[Newspoetry] Re: Website design and development for newspoetry.com

[William Gillespie]

Ryan,

I was taken somewhat aback at your offer to build our organization a
website, because our organization *is* a website, which we already done
built, but that didn't dissuade me from considering your offer. And
after reading your enitre message, I am telling you with the utmost
sincerity: if you're going to hyphenate "stand-out" as a verb, then you
might want to consider hyphenating the compound adjective
"news-oriented." I'm not trying to be didactic, I'm just giving you a
taste of what we have to offer. We're poets and we can bust out some
style moves the likes of which you and your buddies at Semi-custom
Websites have never seen. I would be willing to consider some kind of
grammar-for-site-design deal if I were in such a position to broker it,
but I am not, because I am merely a 31-year-old poet on the verge of
retirement, not the CEO (Chief Entropy Officer) of Newspoetry.

Nevertheless, I would like to know more about what your firm has is mind
when it offers to build us a website. I mean, are you guys going to
write us a poem a day starting now and dating back to January 1st, 1999?
If so, we would like to know more about your firm and what kind of poets
you have on board. I mean are you guys into rhyme or what? Or maybe you
weren't talking about content. We are a content-driven enterprise, we
all eat sleep drink and breathe content, and that accounts for the large
number of words cluttering our site, in violation of principles of clean
site design.

Please let us know how you think your firm can improve our existing
design.

William Gillespie
Newspoet Emeritus

PS  I was slightly insulted by your insinuation that Newspoetry is only
a $25,000 website, however. I'll have you know that Newspoetry dot com
is *literally* invaluable.


Ryan Gibson wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am writing you about newspoetry.com and would appreciate
> discussing some ideas I had about building websites for news oriented
> sites. I feel that my firm could build you a website that would look
> and feel more interactive, and I think that this is exactly what a
> site like newspoetry.com needs in order to stand-out.
>
> My team of developers have just completed creating a completely
> modular website system that will significantly lower the costs of
> database powered websites. I'm quite anxious to demonstrate this
> software to news sites, and I would like to talk to you or your
> webmaster.
>
> With pre-developed code to drive the core functions, it is reasonable
> to say that, for most businesses, a $25,000 website will now cost
> $499 to setup and $49 per month service fees. We have developed
> several of the expensive sites, which is where the idea for a modular
> system came from. We took the code from past projects we developed
> and made modules from it!
>
> I would like to feature a news focused company who:
>
> * Wants a clean professional website design
>
> * Wants a dynamic, functional, sites that news can be displayed on
> and commented on
>
> * Wants to maintain the content on the site using a content manager
>
> * Have marketing tools that inform and educate their clients -
> features like a News Page, Newsletter, etc.
>
> * Allow their clients and audience to discuss topics on their website
> in a Discussion Forum
>
> * Have a Links Page to list clients and sites you think are useful in
> your industry
>
> * Have a Picture gallery of events, clients, achievements, and
> pictures that clients or associates want to submit - moderated
>
> * An ability to easily edit the content and layout of your website
>
> * A shopping cart to sell your books, services, and general products
>
> * Wants even an "Advertising Section", where clients can post
> classifieds and or advertisements on your site (Fully censored by
> yourself.)
>
> All of these features are available on the top 100 sites, but you
> know they paid a lot more than $499.
>
> All of the tools are customizable and self-managed with an easy to
> use administrative area. Our websites are ideal for a company to
> lower their ongoing website management costs.
>
> Please review these packages, starting at $499 and $49 a month and
> going up to $2499 and $99 a month. I would really like to be able to
> work with you because I know how much use you will benefit from our
> websites. If one of our packages sounds like the type of site you
> want, but you need one of our other modules- we will give you the
> additional one free of charge. In return, we will want to use your
> site as a reference of our skills. Your feedback is much appreciated.
>
> Here are quick descriptions of our module packages.
>
> 1)      Package One: US $499 set-up fee, and US $49 monthly hosting
> and module usage fee.
>
> http://www.semicustomwebsites.com/products/product3.html?id=499
>
> 2)      Package Two: US $1199 set-up fee, and US $69 monthly hosting
> and a module usage fee.
>
> http://www.semicustomwebsites.com/products/product3.html?id=1199
>
> 3)      Package Three: US $2,499 set-up fee, and US $99 monthly
> hosting and a module usage fee.
>
> http://www.semicustomwebsites.com/products/product3.html?id=2499
>
> I believe that our module-based website service would benefit
> newspoetry.com. I would be pleased to answer any of your
> questions - just let me know when and where to call.
>
> Here are a few reference sites in case you were interested to see a
> few of our .com clients:
>
> Worldofsoccer
> Italianbb
> Businessquicktips
> Victorycc
> Marketmap
> Quarterhorses
>
> I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ryan Gibson
> Sales and Marketing Manager
>
> Semi-Custom Websites
> Suite 800-885 Dunsmuir Street
> Vancouver, BC V6C 1N5
> Tel. 604-687-0288 x 126
> Fax. 604-687-7617
> www.semicustomwebsites.com