News and Press

Helping tell an exciting story with @SanJuanWBC Hotel

March 11, 2013 by Raul Colon

We are always looking for ways to help share local business’ stories and learn from the new relationships we establish when we get hired to help tell them.

We are excited to work with local boutique hotel San Juan Water and Beach Club , @SanJuanWBC on Twitter, on a new story that has unfolded thanks to the hard work of Chef Raúl Correa. He was nominated by Food and Wine Magazine for their People’s Best New Chef Gulf Coast category.

As people learn about Chef Raúl and what amazing meals he creates for Zest Restaurant, our community can read more about his experience as you vote for him in the category Gulf Coast. Voting started today and ends on March 18th!

As @rj_c stated today on his blog, we are rooting for him to win and the only way to do that is by voting for him!

You can Tweet to @FandW (Food & Wine) and let them know you voted for Chef Raúl Correa for the Gulf Coast Region and use the hashtag #PeoplesBNC.

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Thanks for Trusting us with your New Website @AlianzaPR

February 8, 2013 by Raul Colon

We took on the task of re-designing the website for a non-profit organization in Puerto Rico called Alianza para un Puerto Rico sin Drogas. We are glad to announce that their new website is up and running. We would like to thank all those who collaborated with us on this project specially Mindoven, Michael Castro, and Bianca Estrada.

To learn more about @AlianzaPR, visit their website, add them on Twitter and Facebook. Thanks to the organization (Roxanna, Melissa, & Raquel who worked closely with us) for trusting us with this task.

If you feel your website is not converting browsers into clients feel free to contact us directly to see how are team and partners can make that happen.

Puerto Rico 140Conf MeetUp unites Entrepreneurs

April 9, 2012 by Raul Colon

Recently Raul (@rj_c) has been helping out our friend @Mark_Hayward, owner of The Palmetto Guesthouse in Culebra, Puerto Rico, with organizing a 140Conf Meetup in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Once the details were finalized, we were able to spend time with @JeffPulver , founder of the 140Conf.com and @AlanWeinkrantz who helps with media relations of the #140Conf. We also met Gilad Zirkel and Marc Fischman from @Hashtagart (@Zirkel and @MarcF) who accompanied Jeff and Alan.

We stayed at the San Juan Marriott (Our Client and sponsor of the event) where the event took place and enjoyed conversations with people from all industries in Puerto Rico. The great thing about the event was that many of the individuals, 125 in total, were small businesses owners, entrepreneurs, web and app developers, bloggers who write on a variety of topics, and even a professional clown.

Jeff took the microphone and told us what sparked the #140Conf and what he expected people to learn while attending. One of the key takeaways that stuck in my head was that he wanted all types of people attending the event. There is no elitism and everyone from the farmer to the fisherman should attend this conference.

Prior to the event, Alan had the chance to tour and interview Dana Montenegro, owner of Seriously Creative or @Space4Ideas on Twitter. This leads us to the video below where you can hear Dana explain the concept behind this unique workspace and his views on startups and entreprenurialship.

I agree with Dana when he says there are talented individuals on this island that are starting their own businesses and collaborating with like minded individuals provided that they are able to come together and meet. This is exactly what the 140Conferences are about; collaboration, innovation, and perhaps the chance to work together in order to create mutually beneficial opportunities.

If we are to enable these types of collaborations on the island we must find Sponsors to bring this 140Conf, that is becoming a global event, to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. If you or your company are interested in Sponsoring, please let us know in the comments or contact form.

Were you at the #140Conf Meet-Up in San Juan last Tuesday?

What were your key take aways?

Thanks to Alan Weinkrantz for the video.

CIMA goes along for the ride with Food Truck Freak in Chicago

July 20, 2011 by Raul Colon

As we write this, we are craving some of the Vegetarian options on some of the food trucks that can be located with the FoodTruckFreak.com . I have to say that we are more than happy to be part of this awesome concept.

We want to thank Alex Levine for choosing CIMA IT as her business partner to help people in Chicago find their favorite food trucks. The website, in its Initial Phase, has the following:

Profiles of Food Trucks with
- Yelp Reviews
- Facebook Like Box
- Foursquare Check Ins
- Latest Tweets
- Next Stop on Schedule
A Food Truck Locator
Truck menu
A comment area so people can leave their opinions on each food truck.
Blog with reviews of food trucks and experiences.

There are many extras to be added to the site. So if you are in Chicago or are planning to visit, stop by the site and take a look at the options these great culinary artists present to the public on wheels.

With just a few days as a live page, FTF has been mentioned in three news articles; one from London and two from Chicago:

Food Trucks are in gear to stay : Writes about how some people in the Food industry think that Food Trucks have come to a lull or will see its demise soon but sites like FTF prove otherwise.

Food Truck Freak helps you find trucks without Twitter Fuss : Writes about how FTF’s site has a feature that allows you to know where the food truck will be located in advance instead of guessing or checking twitter.

Stop the Twitter Stress! Find all your favorite Food Trucks the Easy Way : Writes about how FTF’s site aggregates and facilitates finding your favorite food trucks in one spot.

Our best wishes to @alexklevine and the rest of the FoodTruckFreak.com team.

Join the Alliance of @PapaHeroes

June 22, 2011 by Raul Colon

In collaboration with @RickLipsett of UNDODigital.com , CIMA IT Solutions co-founders Raul Colon, Lucilla Feliciano, and several parent collaboraters, a new group of Super Heroes have emerged in the form of @PapaHeroes !

Why the name Papá Heroes? At one point or another we thought and might still think that our parents could leap tall buildings, bend steel with their minds, or fly to our rescue when we needed them. And they did all of these feats without today’s new technological tools. But when these tools fall into the wrong hands, they can be a dangerous thing for children and families.

We launched on Father’s Day , June 19th, 2011 with the hopes that dad’s and parents would share the information and sign up to be contributors and receive updates. Badges and banners were also created to post on blogs.

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