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New additions on multiple fronts

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Over the past two months we’ve been busy finishing up a bunch of projects and have now added them to the website. Upon visiting the portfolio section of the site you’ll discover an entirely new section dedicated to presentations and video. These projects have been a top priority lately for new and existing clients; a priority that we’ve been more than happy to help develop as flash animation and motion graphics have been at the heart of our skill-set for quite some time. Included in this new section are presentation and video screen-shots from projects for the Alberta Treasury Branch, the City of Calgary, CBI Group Investments and the Children’s Wish Foundation. If you’d like to view any of these projects in their entirety, please contact us.

Not to be out done, included in the rest of the portfolio additions are a new 20′x10′ tradeshow display design for OmniArch Capital Group, a website for Volume Beauty Bar and two new brands for Shanalta Holsteins and the Children’s Wish Foundation 2010 Gala, respectively.

Even with all of that being said, when it comes to additions, we’re not done there. On the people front, we’ve informally teamed up with a very talented and experienced designer, Wes Pohl. Even though confusion over which Wes is which runs consistently rampant, together we’ve managed to create some pretty impressive work in short periods of time. We’re look forward to doing more together as a team, as more projects from Alberta Treasury Brand, OmniArch Capital Group, Prime Communications and EMIT Technologies are scheduled to find their way into our hands in the coming months.

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Current and Upcoming Projects

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

It’s been awhile since our last post as we’ve been buried deep into some very interesting projects.

First of the bunch is a web application we’re building for Awaken Meditation. With phase one set to launch over the next few weeks, we’re excited to see where this project will go (as more phases have already been proposed). The site itself is centered around a live stream of meditation broadcasts plugged in from all over the world – of which users can purchase and view. Considering the variations with time zones, currencies and more, this one is turning out to be quite the complex entity, but is still easy to use from an end user’s perspective, which has been our ultimate goal from its inception.

We’re also currently working on three high profile corporate sites and a brand for OmniArch Capital Group, Prime Communications Ltd. and the Calgary Sport and Spine Clinic respectively. We’ll be launching each of those unique initiatives within the next two months.

Looking a little bit longer term, we’re ramping up for a new marketing launch for one of our largest and longest running clients, EMIT Technologies. The company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past four years that has seen their operations expand from one manufacturing center based in Sheridan, Wyoming, to a nation-wide emissions management leader in the US. In an effort to match that rapid growth we’re retooling all of their communications as well as their website over the next four months.

There are, of course, other items of interest to discuss of course, we just don’t want jinx anything too early! Stay tuned.

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New work added to the portfolio

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Over the past couple of months we’ve finished a number of exciting projects, including a full-scale online flash presentation, various website designs and a new brand. All of this work can be seen in our extensive Portfolio section. If you have any questions regarding any of the work or the services we provide as it relates to your communications needs, please contact us today.

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A very busy summer

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

A few months in with the new site and already we’ve failed on our promise to post a new blog every couple of weeks! A sign of laziness? No. A sign that we’ve been extremely busy? Yes!

Needless to say since retooling and rebranding to become Inspire Studios at the end of May, we’ve shed the old skin successfully and have expanded our client base into new areas, resulting in some great projects coming in the door. Currently in the shop we’re working on a variety of great projects for CBI Group Investments, Calgary Film Festival, University Technologies International, Parkland Blinds, China Coal Corporation and more. We’ve also made our best impression in front of a major Calgary organization that could result in a fairly large and lengthy web initiative for the fall. Crossing the fingers on that one.

Considering how well summer is going, we’re very excited about the direction the company is taking and where it will go into the fall. Look for a bunch of new work to hit the portfolio section in September, we’d love to show you what we’ve been up to.

I will also be posting a new insightful blog soon discussing value on the web, as follow-up to an in-depth presentation we’ve recently developed that turned out quite well – that if we could have an hour of every potential client’s time, it would make the world of difference when it comes to developing their respective web presence. In the meantime, contact us regarding that topic if you would like to find out more.

So, while we’re diligently working away, get out and enjoy the last bits of summer while you can and check back soon. I know in my world there’s a great round of golf still waiting for me in the next couple of weeks.

Wes Straub
Partner, Inspire Studios

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A new beginning

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Being that this is the first of many blog posts to come, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to all of you and also thank you for taking the time to explore our new site.

From our inception as Adwise over four years ago, through to Guru and now to Inspire, our business has evolved quite dramatically. We’ve had both successes and failures, and have made countless valuable mistakes along the way from which to learn from. In that time we’ve had the opportunity to create and produce a wide variety of great projects, working with clients who understand the value of properly designed and executed communications strategies and tools.

Moving forward into the future we aim to be even better. My business partner Steve and I have restructured and retooled the company completely, taking full advantage of virtual communications tools and spaces, and dropping the heavy burdens of traditional agencies, such as an expensive ‘character’ office space. We’re also selectively aligning ourselves with other industry leaders and consultants who choose to be in a similar position, therefore allowing us to offer a complete suite of top quality services from project management and copy-writing to design, development and quality assurance.

All these steps are being taken so that we can simply work smarter and create better work. To coin a phrase from Dave Mason, co-founder of Samata Mason, (a design firm that I hold in the highest regard) in a talk he gave years ago in Calgary on design that really stuck with me, his mission for his company was to simply “do good work for good people.”

At the end of the day, it just makes sense.

Wes Straub
Partner, Inspire Studios

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