BlueKey News
Local Web and Video Companies Create Partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Local Web and Video Companies Create Partnership
July 10th, 2007 Harrisonburg, VA
BlueKey Inc., a Harrisonburg-based Web development and Internet marketing company, and DIGICO, a Harrisonburg-based video and multimedia production firm, have established a partnership to enhance their respective services and collaborate on the development of new innovative web-based video products.
The partnership was created when DIGICO decided to phase out its Web development division in order to enhance and expand their video production services. "We wanted to continue offering clients the best of all marketing, advertising, and communication tools," Ryan Berry, DIGICO owner and producer, said. "When we mentioned our change of direction to BlueKey they offered their Web services for our current and future clients."
"BlueKey has a large staff and experience in all the areas our clients are looking for: design, programming, Internet marketing, an award-winning content management system, and the support structure for huge clients," Berry said. Both companies continue to work with other video and Web companies across the country.
DIGICO's web manager, Jeremy Forehand, is now employed by BlueKey to act as a bridge between companies and transition clients.
"Having Jeremy's knowledge of both web and video is invaluable," Ben Cash, BlueKey founder, said. "We're able to offer more options to clients right out of the box."
For information about Blue Key, Inc., contact Ben Cash at 540-908-4812 or ben@bluekeyinc.com
For information about DIGICO, contact Joey Groah at 540.433.6529 or joey@goDIGICO.com
ABOUT BLUEKEY, INC.: BlueKey provides a full array of web services including web design, custom application development, e-commerce, content management systems, and Internet marketing. BlueKey's solutions help businesses, organizations, and governments grow through enhanced communications, expanded sales and services, and simplified operations.
ABOUT DIGICO: A full-service video production company, DIGICO blends creativity, experience and technical innovation into the right solution. Offering services for all phases of video creation, across all media, DIGICO turns concepts and ideas into results."
BlueKey Donates to Charleston Firefighters Benefit
June 28th, 2007
BlueKey donated website services to a dining event that benefits the Charleston firefighters. For more information on the event and how you can be involved, visit http://dineforthecharlestonnine.com/
BlueKey Website Wins Top Regional Award
October 27, 2006
About the Award
Each year, the Public Relations Society of America hosts its Summit Awards competition to honor excellence in public relations. The competition honors the year’s top entries based on research, planning, execution, and results. At their awards ceremony, on the 27th of October, the Blue Ridge Chapter of the PRSA awarded the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce with the 2006 Silver Summit Award for Website Development.
The Development Process
The Chamber hired BlueKey to design and develop a completely new website that would better reflect the stature of the organization. The Chamber's goals were threefold: first, to upgrade to a more contemporary visual design and integrate new branding concepts; second, to create a site with more interactive tools and information in order to better serve members as well as recruit new ones; and third, to put in place website management tools that would allow the Chamber staff to easily manage and update the website internally. BlueKey was able to meet these needs within budget and launch the new site in time to enter it into the PRSA awards competition.
About the Organizations
The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce is a private, not-for-profit 501-c-6 corporation, founded in 1917 and has 800 members. Their goals are to communicate information that will influence decisions for the benefit of business, to develop leadership that enhances the quality of life for the Harrisonburg-Rockingham community, and to promote the Harrisonburg-Rockingham community, thereby fostering economic strength. Learn more at their award winning website: www.hrchamber.org.
The Public Relations Society of America is the world’s largest organization for public relations professionals. Its more than 20,000 members in 117 chapters represent business and industry, counseling firms, government, associations, hospitals, professional services firms, and not-for-profit organizations. They are on the web at www.prsa.org
BlueKey Founder, Ben Cash, Wins High Tech Award
Source: Shenandoah Valley Technology Council, May 1, 2006
Once a year, the Shenandoah Valley Technology Council (SVTC) takes the time to recognize and highlight the successes of technology firms, organizations and programs in the region and the entrepreneurs and innovators behind those successes. This year’s sixth annual Technology Awards Banquet, “Tech Nite 6.0,” a celebration of achievement, took place on April 26th, 2006 at James Madison University in front of a packed ballroom in the presence of local technology users and creators.
During the 2006 competition, SVTC accepted nominations for twenty companies, organizations and programs that best exemplified the local Shenandoah Valley spirit of technological entrepreneurialism and innovation, who competed for six awards. As in previous years, a panel of judges evaluated the nominees and determined the winners, who were announced during dinner at the Tech Nite 6.0 Gala.
The winners for Tech Nite 6.0 are:
Shenandoah Valley Partnership’s
HIGH TECH ENTREPRENEUR AWARD:
Ben Cash, Blue Key, Inc.
Wharton Aldhizer and Weaver PLC’s
HIGH TECH COMPANY AWARD:
First Witness Video
Shentel’s
HIGH TECH LEADERSHIP AWARD:
Dennis Zimmerman, ComSonics
Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance’s
INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION AWARD:
James Madison University’s Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES)
Verizon’s
INNOVATION IN K-12 EDUCATION AWARD:
Learning Can Be Fun, Blue Ridge Community College’s Youth Program for Grades K-12
Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology’s
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AWARD:
Valley Blox
BlueKey Partners with Hardy Telecommunications
December 1, 2005
Hardy Telecommunications, an established telecommunications company in West Virginia, approached BlueKey in the fall of 2005 about forming a partnership to provide web development services to its customers. Rather than to continue to employ an internal web development team, Hardy Telecommunications sought to use BlueKey as an outsourced alternative.
Hardy chose BlueKey for the quality of their work and their suite of website management tools that would put their customers in control of their own web sites and thus relieve the burden of ongoing site management.
BlueKey looks forward to a long prosperous partnership with Hardy Telecommunications.
Harrisonburg, VA - 540.908.4812
Charleston, SC - 843.628.6228