Idea Café Announces Winner of Small Business Grant
The winner, online recommendation service WOMBeat!, was selected from hundreds of nominations to receive a check for $1,000.00, plus recognition on IdeaCafe.com.
Orland Park, IL, January 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- IdeaCafe.com, a top-rated website for small business, announced the winner for Idea Cafe's latest small business grant, The Innovation and Creativity Grant. The winner, online recommendation service WOMBeat!, was selected from hundreds of nominations to receive a check for $1,000.00, plus recognition on IdeaCafe.com, viewed by 100,000 unique visitors monthly. The winner of the grant was decided with the votes of Idea Café regulars.
“It is a sincere pleasure to everyone at Idea Café to award the $1,000 Innovation and Originality Grant to WOMBeat!,” said Darren Tabor, CEO of DevStart, Inc., Idea Café’s parent company. “WOMBeat! exemplifies the very spirit of innovation and originality, and I know that all readers of Idea Café look forward to learning how this grant will help WOMBeat! grow.”
WOMbeat! is the next generation of local search - built upon the power of Word of Mouth (WOM). It helps consumers and great local business find each other - by making it easy for a local business' biggest fans to spread the word to their friends. Consumers get trustworthy word-of-mouth recommendation from people they know, while business owners expand their business and save precious advertising dollars.
WOMBeat! founder Linda Olson said winning the grant would help her complete the development work, and give the business owners a super affordable way to grow their business by bringing the word-of-mouth conversation about their business online. More information about the company is available at http://blog.ideacafe.com/finalist-qa-wombeat .
WOMbeat! will be keeping Idea Café Regulars informed of their progress via regular updates on the newly-launched Idea Cafe Blog. Visitors will be able to learn more about WOMBeat!, and follow their story, with monthly reports about the progress of the company.
WOMBeat! joins a line-up of inspiring entrepreneurs, who have won an Idea Cafe grant in the past. Previous winner Leah Larson went on to win the $100,000.00 Wells Fargo's Someday Stories contest. Another grant winner, Percy Marchand and his company, Marchand Ink, have been featured in The London Times and New Orleans Magazine, among other press: "Winning this grant propelled me into a spiral of success and accolades," said Percy in one of his updates for Idea Cafe.
Idea Café’s grants are intended for anyone who currently owns a small business or is planning to start one. The Innovation and Originality Grant was the sixth Idea Café grant, with more planned for 2009. Established by veteran entrepreneur Francie Ward, the Idea Cafe Small Business Grants distinguish small business owners with extraordinary ideas and drive to succeed, who are dedicated to helping their local community and peers.
About Idea Café
Idea Café (http://www.ideacafe.com) provides an extensive range of free services, well-written articles and other information aimed at helping small businesses get started and succeed. That includes everything from how to start a business and obtain financing, to tips for accounting, marketing, finding and keeping customers, marketing on the Internet, and more. IdeaCafe.com has been online since 1995 and is known for its popular CyberSchmooze forums, where small business owners, startup entrepreneurs and experts share questions, information and provide objective feedback. They have a well-established base of contributing business experts, plus a large base of loyal readers, who rely on them for new ideas and practical help running their businesses. To find out more about Idea Cafe, visit www.ideacafe.com.
About DevStart, Inc.
DevStart, Inc. (http://www.devstart.com) is a leading online provider of unique content and powerful tools. Attracting a monthly audience of nearly one million unique visitors, with decision makers at its core, our strong portfolio of media properties offer a uniquely collaborative environment for readers, writers, and advertisers. Since 1998, the DevStart Network has been a popular and trusted source of information and resources for webmasters and entrepreneurs. Our major properties include HostReview, PromotionWorld, DomainInformer, and a variety of other websites that cater to webmasters and business owners.
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“It is a sincere pleasure to everyone at Idea Café to award the $1,000 Innovation and Originality Grant to WOMBeat!,” said Darren Tabor, CEO of DevStart, Inc., Idea Café’s parent company. “WOMBeat! exemplifies the very spirit of innovation and originality, and I know that all readers of Idea Café look forward to learning how this grant will help WOMBeat! grow.”
WOMbeat! is the next generation of local search - built upon the power of Word of Mouth (WOM). It helps consumers and great local business find each other - by making it easy for a local business' biggest fans to spread the word to their friends. Consumers get trustworthy word-of-mouth recommendation from people they know, while business owners expand their business and save precious advertising dollars.
WOMBeat! founder Linda Olson said winning the grant would help her complete the development work, and give the business owners a super affordable way to grow their business by bringing the word-of-mouth conversation about their business online. More information about the company is available at http://blog.ideacafe.com/finalist-qa-wombeat .
WOMbeat! will be keeping Idea Café Regulars informed of their progress via regular updates on the newly-launched Idea Cafe Blog. Visitors will be able to learn more about WOMBeat!, and follow their story, with monthly reports about the progress of the company.
WOMBeat! joins a line-up of inspiring entrepreneurs, who have won an Idea Cafe grant in the past. Previous winner Leah Larson went on to win the $100,000.00 Wells Fargo's Someday Stories contest. Another grant winner, Percy Marchand and his company, Marchand Ink, have been featured in The London Times and New Orleans Magazine, among other press: "Winning this grant propelled me into a spiral of success and accolades," said Percy in one of his updates for Idea Cafe.
Idea Café’s grants are intended for anyone who currently owns a small business or is planning to start one. The Innovation and Originality Grant was the sixth Idea Café grant, with more planned for 2009. Established by veteran entrepreneur Francie Ward, the Idea Cafe Small Business Grants distinguish small business owners with extraordinary ideas and drive to succeed, who are dedicated to helping their local community and peers.
About Idea Café
Idea Café (http://www.ideacafe.com) provides an extensive range of free services, well-written articles and other information aimed at helping small businesses get started and succeed. That includes everything from how to start a business and obtain financing, to tips for accounting, marketing, finding and keeping customers, marketing on the Internet, and more. IdeaCafe.com has been online since 1995 and is known for its popular CyberSchmooze forums, where small business owners, startup entrepreneurs and experts share questions, information and provide objective feedback. They have a well-established base of contributing business experts, plus a large base of loyal readers, who rely on them for new ideas and practical help running their businesses. To find out more about Idea Cafe, visit www.ideacafe.com.
About DevStart, Inc.
DevStart, Inc. (http://www.devstart.com) is a leading online provider of unique content and powerful tools. Attracting a monthly audience of nearly one million unique visitors, with decision makers at its core, our strong portfolio of media properties offer a uniquely collaborative environment for readers, writers, and advertisers. Since 1998, the DevStart Network has been a popular and trusted source of information and resources for webmasters and entrepreneurs. Our major properties include HostReview, PromotionWorld, DomainInformer, and a variety of other websites that cater to webmasters and business owners.
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