We can’t even begin to tell you how many people we find each day that have outright stolen our website copy, and sometimes even the entire design. While this is normally pretty shady, it’s even worse when the party in question is another design firm.

If you’re presenting your company as one that creates original ideas, you should actually put in the leg work and CREATE ORIGINAL IDEAS, after all, that’s what your being paid for.

Tracking these people down, filing DCMA take-down complaints with the hosting company and initiating any necessary legal action quickly becomes time consuming and costly, so we think we’ve come up with a better solution. We are considering taking these thieves to the public, by posting the details along with a screenshot on our blog. Maybe over time, people will realize that the risk just isn’t worth the reward – especially when the information about their illegal actions outranks their own website.

What do you all think?

America is facing record levels of lay-offs, and to make matters worse, the prospect of finding a new job once you’ve been laid off is difficult at best. So what is a desperate but resourceful soul to do?

Well if you’ve been recently laid off and you’re ready to leave the 9-5 rat race, there may be a silver lining to your seemingly dismal cloud because you can win over $26,000 worth of professional services to start your own business! See the story on Fox 13 below.

What do you need to do? Just complete the application, which is available on the Tampa Jumpstart website, have a good idea and an intense passion about what you want to do, and then take action. It’s as simple as that!

This project has taken us close to six months of planning and development, and now that it’s come to fruition, we’re all really excited about helping someone to turn their dreams into a reality.

Please help us spread the world! Share this information with all of your friends, family and associates. Thanks for your support!

On a personal note, despite the fact that everyone has presented this as my idea, I couldn’t have done it without the incredibly generous business people that came to the table to help make this a worthwhile venture. I especially want to thank Julie Heidelberg, from Heidelberg PR and Karen Gillman, from Intelligent Office, who have played a critical role in the organization and planning right from the beginning.

On April 21, 2009, Heidelberg PR will launch the first seminar in a series designed to help the “little guys” of the world stay afloat during today’s tough economic market.

“It’s no secret that small companies are struggling right now,” said Heidelberg PR owner Julie Heidelberg. “For many, it’s time to learn a few new techniques about media relations and grassroots marketing.”

The “Mastering Public Relations” seminar, scheduled to run from 9 a.m. – 12 noon in Tampa, will emphasize three key elements, including

1. How to identify and generate your own news
2. How to share and spread your news
3. How to build strategic alliances to generate grassroots support and more news

For more information or to register for “Mastering Public Relations,” call 813-784-6288 or send an inquiry to Julie@heidelbergpr.com. Future seminars include “Successful PR Writing” and “Strategic PR Campaigns.”

If you’re like many of the companies affected by the recession, you may feel torn between updating your outdated website design or managing your cash flow.

You probably already know how important an effective website design can be, and that over 83% of your potential customers will visit your site at least once before making a decision to do business with your company. What you may not know is that you can have the best of both worlds; enjoying the benefits of a powerful website that delivers results while still managing your cash flow in these tough times because we now offer website financing at 0% interest.

With a small down payment and easy to manage monthly payments, you’ll reap the rewards that a professionally designed website can produce without tying up your revenue. In fact, you even have a full year to finish paying for your website! How much ground you can gain on your competitors while they’re sitting on the sidelines? Why not find out today?

With the level of economic uncertainty most people are facing today, there has never been a better time to start your own business, even if it’s just to supplement your real income. For most people though, there always seem to be hundreds of reasons not to. Two of the most common excuses are money and a lack of knowledge, and while there is a certain amount of validity to that, lots of people have started and grown successful business with everything stacked against them.

Well, in the spirit of helping others get ahead, Donna Fontenot, an Internet marketing coach, php guru and all around outstanding woman, has come up with a brilliant idea. It’s called Project Jump Start, and the idea is that she and a handful of other Internet marketing experts have come together to provide seed capitol, resources and mentoring. Starting on the 25th of January, Project Jump Start will be providing $175 in cash and over $1,000 in valuable tools and services to one person each and every month this year!

Any more excuses?