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Eco-Friendly eCommerce Companies Coming out Strong!

Oct 26, 2007
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Green marketing is a term we are all familiar with, and with the Holidays approaching what better way to make a strong eco-friendly statement to your friends and family then by purchasing goods and services from eCommerce companies that practice not just the essence of green marketing but apply this eco-friendly approach to the products and services they sell as well. Your company can make a difference by making eco-friendly choices from these green service providers.

Make it Green!

Below are a list of companies I have found that make an impact on our environment in a brilliant way, with products and services that help us eliminate the need for paper or assist us with reusable energy or just have all around excellent products.

TekoSocks.com – Environmentally Friendly Socks!

Who are they?
TekoSocks.com is founded by Jim Heiden. Many beautiful things are born of Boulder Colorado including TekoSocks.com! Using only quality fibers, sound manufacturing processes, and recycled materials for packaging Teko wanted to ensure that his products are safe for the environment. Every fiber Teko selects must meet the criteria of achieving the highest level of performance as well as leaving minimal impact on the Earth.

My Thoughts:
What a great gift idea, hmm these will also be handy for my ski trips. My favorite is the Ecopoly Women’s Quarter Cut Sock.

Aiso.net – Solar Powered Web Hosting

Who are they?
Out of California comes a Solar powered web hosting provider. Oh – Yeah! Aiso.net has made a strong commitment to help fight pollution and preserve our natural resources. Solar panels run their data center and Solar tubes help light their office. Aiso.net was listed in November 2006 publication of Inc. Magazine’s – Top 50 Green Companies.

My Thoughts:
WOW, another surprise by some very enterprising human beings, this service makes me proud to know that there are people of this magnitude and vision out there in our world. I will be using this service I recommend your company does as well!

EarthClassMail.com – Online Mail Service

Who are they?
EarthClassMail.com provides online personal and business mail service, view your mail online anytime, forward your mail, shred or recycle your mail easily! Based out of Seattle WA this company is the first of its kind! Ba-bye post office!

My Thoughts:
I was introduced to this company and have been hired to consult for them within the internet channels. The idea of receiving my mail online had never entered my mind before, what they offer is truly amazing and I have signed up to use this service for my company!

Solio.com – Universal Solar Battery Charger

Who are they?
They received a Best of Show Award, Macworld in 2005. Talk about a cool new Solar battery charger that works with iPod’s, Cell Phones, MP3′s, GPS Devices, Video cameras and more. This is the top of my list for gift giving!

My Thoughts:
Merchants should take note and the incredible way Solio displays consumer usage of their product by way of a fun interactive Gallery which can be seen here. This is top of my list for gift giving to business associates.

Sertifi.com – Online Digital Signature Solution- Go paperless!

Who are they?
Sertifi’s signature online automation solution enables you to send, receive and track the signature process for any document or contract. Go paperless securely with a digital signature and secure tracking of your company’s documents. This service integrates with Salesforce.com!!

My Thoughts:
Can you imagine if your company could quickly send out contracts, pdf’s etc, no more mailing, waiting, sending back, faxing, printing. Go paperless people! I am!

FrogsLeap.com – Organic Wine

Who are they?
Frogsleap.com offers a variety of organic wines you can purchase directly off their site. (Via Phone) FrogsLeap.com produces as many as 60,000 cases of wine a year using organically grown grapes and a water-saving dry-farming technique.

My Thoughts:
A dear friend told me once all you need is a great bottle of wine, great music and a great person to share it with. Why not share a bottle of organic wine? I will be ordering from the site and will let you know how smooth it is and maybe even with whom I share it with!

3rliving.com – Eco -Friendly Products and Gifts!

Who are they?
3rLiving.com comes this way from Maplewood, New Jersey. They look for the best quality and price in eco-friendly products. T!hat means we favor manufacturers and artisans who dedicate their talents to creating clever, modern, and earth-affirming products out of unwanted everyday items.

My Thoughts:
I love their green wedding supplies, also check out their beeswax candles! Their kids section also has a great variety of eco-friendly staples. They do have an affiliate program so check it out people!

Making great choices for your company can actually help you streamline contractual contracts, create a seamless difference in the way you access your corporate mail from anywhere in the world, and help you choose service and product providers that value, repeat “value” this world we live in. Make a difference by going green!

About Heather Paulson

Heather Paulson is the President of PaulsonManagementGroup.com which provides Affiliate Management, Paid Search Management, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Management and affiliate video production and affiliate recruiting services.

Heather was appointed to the Affiliate Summit advisory board in 2006. In 2007 Ms. Paulson was appointed to the advisory board for Affiliate Classroom. In 2007 Ms. Paulson was elected as PPCClassroom.com’s education manager. in 2008 Ms Paulson was nominated as a FAB member of the Performance Marketing Association and is an honorary recipient of the ACC Certified Affiliate Managers Course. in 2008 Heather Paulson was invited to become a member of The Internet Oldtimers Foundation. She has passed the Google professionals certification twice. Heather also blogs at Paulson Management Group Blog. You can follow Heather on Twitter: @Heatherpaulsons.

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  • christina

    I saw a feature on julib.com(LA edition) about a new eco-friendly baby store called The Little Seed, partially owned by Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster!). Worth a look for Green baby gifts…

  • http://www.aboutenlightenment.com Lori

    Love this article and wish you had more here like it. It's my hope that this profoundly helpful website will start to focus more attention on the conscious consumer market. It sure would be helpful to both affiliates and the planet.

    Thank you,
    Lori
    EvoSolutions
    <a href="http://www.aboutenlightenment.com” target=”_blank”>www.aboutenlightenment.com

  • Alan Friedrichsen

    The concept of ECM is great, but the reality is somewhat lacking. For starters, one thing they don’t tell you up front is that it costs at least $10 per shipment to have a piece of your mail physically delivered to you, even if it’s a single envelope! They refuse to use the USPS to forward mail, insisting on using only couriers that provide item tracking. Thus, their cheapest shipping option, even for a single envelope, works out to about $10 when you include taxes, etc. It’s probably more expensive on the East Coast or the farther you get from ECM’s Oregon sorting facility (I live in a major city in the Central U.S.)

    ECM is clearly targeting customers who receive lots of mail per week and can take advantage of bulk shipments or customers who can get away with reading their mail online and never need to physically receive it. In my case, I need to physically receive a handful of letters per month (legal documents, for instance), so unless I’m willing to wait until the end of the month to get these (which is difficult, since some of them are timely), I have to pay as much as $50/month extra to physically receive my critical mail. Other services forward through USPS for as little as $2-3/item. ECM needs to do likewise.

    I didn’t find out about this limitation until I received my first critical piece of mail. I was forced to pay $10 to ship that piece of mail, but thereafter, I immediately asked ECM to cancel my account … which they promptly did, but they neglected to tell me until the account was actually canceled that they would not be refunding any of the months I had already paid in advance!

    Buyer beware.