If you’re a nonprofit with no budget, you can still have a great website

By Tim Priebe on November 19, 2010 at 7:34 am in General

nonprofit-1If you’re involved with a non-profit that could use a new website, I’ve got awesome, awesome news for you. But bear with me through a brief explanation…

Confession time. We have been cutting deals with non-profits for years. It’s true. We’ve never really publicized it, until now.

Emily came to me a couple weeks ago and made a fantastic suggestion. She suggested that instead of not letting people know we cut deals with non-profits, we let everyone know.

It was definitely a “duh” moment for me. Normally I come up with all the awesome ideas around the office (don’t ask my coworkers, just trust me on that), but this one from Emily was genius. In the back of my mind, I think I didn’t want to be inundated with requests from non-profits. Emily made the following points:

  • The more non-profits that ask for help, the more we can help

Okay, that was the only point I remember. But that was enough.

nonprofit-2We are in the process of redesigning our website and will definitely have a page dedicated to our new procedure for non-profit organizations. But I couldn’t wait to let everyone know. So if you’re a non-profit, here’s the deal:

  1. We meet with you, tell you about T&S, and you tell us about your non-profit. Information gathering for everyone.
  2. We take a week or so and come up with a proposal and estimate. (Occasionally, we can come up with this right away during the first meeting.)
  3. We bring you some options and tell you the prices for those options.
  4. You tell us what you can really afford.
  5. We give you the option that you were closest to, without going over. Kind of like The Price is Right, except you’re the only one bidding.

That’s it. No strings attached. I know we run a slight risk of a non-profit that can actually afford a website telling us they can’t, but we feel like the chances of that are pretty slim. After all, you are a person working for a non-profit, so you’re almost inherently honest.

Oh, and please know that all of this can easily be done over the phone. Just last week, we had phone meetings with three new non-profit organizations we’re doing websites for.

So if you are a non-profit, please let us sit down with you and chat. A client recently referred us to someone, telling the individual, “They like non-profits.”

He lied. We love non-profits.

Call us at 405.285.0348. Or, if you live outside of the OKC metro (we can still help!), call us toll free at 877.255.1566.

Why Oranges?

By Tim Priebe on November 8, 2010 at 7:23 am in General

Orange HeadWe have oranges on almost all our marketing materials. We have them on our website, fliers, business cards, etc. (Actually, everyone picks their fruit for their business cards, but I get to use oranges.) We even refer to T&S staff as Orangites. We get a lot of clients asking us about them, though. Why oranges?

Back in early 2009, Dave Roach was one of our designers. He was doing most of the work on our website redesign at the time, and threw some oranges in as a place-holder because they looked tasty. As it turned out, everyone who looked at them thought they looked great. Delicious and visually appealing.

Also, it turned out we could have fun with the whole thing across our brand. We added an orange-o-meter to our website. We started sending orange soda (among other things) to clients when their websites launched. We also started calling T&S staff by the name Orangites.

In fact, it turned out that Orangites was a great name! Not only was it consistent branding, but it was actually kinda accurate. So, with no further ado…

Top 5 reasons T&S Orangites are really like Oranges

5. We come in many varieties, all awesome.

4. Much like oranges, hanging around Orangites will help stave off scurvy. (Based on anecdotal evidence only. If you actually have scurvy, please contact a physician.)

3. All Orangites have navels.

2. We’re generally pretty sweet.

1. One word: Cuties.

Of course, the analogy isn’t perfect…

5 ways Orangites are not like Oranges

5. You can’t buy us in the grocery store.

4. We are not as acidic as household vinegar.

3. It’s NOT a good idea to lock us in your fridge.

2. Our peels cannot be used as a slug repellent.

1. Nobody here is named Julius.

We want you to work at T&S: 283-6459

By Tim Priebe on November 2, 2010 at 4:47 pm in General

shootingadamAlert! Alert! T&S is looking for someone to be a fantastic administrative assistant who may also have an interest in marketing. The position is 20-40 hours a week. That person should be awesome in the following areas:

  • Talking on the phone
  • Email
  • Typing and doing paperwork
  • Social networking
  • Mailing stuff
  • Making Tim frappuccinos
  • Shooting interns with rubber bands
  • Laughing at Adam’s jokes, even when they’re not funny

We’ll also accept people who would like to become awesome in those areas. (Laughing at Adam’s jokes takes practice.)

Interested? Leave a message at 405-283-6459, including your name, email address (spell it out), phone number, and why you’d be a great fit for T&S.