an option so these invites can be categorized differently when users are searching. You should only see “romance” invites if you specifically search for them. Otherwise, they are not displayed. We are considering a variety of options to better control the quality and type of invites.

We are not focused on providing an event organizing tool like meetup or a party planning tool like evite. Instead, we are hoping to provide a free flexible, versatile tool that is laser focused on helping users network offline with new people for business and professional purposes. We have a lot of work to do on the development and promotional fronts, but appreciate the feedback as it helps us prioritize our efforts.

Thanks,

John Boyd, founder

]]> By: Ian http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/18/meetingwave-might-be-a-little-late-to-the-party/#comment-302658 Ian Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:39:52 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=3388#comment-302658 As one of the early adopters of MeetingWave (I started using it in June 07 when it launched under a different name), I have found it to be very helpful to facilitating meetings with likeminded professionals in a way that Meetup or Evite would not have allowed. I run a personal social networking platform called Coffee With Ian [www.coffeewithian.com] which allows me to put a human face on my virtual contacts. Through MeetingWave, I set the time and location where I am available to have coffee, and have met many people. I limit my meetings to 4 or 5 people, because I want to have actual face time and get to know them in a way that an event with 300 people doesn't neccesarily allow. MeetingWave fills a void to have smaller, more personal meetings in a way that the other meeting sites don't cater to. As one of the early adopters of MeetingWave (I started using it in June 07 when it launched under a different name), I have found it to be very helpful to facilitating meetings with likeminded professionals in a way that Meetup or Evite would not have allowed.

I run a personal social networking platform called Coffee With Ian [www.coffeewithian.com] which allows me to put a human face on my virtual contacts. Through MeetingWave, I set the time and location where I am available to have coffee, and have met many people. I limit my meetings to 4 or 5 people, because I want to have actual face time and get to know them in a way that an event with 300 people doesn’t neccesarily allow.

MeetingWave fills a void to have smaller, more personal meetings in a way that the other meeting sites don’t cater to.

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