And then there was Wendy!

We are thrilled to announce that Wendy Goldman has decided to join the Ourfaves team as Editorial and Community Coordinator. Wendy did such a great job as an intern on toronto.com that we couldn’t let her go! Her passion, enthusiasm, talented journalism and new media skills made her the perfect fit for our team. We have some amazing projects that we can’t wait to get started when Wendy starts which fortunately for us is on Monday!

We are counting down the days till…

…our new hire, Tim Leung joins us! I am so excited to announce that we have hired one of the best
young developers and product people I know. Tim is no stranger to Ourfaves, having worked as a summer student on the project in its earliest days of conception. Tim couldn’t stay away even while at school and worked on a part time basis helping us. We haven’t had Tim work on Ourfaves for over a year and so we are super excited to have him join us full time. This means great things for the Ourfaves
platform. Tim is resting up and vacationing this week as he knows there is some hard work and hard play ahead. 3 days and counting till he arrives!

Businesses are about to be…. FAVED!

We have printed some really awesome stickers for businesses that have been faved on our site. We are super excited about sharing Ourfaves place pages of faves with businesses. Most businesses will likely not know that our site exists yet and that they have users who absolutely love particular things about their establishment. What a great good news story to share. We are just finishing up printing the stickers and we will be in market by the next week visiting the top 50 places faved on our site with some good news about how much the people of Toronto love their business.

I am really excited to hear what these business owners have to say and to see ourfaves.com “static clings” (aka stickers that don’t permanently stick) be placed in some of my fave store windows around town. This program really embodies what ourfaves is all about – community, supporting local businesses, being in the know about the best and highlighting the real specialities that people may not know about a place. I am hoping these stickers get people talking and engaging with the businesses about what is favorite at their establishment.

Can’t wait to start spreading the word and look forward to sharing some of our encounters with faved local businesses with you!