PowerUp!

We’re excited to announce that on March 1, 2008, PowerServe completed its acquisition of the web hosting and web design clients of 7th Street Media.  These customers will join over 250 satisfied customers that receive timely support, award-winning graphic design and superior technology solutions from a provider that’s served the Augusta area for 10 years.

What does this change mean to 7th Street customers?

• Better Support – Support requests made during regular business hours are typically taken care of within 24 hours of receipt.
• Better Service – We’re locally owned and dedicated to taking care of our customers. All of our associates are available via phone or email to take care of your needs.
• Better Solutions – PowerServe offers a wide variety of technology solutions – from e-commerce storefronts, content management solutions, real estate solutions and more.

We’re committed to making this handover go as smoothly as possible. There will be no interruptions in service. Email and Hosting accounts will remain the same. Should you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding these changes, don’t hesitate to contact your new Account Manager, Dylan Bredengerd, at (706) 826-1506 ext. 122 or via email at dylan@powerserve.net.Welcome to PowerServe!

The 2007 ADDY Awards were held at 1102 Downtown Bar and Grill on Saturday, February 23rd. The ADDYS are held annually by the Augusta Advertising Federation and is the first of a three-tiered national competition. Entry in the Augusta ADDY Awards competition is the first step toward winning a national ADDY. Among the winners this year at the local level were PowerServe’s very own Patrick Rodgers and Chris Harrison. Congratulations on a job well done. We look forward to seeing what 2008 brings.The awards included:

• Silver ADDY® – Interactive Media, Web Sites – Consumer for Marietta First Baptist Church Website. Patrick Rodgers, Designer
• Bronze ADDY® – Elements of Advertising, Logo – Lens.com: EuroLens logo. Chris Harrison, Designer

A full list of this year’s winners can be found here.

Originally aired 6/26/06 on WRDW:

The Internet has made shopping for just about anything as easy as point and click.

But if that’s too much work for you, there are sites out there that make Internet shopping even more convenient.

12 On Your Side’s Ryan Duffy shows the sites that help you shop around.

No matter what you’re looking to buy, there are people out there looking to sell. What’s not so easy is finding them, and at the lowest possible prices.

Scott Villemain shops online because he can shop from anywhere.

Convenient, yes, but it can be a lot of work to track down the lowest price. That’s why he uses comparison sites.

Comparison sites search through all the shopping sites across the web. They find the lowest price on anything you’re looking for.

“Once you decide what you want, you can find the lowest price on what you want,” Scott says.

And the sites are changing how we shop online.

One place you can really save with these sites is on travel. For example, on a website you’ve heard of like Orbitz, a trip from Chicago to Augusta is $573.

On the Travelocity site, the same trip is $771.

But on the comparison site, Sidestep.com, the flight is $446…by far the lowest price.

A couple of the best sites are sidestep.com for travel and froogle.com for buying just about anything else.

“You can search Amazon, eBay, all kinds of sites, Barnes and Noble, whatever you’re looking for,” says Dylan Bredengerd of PowerServe I.T. Consulting. “But often times the best first to start at a comparison shopping site.”

And Scott knows that besides cash, they’ll save you a ton of time.

“Time, and peace of mind knowing you got the best price out there, because they are combing through all the sites that you can’t waste time looking through,” he says.

These websites are a great tool, no doubt about it. If you want to try it out, check out the websites below:

Consumer Products

• http://shopping.yahoo.com
• http://become.com
• http://shopper.cnet.com
• http://www.pricegrabber.com
• http://www.shopping.com
• http://shopzilla.com
• http://instore.com
• http://edeals.com
• http://froogle.google.com
• http://shopping.msn.com
• http://nextag.com
• http://smarter.com

Airfare

• http://www.lowfares.com
• http://www.itasoftware.com