Reflections On Our 1st Anniversary

As it has been slightly more than 90 days since my last post, I must apologize for my neglect where regular posting is concerned. Where has the time gone ? It seems that so much has happened since I last checked-in. Most of what has transpired has been very positive.

This has been a challenging and rewarding year. If I had to do it over, I doubt I would do anything differently. Greatest Cape has become a significant presence among southwest Florida's online media entities. We are grateful for all of the notice and involvement of our community. Thanks to those who have created membership profiles and offered suggestions ! If you want to know the specifics of the past year's growth, simply click upon this postings title.

When I set out to write the business plan for Greatest Cape, I envisioned a web presence where I would have the opportunity to give back to the community I love. What I could not foresee was how rewarding and satisfying watching its growth would be to me.

I have often mentioned in various articles I have published is that "the best is yet to come". However, I honestly believe that to be true ! While the economic conditions are some of the most dire our country has seen in many decades, it hasn't stopped our growth. Our membership continues to grow at an exponential rate. Our Cape Coral Events listings have also grown. We initially had about 10-20 event listings per month. June has more than 75 event listings !

The number of Cape Coral businesses who have chosen to become a part of our Business Directory is growing, as well. While I realize that there are many free business directories online, we are a community resource portal that offers so much more. With more than 200 visitors and 30 unique visitors per day, our Business Directory members are afforded thousands of views monthly. With so many repeat visitors from our community, our ability to help these companies brand themselves within our community is, we believe, unsurpassed ! With that primary objective in mind, we're are presently expanding the scope and focus of our Cape Coral Business Directory to include an interactive, Flash®-based location map, as well as introducing a coupon page to help these businesses better determine their R.O.I. ( return on investment ) for their involvement.

Now that we are into our second year, we will begin to invite corporate sponsorship for our banner advertising program, so as to grow our presence even larger ! This will allow us to seek out those companies that we believe have vision and understand that their involvement will help them to achieve their growth initiatives within the SWFL community.

When I posted at the 9 month mark, we were happy to be approaching our 300th member. As we cross the year mark, we are simply ecstatic that we have doubled that number. As we progress onward, we will look forward to welcoming our 1000th member soon !

Until Soon !
_Wray