Phase One Accelerators announces the launch of a social media affiliate co-op. Online advertising is changing with the times, these days trust and relationships of the messenger are more important than the message itself. Deliver your message through an untrusted source and it falls on deaf ears.
Millions of banner impressions or an email [...]

We recently created a custom affiliate program for SmartyCard which launched July 27th, 2009. Chris created the entire program from the architecture to the design.
Third party affiliate programs exist but have a “one fits all” approach and can be quite costly as well as not have the unique features you may want. [...]

New application tracks lifetime value of customers, allowing businesses to shift their marketing spend to only the most profitable campaigns.
It’s a battle Marketing departments face every day. You have to keep abreast of customer acquisition (CPA) costs, lifetime value (LTV) of customers, and most importantly their return on investment (ROI). But [...]

Raise for Future has the school systems of three counties added, all of the elementary, middle and high schools in each of:

Fairfax County, VA
Loudoun County, VA
Ada County, ID

While we proactively added these entire school districts, any school can register for free. Parents and others may also register for free and send us a note [...]

SmartyCard launched today at Demo 2009. They have an incredible product and an amazing team. One of the quotes of the Demo presentation by their GM Chris Carvalho was “give your kids what they want and get what you want”. As a parent of three boys I love this service and we [...]

Raise For Future is a site that makes fund raising for organizations easy. Users can shop at any of the partner stores in the directory, many that they would shop at anyway, and a percentage of the sale is provided to the organization.

We started a news blog entitled Beltway Startups to focus on start-ups and online businesses in the Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia region. Online startups and events within this region are covered. Keep up to date with the regional online companies and local events, in and around Washington DC.