Santa Barbara, Calif., October 20, 1999 - coolmaps.com, inc. today announced the launch of webbies.coolmaps.com, a web site dedicated toward connecting small web developers with their local market. The new site will use coolmaps.com's patented map locator to allow people from all over the world to quickly find a developer in their geographic area. Today, webbies.coolmaps.com has over 100 developers in 10 countries with many new developers being signed up each day.
"There are few resources available to help small regional businesses find a local firm to develop their website," said Peter Sklar, CEO of coolmaps.com. "Most often, the business owner will use the yellow pages! The web, however, is changing the way that businesses work with other business. Finding a web developer should definitely be done ON THE WEB!"
"Web Developers have a similar problem. They are being forced to market their services in the untargeted global market, or they must use expensive, traditional methods of local advertising."
Currently, placement on the locator map is only being offered to members of the Coolmaps Component Club, an on-line community that provides tools, support, information, and services for small-to-medium sized web design firms.
The map locator on the Webbies site utilitzes the same patented technology as coolmaps.com's business locator applications, a service used by some of California's largest companies (Union Bank, Sanwa Bank, and City National Bank).
"Webbies combines our two core talents," said Mr. Sklar. "Our close personal relationship with thousands of web developers and our outstanding map search technology."
About coolmaps.com
coolmaps.com inc. (http://coolmaps.com) has been a leading provider of tools and services for web developers since 1996. It is privately held company with headquarters in Santa Barbara, California. Currently, it sells over 30 products and has thousands of customers throughout the world.
For press inquiries contact:
Suzanne J. Foley
sue@coolmaps.com
http://club.coolmaps.com
837 Cheltenham Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
(650) 618-1440
