NateBW: Thoughts on life, the internet, and everything

I had written this up on the Yelp Talk Page, but figured that I should open it up to everyone, even if they are not super active in Yelp. I do believe the community nature of help and think it has a lot of potential in Tampa Bay.

I've been a Tampa Yelper for a couple of years. While I do think the scene is building, it think it is slow. This is surprising to me because I feel that Tampa has a vibrant social/tech scene. What really proved it to me was foursquare: After Tampa was unlocked, it didn't take long for people to start using foursquare. And the Tampa folks really, and I mean really, rallied around Foursquare Day. It was a proud day for us all. It showed me that Tampa is ready for anything; we don't have to just sit back and watch NYC and southern California.

So what can we do to grow the Yelp community? I think we area  long way off from getting a CM in Tampa. Too many factors that yelp looks at that we don't meet. So it is up to us. I'd like to get some ideas from the Elites. We can keep this thread growing and spin off more as needed.

• We should come up with a schedule I try to have one UYE a month, rotated in different parts of the bay area to reach different people.
• If you know of business owners who not just have reviews, but are active in the Yelp community, reach out to the and see how they'd like to be involved.
• We need to use our Facebook, Twitter and other networks to grow the local Yelp scene. I'm going to start using the hashtag #YelpTPA for this purpose.

So even if you are too busy now, if you are interested in build yelp in Tampa, then drop a quick reply in this thread and we can make a list of interested people

THANKS EVERYONE!