Po Bronson's book "The Nudist on the Late Shift" says that CitySearch cold-called all kinds of businesses in every city it launched in. Have you read enough articles about Yelp to see if they did the same?
Incidentally, how do you plan to win people over when they're already on Yelp? I'm confused about what value you add that they don't.
We're not building another review.
It's a customer service site where you can leave a question, suggestion, discussion, praise, or issue for the small business.
The small business owner can sort by these posts and reply to the thread.
We even mail your feedback on postcards for unclaimed businesses on FeedbackJar.
Think of us as Getsatisfaction.com for small businesses.
Incidentally, how do you plan to win people over when they're already on Yelp? I'm confused about what value you add that they don't.