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Web Design

ROI on Social Media?

March 8, 2010

This video was posted a few months ago on YouTube in the Socialnomics channel. Although it is not based on an authoritative study, it does gather together a lot of facts that help to put social media in context, revealing the power and potential of investing time, money and energy in it as compared to [...]

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WebSmart TV in the News

February 17, 2010

Headstand Media received a nice boost today on Ruth Ratney’s REEL CHICAGO website (Thank You!). The article entitled “Videos give “average Joes” basic web knowledge - Headstand Media boutique produces terminology Vblogs“ was written by Chris Shogren-Thompson based upon interviews with Benjamin Nelson, Headstand’s Creative Director, and background research. The article focuses on Headstand Media’s recent [...]

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WebSmart TV

January 27, 2010

Are you a regular person who is trying to make sense of all the new terms you hear being tossed around in conversations and in written messages such as: tweets, RSS, web 2.0, friend (used as a noun), blog, and many others? Does it make your brain hurt to think of figuring it all out? [...]

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Are Websites Becoming Less Important?

October 14, 2009

A friend named Jake Bland mentioned this blog site and post in a report he recently wrote, that I had an opportunity to scan. The post is called “Nobody Cares About Your Website” and was written by Eric Murrell. Media Salt’s tagline is: God isn’t bland. The Church shouldn’t be, either. Looks like a really [...]

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Sunshine Gospel’s Virtual Fund Rasier Event

September 14, 2009

Sunshine Gospel Ministries serves the inner city Woodlawn neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois. Like many Christian non-profit ministries, they rely heavily on funds donated by supporters. Usually, this means putting on a big fund-raising event like a banquet in the fall of the year, in order to raise the funds they need for the coming year.
This [...]

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Honorable Mention

August 29, 2009

Well, Dotster didn’t give us the big award, but we did get an honorable mention in their “Next Big Small Business Contest.” I still think Headstand Media did pretty good, and I personally like our submission best. I just think we didn’t gush all about “Dotster” like the others…. so we didn’t win.
Special thanks to [...]

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The Next Big Small Business Contest Video

August 6, 2009

Recently my company (Headstand Media) was selected as a finalist in Dotster’s Next Big Small Business contest. As a final step in that process, contestants were asked to create and post a video about themselves online at Vimeo. The creative minds on my team put together a video spoof based upon a typical “National Geographic” [...]

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About McDonald’s

March 23, 2009

After over a year of planning, discussion, negotiating, creating and producing, a new web 2.0 website for McDonald’s Corporation was launched LIVE today at http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com. Check it out!
This project was a very “web 2.0-like” collaborative effort involving many wonderful and talented people. It was a joy to work with each one of them.
I want to [...]

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The Best Gourmet Cupcakes in Chicago

December 9, 2008

If you are looking for a good place to dine with a cozy neighborhood atmosphere during this holiday season, or perhaps you have a craving for the best gourmet cupcakes in Chicago, then you need to visit Southport Grocery & Cafe! (View Images)
Lisa Santos, owner and chef, has created a great little neighborhood restaurant up [...]

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Sunshine Gospel Ministries Website

April 20, 2008

At the company I founded in 1996 called BIRKEY.COM, I was able to build a web design business first as a one man web designer, and then as a team when I merged with a software development firm. Most of my experience in those years was in designing sites for Windows servers using Microsoft based [...]

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