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It's rare for us to do any sales promotions via our blog, but today we've been compelled by events to break the trend. If you're not interested in seeing us abase ourselves just check the greatest hits links on the right and forget this post ever happened.
We at Stokefire have been watching the news (mostly via The Daily Show) and paying attention to politics (again, thanks to Jon Stewart) and wondering when all the doom and gloom everyone is talking about was going to begin hitting firms like ours. Well... We're starting to see it a bit. Quite a few folks who have been laid off from financial institutions are looking to start up businesses on their own. Minus all the financial shadiness of course. A handful of them have called us asking for help. Unfortunately our service rates aren't exactly structured to be attractive to people who are getting ready to tighten their belts. $350 or more per hour is a lot to pay when you don't have more money coming in to fill the bank account. We feel your pain. Which is why we're doing this: Through the end of next week (October 10, 2008) we're offering a package for people who have been laid off, are worried about being laid off, or are getting ready to leave their current employer. Our small-business consulting and contract rates are being adjusted through October 10th as follows: Hour 1: $300 We know you're hurting. We figure you could use some company in your pain (but be warned that we might whimper a bit for the last few hours.) Feeling your pain may help us build character, and we know its the right thing to do, but damnit... that's a whole lot o' money we're not making... right along with you. Sorry, the maximum number of hours we can offer during this promotion is seven. After that we revert to our list-price rates. But seven hours is more than enough time to give most startups the strategies (and perhaps even name and tagline guidance) needed to get a business off the ground. (Actually, many of our startup clients get what they need in just a few hours.) If the economy keeps tanking we may continue this promotion, but for now we're optimistic that someone somewhere in Washington or Wall Street can get the economy moving again soon. Okay, so maybe we're not optimistic. But if we don't say that we are you'll just assume we're going to keep this going forever and that you can take advantage of these prices whenever you want. And this is gonna end at some point (perhaps four years from now, depending upon the upcoming elections...) |
