This afternoon actually.  I guess I should get going to attend the conference. I've got three minutes to explain cross-promotion marketing and the IntroNiche platform. For those who want to read my slides at ease:

Hi there,

It seems the past efforts to get this website indexed are starting to pay off.

Today I spotted IntroNiche has Pagerank 2. 
Not a bad result for a website which has only been live for a month now.
We're not playing the Victoria & Albert Hall yet. But we're not hiding in the sewers either.

 Some things must have helped:

1) Regularily updating this very blog as a placeholder for IntroNiche.com -
    probably better than an "under construction" page. Content rules.

How time runs when you're having a good time!

Here are some of the major highlights:

1. Live! Even though far from perfect, the site is finally good enough to put live. April 1. 
2. Amsterdam! IntroNiche presenting at the Next Web Conference Amsterdam.
   Good feedback, new contacts and lots of drinks. April 3 & 4.

The test version of the Introniche site should be ready soon, or so the development agency said.

Once that is done, it shouldn't be long untill we can go live with the free beta version.

I'd love to give a preview already, but the design isn't finished yet.

I had a discussion last night. And a classic d'OOOOOHHHH moment.

One of the questions was how people would find other people who are relevant to them for barter marketing on IntroNiche. I answered the classic things: they would be interested in the target groups they share and in the marketing channels they use.

IntroNiche is a classifieds platform for niche marketing barter deals.

 In plain english that means that companies targetting specific niches will be able to find other companies targetting identical or other relevant groups. The companies can then contact each other to see if they can make co-operate in their marketing efforts, most likely through barter deals.

IntroNiche's service should specifically appeal to entrepreneurs & marketeers, especially those with all ready a strong internet presence or ambition.

It might be but a small step for the website yet it feels quite good to have a logo.

After a painstaking name selection process, involving lots of advice from friends & family & a lot of swearing at .com cybersquatters, I settled on the IntroNiche name which I had duely registered.

Following that, someone recommended me to use Logobee.com, a canadian logo design company.
I briefed them saying I wanted a professional yet warm logo, targeted at marketing professionals.

A full briefing can be read here:

More info, click here

Get in touch, mail to sam dot desimpel  at gmail dot com

Marketing Barter Platform looking for partners.

IntroNiche is a Brussels based start-up about to create a classifieds platform for niche marketings barter deals.