July 2008 - Splat, Inc.

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Random and intentional thoughts on digital design & marketing

Month: July 2008

The Franklin Institute, De-Institutionalized

Love it or hate it, The Franklin Institute has a new public face, even a new (shorter name): The Franklin. Founded in 1824, the Philadelphia science museum has been a popular tourist attraction, despite its on-again-off-again reputation as a dusty and dated destination for reluctant field-trippers. Hoping to attract larger audiences and improve its public […]

Pumping Up Housing Hysteria in the Press

I’m sometimes not sympathetic when homebuilders complain to the press that they unfair press coverage, but consider this: Yesterday, MSNBC ran a story that new home sales were down 2.6 percent in the month of June. Today’s front page headline story about housing is entitled “Still slumping: New-home Sales Drop Again.” If you actually read […]

More Thoughts on Online Marketing

(I’ve been reading a lot about online marketing strategies lately. Turns out it is really complicated stuff! I can say that with authority because, after all, I’m an industry professional…) Seriously, though. We’ve been advising our clients for quite some time that getting noticed on the web takes a trifle more than hiring us to […]