New Advertisement in The Onion
We've started to advertise in one of my favorite (fake) newspapers... The Onion.And we got our first lead by phone yesterday from it, too.Here's a look at the ad (it seems to resonate for some people:
Great New Spam Filter
We just put in a new spam filter for a client, and here's the stats of how much traffic it blocked in the first few days:Friday - Saturday: 19,000 spam emailsSaturday - Sunday: 10,000 spam emailsSunday - Monday: 9,000 spam emailsThis has not only cut down on having to...
Recent Photos from Passover In Moab
FYI, here's a link to the photos that I took in Moab:After sifting through 2,200 images, I've posted the top 137 images from Passover...Flash...
Email Marketing Expert Needed in Boulder, Colorado
.................................. Email Marketing Expert..................................We're looking for a contract to hire person to help design, test and deploy email campaigns for our clients. All campaigns are opt-in, permission-based marketing, sent to...
RMIUG receives $10 million from Federal Stimulus bill, opens grant process
Note: Please check the date of this posting (April 1, 2009!)...----------------------------RMIUG receives $10 million from Federal Stimulus bill, opens grant process:: For Immediate Release ::April 1, 2009Boulder, CO: The Rocky Mountain Internet User's Group (RMIUG)...
Non-Profit Fundraising Case Study: Brooklyn Autism Center Raises $76,625 in Campaign
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein The Goal: Raise $50,000 via targeted email campaign, online donation form, and a short video. (Campaign has raised $76,625 to date.) Our Pitch / Idea: Mark Wood on our team listened closely to the needs of the Brooklyn Autism...
Search Engine Optimization: SEO=PR
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein What is a #1 search result worth to a business or organization? For my wife's site, a top result for "bar mitzvah rabbi" led to a front page New York Times feature article (this Sunday). It started with a Google Search and a...
One Million Faces Website
Peggy Dyer, our office mate and photographer extraordinaire, has created a new website, www.onemillionfaces.org. We were happy to help her with the coding of the site, and threw in the PageDirector content management system software, including the SEO control...
Coolest looking fish I've ever seen…
This isn't photoshopped, but is a real fish. It is probably the coolest looking fish I've ever seen... check it out:http://www.happynews.com/news/2262009/researchers%20solve%20mystery%20deep%20sea%20fish%20tubular%20eyes.htm
Contact Me Now option can help boost Web sales
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein Q: We're not getting any sales leads from our Web site. I know we have lots of visitors (according to our statistics program), but we're not converting them into prospects. A: Put yourself in the shoes of a potential customer....
A great note from a happy customer…
Yesterday, we received a wonderful note from a happy customer. We spent a lot of time working on helping them sell a deal... that got approved, then paused, due to the economic environment. We're very appreciative! Here's the letter: We love customer feedback! Our...
Photos to be published in National Geographic Adventure Magazine!
It's always a good day when you find out that your photos will be published in National Geographic's Adventure Magazine; this was for a photoshoot that I did for my wife's organization last year in Moab, Utah. I'll post a link as soon as it's published.
45% of U.S. Population Has Email.
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein The Dot-Com hype is long, long dead. And the economy is trying to shrug off a recession. Anyone who currently has a job at a technology startup is nervous. And most of the Venture Capitalists are still licking their wounds. The...
Customer Paradigm awarded the prestigious "Supplier of the Year" by the Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association
We're so thrilled that the Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association (RMDMA) awarded Customer Paradigm the prestigious "Supplier of the Year" on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. It's such an honor to be nominated for the award by our clients, many of whom are also...
New Mobile Version of the Customer Paradigm Site Launched
We're very excited to announce that we've just launched a new mobile version of the www.CustomerParadigm.com site (Try visiting it on your mobile device). The way in which it works: - If someone comes to the site, our PageDirector Content Management System (CMS)...
8 Actions For Your Business to Thrive in A Recession
Bary Motlz posted a great 8 point article about what you can do to survive the market downturn... I'll post the first few items here, but visit his site for the complete list: http://barrymoltz.com/rants/articles/8-actions-for-your-business-to-thrive-in-a-recession 1....
