Webvanta News Bites

We are giving back for 2011 by adopting a non-profit organization that needs a new website. Find out how you can help by going to http://www.webvanta.com/nonprofit-apply & don't forget to join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/webvanta for all the latest. on November 18

Join the conversation with us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/webvanta right now: "Anything going on this Monday late morning/ early afternoon?" on November 08

We're hiring! See http://www.webvanta.com/jobs on December 24

We've just closed our Series A financing -- many thanks to our customers, investors, staff, and friends! http://www.webvanta.com/post/51030-webvanta-series-a-financing-closed on December 17

We're presenting tonight at SF New Tech. Come on down if you're in SF, lots of interesting stuff there. Tickets here: http://bit.ly/FA9pW on November 18

A few months ago, we volunteered to help build a new site for West County Health Centers (www.wchealth.org). We got them started, and then the staff and interns built an impressive site. A small team of dedicated (but non-technical) folks can built a rich site with Webvanta. on October 25

A new Webvanta site: www.alkemieicecream.com It was a big upgrade from their blog-based site for this startup dairy-free ice cream maker. on October 22

We've announced a web design contest to encourage designers to give our new CMS and back-end system a try. Free MacBook Pro to the top site, three iPod Touches for the runners-up. www.webvanta.com/contest on October 16

We've launched our first ecommerce site at www.simplyslater.com. It shows how you can highly customize the presentation to match the desired visual design and an idiosyncratic product structure. on October 06

Assembling commitments for our next financing... great response from our current investors on September 30

Designer accounts on Webvanta are free. Build your site, and there's no charge until you take the site live. on September 30

Thanks everyone for your Juice Pitcher votes. Haven't voted yet? Vote for Webvanta here: http://vator.tv/competition/show/vatortv-and-thefundedcoms-juice-pitcher on September 29

I'll be giving a presentation on how to build better business web sites by making them database-driven at the North Bay Internet Society on 10/15: see www.northbayinternetsociety.com on September 29