Blog Archives

  1. Find-A-Sweetheart Finds a New Home

    logo_kathrynlord.gifFind-A-Sweetheart has been a sweetheart of a client, and owner Kathryn Lord has been growing her site for years.

    She finally outgrew her Blogger/HTML pages/Contribute system, and we moved the whole site into ExpressionEngine this month.

    We didn’t change the design hardly at all, other…

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  2. Retainers and You: When Is a Retainer a Good Idea?

    Recently, we at Hop Studios raised our rates in order to stay competitive and to better handle the increased demand for our services.  As we did this, we mentioned to several clients that it was possible to arrange a lower rate if they paid a retainer, and though there was interest, there…

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  3. Improvements at Truthdig

    Truthdig LogoIt’s been just a short time since we updated you on Truthdig, but the site just keeps on improving.  Some of the newest changes to the site:

    • They served their 1 millionth unique visitor
    • They added a section called “The Truthdig Interviews” which has conversations with some interesting…

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  4. Bristol Industries Site Relaunch

    logo_bristol_industries.gifBristol Industries needed four websites in one, to handle four of the companies that make up their wide range of service offerings.  This includes environmental & engineering services, design and building services, construction services and fuel systems services.

    They contacted Sonya…

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  5. Wisdom Sources Turns Wiser

    Thanks to Susie’s book, Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies, we’ve been approached more and more often by people who are trying to market themselves.  And thanks to Kathryn Lord, a client and friend who’s a romance coach, many of those people are coaches and counselors.

    embrace_blog_logo.jpgOur latest site…

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  6. Meeting Rose

    We got a chance to meet Rose Levy Beranbaum, the author of The Cake Bible and a passionate blogger at the site we built for her, Real Baking With Rose.

    Rose was in Seattle recently to be the MC of a cookbook awards show, and she drove up to Vancouver to eat at Tojo’s, a local sushi…

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