Monday, April 17, 2006

We landed a book deal... Sort of

ZoomDepot is proud to add another customer to the roster. The kind folks of Health Forum Inc enlisted our services to help establish an informative eCommerce and Health info driven web site. The have found the Fountain of Youth www.healthforuminc.com Drop in and buy her book too. Health Forum is utilizing a full array of services. Domain name, hosting, customer retention techniques and online surveys.

Cheers,Thurman Richardson

Site Update, Update. We are starting OVER!

We are under going a HUGE site remodeling. The entire site was at first to be cleaned up and spruced up with more navigation and a better front end interface for you and to present the newly expanded product lines with now includes all of the things that you will need to get your business from conception to reality.
*Domain Name registration has been brought in house
*Web site hosting plans- from Virtual Hosting to fully Dedicated Hosting
*Custom and Template Blogging
*Legal Services
* Business Printing
* Hardware installation
*PC Virus and intrusion detection Software
The updates have been scrapped for a totally new site. And yes it will be one of our great and many templates.
The changes were so numerous and expanding that all of our new stuff wouldn’t fit into the old site. Here’s to expansion…

Monday, January 30, 2006

ZoomDepot President named Entrepreneur of the Week by LegalZoom.com

For Immediate release:

Contact Thurman Richardson
ZoomDepot.com Releases
tithe_info@ zoomdepot. com
Collierville, TN 38017

LOCAL WEB DEVELOPEMEMT COMPANY: VOWS TO GIVE AWAY, WEBSITES, HOSTING AND DOMAIN NAMES

President of Web Design firm ZoomDepot.com has new solutions for small businesses looking to compete with the larger internet players.

With every blue chip corporation taking their products and services to the web, it's really easy nowdays for small and emerging businesses to become lost online in the sea of big, name brand sites. Too many small business and nonprofits; which were the foundation of the mordern internet as a communications tool and inginter of the ecommerce boom; are being smothered by these large corporate sites. The biggest challenges that face small online businesses are their lack of access to Information Technolgy personnel, practices and affordable legal services. President and founder of ZoomDepot.com LLC, Thurman Richardson, spoke with Legal Zoom.com recently about the nature and creation of their unique business model that is grounded on servicing customers business needs and being available to serve their spritual needs also.

Legal Zoom.com Entrprenuer Profile:
Tell us a little about your product or service.

How did you start your company?
ZoomDepot.com started originally as a side project. Many of the ZoomDepot
team held down other full time positions in either IT fields or ran their own
companies. We have all used each other from time to time to do work for friends
and family that needed specific web or business solutions. I decided to pool all
of our resources together so that our talents can be accessible in a centralized
location. Like contractors. But we are much more than that now.

"ZoomDepot was born out of the necessities of small businesses
everywhere..."


What or who inspired you to go into business for yourself?
I have always wanted to run a firm that helped others to realize
their dreams. My satisfaction comes from helping others. I was motivated into
service by the growing demand and referrals and a guest speaker in my
Sunday school class that posed the question to our class...

"What are you doing in your professional life that is creating a connection
between God and his people"


Well, The answer was simple. Nothing. Now I am. That's why ZoomDepot.com gives away fully
functional web sites , domain names and hosting to faith based organizations and non profits.

What were some of the startup hurdles you overcame?
Time was a big hurdle. Even though all of us were experts in our own areas; We each lacked in some other area. A room filled with smart people and no plan is just a crowed room. Creating an
effective business model for how we were going to make a profit and give as much of that profit away in the form of sites and services was next. Since most of us hold full time jobs; we looked for as much automation as possible
.

Is there anything else you'd like to say about your company and/or product or service?
Absolutely.

"We eat our own dogfood"

We used LegalZoom.com to form our LLC, ZoomDepot.com and to trademark our brand.
All of the Legal Zoom services that emerging businesses need in order to get off the ground, we used to get off the ground; LegalZoom.com works; we recommend it and we are a better organinzation because of it.



ZoomDepot was born out of the necessities of small businesses everywhere. Through Prayer, Faith and Action; our team is able to offer you our gifts of web design, IT networking and business services; Empowering emerging businesses in need of Fortune 500 solutions on emerging business budgets. It’s your business. At ZoomDepot.com, We can make it better.
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If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Thurman Richardson, please e-mail ZoomDepot Releases at tithe_info@ zoomdepot.com

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

ZoomDepot.com Expands Business Products

Welcome to a new year and a new ZoomDepot.com
ZoomDepot.com is expanding its Small Business products and offerings to existing and new customers. This new year is bringing about some significant changes. You will notice over the next several weeks changes taking place on the ZoomDepot.com website. The ZD Team is in the midst of a site reconstruction project. Our largest and most extensive remodel to date.
What's new for clients: Well for starters we are going to braindump as much knowledge as we can here on this ZoomDepot blog. We will feature ZoomDepot news, press releases, industry news, Tips and web site strategies. We comb the inner workings of the ZD Team and the net at large to bring you up to date small business news that you can apply to your business. Since we cannot meet with every one that has a question and we receive so many emails requesting the same info we though it would be best if we made these request public. At ZoomDepot we follow the mantra:

"eat your own dog food"
By that, we mean our ZoomDepot.com site will always be based on a template that we sell. The technology and best practices we offer you are the same ones we will abide by. We will always try to utilize as many services, techniques and products we offer and suggest as possible in our everyday operations so that you can see these tools in action. We like to make real world judgments about their business feasibility. Here is a rundown of the small business and emerging business products ZoomDepot.com will be rolling out this quarter.
> Domain Name Registration
> Web Site Hosting
> Custom Template Design Services
> Code to Me - Direct Web Site Purchase
> Small Business Networking
> Expanded Invoice Tithe Donation services - Web Sites, Services, Hosting
> ZoomDepot.com Business Legal Services

Whew, The ZD Team has been hard at work bringing all of these services to our customers. We hope that you take full advantage of the new services we offer.
ZoomDepot.com will continue to place its mission state blueprint at the heart of every endeavor we enter. We will continue to


"Bring affordablewebsite design, services andbusiness solutions to small and emerging companies and non-profit organizations worldwide."

At the heart of ZoomDepot.com is a desire to help others as we model our lives after the teachings of Jesus Christ. Join Us! The is so much to do.
It's Your Business. ZoomDepot.com Can Make It Better!

Cheers,
Thurman Richardson

Founder.President.Husband
ZoomDepot.com LLC