In December 2022, several offices of UVA partnered to put on the Jefferson Innovation Summit — a work session for select business and thought leaders. The goal was to determine the top factors in our economy that need attention to accelerate decarbonization across the economy. The participants came from a broad sampling of sectors including […]
Caveat Venditor: Ecommerce Shakedowns
Caveat emptor (buyer beware) is a phrase that most of us know. With ecommerce and accessible website development coming to our attention, we’ve arrived at a time where seller beware – caveat venditor – is even more important to online retailers. Selling online has become a necessity for many businesses. With popular ecommerce platforms such […]
You’re Paying your Hosting Company for What?!
We help people build websites every day. A foundational yet often misunderstood part of websites is the hosting environment. Many people just go with a big company and take the services that are recommended by them at whatever price they charge. Yet most people don’t know that they are being sold services that they don’t […]
Earth Day 2022
Happy Earth Day fellow citizens! We are, without a doubt, on the finest planet in the solar system — and as far as we can tell – the entire galaxy. Every time I experience a sweet breeze, or a chilled out turtle, or a bird with a song, it lifts my spirits. With extreme weather […]
Product Launch! RealConnect for MLS Websites
Birch Studio is excited! This month we launch our MLS software. RealConnect MLS is built for Realtors that are unique; made for Realtors that want to highlight their specialty in the market. It imports complete MLS details into user-friendly, WordPress websites and allows Realtors to display MLS information in a personally-branded environment. With a call […]
Return customers: Indoor Biotechnologies website redesign
Team members: David, Lian and Amy Indoor Biotechnologies (InBio) is a world leader in environmental allergen detection systems. They work with academic researchers, government researchers and Fortune 500 companies in the industry of air quality, allergy vaccines and biopharmaceuticals. Their website, while it met all of their needs, (Birch overhauled their site in 2010. Read […]
5 Steps to Data Visualization
Data is a powerful tool for influencing decisions. If you sell technical solutions, there’s a good chance that you use data to make your points. Readers will make the effort to understand complicated information if it is attractive and welcoming. You may also know that one problem which most readers encounter is that bar charts […]
Live Arts Website Overhaul
Live Arts is one dynamic theater. A dozen staff, two dozen productions, hundreds of volunteers, thousands of patrons and friends… there are a lot of moving parts. The requirements for their custom website included the ability for numerous people to easily add information to the website, streamline their office workflow, allow staff and volunteers to […]
Pronto Branding
The owners of Pronto came to us looking for help branding the gelateria and cafe that they were opening not far off in Lexington, Virgina. Pronto is a small, family enterprise serving everything from cappuccinos to sandwiches and you guessed it, gelato. They specialize in fast but certainly relaxed service and cater to every age. […]
E-commerce for Natural Health Services
East Birch is a directory of natural health vendors that allows users to book services online. Because marketing oneself is often the hardest thing (and the last thing) that people want to do, the e-commerce platform was built to give the numerous small businesses in the field of natural health services additional presence and advantages […]
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