The second in a series of data center construction videos of our Eden Prairie data center is ready for viewing. Ray Hagen, Product Manager at VISI, speaks about the construction process and our upcoming plans. Over the next few months, we will alternate between posting informational videos, such as the one below, and time lapse videos. Enjoy!

Thank you very much to August Ash, Incorporated, a Minneapolis Internet marketing firm, who partnered with us today to help bring you a webinar on search engine optimization. Two of their Internet marketing strategists, Shelley Sanders and Tim Karlberg, shared their expertise on the world of search engine optimization.

For quick access to the presentation, you can download a PDF of the slides.

If you missed the webinar or want to see it again, you can view the video in our webinar archive.

We’ve uploaded the first of a series of time lapse videos of the construction at our Eden Prairie data center. Enjoy the clip below.

(Note: The video lightens up halfway through.)

To help get the word out about VISI’s new Twitter and Facebook presence and spread the word about our Cash for Servers promotion — we will be sponsoring a social media contest.

VISI will be giving out a $1000 Visa gift card to one lucky winner who completes all of the qualifying steps below. You must complete each of the steps before October 7th, 2009. We will announce the winner on Wednesday, October 7th through Twitter, so be sure to follow @VISIHOSTING!

The four steps:

1. Register online at www.visi.com/1000giveaway.
2. Become a fan of VISI Incorporated on Facebook. (facebook.com/VISIHOSTING)
3. Tweet the following: “#CashforServers $500 rebate on dedicated server with @VISIHOSTING”
4. Update your LinkedIn status to: “Just heard about VISI’s new promotion. Check it out at visi.com/cashforservers”

Read the full contest rules at www.visi.com/1000giveaway.  Good luck!

Playing off the government’s Cash for Clunkers program, VISI’s “Cash For Servers” promotion offers a rebate up to $500 to anyone who purchases a new dedicated or virtual dedicated server and turns in their old server to VISI. Companies can receive up to a total of $3,000 in rebates with this program.

We could possibly go into all the energy efficiencies included in new servers and compare how bad old servers are for the environment, but we’re confident that money is the real deciding factor. We’re beating the government to this offer and don’t need any subsidies.

Download program details.

To further illustrate the advantage of a new server, we created a video entitled “The Incompetent Server” which can be viewed below.

The promotion lasts through December 31st, 2009. Visit www.visi.com/cashforservers for more details.