The Coolmaps Components Club will periodically spotlight an area of the world where CCC members have set up web
design businesses and market themselves on the webbies.coolmaps.com locator.
This week we look at Southern California. While it's true that most people who live in Southern California
spend all their time driving their convertibles to fancy beach parties hosted by famous celebrities, there are
some people living there who actually prefer a quiet evening in front of a peaceful computer playing with Fusion
and Photoshop. Seriously, if your Malibu beach home was sliding into the Pacific Ocean, would you rather be setting up
a live website about it, or would you rather be dropping $200 for dinner at Spago! ... for sure!
Anyway, the SoCal web commmunity if very strong. A lot of it has to do with the entertainment industry, but not all of it
by any means. As you can see, the CCC webbies who reside there are quite diverse in their style and market
concentration. Click on the map above to ... as they say in SoCal ... check 'em out, dude!
You also "check 'em" out by clicking in the southern California area of the coolmaps.com USA Webbies map.
7pixels.com
7pixels.com does Internet Design Solutions for small to medium businesses. Their 'perfect client' is a business or
organization that 1) wants their website to represent the quality of their product or service, 2) wants to develop
a cost effective strategy for both the short-term and the long-term, and 3) wants their website to stand out as
truly exceptional from their competition.
Featured Clients
The Southern California web community
"The SoCal web community is very active. People in all types of businesses
use the Internet and their websites very actively. In fact, when calling the
voicemail systems of many local businesses, they frequently mention their
website, even if they haven't quite finished it yet. It is a status symbol,
just like everything else in Los Angeles."
Praise for coolmaps
"I've been using Coolmaps Components for almost two years and I'll continue
to use them. I'm happy to see Club Coolmaps expanding to support other
editors than Fusion with their services. Their Fusion component library
remains one of the most useful collection of tools that I have when building
websites, specifically for the clients who are trying to get as many
features on their site without breaking the bank. It is nice that I can give
them "high-end" features that they couldn't otherwise afford. I wish that
GoLive and Dreamweaver had someone like Coolmaps writing quality and useful
components for website designers."
Fortunebiz.com
FortuneBiz.com is a creative web design company offering many related design services from web to traditional print.
Their target market is small to medium-sized businesses to whom they offer web services with eCommerce and shopping carts.
Originally from Seattle, they have many North West clients such as Microsoft, Boeing, and SpaceLabs Medical
San Diego clients include:
The Southern California web community
"The local web community seems to be as HOT here in San Diego as it was in Seattle. There are many excellent designers
in Southern California. With the recent layoffs at many .COM corporations throughout the USA, I'm sure we'll see more
and more web designers going out solo."
More Praise for coolmaps
"COOLMAPS- WOW! That's what I have to say. All the extra goodies that COOLMAPS enables me to produce makes my work
look professional and very high-tech. I'm a Gold member and use many of the advanced services offered at COOLMAPS.
I need to emphasize that the TECH SUPPORT is by far one of the BEST and FASTEST response centers I've come across, and
their newsgroup is awesome, filled with many answers I can get without asking."
