A small fertilizer company named TerraCycle is being sued by Scott’s (MiracleGro) over packaging/brand conflicts and for claims TerraCycle has made about their products.
TerraCycle created a blog called suedbyscotts.com to rally public and media support against Scott’s. It remains to be seen how effective this blog will be against fighting this lawsuit, however it is worthwhile to appreciate the potential a blog has to spread your company’s message in times of crisis.
Often times, Clients that use Google AdWords are billed multiple times in the same month. This unpredicatable billing prompted us to research exactly how Google AdWords handles billing:
“Before the baby’s arrival, Sign Up, Login, then enter the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of your friends and loved ones. When the baby arrives, you call a single number and record your message. Then, BabyBlurt delivers your messages via telephone and email.”
40% of small businesses don’t have websites due to hassle and cost
more video and interactive features are showing up on small business websites
The podcast mentions using Content Management Software and eCommerce Merchant Solutions to save money and avoid the expensive programming needed
to build websites from scratch. We agree with the approach whole heartedly and it is a foundation of the services we offer. A few years
ago it made more sense to architect websites on a client by client basis, with today’s (open source/free) tools this is no longer the case. We
prefer to focus on design and leverage existing tools to keep costs low, technology consistent, and delivery time rapid.
One of the products we love is MailBuild. It allows us to design templates for eNewsletter Campaigns and let Clients control all of the content, subscribers, and timing of their eNewsletters. A company called Freshview built MailBuild and has a great blog post about Permission Marketing. Read Permissions Guidelines Handout
We have had success using EchoSign, a service that lets you upload a document and send it to multiple email addresses. Once received via email, the recipient follows a link to view the document, then clicks on a button to “sign” and enters their initials.
This has worked great for getting our general “Services Agreement” signed by Clients. Like other similar apps, you can view a history of when recipients viewed the document, signed it, etc.
Zend, a PHP company, offers a Certification Exam that tests a Software Developer’s aptitude for the PHP programming language. Kelly is one of 12 people in Colorado to pass this exam. View Kelly’s Certification.
Prior to taking the exam, Kelly was interviewed by PHP|Architect on the pros and cons of studying and taking the exam.
Divinia has completed work on a large scale, communication management application aimed at the Youth Sports industry.
“ActivityAlert provides communication and schedule management for teams, clubs and groups. Use email and automatic calling, with receipt confirmation, to ensure that even without access to a computer, participants get the message!” from activityalert.com
ActivityAlert combines website, email, and telephony based communications into one application.
PowderFone is a wake up call service for skiers and snowboarders on powder days. The core technology that drives Powderfone was designed and programmed by Divinia Design. Powderfone utilitizes Divinia’s AudioAlerts technology to query ski reports and automatically call Subscribers on their home or mobile telephone with an audio ski reports. www.powderfone.com.
Fun Stats about PowderFone:
PowderFone calls thousands of skiers during ski season
PowderFone’s data comes from SnoCountry and covers 1,200 resorts worldwide
Several thousand skiers and riders have signed up for the service
