Upgrades and Local Networking

Posted April 5, 2009

A busy couple of days for this fledgling venture. I have already made some changes to www.gmnewmedia.com that make a better use of the available space as I’ve added a few news items to the home page and some “small print” to the ‘Rates’ page. I took the opportunity to freshen the look up across the entire site as well. The beauty of websites: They aren’t set in stone.

John DeCicco from Carquest Auto Parts in Granby has graciously allowed me to use him as a reference. He now runs a small chainsaw sales and repair shop out of his store. Need to take care of some beetlekill around the property? John’s the guy to see. He offers heavy logging support, chain sharpening services and small engine repair services along with his auto parts sales. I mention John because he was one of a few clients of mine before Grand Mountain New Media existed. We developed a website featuring his new chainsaw sales, repair, and service business in a new retail location. Then we tweaked it, published it, revised it, tweaked it some more, and then a little more. All while the site was on-line.

I’ve heard from more than a few business owners in my travels around Grand County about how previous attempts to develop websites haven’t gone very well and have left a few bank accounts depleted without much to show for it. I hope that if you’re considering developing a website, don’t want to spend thousands in the process, and don’t want to pay for the finished product until you are complelety satisfied, you’ll talk to John and ask him about the way I do business. I think you’ll be pleased.

I can hear the obvious question being asked now: What’s the website? Let’s see some of your work! Well, in dealing with the economic realities we all face these days, John has recently modified and streamlined his venture to a point where the website dosen’t accurately reflect the business that it is today. So I’m planning to place some of the artwork from the site on www.gmnewmedia.com for your review. I’ll let you know when I get it posted!

My additional thanks to Francie de Vos from Grand County Businesses Without Borders for allowing me to partner with her coalition on the new websites we have under development. I’m calling it “Local Business Networking” and am offering it on all of our web products. If you’re not familiar with Businesses Without Borders, I highly recommend checking them out.

www.gcbwb.com

All for now! I look forward to any insight / compliments / criticisms / comments anyone out there has to offer.

Happiness and success to you.
Rob