Who will design the Next EcoJoe Packaging?!.

Do you love design?

Do you love EcoJoe?

Would you like to design the next EcoJoe packaging???

We at EcoJoe HQ has been tossing and turning trying to think of new ideas and how we can make our product better. Now the 1-year anniversary is looming upon us (in a week!), we thought, hey, what if we do a smaller packaging? Less packaging, less recycled paper, less soy based ink needed to produce products. And less stuff to recycle! Not to mention we always want to break the myth that “Green products will cost more.” A smaller packaging will definitely help us to accomplish the goal of making EcoJoe more affordable!

There are only two rules:

1) We are looking for a design that is easy to print and can be easily put on a t shirt (because guess what, the winning design will be put on the packaging and our 1-year anniversary tees). So only ONE color can be used on the packaging box. That said, you are not limited to black on white box.
2) We want a rectangle box that EcoJoe can snugly fit inside of it: 1 5/8″ W x 4 3/4″ H x 1 3/15″D

The logistics:

Deadline for submission is midnight PST, August 28, 2010. Submit your design electronically to 2010Pac@ecojoekits.com. If you want to submit a mock up/ 3D model of what your packaging will look like, take lots of photos and submit them electronically. If selected as a finalist, we will post the best photos on Facebook and our blog for voting.

The staff at EcoJoe HQ will select 3 finalists to showcase and put it to our community to select the final winner from August 29 through September 3rd.

The final winner will receive:

1) $500 CASH Prize
2) Your design will be exposed to our 3000+ fans on social media (like www.facebook.com/ecojoe ; www.twitter.com/ecojoe)
3) Your design will be printed on EcoJoe’s 1-year Anniversary Tee shirt
4) Your design will be printed on the next EcoJoe packaging coming out in 2011!

Please note: By submitting your design, you grant us folks at EcoJoe permission to use your images, artwork, submissions for present and future usage (like posting on Facebook, blog, for people to vote).

Questions? Email 2010Pac@ecojoekits.com

Plan Early for a Unique Father’s Day Gift.

In Catholic circles, St. Joseph is considered the foster father of Jesus Christ.  He cared for and protected Mary, his betrothed, and raised Jesus as his own.  He trained his son to be a carpenter, just like him.  He loved him and was a kind and compassionate father.

It’s not too early to be thinking about a unique Father’s Day Gift — Why not a handsome EcoJoe for his desk? It’s definitely a conversation piece, and the extra luck he brings everywhere can’t hurt.  Or a EcoJoe Organic T-shirt for dad — what better way to let him know how much he’s appreciated?   

Here is One of Latest Listings in Chicago, IL EcoJoe is Blessing!.

Did you know that when you purchase an EcoJoe, you will receive some additional marketing love? When you send us your listing info to hello [at] ecojoekits [dot] com, we will list your listing here and broadcast the link out to our sphere of influences, like EcoJoe’s personal Facebook Profile (82+ friends), Facebook Page (662+ fans) and Twitter (2614+ followers).

Here are latest listings sent to us (submit yours!):

5511 N WINTHROP Ave Unit 2D CHICAGO, IL 60640 (Click on photo to view the listing on Redfin!) Lovely spacious vintage 1BR/1BA in beautiful well-maintained courtyard building in Bryn Mawr Historic District. This unit features a new kitchen w/ cherry cabinets & SS appliances, updated bathroom w/ wainscoting, hardwood floors thru-out, new paint, & Elfa master closet. Building is a coop. Taxes & assessments combined are $400/mo. Steps to the Red Line, bus, beach, shops, & restaurants.

It’s Around the World Wednesday!.

Today is Around the World Wednesday! Tell us your own St Joseph stories and share your photos with us!

Here is one to get you started:
Saint Joseph as he appears in a public nacimiento in the city of Oaxaca Mexico(photo credit: Ilhuicamina on Flickr)

Around the World Wednesdays with EcoJoe.

This Wednesday we hope you will share pics of different and interesting St. Joseph statues for Around the World Wednesday on our Facebook page.  There are many different variations of the burying St. Joseph tradition, but did you know there were other interesting traditions about the hardest working Saint in real estate?   We hope you will help us find these statues around the world and share the stories behind them. 

This St. Joseph statue, for example, is located in front of Barbelin Hall, of St. Joseph University, a private Roman Catholic Jesuit university located in Pennsylvania Main Line, Pennsylvania.

On the way to class, through rain, shine or snow, many students take great care to rub the toes of this statue for good luck. Someone should let the students at St. Joseph University that EcoJoe would fit perfectly in their coat pockets or book bags for some extra toe touching during exam time!

What Are You Doing On Earth Day Today?.

One of our EcoJoe Facebook Fans Marilyn Boudreaux, Realtor of Century 21 Mike D. Bono & Co. is dressing up as EcoJoe!

Here is what you can do for Earth Day:

Go to Earth Day Network’s Action Center to support the effort.
Educate yourselves on the core issues like Green Schools, Green Economy, Climate Change and more.

It does not take a lot or a political campaign or celebrity to initiate change. Everyone can do it.

Will you help some college students out? (And win a tee?).

Hey EcoJoe Community,

Will you help some college students out?! A group of nice business students at Golden Gate University picked EcoJoe as their research project so not only they can help EcoJoe the company grow, they also get to study Marketing Research.

So please take 5 minutes and fill out a very simple survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N69CPPF

Here is what the students said:

We are a group of 5 dedicated business students at Golden Gate University and during our Marketing Research class, we had to pick a project in order to create a research program that could help a small business grow.

