This week in funbeach-land
As the Visitors Bureau’s membership drive winds down (final-final-last-chance for inclusion in the Beach Vacation Planner is Thursday, about 2:00 pm.), we’ve made changes to member information such as enhanced listings and photos. New members won’t go online until late December, but we do our best to update changes in…
We're baaaaaack….!
You may have noticed we took a break from the blog. Partially, I’ll tell the truth, we’ve just plain been busier than a cattle dog at round-up. But also because we wanted to see what would happen if we just QUIT. We use our own site a fair amount to…
High Performance WordPress
Here at beachdog.com we did a complete overhaul of the Long Beach Visitors Bureau website, funbeach.com. We migrated over 150 static table-based html pages into WordPress. We were able to leverage WordPress to present custom data information and make the site more interactive. Overall, we were thrilled with how it…
Hands Down, The MOST VALUABLE Marketing Peninsula Businesses Can Buy
Una Boyle and Chris Goodwin from the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau (LBPVB) stopped in the other day to plan the upcoming annual membership drive for the organization. Una became Executive Director of the LBPVB just about the same time Keleigh started beachdog.com. Neither can believe how far both organizations…
Esteem Salon & Spa
When Tessah and Jami came in to talk about their new salon and its immediate needs, Sue wrote a note describing the nature of the appointment she was making for Keleigh and the women. Much to everyone’s delight, they fell in love with Sue’s handwriting and asked if we could…
Case Study: Branding on a Budget
Keith called on John Aylward after the “Great Coastal Gale of 2007.” John and his crew did an outstanding job of replacing the roofs on both our home and our office building. The home roof was composite…in a variety of layers and with five (yes, 5) different pitches. That is,…
Are you a DIY brochure designer?
You’re not alone! We do our best to meet people where they want to be met in the marketing process. Take the two brochures, below. The one on the left, Willapa Harbor Scenic Highway 101 Willapa Heritage Corridor, was a project of Raymond High School senior Mitchell Hatfield. He did…
Do you Roo?
Have you been to the Lost Roo yet? After much anticipation, the restaurant opened earlier this summer. Reviews have been great! Just as the new restaurant was seating its first patrons, we launched their new website. Of course, Kanga & Joey’s page are popular here at beachdog.com, but site statistics…
Meet Dave & Gay Weston
That’s Dave Weston, wrenched and ready to fix your appliances. Dave’s wife, Gay, stopped in a couple of weeks ago and spoke the words that are music to a graphic designer: “I really like your work so here’s our information; make us a business card”. “Are you sure she said…
Experienced Sign Painter, Ocean Park
Sign makers of John Edwards’ era, craftsmen who hand-letter and understand first-hand the need for limited text, white space, and fonts tall enough to read at a distance…or at a drive-by speed, are hard to come by these days. We met John after he had translated a few of Keleigh’s…
