Noonhat

I’ve spent the last few weeks working on things behind the scenes. Originally, there were several things I had to do by hand each day to make sure the lunches happened. I even sent the email messages for the very first batch of lunches by hand! Now, the process is automatic, with just a pause for me to do a quick visual check before automatically sending out the match and match-failed emails.

Now that I’ve got more automation in place, it’s time to get the word out to as many people (near Seattle) as possible!

Things I’ve done so far:

• I’ve attended a few techie/startup events and told everyone I met about the site.
• I gave a five minute talk about the site, and the thinking around it at BizJam and Adobe onAIR.
• I posted a small ad on craigslist, in the activity partners section. I thought about putting it in the “strictly platonic” section of the personals, but maybe that’s not a good fit?

Things I’m planning to do soon:

• Create a logo.
• Make small signs to post on bulletin boards at coffee shops & restaurants.

Things I’d like help with:

• I’d love to get a note about Noonhat in the local papers, anyone know the right people?
• Probably should write a press release of some sort, but I don’t know the first thing about doing this well. Do you? ;)
• Ideas for other cheap/free ways to get the word out.
• Tell everyone you know about Noonhat! :)

Thanks for following along on the blog, and a huge thanks to everyone who has signed up so far!