We loved EcoJoe’s idea and how it bridged the gap between real estate and the green industry. Being a small and relatively new business we thought EcoJoe might want to learn more about its loyal customers and how to offer them innovative products.

At the same time, Cindy Lin, founder of EcoJoe, offered us an incredible opportunity to study a small but growing business and come up with ideas on how to successfully reach customers.

This very quick survey will help us further our understanding of marketing research, while helping EcoJoe to continue offering you the best.

Thanks for you time!

Elsa, Liz, Alem, Tatiana and Matthias – Golden Gate University.

So Fill out the survey! And you can be a lucky winner for a Limited Edition EcoJoe Tee!

Happy Birthday Saint Joseph! (50% OFF ON EVERYTHING).

In honor of St Joseph’s birthday today, EVERYTHING in the shop is HALF OFF! Just enter the discount code SJBD031910 when you check out. This offer is good through this weekend, excluding shipping.

Happy Birthday Saint Joseph!

Photo by ms.Tea

Winners to our EcoJoe T Shirt Commenting Contest!.

* 2/22/2010 Update: The fabulous tees are now here, just in time to celebrate Saint Joseph’s birthday on March 19th! Get your very own limited edition organic tees here.

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Hey everyone

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU again for all the 70+ comments on our EcoJoe T Shirt designs! We really appreciate you. It’s fans like you that help small boot-strap companies like EcoJoe grow~ We have also seen increases in sales on Amazon. So THANK YOU for telling all your friends about us. We really cannot do it without you.

So without further ado, here are the 5 lucky winners: (in additions to prizes listed, they also get to pick an EcoJoe T shirt once it’s printed)

1. Julie Tucker Legrand — Trader Joe’s $25 Gift Certificate
   
2. Robin Fenchel — 3 eco-friendly grocery bags in various styles
   
3. Brian Swichkow — 2 EcoJoe, 1 English version, 1 Canada (with French) version
   
4. Sarah Cooper — Coffee thermal cup, notebook and iphone cover from Be Good to People
   

   Swag from Be Good To People www.BeGoodToPeople.com

5. Christina Galletti Howard — a premium EcoJoe gift basket
   

   EcoJoe Premium Gift Basket. Coming Soon 2010! This particular basket is a great gift to home sellers.*

*This kit includes a shovel to bury your EcoJoe in, an EcoJoe for good karma, a hand sanitizer to clean yourself after burying EcoJoe, a pack of letterpress “We are moving” notecards for your seller to announce their new address, a pack of letterpress “Thank you” cards, and a gift certificate for an-hour Design Consultation with Staged4more. That can be used toward home selling or home decorating consults. We can do either virtual staging or virtual consulting.

Again, thanks to everyone who has participated!

PS. We want to give a special shout out to Be Good to People. Kris at Be Good to People (and Say No More Promotions) were instrumental in launching EcoJoe. We want to thank Kris and team for their continuous support and donating some great goodies for the EcoJoe contest! We have used Say No More quite a few time ourselves for our promotional stuff. They all turned out fabulous and the team is super easy to work with. We highly recommend them!

OH PPS… How can we forget to announce which T shirts to print? We will be printing #1, 2, 7, 8. As to which colors?? You will have to wait and see!

Photo credit: kktp_

EcoJoe T-Shirt Contest!.

Hey EcoJoe Fans!

Voice your opinions! We would love to hear from you on how you like these nifty T shirt designs our designers have come up with.

Vote Yay or Nay on individual designs on Flickr or Facebook. If you like a particular shirt, let us what colors you like!

AND… GUESS WHAT? We are giving Goodies away too! You think we are just gonna take your sage advice and run? No Way! We appreciate your comments and we want to reward you handsomely for ‘em!

For EACH comment that you post, you are automatically enter into our raffle pool. Prizes include:

*Eco-friendly reusable shopping bags
*EcoJoe
*EcoJoe button packs
*EcoJoe T shirts!
*$25 Gift certificate from Trader Joes
*A premium EcoJoe Gift Basket that includes an one-hour home design service (value at $250)
*And more!

So what are you waiting for, start commenting!

The official contest ends at midnight, December 15, 2009.

Vote either on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/ecojoekits/sets/72157622783337201/ or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=128710&id=87309763850

Cheers,
Staff at EcoJoe

Black Friday, Anyone?.

We are just so thankful for your lovely support for the past 3.5 months since we launched. YOU ARE AMAZING! To give our thanks, we are doing buy one EcoJoe and get one free! One for yourself and one for your good friend. EcoJoe is just the gift that gives on giving!

The special will run from MIDNIGHT, 11/27/2009 through 11:59pm, Monday11/30/2009. Do it NOW before you forget! It takes just FIVE minutes for you to order EcoJoe!

Use this link here to purchase:

Connect with Us on Facebook! www.Facebook.com/ecojoe

Turkey Cupcake Photo by Rachel from Cupcakes Take the Cake

Are you on Twitter? Connect With Us and Get 10% off on Your Next Purchase!.

We just LOVE our fans on social networks, and without you guys, we really couldn’t get the word out on EcoJoe! One of our purposes is to connect people to the green causes and spark conversations, whether it is for climate change, reduce plastic usage like us, or save the polar bears, whatever it may be. That’s what exactly our Twitter channel @ecojoe is for. We are working to bring you green and real estate news via our Twitter channel.

So if you are interested, please definitely follow us. We would love to converse and connect with you. Oh yeah, that 10% discount code is awesome too

Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ecojoe

(Already follow us? No worries, just send us a DM or unfollow then follow again, you will receive a DM in your inbox.)

(Photo by Maia C on flickr)