New content management system and design for Truckee Donner Land Trust website

The Truckee nonprofit responsible for protecting 20,000 acres of local land has launched a new website.

The Truckee Donner Land Trust site, www.tdlandtrust.org, features interactive maps, trail map downloads, donation and volunteer information, and the ability for land trust staff to make updates to their website.

Truckee-based marketing and graphic design firm SmallPond Studio designed and developed the content management system Website. SmallPond’s content management system is designed to be flexible and affordable for Truckee and North Tahoe businesses.

The Land Trust works with landowners, federal, state and local governments, and the public-at-large, to create win-win situations for private and public interests. We carry out our mission by negotiating land acquisitions, easements and land exchanges. For more information about the Truckee Donner Land Trust, visit www.tdlandtrust.org.

For more information on SmallPond Studio, a graphic design and marketing company located in downtown Truckee, call (530) 587-5625 or visit www.smallpondstudio.com.

New content management system for San Luis Obispo commercial Realtor

SmallPond Studio has developed two content management systems for San Luis Obispo commercial real estate broker Rossetti Company. The two websites are for Rossetti Company, a commercial real estate company, and its sister company, Rossetti Company Management, which manages shopping center properties on California's Central Coast.

SmallPond Studio's affordable content management systems are built so a non-technical person can load, remove, and edit content on a website using a simple editor, without any HTML or coding knowledge. Contact SmallPond Studio to get more information about a content management system for your business.

California Infill Builders Association Launches Website

An organization representing builders and developers of new homes, offices, schools and retail space in California's urban areas has launched a website to serve as a conduit of information to the public about its membership and member projects.

The California Infill Builders Association site, www.infill-builders.org, features a look at the organization’s members, resources about infill construction, and infill projects in California, such as the Domus Development projects currently under development in Kings Beach.

Truckee marketing and graphic design firm SmallPond Studio designed and developed the Web site.

The California Infill Builders Association represents builders and developers of urban areas whose work often focuses on the transformation of abandoned and neglected properties. We educate industry and civic leaders, government policy-makers and the public about the economic, environmental and social quality-of-life benefits that distinguish well-designed infill development. For more information, visit www.infill-builders.org or email info@infill-builders.org.

For more information on SmallPond Studio, a graphic design and marketing company located in downtown Truckee, call (530) 587-5625 or visit www.smallpondstudio.com.

SmallPond moves to Jibboom Street!

We're excited to announce that SmallPond has moved into a larger and more convenient office space at 10116 Jibboom St (between Urban Angels and Sierra Mountain Mortgage, across the street from the Pour House) in Downtown Truckee.

We also have an exciting new printing business... PondPrints! SmallPond will continue to create the same beautiful graphic design and dynamic websites as always, only now we can also handle ALL of your printing needs. Keep an eye out for more information about PondPrints in the coming weeks.

Truckee Eye Doctor Launches Content Management System Website

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Tahoe Sierra Eye & Optical launched a new website this week, featuring information about their state-of-the-art eye surgery and eye care services.

The site, www.tahoeeyemd.com, offers information about the practice’s ophthalmologist, Jeffrey Camp, M.D., and resources for patients looking for eye exams, laser surgery, cataract surgery, or glasses. The website is a content management system, which enables Tahoe Sierra Eye & Optical staff to make updates to their site whenever they like without having to pay a web developer any hourly fees.

“This website is user-friendly for both our clients and our staff,” Dr. Camp said. “It answers a lot of the questions our patients often have -- about my credentials, the safety of various eye surgeries, and general eye care.”

Truckee marketing and graphic design firm SmallPond Studio designed and developed the content management system Web site. SmallPond’s content management system is designed to be flexible and affordable for Truckee and North Tahoe businesses.

Among services offered by Dr. Camp at Tahoe Sierra Eye & Optical are routine exams, contact fittings, full-service optical shop, state-of-the-art cataract and anterior segment surgeries, advanced glaucoma evaluations, dry eye evaluations, corneal diagnostics, refractive surgeries (LASIK, LASEK, PRK, epi-LASIK), and some eyelid surgeries. Dr. Camp has active staff privileges at Tahoe Forest Hospital and provides back-up to the emergency room doctors for eye related problems, both medical and surgical. He is board certified in ophthalmology. For more information on Tahoe Sierra Eye & Optical, visit www.tahoeeyemd.com or call (530) 582-3667.

