The Zinch Report

We've just about reached 30,000 users. That's after one month of being live. Wow. Things are crazier than ever.

The core team spent the last two weeks on a "Road Tour" out East, visiting colleges, high schools, partnerships, and organizations in places such as D.C., NY, and Boston.

The excitement never ends. High School counselors are hopping on board a lot faster than we ever expected, and colleges are finally having their prayers answered, being able to personalize their recruiting in a way never before done.

We've set ourselves up with a lot of key partnerships which include various national organizations and key companies in the education space. Once the relationships are solidified with these organizations/companies, i'd be more than happy to share who they are.

We've also been getting a lot of recent press. The Yale Daily News did an article on us. A bunch of parents have discovered Zinch, thus blogging about it (Phantascene, Confessions of an Everyday Housewife, Tricia's Musings, Liberal Common Sense, Living Life in Full Color ).

An Education site in the Netherlands did an article on us as well as the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. High school websites and blogs are also starting to pick up as more and more people hear about the greatest new tool that's revolutionizing the way college recruitment works.

Hundreds and hundreds of colleges are already knocking on our door asking when they can start using Zinch. We keep reminding them that they'll all be able to use it in June. With the moment/contacts that we've had in the last little while, we expect that over 95% of all colleges in America will be using Zinch. Maybe more.

It's definitely an exciting time for Zinch.com. Our team has grown to 15 people. And even that's not enough people to handle all our growth. Hundreds and hundreds of counselors are "signing up" daily and the verification process with them as been tough to handle. It's certainly a good problem to have, too much growth.

As for our product feature releases, the "Z-Folio" is expected to be available within the next two weeks and "The Love" will be available in June. We'll keep you posted.

We've also added three new scholarships. Donors have been generous. :) We now have the "Sweet-Diggity-Dawg" Scholarship, which is for $20,000. All high school students (everywhere) qualify for that one. We also have the Texas and Florida scholarships (each for $1,000) available for only students who reside in those states. Boo yah with the bling. :)

Nothing but great things are happening with Zinch. Whether you decide to join or not, we are revolutionizing the way college recruitment works. Nuff said.

Mick Hagen
CEO
Zinch.com