Recently we announced the PEER 1 Quick Hits Twitter contest and have been having a lot of fun with it. Today is day three of our contest and we’re happy to announce the winners to date:

Twitter Trivia Day One: PEER 1 Million Hits Video – “Slacker“

Flip Video Winner: @geekgiant

PEER 1 Sumo Wrestler T-Shirt: @sapphirelaninja

Twitter Trivia Day Two: PEER 1 Million Hits Video – “Washroom“

Flip Video Winner: @garannm

PEER 1 Sumo Wrestler T-Shirt: @donred

Twitter Trivia Day Three: PEER 1 Million Hits Video – “Meeting“

Flip Video Winner: @KelByrd

PEER 1 Sumo Wrestler T-Shirt: @the_real_mkb

Congratulations to all of our winners to-date! We will be having two more contests at 12:30pm CST (10:30PST/1:30EST) March 2nd and March 3rd. Follow me (@charnellpugsley) on Twitter for your chance to win!

We’re getting such a great response to our Million Hits campaign that we’ve decided to take it a step further with a Twitter contest.

Over the next few days, I’ll be posting “Quick Hits” trivia contests on my Twitter account at http://twitter.com/charnellpugsley. For each contest, the winning trivia factoid will be embedded in one of our YouTube videos.

FIRST PRIZE: A Flip Video Mino
SECOND PRIZE: A “Million Hits” sumo wrestler t-shirt.

So please follow me on Twitter, keep an eye on my Tweets, and maybe you’ll win a prize! And don’t forget to visit http://www.peer1.com/millionhits/ and learn how PEER 1 can help get your business ready for a million hits.

As an exclusive Microsoft Network Partner, PEER 1 invites you to join the new Microsoft BizSpark, a new program for Startups. Microsoft knows that today’s most promising Startups are tomorrow’s most successful businesses, and wants to ignite the process. With Microsoft BizSpark, Microsoft encourages you to innovate by giving you fast and easy access to its current, full-featured development tools and platform technologies.

Find out how choosing PEER 1 as your BizSpark Hosting Provider can benefit you today!

Read the full details here: http://www.peer1.com/hosting/bizspark.php

Need a quick, simple way to “catch the moment” on the fly? Taking a video is just as easy as taking a picture at a moments notice! Get a free Flip Video Mino and tell YOUR story, YOUR way.

From now until December 31st, we are giving away a free Flip Video Mino when you sign up for a Managed Hosting plan at PEER 1.You can get this year’s hottest gadget just in time for the holiday season! The Flip™ Video Mino is a point-and-shoot camcorder that is the size of a small digital camera. It is equipped with 60 minutes recording time, 2GB internal memory, rechargeable batteries, and the ability to publish directly to YouTube, MySpace, and AOL Video. The Wall Street Journal calls it “a sleek, hip-looking gadget… changes the way people capture and share videos” and The New York Times claims the Flip™ Video to be “one of the most significant electronics products of the year”.

Details on this promotion: http://www.peer1.com/promo/flipout/

Today PEER 1 launched the new Partner Network, for all its lines of business – co-lo, managed hosting and ServerBeach self-managed – and means that we can work even more closely with our partners and their clients. This program really opens up many more revenue options as well, since it includes both a comprehensive Referral Program, active now, and Reseller Program, available soon. These programs offer features like:

Referral Partners
· Provided a variety of choices for significant business and revenue growth opportunities, and don’t have to close the sale or support the client afterwards
· Have revenue options to receive a one-time commission of up to 100% for each new referral or participate in a revenue sharing plan that pays a monthly recurring commission of up to 15%

Reseller Partners
· Eligible discounts for dedicated servers, setup fees and managed services
· Have the flexibility to set pricing
· Receive the full support of a dedicated PEER 1 account team made up of a personal account manager, technical specialist, and a billing specialist

One of our long-time partners who has been working with PEER 1 for 10 years, Mark Lewis the CTO of Mass Transmit, says:

“We have enjoyed a very consistent level of service with PEER 1 both with its Referral and Reseller Programs. We mostly resell their dedicated servers, but sometimes have clients who want to deal directly with the hosting provider. In those cases, we refer them to PEER 1 without hesitation, knowing they are in the best of hands. We also enjoy a good relationship with our account team. Our technical account manager has helped us many times when we’ve been in a pinch.”

To learn more or to get involved check out www.peer1.com/partners

Last week at the Austin Game Developers Conference PEER1 employees spoke with attendees on just how much latency kills when it comes to gaming. What a coincidence! PEER1 just so happened to have a booth at the conference offering “Latency Kills” packages geared towards hardcore gaming providers, publishers, and developers. GREAT!

The conference turn out was even bigger than last year, which PEER1 also attended. There were many great companies exhibiting their products and we all made our rounds to introduce ourselves to each and every one of them, learning about their business and products at the same time.

The 2-day conference was a complete success and we certainly look forward to attending next year seeing many familiar faces, while at the same time making many new friends.

You can view our pictures taken from the conference at any of these websites: PEER1 on FaceBook, PEER1 Community, Flickr, or PEER1 on MySpace.

PEER 1 Growing Pains Episode 3 – ‘100% Downtime’.

Janet is at Todd’s bedside in the hospital while he lies in a coma. She speaks to him and he appears to be responding, until things get unplugged…

PEER 1 has launched today a new video contest and is giving away $10,000 in prizes to the winner! Along with the contest, the company has released the second episode of it’s award-winning short series “Growing Pains” which follows the trips and follies of a home-based business startup that grows quickly out of control causing new employees and servers to take control of the home.

PEER 1 is giving it’s viewers of the episode the opportunity to create their own growing pains video that shows their personal experiences for a chance to win a prize package of 12 months of free managed hosting, a 15-inch MacBook, and a Sony HD camcorder, at a total value of $10,000.

To watch the new episode of Growing Pains and enter the $10,000 Giveaway Contest, go to www.peer1.com/growingpains

Good Luck!

Episode 2 – “A Walk in The Park.” Some time after being tossed out of the house, Todd and Janet try to mend fences over a nice walk in the park. All seems well and the moment feels right, or so Todd thinks.

You read correctly! Get a Free PEER 1 Sandbox Server!

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As a bonus, we are also giving away the following to each Sandbox user that establishes a new Microsoft dedicated hosting account with PEER 1 at the end of their sandbox server trial period:

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