That’s right, until April 22, 2010 we’re slashing all web design, SEO, and social media marketing projects in half.  As a web design & marketing firm, we’re limited in how much we can recycle, eliminate waste, and cut our carbon foot prints…. so we’ve decided to put our money where our mouth is and try to give eco-friendly businesses a leg up.

Contact us to get started, or tell us what you think of the program…

How it will work:

We’ll run the same free cost estimates at half our hourly rates for qualifying businesses that commission their project by days end April 22nd, 2010.  By qualifying businesses, we mean businesses that make a substantial portion of their revenues by marketing, selling, or producing green products and services.  “Substantial” will be at our sole discretion, but we mean to help as many green businesses as we can in hopes that we can make this planet a little cleaner and greener for us and our children.

Why we’re doing it:

While chatting last week, it came up that we’re in little position to green our business aside from offering green hosting, operating a paperless office, and telecommuting – the last two we already do!  So we figured that if we can help a few green companies be a little more competitive, or offer their employees a little something extra – then it’s well worth tightening our belts for a couple months to do the right thing.

Limitations:

• The program is limited to the first $20,000 in discounted services, if we reach it we’ll be happy to reach out to other firms in order to accommodate as many green companies as we can.
• Rainmaker Web Design will make the sole decision of who qualifies, feel free to contact us to discuss.
• All discounted projects must be contracted by midnight April 22nd, 2010

Start up accelerator – didn’t you mean San Francisco?

Nope.  While California is still the center of the universe,  our own backyard is fostering a growing and quite successful tech start up community.

My Mobuilder co-founder (Hank Nix) and I had the pleasure of chatting with the guys over at Shotput Ventures this morning over a cup of coffee. Right off the bat they were throwing around phenomenal ideas, and asking the questions that scream professionalism.  Since we are applying for their summer program, I don’t want to appear a total suck-up, but to say I was impressed was a pretty big understatement.  My $0.02 – If you’re starting a venture in Atlanta, at least try to talk with these guys – they’re engaging, professional, and smarter than all hell.

GreenBiz Local includes a map search function, city/state directory, and a paid upgrade option. The paid option allows users to change their map marker from a little red one to a big, pretty green one as well as a new tab for a business description, and one more for images of the business and/or it’s products.

• Search Engine Optimization
• Custom NOAA weather report feed
• What’s Biting Calendar
• Content Management system including Fishing Reports Blog
• All the usual goodies for our fishing sites

Here are some screen shots from the new site:

Our partnership will entail:

• Web Content Creation & Management
• Social Network Marketing (Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc.)
• Press Release Distribution
• Customer Relationship Management
• Search Engine Optimization
• Forum / Message Board Marketing
• Blog Networking
• Trade Show Representation
• Product Placements

We look forward to the exciting opportunity and will of course post some updates here periodically.

Screenshot:

Some more notes on site features:

• Paypal (CC) integration
• Content Management System
• Lightbox.js
• Photo ratings and comments
• Slideshow
• Panoramic Display