GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PALM SPRINGS DESKTOP.COM WHAT IS PALM SPRINGS DESKTOP.COM? Palm Springs Desktop.com is an electronic newsletter, delivered free to opt-in subscribers. WHAT DO SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVE? Palm Springs Desktop.com subscribers receive one e-mail, Monday-Thursday, with news and information about local events and activities, as well as special offers available throughout the Coachella Valley. WHO'S READING PALM SPRINGS DESKTOP.COM? Subscribers that have identified themselves, consist of business professionals, civic leaders, media personnel, local retirees, desert residents, and frequent visitors to the desert who regularly use the Internet as a way of obtaining information. Because Palm Springs Desktop.com is delivered electronically through the Internet, the potential for circulation is unlimited. Within the first eight months of operation, Palm Springs Desktop.com earned an audience of readers throughout Inland Empire, San Diego and Orange Counties, parts of Nevada, Washington and Hawaii and as far away as New York.

PRESS RELEASES

The Desert Sun, - February, 2004

Local businesswoman Bernadine Bogdanovs is pleased to announce the launch of Palm Springs Desktop.com, a daily information resource for the desert's Internet community meant to promote e-commerce within the Coachella Valley. The web site provides informative daily e-mails featuring area events, activities and money saving offers. Anyone with an e-mail account can subscribe free of charge. Palm Springs Desktop.com has been "Delivering the Desert to your Desktop" since November, 2003. For more information, call 778-1699.

The Public Record - February, 2004

Coachella Valley native Bernadine Bogdanovs has launched a service to promote e-commerce within the valley. Palm Springs Desktop.com provides local resident's e-mails outlining area events, activities and money saving offers. Each e-mail contains hyperlinks to web sites of businesses and organizations publicizing their products and services. Free subscriptions are available to anyone with an e-mail account. Palm Springs Desktp.com delivers e-mail every weekday, each offering a different theme. For instance, Monday features a health focus and Thursday is reserved for dining and entertainment. More information is available at www.palmspringsdesktop.com

Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce Address- August, 2004

On December 9, 2002, Amazon.com reported taking single day sales that numbered a record 1.7 million orders in one business day. It's important to note that the figure represents 1.7 million orders, not dollars. Consider that the average order was a minimum of $20 and multiply that by 1.7 million. The following December, Amazon.com reported breaking their previous record by logging orders at a rate of 24 orders every second.

Nearly everyone here today has made a contribution to the success of Amazon.com, probably without realizing that they could have purchased that same item locally, and supported a local business. However, we shop online, along with the other millions of Americans because of the ease and convenience that online shopping provides.

Nearly everyone here today is a member of a new community, the desert's Internet community. Nine months ago, Palm Springs Desktop.com was established to provide a daily information resource for the desert's Internet community, and to promote e-commerce in the Coachella Valley. Monday through Friday, Palm Springs Desktop.com publishes an electronic newsletter that provides information about desert events, activities and attractions. Currently, over 25 business and non-profit organizations contribute to this free e-newsletter that is geared to draw attention and visitors into desert websites. Within the first eight months of operation, Palm Springs Desktop.com generated a reach that includes readers throughout the Coachella Valley, the Inland Empire, Orange & San Diego counties and even parts of the Pacific Northwest, Nevada and Arizona, and as far away as New York….Palm Springs Desktop.com is the electronic newsletter that Delivers the Desert to your Desktop.