One of our clients, Allergy Kids, will be on Dr. Phil tomorrow!
Yay!! AllergyKids is scheduled to appear on Dr Phil’s new show The Doctors tomorrow (Thursday Oct 16th) on CBS. Here is the link for more info if you are interested:http://thedoctorstv.com/main/show_page/45
Watch Wal-Mart Grow
Pretty interesting look at the growth Wal-Mart has seen over the years... Check it out: Watch it Grow!
New logo for Customer Paradigm
It's official... we've designed a new logo for the company. As we expand our ability to serve customers into the print design, trade show marketing and direct marketing arena, we're coming up with a new look for the company's website and a new logo. The three...
Eddie Dombrower Speaking in Boulder, Sponsored by Customer Paradigm
We're happy to sponsor this upcoming event in Boulder: Eddie Dombrower is a video game designer, programmer and producer who has created products for Atari, Mattel, Electronic Arts, Activision and Children's Television Workshop. A one-time ballet dancer, he designed...
Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the World Yet??
Not yet! But do stay tuned for updates...And on that note, take a few minutes to celebrate NASA's 50th Anniversary on a beautiful audio-visual tour.
New Google Chrome Browser is Good… but where's my Google Toolbar?
The new Google browser is fast, and I just placed an ecommerce order on a site to test out a lot of the functionality. Chrome is fast, it's clean, and is a refreshing non-bloated browser. As a web development company, we don't love the fact that we now need to test in...
Raise Smoke Free Kids
So, I am the kind of person who will visit a website when they see it on the back of a bus... I justify it as research. But this is a great site. It uses videos and animation to tell a story, and has a nice layout. From an SEO standpoint, the site doesn't really do...
57,000 emails in an inbox
One of our client's servers and sites has been running a bit slowly... and after a lot of research, changes to the site and server configuration, I found out why: One person's email inbox had accumulated over 57,000 emails in their inbox. Each time a new message was...
Humble in Boulder with Anonymous Gold Medal Athletes
So, last night I'm watching the women's marathon, and the leader of the pack and subsequent Gold Medal winner, Constantina Tomescu looked familiar. Oh, it's just a coincidence... she just looks familiar. Then the announcer said that while she is running for Romania,...
Moving to a bigger office (255% bigger)
The last few weeks, it's been clear: we've literally run out of desks for the team. People have been working at the conference tables, and even doubling up. So we're excited that we're making the move at the end of the month to a new office. The good news: it's just...
Cheesy Flash Intros to Avoid – Sample Sites
Thanks to David Abrams, for responding to my latest newsletter about avoiding cheesy flash intros to avoid.Here's his suggestions:1. This one takes the cake. You have a 2048 by 1280 display? Too bad. We are going to open a 500 by 500 window to show you our store...
Sites of the Week from Customer Paradigm – July 9th, 2008
Take a look at our Sites of the Week These are the sites we're looking at this week for fun and inspiration. Amazing wedding photos: http://www.jessicaclaire.net/ Fight the Smears.com - A great way to combat negative press: htttp://www.fightthesmears.com/
8 Ways To Drive Targeted Traffic #1: Give Away Something for Free
eLearning Series by Jeff Finkelstein A website is a destination. Like a store that you have to get into your car and drive to, you have to entice people to come to the site. This next series, Eight Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website, is designed to help you come up...
New Blog From One of Our Team Members
Ali on our team has a new blog... Fun reading for escape:TheKissingLessons.Blogspot.com
Customer Paradigm launches new website for Secure World Foundation
I think it's pretty common in the technology field to have a deep interest in space. So when we were able to work on the re-launch of the Secure World Foundation's website: http://www.secureworldfoundation.org/, our whole team was very, very excited. It's nice to be...
Allergy Kids on Good Morning America
Always a wonderful thing when one of our clients gets on national TV. Our client, AllergyKids.com was featured on the June 23, 2008 Good Morning America segment, Additives, Allergies and ADHD: Is There a Connection?Read more...









