Design Hope is ramping up pretty quickly, and we're excited to announce quite a few huge partnerships. This has grown from an idea I had laying in bed the other night to an internationally supported endeavor from some of the top names in the design business. I am truly blown away by the generosity of all these companies and excited to share them with you. Check it out!

ExpressionEngine is the only CMS we use, period. It's incredibly flexible and powerful while using a syntax that even I can understand. We've tried everything else, and nothing comes close! In addition to providing an EE license, EllisLab has also offered a Forum Module and Multiple Site Manager Expansion if you need it. That's potentially $500 worth of software for free!

EngineHosting is generously dontating a year of their Shared Hosting S-2 Account. We hear their servers are rock solid and the support is top notch, friendly and personal. Worth around $240.

Newism wanted to add another dimension to the promotion and has offered to design a email newsletter campaign and integrate it with Campaign Monitor. Now you'll be able to update your clients in style!

The wonderful people over at Campaign Monitor are huge supporters of the design community and are donating almost $200 worth of email credits so you can send great looking emails, have access to amazing reports, track your progress, and not have to pay for it for a long time.

As if all this weren't enough, the generous folks at the IconFactory are donating a set of icons from StockIcons! Very awesome indeed.
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