Submitted by webdesign on Mon, 2006-10-02 15:56
I was recently introducing myself to someone when he asked what I did for a living.
“Web design,” I answered.
“Ah, a graphic artist!” the man replied.
I corrected him: “Web designer.”
In college, I was explaining to someone why I dropped the Computer Science major.
“But you’re still a programmer of sorts, right?” he asked.
I corrected him, too. “Web designer.”
Submitted by webdesign on Wed, 2006-10-04 12:11
Now that we’ve been able to firmly establish direct mail as a viable lead-generating alternative to the traditional marketing lead-generation strategies like newspaper and television, I’d like to begin to share some of these wins with you.
The Client:
One of our favorite clients to do marketing for is Institute of Technology – a school group in California. PlattForm proudly handles all of Institute of Technology’s marketing efforts.
Submitted by webdesign on Fri, 2006-10-06 13:46
Okay, so I blog. You’re reading it right now. Riveting, huh? But I always wondered – who the heck READS these things? Clients? Friends? Romans? Countrymen?
And, more importantly, HOW does one actually stumble across PlattForm’s blog? Magic? And while we’re on the subject … WHAT do you think of it? These are questions I need answered … NOW!
Submitted by webdesign on Mon, 2006-10-09 14:27
Something very nerdy happened recently in the world of search engine marketing: Google updated their Page Rank feature.
For those of you who aren't nerdy, Google Page Rank is a score of 0 to 10 that Google assigns a web site as a sort of quality score. This score is based on backlinks to that web site (a backlink is a link from another web site to your web site) and the type and quality of those backlinks.
Google updated the way their Page Rank evaluates and gives weight to backlinks.
Submitted by webdesign on Wed, 2006-10-11 16:05
I was an idiot in high school. I took classes like Baking, Remedial Math (twice) and Video Production. Fortunately, I had a single skill that pulled me through four arduous years of schooling: I could write. All the guys in Shop class were secretly jealous. As a result of having such an odd talent, I was begrudgingly lumped in with the Mensa/valedictorian types in every Advanced Placement English class I was forced to take.
Submitted by webdesign on Fri, 2006-10-13 14:54
I, for one, am always saying stupid things. Mercifully, it’s usually to myself – so I rarely get grief over it. But Lord knows, if someone says something stupid in my department I am the FIRST person to chastise and subsequently mock them.
In fact, several years ago I had the brilliant idea to post a board in our hallway. It’s called the “Quote of the Day” board … and it’s usually filled to the brim with random idiocracies. (I rarely make the board anymore … but only because I’ve resorted to a “Shields & Yarnell” mentality.)
Submitted by webdesign on Wed, 2006-10-18 15:33
Even before I started working here, I knew PlattForm was a different kind of advertising agency—I could tell that just by looking at their web site. Knowing this, I didn’t bother to tuck my shirt in for my job interview. (Looking back, that was probably a bad move, but they still hired me.) The woman who interviewed me was wearing jogging pants and a sweatshirt and had her hair back in a loose ponytail. The connection wasn’t made on first appearances.
Submitted by webdesign on Fri, 2006-10-20 15:02
I’m vain. I’m shallow. I’m narcissistic. And those are my good qualities. So it’s no wonder I commandeered a mobile airbrush spray tan van to come to PlattForm this week and turn everyone into Malibu Barbies and Malibu Kens.
Oh, and did I mention this week was Homecoming Week? Aaaaaand we’re having School Picture Day?
Submitted by webdesign on Mon, 2006-10-23 16:08
Typing typing typing typing...typing…still typing. If I keep doing this, an idea will come…not yet…typing…nothing…more typing…dots…typing…ah, yes, there we are.
Submitted by webdesign on Wed, 2006-10-25 14:34
It’s amazing to see how the lessons we all learned as children on the playground can reward us later in life.
For Monica Caldwell, a Senior Proofreader at PlattForm, the lesson that paid off the most for her was learning how to make friends. She said that making friends at work is what has helped her succeed at PlattForm.
Submitted by webdesign on Fri, 2006-10-27 09:21
I went to the Heartland Emmys last weekend in Denver with my oh-so amazing editor Jason Kerschner. The two of us somehow managed to score PlattForm’s first ever Emmy nomination … for a video PlattForm produced for a local charity, SAVE, Inc., which provides housing to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS.
Submitted by webdesign on Mon, 2006-10-30 16:09
I would imagine there are more effective ways to wind down after a hard day’s work, but I do it by watching three kids wrestle in the space between the television and the couch. The sounds of the TV usually fall deeply into background noise while the conversation I try to carry on with my wife sputters along to the pace and volume of the children.