Comments on: “Open Table” for Yoga Bookings? http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/ Christine Thompson> What's on my mind: life and work Tue, 15 May 2012 11:40:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christine http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Christine Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:48:13 +0000 http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/#comment-243 Brian, good luck with your new blog and your gig with Yoga Business News. Thanks for sharing your perspective on Mindbody. Note that I have no business affiliation with Mindbody, nor am I (at least for now) in the business of yoga. I'm simply an enthusiastic student who can envision ways to broaden the practice of yoga. Making classes more accessible (from a scheduling convenience POV) is one way to do that. Having said that, I'd be happy to discuss this idea with you. Brian, good luck with your new blog and your gig with Yoga Business News.

Thanks for sharing your perspective on Mindbody. Note that I have no business affiliation with Mindbody, nor am I (at least for now) in the business of yoga. I’m simply an enthusiastic student who can envision ways to broaden the practice of yoga. Making classes more accessible (from a scheduling convenience POV) is one way to do that.

Having said that, I’d be happy to discuss this idea with you.

]]> By: Brian Castellani http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Brian Castellani Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:21:53 +0000 http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/#comment-242 Just starting out on blogging so please be kind. Ex-Yoga Journal employee, currently Yoga Business News. I too got a google alert and would love to discuss this. Mindbody is a pos system, that sends newsletters and is the largest fish in the sea. There are other companies out there. But mindbody has locally and internationally cornered the yoga market. There data is all up to date. Unless you individually code your site to pull data from each individual Mindbody schedule page, you wouldn't be able to make it to market. Their iPhone app is instantaneous and works much like you describe above Christine. OpenTable gets fees every time they book a dinner, this could work the same way maybe. Just starting out on blogging so please be kind.

Ex-Yoga Journal employee, currently Yoga Business News. I too got a google alert and would love to discuss this.

Mindbody is a pos system, that sends newsletters and is the largest fish in the sea.

There are other companies out there. But mindbody has locally and internationally cornered the yoga market. There data is all up to date. Unless you individually code your site to pull data from each individual Mindbody schedule page, you wouldn’t be able to make it to market. Their iPhone app is instantaneous and works much like you describe above Christine.

OpenTable gets fees every time they book a dinner, this could work the same way maybe.

]]> By: Christine http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Christine Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:21:28 +0000 http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/#comment-241 Ivan, thanks for the thoughtful comment. I'd be happy to chat with you about Reservation Genie and its appropriateness for coordinating yoga bookings; however, I have no business affiliation with MindBody, so would not be in a position to put any of our ideas into practice. Given this, do you still want a conversation? Ivan, thanks for the thoughtful comment. I’d be happy to chat with you about Reservation Genie and its appropriateness for coordinating yoga bookings; however, I have no business affiliation with MindBody, so would not be in a position to put any of our ideas into practice. Given this, do you still want a conversation?

]]> By: Ivan http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Ivan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:50:26 +0000 http://christinethompson-blog.com/2010/02/03/open-table-for-yoga-bookings_387/#comment-240 Hi Christine, I run Reservation Genie, a web-based service that competes in concept to Open Table. I use Google Alerts to notify any time a blogger talks about them...hence how I found this article. Our model is a little different than Open Table in that we are booking for restaurants, tours, and nightclubs. We're working on golf courses and rental businesses. Interestingly enough...I don't think it would be too hard to add Yoga studios. I'm not sure how MindBody works, but our system does allow you to search for availability at all restaurants in your town for specific times and party sizes. So if we had Yoga, we could implement that easily. If you'd like to chat about it...I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts. Cheers, Ivan Reservation Genie Hi Christine,

I run Reservation Genie, a web-based service that competes in concept to Open Table. I use Google Alerts to notify any time a blogger talks about them…hence how I found this article. Our model is a little different than Open Table in that we are booking for restaurants, tours, and nightclubs. We’re working on golf courses and rental businesses. Interestingly enough…I don’t think it would be too hard to add Yoga studios. I’m not sure how MindBody works, but our system does allow you to search for availability at all restaurants in your town for specific times and party sizes. So if we had Yoga, we could implement that easily.

If you’d like to chat about it…I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts.

Cheers,
Ivan
Reservation Genie

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