Birch Studio’s primary output is creativity. All of the work that we produce is custom: graphic design, web design, user interface design, data visualization, etc. To keep our wits about us, we needed a process that could be the same each time for us. The following is a summary of the tips David shared at the seminar hosted by the Center for Non-profit Excellence on July 19, 2011. (more…)
Thanks to your support, Birch Studio has been nominated for Best of C-ville! Voting ends July 5th. So if you haven’t voted for us yet, please take a minute to do so right now.
We need all of you (and your friends, family, colleagues) to follow this link and vote for Birch Studio now for the “Best Graphic and Web Designer” category in section 5, #20 under Services. www.surveymonkey.com/s/BOC2011
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We did a fun little side project to promote ourselves for Best of C-ville. Check out why we’re the best here: www.birchstudio.com/bestof
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The C-ville Weekly newspaper has opened its annual Best of C-ville voting and primary nominations are happening now. Primary winners will be included in a multiple-choice final ballot for the Best of C-ville voting for 2011. (more…)
Networking event and fundraiser for the Chesapeake Bioscience Educational Foundation (C-BEF)
We had a great an evening of networking with life science professionals, took a tour of Indoor Biotechnologies’ labs, viewed works by local artists, featuring artwork and sculptures by local artists from BozArt Gallery and University of Virginia. Moroccan and Mediterranean food was provided by Aromas Café. C-BEF is a charitable organization whose mission is to encourage young people to explore careers in innovative fields such as life sciences. Among other initiatives, C-BEF funds internships at eligible biotech companies through matching grants. www.c-bef.org. (more…)
David Robinson will co-lead a workshop with Todd Tweedy, for the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce on cost-effectively driving traffic to your website. Topics include search engine optimization (also called organic search), paid search, leveraging social media and email marketing.
Download a copy of the presentation on search engine optimization [10.8MB] here.
Our Studio hosted an Open House for the design community and the general public last week & we met lots of interesting people. Some were from other firms, some were architects and some were neighbors. The food was from Everyday Gourmet and the cupcakes were from Cappellino’s Crazy Cakes. We had some recent samples of our print work available as well as recent websites completed running on the projector. See pictures on our Facebook fan page:
Here’s a link to the DesignWeek website.
Next week, we will have a discussion with other local small biz owners and the SBA (Small Business Administration) as well as Senator Warner about the 2009 Recovery Act. Otherwise known as The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, it will have a significant impact on small businesses and on the credit crunch. This Act will provide tax incentives and financing opportunities that will help small businesses create jobs.
Our Creative Director, David Robinson will co-lead a Chamber of Commerce workshop on Tuesday March 24th called “Make Your Website Worth Visiting”. He will also be leading another workshop on Wednesday, April 15th from 9am to noon as well.
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On Thursday, Feb. 12th from 8 in the morning till 6pm in the evening, the 2 women at Birch Studio attended a conference at the DoubleTree Hotel sponsored by the Chamber called- Quadruplicity -Balance of Career, Life, Money and Health!
Our Studio had a booth there and gave out some great swag as usual. The day was all about success, education, networking, personal growth and leadership development. It started with a networking breakfast and then an energized panel about social networking which includes Facebook, LinkedIn and blogging of course. (more…)
Piedmont Futures has recruited our Senior Designer, Wes Boyd, to speak at the 10th Grade Career Days at Piedmont Virginia Community College on March 12th, 2009. We feel that this will be a wonderful opportunity to get students excited about the design field. This event serves nearly 2000 students from the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Nelson, Fluvanna and Greene.
