Archive for the ‘Life in an Internet Agency’ Category

A Good Laugh From My Drive On My Way To Work

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Coming up Mopac South taking the 5th Street exit heading downtown to White Lion, I appreciate the thought El Arroyo puts into their signage.

This morning’s sign had me circle back to take a quick pic.

Cracked me up!!!

Steve C. Kahle
Owner
White Lion Internet Agency

Rubbermaid Personalized Organizing Website Service launches during National Get Organized Month

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Rubbermaid recently partnered with The Clutter Diet to provide unlimited access to direct, personal help from a team of Certified Professional Organizers(R) through an online forum and weekly action plans for members. With creative direction from Rubbermaid, White Lion married the functionality from the established Clutter Diet membership service with the Rubbermaid brand to provide an online service for Rubbermaid’s followers and users.

Behind the scenes, White Lion seamlessly integrated third party software with custom code to provide an enjoyable, online signup process, membership based templates, as well as a backend reporting system for tracking purposes. Rubbermaid Personalized Organizing members enjoy the full ‘power’ of The Clutter Diet with online tools to help lose clutter and reduce stress!

We encourage you to visit the recently launched Rubbermaid Personalized Organizing Online Service and start getting rid of your clutter too!

Michelle Loeper
Project Manager
White Lion Internet Agency

The Snow Day Remembered

Friday, February 11th, 2011

It’s hard to believe that just recently snow and ice brought most of Austin to a crawl.

Dina, our lead project manager who conveniently lives a stone’s throw from the White Lion World Headquarters, took this shot last Friday as most of us stayed hunkered down working remote.

As we mentioned in an Austin Business Journal article, the snow and ice has certainly seemed to thaw as it relates to the economy. We are really excited about the significant uptick in new custom web design and development opportunities.

As our business heats up so does the weather, as we should see temperatures in the 80s next week. So long snow and ice.

Steve C. Kahle
Managing Principal
White Lion Internet Agency

Happy Valentines Day!

Friday, February 11th, 2011

From everyone at White Lion, we wish you a Happy Valentines Day. Enjoy the day with the ones you love most!

Happy Valentines Day

We also want to give a huge shout out to some new clients to join the White Lion family:

Toppan Photomasks
Sanderford & Carroll Law Firm
Bury+Partners Engineering Firm

Rachel Rosenblum
Project Manager
White Lion Internet Agency

Well We’re Movin’ On Up!

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

(Cue the theme from The Jefferson’s.) The 2011 Austin Business Journal Book of Lists is out and White Lion made another huge jump up in the rankings.  Since participating in the annual survey, White Lion has consistently ranked in the top 25 Web Designers & Developers category.  Since 2008, we’ve moved up through the ranks from the number 10 spot to 9 in ’09.  This year, we made a solid jump up to the #4 spot!

We owe a huge thank you to our clients for this success.  (Well, I could go on about our amazing team too – but, enough about us.)  White Lion is extremely fortunate to have wonderful clients some of whom have been with us for 10 years or more.  So, a big thank you goes out to all of our clients past, present and future. We thank you for your business, your trust and your friendship. Here’s looking forward to a happy and prosperous 2011 to all!  Happy New Year!

The Book of Lists is an annual ranking of businesses across multiple industries and published each year by the Austin Business Journal.  Want to know the leader in a particular market?  Check out the ABJ’s Book of Lists.

Tracy Hinson
Business Development
White Lion Internet Agency

Trio Life Fitness is Alive

Friday, November 19th, 2010

It was about eight weeks ago when we started working on the Trio Life Fitness website.  Well now it’s live and looking gorgeous, and the slide show of images on the home page really show off the beauty of the new club.

Andrew Hamlin
Information Architect
White Lion Internet Agency

Finding superfoods gets a little bit easier

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010

Located in Austin, Texas, Genesis Today is a world leader in creating nutrient-rich products made from all-natural superfoods.  Genesis Today is one of the country’s fastest growing juice brands and an emerging leader in the superfood consumer category.  They are also one of White Lion’s newest clients.

Genesis Today’s increasing popularity has customers clamoring to find their nearest retailer, but the existing store locator on Genesis Today’s site wasn’t getting the job done. White Lion consulted and worked with the Genesis Today team to rework their store locator. The results were improved usability and increased accuracy that reflects their product segmentation at various retailers in a clearer fashion.

Congratulations to Genesis Today for making the Austin Business Journal’s Fast 50 Awards.  They ranked #6 as one of the fastest growing companies in Central Texas!  The White Lion team wishes you continued success and momentum in 2011!

Tracy Hinson
Business Development
White Lion Internet Agency

White Lion posts three more client video testimonials

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Who can say it better than our clients?

White Lion Client Video Testimonials

Check out our home page for three new client video testimonials!

Steve C. Kahle
Managing Principal
White Lion Internet Agency

New website launched for an Austin law firm

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Today we launched the redesign of the George & Brothers law firm site (http://www.georgeandbrothers.com/).  George & Brothers, L.L.P. is an Austin-based litigation firm.

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In addition to the updated visual identify and information architecture, the site features custom back-end for the attorneys to manage their team members, practice areas, recent news and upcoming events.

Andrew Hamlin
Information Architect
White Lion Internet Agency

Redefine Networking

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

A few weeks ago, I attended the Austin AMA’s monthly luncheon to hear keynote speaker Peter Shankman talk about smart self-promotion.  Peter is the founder of HARO (helpareporter.com) and has been described by PR Week magazine as “redefining the art of networking”.  In a nutshell, Peter’s philosophy is simple: Incorporate helping and your self-promotion will work.  Brilliant!  It’s simple and smart and just so happens to be my approach to networking as well.

So many people cringe at the thought of networking events.  To them, networking feels like shameless self promotion and fake.  So my advice is to redefine the idea of networking.  Don’t go to a networking event, expecting to close a deal.  Don’t go with the expectation of getting anything out of it for yourself.  Just go and connect with people.  Have a genuine curiosity about who they are and what they do (at work or away from the office).  Don’t be the person that is there waiting for others to drop business in your lap.  Be passionate about what you do and be there to help others.

Give without the intent of getting anything in return.  Chances are you could be surprised with what comes back around to benefit you in the end.

Tracy Hinson
Business Development
White Lion Internet Agency