The two things people usually ask us are: how on earth we came up with our name, and if we're called Red Jellyfish, why do we have a green frog on our logo?

Well, it all goes back to when we started Red Jellyfish (of course, it wasn't really Red Jellyfish yet).  We began by building a directory of links to great natural products companies and wildlife organizations.  We would spend days on end just drilling through the search engines for every possible phrase; organic, recycled, natural, eco tourism. and on and on. We were astounded at the thousands of companies and organizations that we found who were doing great things out there.  It reminded me of a wonderful childhood memory from when I was 13, and went to summer camp. A bunch of us went down to the beach on a warm summer night, and saw thousands of Jellyfish in the water. I was amazed because up until that moment I had no idea that anything like that existed.  I had never even suspected that so many amazing beautiful creatures could be under the water.

So, the tie in to me was very personal, and, we named our labor of love Red Jellyfish. Happily, as it turns out, a lot of people happen to really like the name.  We smile when we do events and people come up and say something like " Red Jellyfish?? - I LOVE it..... what is it?"  This really cracks us up, and, of course, we are happy to let them know about our Jellyworld.  (Interviewers love this question too).

So many people would write us great encouraging letters that we started calling our members Jellyheads.  People seemed to like that too so we named our newsletter the Jellygram and my car became the Jellymobile.

As we grew in popularity many people began to associate us with the frog picture that was part of our home page.

   

They would say, "Oh, you're the ones with that cute frog on your website!" , or they would write us and put "ribbit" at the end of the email. So, we took our logo

 
and sat that frog right on top. This also worked out real well because we are active in preserving the rainforests, and that little guy is a Red Eyed Tree Frog.  Over time we dropped the .com to encompass our growing services, and there you have it! 

Best wishes,

Michael Galli
Founder and CEO
Red Jellyfish