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One Lily Partners with Practice Pay Solutions – Simplifies How Small Firms Create Their Web Presence.

Award winning web design firm One Lily Inc. has announced a strategic relationship with Practice Pay Solutions, a leading provider of online merchant tools and payment processing. Service industry firms and professional associations will now benefit from their combined offerings that include websites, e-commerce transaction tools, automated communications services, and affiliate management.

San Diego, CA August 8, 2006 – One Lily Inc. and Practice Pay Solutions announced a strategic relationship to provide small business with e-commerce solutions, including websites, transaction tools, communications services, and affiliate management.

One Lily President Angela Nielsen said the synergy between the two companies will greatly benefit both firms’ clients, by reducing the time it takes a company to establish a complete online presence and also improving the image presented to its customers.

“Small service firms and professional associations should be very excited, because the process of identifying, evaluating, and implementing the components of an online presence just got easier,” says Nielsen.

“The needs of service professionals are very specific, and they differ from those of a larger company,” she said. “As a result, many solo-professionals and small companies that lack an IT department often spend a lot of time trying to figure out what they need, and don’t need. It takes time to sort through all the offerings that are thrown at them in today’s solution-rich business environment. That translates into lost revenue as they delay getting their business online.”

Both firms target professionals, coaches, consultants, speakers, trainers, attorneys, health care providers, nonprofits, and the professional associations that serve these groups. Together their products are endorsed as a member benefit by dozens of associations worldwide.

Since One Lily Inc and Practice Pay Solutions both specialize in the same market, they offer carefully evaluated services that those customers need to consider. Additionally, One Lily is fully accustomed to implementing the e-commerce products offered by Practice Pay Solutions, so integrating those tools into a new website becomes even easier- and faster.

“It’s really a win-win for both companies and our clients, ” announced Nielsen. “One Lily will offer custom web design packages to members of Practice Pay Solutions, including starter sites designed at an attractive flat-fee price, and premium designed websites with logo design and corporate identity packages. In return, One Lily clients will enjoy access to the broad service offerings of Practice Pay Solutions.”

These services include personalized, convenient, and affordable solutions for automated payments, e-commerce, online marketing, and web presence. Practice Pay Solutions’ flagship products are credit card merchant accounts, and a 7-in-1 e-commerce system that includes an online shopping cart, ezine delivery, broadcast email, client database, and affiliate management. In addition, they offer a suite of tools, services, education, and consulting to assist customers with every area of collecting payment and doing business online.

According to Nielsen, both firms expect to see an increase in revenues as a result of providing a well rounded offering to their clients. “In a way,” says Nielsen, “both of us just got bigger in terms of competing in the market. We’re very excited about this new relationship.”

For additional information on the strategic relationship and the combined product offerings, please visit www.onelily.com and http://practicepaysolutions.com.
 

NIC Media LLC, in Response to Rapid Growth, Launches One Lily Inc.

NIC Media Group, an award-winning web-design and internet consulting firm, will now serve its fast growing client base under the name One Lily Inc. The new name reflects a single source where clients can find an expanding list of partners, strategic alliances and service offerings. Founder Angela Nielsen continues her role as President of the new enterprise.

San Diego, CA August 1, 2006 – NIC Media Group LLC announced today it will transfer all operations to One Lily Inc. and begin offering expanded services to existing clients.

President Angela Nielsen indicated that additional services will be offered to clients in the coming months, beginning immediately with new Blog services and expanded options for search engine submission. All existing services will continue without any interruption whatsoever, and clients can expect the same high level of design services and hosting reliability under the name One Lily.

“I wanted an image that accurately reflects how our clients can obtain everything they need to launch and enhance their web presence, all under one roof,” says Nielsen. “The One Lily brand conveys that, and is the image around which the new company is organized.”

NIC Media Group LLC was founded by Nielsen in 2000. When the company began, NIC Media (Nielsen Internet Consulting and Media) was just a vision, a dream of one person. At the time Nielsen did not realize the success it would experience and how important the company would eventually become to the hundreds of clients it has helped over the years.

In early 2006, with a growing staff and client base, Nielsen realized she needed to finally build a brand around this quickly growing company that was more reflective of her own personality, as well as the direction she envisioned for the company.

“It was important to create a brand that would make people think, stop them in their tracks and make them take notice,” recalls Nielsen. “So I enlisted the services of a branding agency in North Carolina. Phil Davis of Tungsten Brilliant Brand Marketing (www.puretungsten.com) worked closely with me to identify potential names.”

Equally important was a desire to rise above the crowded field of web design firms with something different and reflective of the hard work Nielsen put into the company. “It also had to convey the outgoing personality of our team, and the ‘out of the box’ style that we strive to create for our clients.”

“With a branding genius like Phil on my side,” recalls Nielsen, “we had some great names to choose from. After conferring with some of our most trusted colleagues and clients, we quickly identified a clear winner.” Hence, One Lily became the new company name in August.

NIC Media clients will immediately begin receiving all communications and invoicing under the One Lily name. The company numbers and address remain unchanged, and while existing email addresses will be forwarded through year-end, clients can begin replacing @nicmedia.com with @onelily.com in their address books immediately.

For additional information on all service offerings, and to see the new company look, please visit www.onelily.com.