Your Plan B Company

On February 2nd, JameyB turns one year older.
And along with the groundhog - will she or won't she see her shadow?

(let's hope for an early spring in Chicago this year!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

(photo left to right: vintage 1970's JameyB and her mom playing Twister)

Happy Anniversary! And thank you for your continued support!

We've definitely had some fun with the wide variety of client projects through the years - everything from rockbands to musuems from small starts ups to Fortune 5's. And now travel guides to gardening and cooking for kids to antiques! Learning new things is just part of what we feel makes our work great!

And then there is the technology... in the beginning there were only grey backgrounds and html, then animations and sound, flash and ecommerce and now CMS solutions and more interactivity! Keeping ahead of the curve is something both challenging and good for us to stay creative.

DavidB and I would like to thank everyone who has worked with us as a team since we started back in 1997. We couldn't have done this without you ;) Special thanks to Catherine and Atalee for rounding out the YPBCo crew for the past 8 years! You guys rock!

A big bash is in the planning stages to celebrate this year - watch your inbox for our party invitation!

Get your calendar ready for upcoming must-go events about the web!

Web Content 2009
Web Content 2008 brought together nationally recognized technology, content, and marketing authorities involved with creating, organizing, maintaining, and delivering web content, to share best practices, new approaches, lessons learned, and provide real-world examples.
Date: June 15-16, 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Link: http://www.webcontentconferences.com/chicago/

2009 Media Summit
The 2009, Media Summit New York is the Premier International Conference on Media, Broadband, Advertising, Television, Cable & Satellite, Mobile, Publishing, Radio, Magazines, News & Print Media and Marketing
Date: March 18-19, 2009
Location: McGraw-Hill Building, 49th St. & 6th Ave., New York City
Link: http://www.digitalhollywood.com/MediaSummit.html

Getting Started with Dreamweaver and CSS
Learn everything you need to know about building compelling websites using Adobe Dreamweaver CS4!
Date: March 26, 2009
Location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL
Link: http://www.mogo-media.com/seminars/getting-started-with-dreamweaver-and-css/2009/chicago/

The Next Web Conference
The Next Web is about the vision of the future of the web. We've great speakers who'll share their vision with the audience. The conference is known as one of the best networking events of Europe
Date: April 16th & 17th, 2009
Location: Westergasfabriek terrain, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Link: http://2009.thenextweb.org/

UIE Web App Summit 2009
The must attend event for anyone building web applications!
At the UIE Web App Summit, you'll meet the innovators and world-class designers behind today's most successful web apps.
Date: April 19-22, 2009
Location: Coronado Island, California
Link: http://www.uie.com/events/web_app_summit/2009/

CONNECTIONS
The digital living conference + showcase
Date: June 2-4, 2009
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
Link: http://www.parksassociates.com/events/connections/2009/index.html

An Event Apart
An Event Apart Chicago features 12 great speakers and 14 sessions—new material you haven't heard anywhere else! The schedule will be posted August 1, 2009.
Date: October 12-13, 2009
Location: Sheraton Towers, Chicago, IL
Link: http://www.aneventapart.com/2009/chicago/

Web 2.0 Summit
Only the Web 2.0 Summit (formerly named Web 2.0 Conference) brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together in one place at one time. The Summit is known for its interactive format, encouraging audience interaction and participation.
Date: October 20-22, 2009
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: http://en.oreilly.com/web2009/public/sv/q/102


We will update more cool web conferences throughout the year! All the details and dates have not been updated for some events coming up in the Summer and Fall...

Adobe Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, rich web content. Designs, animation, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience.


And here at Your Plan B Company we can integrate Flash to spice up your site!

Everything from animated banners to mini games to entire sites, we can design and build something to help attract new users, forward your site to a friend and have them bookmark the site for repeat visits!

See some of our Flash work:
BlackStarMines.com (flash map)
Chicago History Museum (greatchicagostories.com)
GreensbyWhite.com (process demos)
MarketEdgeGroup.com (entire site)
Motorbrains.com (entire site)
RonaldKnox.org (navigation)


Give us a call 773-665-2552
to brainstorm ways we can spice up your site today!

When was the last time you updated your website?
What is the date of the copyright?
Are you using the current standards like CSS?
Are you making your site easy to use? Easy to find?
Tracking your visitor stats?
Have you tested it on all the browsers?

REMEMBER the fresher your site the more visitors you will attract!

Give us a call 773-665-2552 to schedule a review of your current website and how we can help meet your 2009 online marketing goals!