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Started The Yogi Co-Op Facebook Group
We started The Yogi-Co-Op Facebook Group (orginally called Orange County Yoga Teachers) as a place for yoga teachers to network and share information. -
Maybe this can be more than a FB group?!
The response to the FB group was GREAT! It seems that teachers and studios were looking for community and growth. The thought crossed my mind, perhaps this should be greater than a FB group?! -
The name, The Yogi Co-Op, is chosen.
After tossing around a bunch of names, seeing which were taken already and then coming up with more we finally decided on The Yogi Co-Op -
The Yogi Co-Op Facebook Page is born...
This is our public Facebook page that is open to teachers, students and the general public everywhere :) -
We began researching studios in the SoCal region...
We began compiling a list of studios throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino counties that we would reach out to to join the co-op (there are a lot of them, we are still finding new ones everyday! -
We secured our domain name...
Theyogicoop.com and theyogico-op are reserved! -
We met with a business advisor...
Well acutally, they gave us two (thanks SCORE) - and they helped us understand which type of business entity to establish, what type of insurance we would need, how to develop a business plan and accurate budget. -
We created our budget...
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Website/database development begins...
Back end programming for The Yogi Co-Op database begins...it's a lof of work that no one will ever see but they will appreciate it when our site integrates smoothly with MindBody! -
We decided on a logo...
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We opened a merchant account...
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We filed our Fictitioius Business Name documents....
We decided a Sole Proprietorship would be best for new so we filed our DBA paperwork with the county, -
We designed our business cards...
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We obtained our SSL certificate...
This is what keeps your credit card info safe and secure :) -
Beautiful yogis lend their photos...
some of our wonderful yogi members lend their photos to the co-op for use on our landing page -
Landing page is launched...
Traffic was already starting to make it's way to our website, theyogicoop.com, even though nothing was up yet so we launched a basic landing page explaining what the co-op is. Database building continues... -
First studio schedule/data imported to The Yogi Co-Op Website
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Database testing begins...
Testing the database and it's interaction with MindBody and member studios to get the bugs worked out before we launch to the public and open for business! -
We begin marketing to the public...
We will begin marketing The Yogi Co-Op to consumers, preparing them for the launch of the website and their opportunity to participate in our member studio classes <3 -
theyogicoop.com goes live!!
Our goal is to ha!ve theyogicoop.com live and open for business as of August 15
