It is with both a touch of nostalgia and sincere pride that we announce today that we closed down both the ZamDoo.com and ZamDooReports.com offerings on August 15th. All previous customers no longer have access to the system, and we will no longer be taking any new subscriptions or signups.
Back in June 2006, Jeff and I decided to take a departure from our "comfort zone" of developing media sites, and took the plunge into Internet Marketing toolkits with the development of ZamDoo.com. As many of you will recall from our initial outreach to the community, our forums, our 500+ person beta test, our shock at the way competitors treated their customers, and our eventual launch - we did things differently, and we treated our customers the way we'd always wanted to be treated ourselves.
ZamDoo.com and ZamDooReports.com were both very good businesses to us, and taught us a lot about an industry that we knew very little about prior to entering. The fact of the matter is that the sites we build have all fallen outside this vertical, and by entering the IM space, we were entering uncharted territory for us. The marketing tactics, customer relations, quality of products, and customer attitudes are very different from "traditional" online consumer spaces, and frankly Jeff and I weren't as "at home" in IM as we have been with our other products.
We've already started work on two new projects that we're both VERY excited about, and in order to successfully execute on these projects, we'll need the resources that we would have otherwise applied to ZamDoo.com and ZamDooReports.com. Rather than try and juggle too much, we've decided that the most efficient route to the growth of our business (not to mention doing what is right for you, our customers) is to focus on those new opportunities.
Should an appropriately serious expression of interest come in, we would consider offering the software components that comprised both ZamDoo.com and ZamDooReports.com up for sale as we move on with our new projects. Please contact dave@zamdoo.com to register your interest.
Finally, both Jeff and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your concern, support, business and in many cases friendship. Internet Marketing is a tough business with tough players - but we've enjoyed dipping our toe in the water, and wish you all the very best moving on. Should you have any questions or concerns at all, please don't hesitate to contact us via HoofjawMedia.com where you will be able to find details on our new projects.
To your future success,
Dave McDuff & Jeff MacLauchlan.