Thanks to MacBeths, our Sauble Beach is on the map! The Waymark map that is. Some time ago I posted here about the prospects of far-reaching advantages of open wifi for cottage country operators and, well, here's the first wave of our proof:

"This bakery and coffee shop has a couple of computers available for its patrons and free wi-fi that reaches as far as the front parking lot."
[ Internet Cafes on Waymarking.com ]

The listing was not just free, it was honest and earnest and real. The stats tell us 65% of people trust their peers above any other source and this is exactly that, social media, people telling people about a service they both need and want.

And the way to get there, in the thick of that new media garden? Sorry, it's not through Media-firm press-releases and grand-banner promises, but by simply giving the right folks what they want to buy, and then letting the trusted recommenders do the viral marketing work for you.

Online users spent 991 million minutes on Facebook in 2007 ... just in August!! 542 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every day ... and there are as many people over 55 online as there are in the 18-35 age-group, all of them searching google looking for stuff they want.

Like cottage country wireless access ...