From the monthly archives:
Meet local marketers and enjoy the downtown scene.
When: Thursday, June 12, from 5:30 to 7:30p
Where: Six Penn Kitchen, 146 Sixth Street, Pittsburgh
Who: Anyone, plus members of the American Marketing Association’s Pittsburgh chapter
How much: $20 for food, two drinks, and unlimited mingling
Enhanced mingling is courtesy of The Famous Grouse, Scotland’s oldest working distillery, whose reps will [...]
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The excellent blog of SmallFuel Marketing is full of great information about how to do better marketing for small business. But iif you don’t have time to read through the whole site, you can at least check out this article on the whys and hows of small business blogging:
The big picture of blogging for business [...]
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Funny and painfully true: twenty-eight tips for “How to Make the Worst Website“
Creating a terrible website seems to be a common goal on the
internet. I’ve seen it accomplished many times, so I thought I’d make
it easier for everyone and post the ultimate guide.
From the time a visitor enters your site to the time they exit,
there [...]
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Jonlor Developments is a custom builder and architectural firm based in the Pittsburgh area. The president, John Rizzi, wanted a website that would showcase the beautiful homes they’ve built through a photo gallery.
John had a clear idea of how the homepage of the site should look: a full-page photo of a Jonlor home that’s styled [...]
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Kathie Shoop’s blog Housewife Cafe was one of the first blogs we built, back in 2005. Kathie has been blogging ever since, as well as continuing to write fiction and publish articles in various places.
As her writing has taken a new direction, she felt her blog was ready for a new look and a new [...]
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Last week we launched the website of Christy Rippel, a talented copywriter and PR specialist.
This was a fun site to build — and not only because Christy is a fun person to work with. The visual look was intended to reflect Christy’s friendly personality, but still convey her professionalism. She suggested a slightly retro look, [...]
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DevHouse Pittsburgh is "the premier Pittsburgh-area hackathon event that combines serious and not-so-serious productivity with a fun and exciting party atmosphere."
We’re about rapid development, ad-hoc collaboration, and cross pollination. Whether you’re a l33t hax0r, hardcore coder, or passionate designer, if you enjoy software and technology development, DevHouse Pittsburgh is for you.
DevHouse is not a marketing [...]
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Inspiring and original design: “26 Hand Drawn Websites” listed by inspiredology.com.
Obvious applications: a personal blog, a school or daycare site, an artist’s gallery, an architect’s portfolio.
Less obvious applications: a business marketing to a young or jaded audience, a venture capitalist (back of the envelope calculations or napkin note-taking), any business not automatically thought of as [...]
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