From: Yelp
Subject Line: Wacarra Y. would like to be your friend on Yelp
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009



Until today, I had just my one "friend" on Yelp (I've always been a little slow with the Social Media thing). I joined Yelp in the first place about a year ago based on a request from my hairdresser, who had just switched salons, and was looking to generate a little publicity. Today I got a "friend" request from fellow Smith-Harmon blogger Wacarra (thanks Wacarra!) and while the request email itself was totally boring (zero graphics and kinda blah copy), I got totally sucked into the friends thing once I clicked through to the Yelp site and confirmed Wacarra. I had not been aware that Yelp has the "friend finder" feature that searches your email. What really got me absorbed it was the "compliments" that you can give your friends - they have great humor in the copy (one example: You're Cool - You're so cool polar bears wear sweaters around you.). And woo-hoo! In the time it's taken me to write this blog entry, I now have a total of five friends - I feel so popular!  ;)