- Quick, run out and sign up for a Facebook, Twitter & Youtube account. Hurry!
- Disjointed Marketing Efforts & Dead-End Websites
- Tough Times - Tough Marketing. Invest in Your Customer, be Creative and Do More with Less.
- Beware of the RFP! Get over your giddyness and take a closer look at your RFP’s
- Get Paid to Think - not task.
- We are looking to appoint a marketing firm. Could you put together a proposal?
- The Communication Process - Importance of Educating the Client
- Introducing New Concepts:Communicating Value to Clients
- Kenny Rogers and His Marketing Genius
- Marketing & Creative Consultants - Are We Doing Our Job?
- Helping Your Cause | Helping Clients Prepare for their Marketing Project
- Dealing With Client Delays and Extended Timelines
- Top Eight People to Watch Out For in Creative Projects
- Maintaining the Upper Hand: Don’t Send That Email!
- Tone of Voice | Make Like a Pilot, Speak Easy and Gain Trust
- Customer Service, Attitudes and THE Recession
- The Fire Under your Ass and Creativity - They Go Together like Peas and Carrots
- Pondering Inbound Projects - A quick study for an Agency
- The Website is Down! All interactive agencies will love this one.
- How to NOT be a Jack-ass during the client-agency introduction process
- Clients, contractors, designers & developers…will always busier than you
- 2+2=3 | Scoping Projects and Compensation - Tales from the Dark Side
- Internet Marketing | Design Industry Truisms meets Murphy’s Laws
- Need a Design Quote ASAP!
- Bad Client Stories From the Front Lines
StormPilot.us was built by and for the design, development and marketing industry. Who are we? We are the:
- Application Developers
- Consultants
- Marketers
- Web developers
- Web designers
- User interface designers
- Usability designers
- Copywriters
- Software developers
- Engineers (Computer/Software)
- Search Engine Marketing & Optimization professionals
- Print designers
- Graphic designers
Over the years, we’ve had so many stories to tell (or get off our chests really) that we could only imagine what stories were out there – that needed to be told. Well, this is that place. It is a forum where people like us can vent our frustrations, laugh a little, share some experiences and perhaps learn a little in the process.
We’d like to think that StormPilot can serve to educate clients (aka ‘Villains’). If these clients were a tad bit more knowledgeable about our industry I believe it would dramatically help both parties. We are service providers and we should certainly be there to educate these potential clients of ours, but we are not to be mistreated! And that is what Mr. StormPilot is for. He protects and defends us honest and hard-working professionals from those on the ‘other side’.
This is not to say that ‘we’ are flawless. We’ve made our share of mistakes and there are certainly many folk out there that give true professionals a bad name. StormPilot, quite frankly, is not meant for wannabes who wake up one morning and decide to be a developer or designer. Rather, it is intended for those who have been on the front lines, who have worked at an agency, started their own company and have tried to make ends meet over a period of years. So check yourself before venting your frustrations, but if you have a story to tell….well, you’ve come to the right place.
