Eastern Shore Business Stimulus Plan Contest

Attention all small business owners: Are you looking to add a website for your company because you know how much you could benefit from a web presence? Help has Arrived!

VBWebSites.net, an established Virginia Custom Website Development firm providing high quality websites, has teamed up with Blue Pointe Advisors,LLC,  a Marketing Consultancy company, to offer the ultimate economic stimulus package for your business - A Free Website and a Short Term Marketing Plan.

Our mutual commitment to help business owners not only survive but thrive in this current economic downturn has inspired us to create this offer. We will get the lucky winner of this contest up and running on the web with a high quality, fully optimized, custom website at no cost to you or whomever you nominate as well as help develop a short term marketing plan that will help jumpstart efforts.

Here's the deal: this offer is open to any small business located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. All you need to do is tell us why you need a website as well as a marketing plan and how it will help your business. We already know the power of the World Wide Web, but are very interested in hearing why you believe your new website will be a vital addition to your current marketing efforts. All entries should be between 200 to 400 words and include a brief explanation of what your company does as well as why you need a website.

Here is what the lucky contestant who is selected will win:

1. Custom Website valued at $2,500 which will consist of up to ten pages designed, developed & optimized by Brady Behrman / VBWebSites.net.
2. A Short term Marketing Plan provided by David Schwab / Blue Pointe Advisors
• Blue Point Advisors and VBWebSites will work with the winner to develop content for the website.
3. One hour of free consulting with Pam Barefoot of Bay Beyond Inc.

Submit your entry and tell us your story anytime through midnight April 30, 2009 with all relevant contact information.  A panel of judges will narrow down the entries to five (5) finalists. The five finalists’ entries will be posted here at shoreAID.com by Monday, May 11th 2009, where the general public will be able to vote for who they think should win as well.

All results will be tabulated according to the judges’ criteria and our winner will be announced on Monday May 18, 2009.

The Fine Print!

There is no fine print, no hidden fees. These are the only costs the lucky winner will incur:

• Domain Name cost $10.00 (godaddy.com)
            (VBWebSites can secure this for the winner or the winner can acquire themselves)
• Web Site Hosting - VBWebSites can provide hosting for $22.95/mo or winner can arrange their own.
• If a Shopping Cart is a Fit for the winning contestant, other fees that would need to be addressed would be SSL (Security Certificate) and Credit Card Processing setup fees and charges. SSL Certificates can be purchased at GoDaddy and Credit Card Processing through Authorize.net or other avenues. Per case basis.