Sat 27 Aug 2005
HELP START A COOL SITE FOR RESTAURANT STAFF!
ABOUT THE PROJECT
geniuswaitress.com is an on-line community created by a San Francisco waitress.
The idea is to host a platform for people who work in restaurants (not just waitresses) but really do something else that they may want to promote and present. The site will not be about restaurants or our jobs at them, but about that thing we have going on that we’d rather talk about at our high school reunion. That thing we may not pay our bills with, but that is what we really do.
The goal is for the site to be used for networking, inspiration, browsing. Long term, the business idea from our perspective is to host paid advertisement on the site and charge members a yearly fee to be featured. Since we are in the early stages of building this community, it will be free at all times for the 50 first members.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU
Being featured on the site - meaning you get your own page - could be an easy first step to launching a small business and/or a web site. It could be a place to post articles or essays for students who work their way through school. It could be a way of making your passion heard and seen, a place to refer contacts (favorite regulars who may want to invest in your business?) to.
WHAT WE OFFER
We offer each member a page with unlimited written material, up to four pictures - provided they are relevant - and the opportunity to link (with a link to geniuswaitress.com in return) to your own website if you have one. You can update and change your material as you please in the future.
HOW TO JOIN
Please use the guidelines below (also featured on geniuswaitress.com even though the site is still under construction). Remember that it is free for the first 50 members, after that there will be a small fee.
WE NEED TWO THINGS FROM YOU: A SHORT PROFILE FOR OUR DATABASE (* indicates details we will NOT display on line or share with any one else) AND THE MATERIAL FOR YOUR SUB PAGE.
1. Your profile must include the headings:
Name, Restaurant, City and State/Country, Position at Restaurant, What I really do, *Email address, *Zip Code
2. Your sub page is your own. We will not edit unless content is deemed unsuitable.
Submit your resume or biography. Add up to four pictures. Link to sites, blogs, etc, as long as we receive a reciprocal link. Add any amount of written text. The more content you submit on your sub page, the better our site will be and the more attention you will get. Remember that you can update and edit your site as you go. INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU WANT IT TO BE DISPLAYED. WE WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAY YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
3. Post it all in an email and send it to Elin Jensen and Bill Koplitz at admin@geniuswaitress.com
EXAMPLE — MYSELF, FREELANCE WRITER
On my site I would post my resume, 3 different articles that I have published, 3 different outlines for book projects, and a link to my own travel blog, which would in turn have a link to geniuswaitress.com.
I would use my site as a reference for potential clients/editors since I don’t have my own website and am not quite ready to have one yet