We’re not using true crowdsourcing for our work (because crowdsourcing is pretty much a bad idea).  We’ve asked Jason Moore to provide some good ideas for our blog, and he’s come through in a big way.   We’ve narrowed things down to 4 ideas, and we’d like to see if there’s a strong crowd favorite before we make the final revisions.

So go ahead and vote for the logo you like the best!  We’ll announce the winner in about a week!

When I started Flat Rate, I wanted to be different than all the other blogging-social-media-consulting firms that were out there.  There’s a lot of mess and crap that comes with this business, and I didn’t want any part of the hucksterist opportunists that litter the space and fleece real businesses out of their hard earned money.  I didn’t want to create stupid contracts or claim that the designs our team creates is anything less than Work For Hire.

My company will execute the fundamentals, but we will and must be different in word and deed.

This is what we believe:

1. We believe in accountability.  Everything we provide has a 100% money back, “no dirty looks” guarantee.
2. We believe you are in charge of everything.  You own the copyright on all of the work we do for you, and you can use our work however you see fit.
3. We believe in adding to everything we touch.
4. We believe you should understand exactly what you’re buying, what your benefits are, and when the next steps will take place.
5. We believe you must measure ROI in social media.  Everything we offer helps you increase your return.
6. We believe in small businesses, salespeople and professionals.  It is our honor to be of service.
7. We believe it’s our duty to put our customer’s interests first.
8. We don’t believe in fads.  We don’t try to make a quick buck on buzz.
9. We believe in including more than you thought you paid for, every time.
10. We believe independent thinkers create the best work.

Do you believe as we believe?  Do you want what we want?  Join our movement, and we’ll make the web a better place for local businesses…as we relentlessly pursue fast, cheap and good.