I really, really like it. At first, it’s a novel idea to have a corporate site that is essentially a blog. It’s a smart (and inexpensive) way for a company to set up their web presence that says a lot about the company.

But it’s also nice to see our efforts so well understood in our first outside recognition:

And after reading most of the site, it’s not just the fact that it’s a blog that is impressive, it’s the content of the posts. I don’t know else where you’re going to find this much honesty on a debt settlement negotiator’s site, or on any corporate web site.

It reminds of the the whole idea of public companies vs. private companies (Provanta is privately held). The basic idea is that public companies have a whole host of reporting requirements so that investors presumably have all they need to make an informed investment decision, should they be inclined to purchase stock in the company. Of course, as we’ve seen in one corporate scandal after another, it’s not only fraud (“cooking the books”) that’s a problem, it’s that corporate interests have the “advantage” of millions of dollars towards lobbying efforts. It’s hard not to view the plethora of barrier-to-entry securities regulation as “the best set of laws money can buy.” At Provanta, we want to do our part in leading the way to a point where one day, the chief competitive weapon small, private companies have against the massive ones is that they don’t hide behind elite spin public relations firms. That’s not to say we’re going to be posting our P&L or tax returns, but we do want to be as open and transparent about the true nature of the services we perform for clients as possible.