For more information on SmallPond Studio, a graphic design and marketing company located in downtown Truckee, call (530) 587-5625 or visit www.smallpondstudio.com.

Marketing ... in a nutshell

Thank you to a SmallPond client for sharing this with us ...

You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. You go up to her and say, "Hi, I'm great in bed, how about it?"
That's Direct Marketing.

You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. You give your friend a buck. She goes up and says "Hi, my friend over there is great in bed, how about it?"
That's Advertising.

You go to a party and see an attractive girl across the room. You somehow get her mobile number. You call and chat her up a while and then say "Hi, I am great in bed, how about it?"
That's Tele-Marketing.

You go to a party and see an attractive girl across the room. You recognize her. You walk up to her, refresh her memory and get her to laugh and giggle and then suggest, "Hi, I am great in bed, how about it?"
That's Customer Relationship Management.

You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. You stand straight, you talk soft and smooth, you open the door for the ladies, you smile like a dream, you set an aura around you playing the Mr. Gentleman and then you move up to the girl and say, "Hi, I am great in bed, how about it?"
That's Hard Selling.

You go to a party, you see an attractive girl across the room. SHE COMES OVER and says, "Hi, I hear you're great in bed, how about it?"

Now THAT is the power of Branding.

Truckee Dog Trainer Launches Web site, New Training Center

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Longtime Truckee dog trainer Carla Brown has started a new business, The Savvy Dog Training and Education Center, and has launched a Web site, offering visitors a look at the services she will offer at her new training center in Truckee.

The Web site, www.thesavvydog.net, features class registration, dog training resources, and information about the other services offered by The Savvy Dog. Also, dog owners will be able to sign up for The Savvy Dog’s eNewsletter to receive dog training tips.

“This Web site offers an easy way for us to help you train your dog,” said Carla Brown, owner of The Savvy Dog. “Whether your dog is a puppy or an adult, we have the class for your situation.”

In addition to dog training classes, The Savvy Dog also offers private training, behavior consultation, pet selection assistance, canine good citizen training, seminars and playgroups.

Local marketing and graphic design firm SmallPond Studio designed and developed the Web site.

The Savvy Dog is owned by Carla Brown, CPDT-KA. The Savvy Dog offers puppy and adult dog training classes, private training, behavior consultation, pet selection assistance, canine good citizen training, seminars and playgroups. Their new training center, opening on April 24, is located in the Deerfield Plaza next to Truckee Bagel and Alpine Shipping, at 11448 Deerfield Dr., C-1, in Truckee. For more information about The Savvy Dog, call (530) 448-9808 or visit www.thesavvydog.net.

For more information on SmallPond Studio, a graphic design and marketing company located in downtown Truckee, call (530) 587-5625 or visit www.smallpondstudio.com.

Facebook tops Google for first time

Facebook overtook Google for the most-visited website in the US last month.

However, the last company to usurp Google in web visits was MySpace in 2007, so we'll see how this one goes!

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SmallPond designs logo for Truckee Market

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Truckee graphic design and marketing firm SmallPond Studio has created a logo for Truckee Market, a new Truckee business with a mission to teach the important economic relationship
between food producers and their customers, while providing a source for this community to
find and reach each other year round.

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Truckee Burger Joint Launches Interactive Web Site

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Downtown Truckee’s Burger Me! launched a new Web site this month, featuring a playful design, lots of interactivity, and information about the hamburger joint.

Through the new Web site, www.burgermetruckee.com, visitors will find Burger Me!’s latest specials and sources of the restaurant’s meat and produce. Visitors with a few minutes to kill can also play the game Burger Time.

“This new Web site represents the vibe in our burger joint. It’s a great way for our current customers and people who haven’t dined with us yet to get a sense of who we are and what we offer, ” said Tom Farina, manager of Burger Me!

Local marketing and graphic design firm SmallPond Studio designed and developed the Web site. The firm used Flash to create the highly interactive burgermetruckee.com. The site was built so it can still be indexed by search engines and viewed by computers without Flash, including cell phones.

Burger Me!’s philosophy is to use the best, all natural products they can find, free of chemicals or growth hormones. Whenever possible, they buy products locally. Burger Me! is located in Brickelltown, at 10418 Donner Pass Road, Truckee. Call them at (530) 587-8852.

For more information on SmallPond Studio, a graphic design and marketing company located in downtown Truckee, call (530) 587-5625 or visit www.smallpondstudio.com.