Well, it's getting about time to say goodbye to 2008. I know that for many companies and individuals, 2008 holds some very bad memories. The world has experienced a financial shock unlike anything we've seen before and many are truly suffering as a result.
I certainly don't want to take away from that fact, but at the same, I want to express that for Element Fusion, 2008 will be remembered as a year of tremendous growth and success. We will forever be thankful to all of our customers from across the US and around the world for making 2008 our best year yet, and we can't wait to get started in 2009.
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Great things about 2008
In 2008, paid websites on our CMS systems grew by 174%. Total revenue across all of our products grew by 141%. And, on LightCMS specifically, overall revenue grew by an astounding 210%.
Element Fusion was listed at #1469 on the Inc. 5000 in 2008. This listing of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America gave national recognition to the growth that Element Fusion has been experiencing for years. In addition, we were ranked on Oklahoma City's Metro 50 as one of the fifty fastest-growing private companies locally for our third year in a row.
This year, we were also able to start our Website Giveaway program. Your nominations and votes helped us to identify and select a non-profit to receive our donation of custom web design and CMS hosting. The new website for Justin Sullivan, A Life Worth Following is almost complete and we will be sharing it with you soon.
We'll also fondly remember 2008 as the year of the HEATWAVE, the launching of the LightCMS user forum, the "How to increase traffic and get results from your website" seminar, and the strategic alliance of our SkyCMS product with Church Community Builder. Oh, and of course, who could forget our first annual chili cook-off.
Two reasons we're sharing this with you
First, we want to say thank you for your business and acknowledge that without your support, we would not be able to celebrate 2008 this way. We are truly thankful for and humbled by you and we want you to know that our commitment to you will only increase as our business continues to grow and expand. Customer service has always been and will continue to be our highest priority.
Second, we want you to have confidence in Element Fusion as your internet partner for years and years to come. Our healthy, debt-free business model continues to prove itself through the results we are able to report. Our success is truly your success and the stability and vibrancy of our company means we can and will continue to aggressively improve and support our solutions. We look forward to serving you for years to come.
With that, we'll say goodbye to 2008. See you back here in January. We're looking forward to another tremendous year.
Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008
by Tim Wall