I can't believe we took this site from zero visitors in June 2010 to over 15,000 hits in October 2010. In just 4 months! I could not have done it without all the people who have seen the potential in the site and want to see it succeed. You know that this is a good thing that Tallahassee needs and are willing to bear with us as we go through our growing pains. 

Believe it or not, we here at Tallahassee Grapevine are on a modest budget, just like you. We were waiting until we got our traffic up to the current levels before attempting to sell sponsorships to local businesses.  Now that our number of guests are high and growing, we feel it is a value for businesses to get involved with a yearly page in our Business Directory & Coupons Page and then with monthly banner ads. 

If you know someone that owns their own business, encourage them to contact us to learn more about how the Tallahassee Grapevine can help local businesses. We would be happy to sit down with them. And as a friend of The Grapevine, I hope you patronize our sponsored businesses and let them know you saw them on the Grapevine! 

So now for the Big News!! We are launching our weekly email newsletter, "Tallahassee (In A Nutshell). It will be sent out every Thursday morning and let our friends know what is happening that very weekend from local events to the new movie releases.  There will also be a couple "Grapevine Spotlight" articles so you can learn more about events, organizations and attractions here in your hometown.  The debut newsletter will be out on November 18th, 2010 and will feature articles on the Capital City Kingsmen competitive drumline and Master Craftsman Studios. 

We want to expand our community articles and we could use your help. You can write your own weekly column on your school, your club, your hobby, your expertise, movie reviews, restaurant reviews, Whatever You Love!  This is YOUR Magazine! I really hope you take advantage of this opportunity. Instead of being lost in the millions of anonymous blogs on national blog sites, why not keep it local for your neighbors to read something close to home? 

I am rambling because I am so excited about this adventure I am on. I can't wait to see what the future holds for this site and the people of Tallahassee that are, hopefully, becoming more connected because of it.