Hello Everyone - I thought it would be good to let you know that we redesigned cvilleStyle.com and added Zikki Munyao to our team. I know you probably don’t want to read a press release, so here are some FAQs:

Why did we redesign cvilleStyle.com?

Because Haidee was on strike until we made it look better.  No, seriously, the default look to our theme was extremely ugly.  We reskinned it with a bright, modern look. I hope everyone likes it.  We do.

Who is Haidee?

Haidee Cline has been managing cvilleStyle for several weeks now, but she sent us a short bio which you can read in full.  She graduated from the University of Richmond, worked for national geographic and graduated from Darden.  She is married to Matt Cline, a Charlottesville dentist.  She has a slight obsession with shopping, decorating and parties.  If you see her, make sure you ask her about this slight obsession.

Who is Zikki?

Zikki Munyao grew up in Kenya and recently graduated from the University of Virginia.  He was a member of the US Army and has experience driving 18-wheelers, so we decided to hire him to manage our advertising sales.  He is a billiard player and enjoys mountain biking.  He’s busy meeting everyone in Charlottesville, but I’m sure he’ll make time for you.  Say hi if you see him!

[full press release here]

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I totally spent way too long making this post, but at least you can discuss your favorite Super Bowl ads. Let me know what I missed and I’ll add it. I know I missed a bunch, but I tried to remember all the good ones. My favorite is the E-Trade baby.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up for your week in review.

We got villains dissing on wine bars, gunshots at the Outback and some Grecian food. Don’t forget to stop around back to sample our smelly PR move, celebrity wannabies, and your favorite musical acts. When you leave, grab the gift bag– it’s full of tats, lawsuits, and monkey sex. Enjoy!

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We really appreciate our advertisers!  We love you guys.

X-Lounge: Our first and bravest advertiser!  Thank you for being such a nice, well thought-out and service-oriented scene.

Jim Duncan:  Jim, thank you for trusting us with your first true online banner.  We hope you stick around and keep giving us the deets on real estate in Charlottesville.

First Settlement Title: Karina, your ad rocks the house.  Thanks for loving our site so much and we hope that you stay with us through an exciting 2008.

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Historians, mark your calendars: cVillain has just crossed the 100,000 page views/month mark!

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What this means is that in the last 30 days, we’ve had visitors look at our pages over 3,000 times a day. While this is nothing in the great scheme of things, it still is an important milestone for our site because we focus on local stuff. I’ll let potential advertisers know another dirty little secret:

UNLIKE OTHERS, WE FILTER OUT ADMINISTRATOR PAGE VIEWS

So, our traffic is pure, sexy, awesome and not generated by those people behind the scenes who visit the site more than anyone else.

We are 100% committed to building Charlottesville’s leading online destination and thank everyone for contributing! We have an awesome community and we couldn’t have done it without you.

As always, please let us know what we can do to improve things!

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We Want to Give Free Advertising to Non-Profits.

We are going to launch our new site design in the next month or two and we’d figured it’s a good idea to give back to the community. So, here is the deal…

Why do you want to advertise on our site?

In a given month, we reach over 22,000 visitors and serve over 90,000 page views. It’s free to reach these people. We will take care of the technology stuff, you just need to get us your artwork.

Here are the rules:

• We will have limited space, so we reserve the right to exclude any applicant.
• Business focused or business service/networking non-profits aren’t allowed.
• Your non-profit must have IRS Section 501(c)(3) exemption status and proof of this exemption.
• You must either have an office in Charlottesville area or do a considerable amount of your work in the Charlottesville area.
• You may not cross-promote with a for-profit entity.
• We will run your advertisement for an initial 2 week period, starting sometime in the next two to eight weeks, but we may extend this period.

How do you submit?

Easy as 1, 2, 3.

1. Create JPEGs or GIFs to be displayed on the site. We will need a 125×125 JPEG or GIF and at least one of the following sizes: 160×600 Wide SkyScraper, 300×250 Medium Rectangle or 728×90 Leaderboard.

2. Email your artwork, proof of non-profit status, the link you want your banner to direct people to and any other information that is relevant to your nonprofit.

3. Check back on the site for our relaunch of our design and your free ads! Watch people come to your site. WOOHOO.

Questions/Concerns should be directed to nonprofit@cvillain.com

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We Want to Give Free Advertising to Non-Profits.

We are going to launch our new site design in the next month or two and we’d figured it’s a good idea to give back to the community. So, here is the deal…

Why do you want to advertise on our site?

In a given month, we reach over 20,000 visitors and serve over 80,000 page views. It’s free to reach these people. We will take care of the technology stuff, you just need to get us your artwork.

Here are the rules:

• We will have limited space, so we reserve the right to exclude any applicant.
• Business focused or business service/networking non-profits aren’t allowed.
• Your non-profit must have IRS Section 501(c)(3) exemption status and proof of this exemption.
• You must either have an office in Charlottesville area or do a considerable amount of your work in the Charlottesville area.
• You may not cross-promote with a for-profit entity.
• We will run your advertisement for an initial 2 week period, starting sometime in the next two to eight weeks, but we may extend this period.

How do you submit?

Easy as 1, 2, 3.

1. Create JPEGs or GIFs to be displayed on the site. We will need a 125×125 JPEG or GIF and at least one of the following sizes: 160×600 Wide SkyScraper, 300×250 Medium Rectangle or 728×90 Leaderboard.

2. Email your artwork, proof of non-profit status, the link you want your banner to direct people to and any other information that is relevant to your nonprofit.

3. Check back on the site for our relaunch of our design and your free ads! Watch people come to your site. WOOHOO.

Questions/Concerns should be directed to nonprofit@cvillain.com

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Ok gang, this is my first post. Please be gentle.

I’ve been living in the town for a few years now, and I think I get it. You know - the citywide push at being hip, progressive, liberal, artsy. And I dig it, for sure…don’t get me wrong. »Read More

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In regard to recent reports like seen on your favorite daily newspaper, the DAILY PROGRESS, of our site becoming corporate in the NON-MONOPOLISTIC IMAGE OF THE AMAZING MICROSOFT, we have recently drawn the line with pens purchased from Staples at the annual fall clearance sale.

After enjoying a Bloomin’ Onion at Outback Steakhouse, we called our circle on our new Cingular phones. Because we had less dropped calls than any other network, we were able to decide to have our first meeting at the Holiday Inn. Luckily, Starbucks had a Triple Whipped Caramel Sexiato and we debated like in the movies that you can see at the Carmike Cinema on 29N.

Because we had a very restful night of sleep after taking Lunestra (with no side effects and no addiction potential), we finally decided to spend our new found cash on a vacation to Sandals, an all inclusive resort in Jamaica that is just freaking awesome. After flying back on United Airlines, we decided to write this post on our Dell computers.

This site is about U & US, or UBS as some would say. So don’t go away to a cruise on VIP Cruises, and continue to read our site, even if you need to get glasses which you can now purchase from Target.

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Folks, we are seeking sponsors for our website. We are kinda sick of the Google ads and want to grow cVillain into something much bigger and greater.

So here’s the deal. We will display your advertisement for 10 days. Given recent trends, we expect that you will get over 3,000 visits and 10,000 impressions. Users average over 4 minutes on our site every time they come. That’s a lot of exposure for your brand!

We will create a sponsor post that will always sit on the main page. We will also design a banner for you and replace the Google ads with this banner. We won’t advertise anyone else during these ten days.

Email us if you are interested. gossip AT cvillain DOT com

Cheers!

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