Some kind words about lil’ old me at my favorite local blog, Consuming Louisville… Thanks Michelle!
You might be wondering…”What is one thing that John Wurth loves about Louisville?”.
I’m with stupid.
I just wrapped up a Letterpress class downstairs at Moxie Letterpress, and let me tell ya…that’s one art form that needs to make a bigger resurgence here in Louisville. It’s such a personalized way of printing, and the results are amazing. Low-tech in a high-tech world always stands out.
Google “Letterpress” to find out more about how awesome this process is, or watch the video below…
Here’s my final project. I cut all the letters and the background of the hand out of a linoleum block. The overlay of the hand and the text at the bottom were made on a computer, and into a polymer plate. I wanted it to look like an old poster from the early 20th Century with a 1970’s slogan. I might be the only one that thinks this is funny, who knows. I’ll be selling these from the site soon. Stay Tuned. Contact me if you’d like to order one for your loved ones for Christmas.
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It sure feels good to be back shooting and editing video again…
My office was featured in this week’s Velocity Weekly.
(Photo by John Rott)
That’s me…just being awesome.
I love looking through the Urchin Reports (and Google Analytics) for my site. It’s interesting to know how people are finding me, where they’re coming from, what keywords they’re using and so on. Sometimes, it’s funny what keywords pop up, and even funnier, that people click on the result to come see why my site came up.
“Being Awesome” showed up this month as a search engine result that resulted in someone actually clicking through to Hatch Creative’s site. I guess I’m awesome, but does my site really say that somewhere? (well, now it does).
That got my mind reeling, so I wanted to see the result for the year. That’s right…the 20th most popular keyword for 2007: “Being Awesome”
The proof’s in the puddin’.
Yes, that really was me featured in this week’s Business First (the Friday, August 24 Edition). They cropped my better half out, however, as seen here.
Hatchie and I will be available (by appointment only) for autographs all week.
See the full article here.
Well, maybe not, but…
I decided to do a monthly (?!) newsletter to all my clients. This first one I sent out just to my web clients, but I’ll add everyone else next month, since this first one concentrated on keeping your site up to date.
If you’re not one of the lucky ones that I painstakingly went through my database and “Current Clients” folder, don’t feel left out. You really didn’t miss that much. In the next week or so, I’ll put a Subscribe button on the site, and finally change the homepage.
“It’s hard to be an egg”
(That’s an obscure reference to the old Indie Rock band, Eggs. They should be the official band of Hatch Creative, huh?)
Friday, I moved into the Sophisticated Living offices. Whew! Lotta work. In case you didn’t read my other post (or get the email), I’m sharing the office with my friend/boss/colleague/etc, Eric Williams – Publisher of Sophisticated Living magazine). I am the Creative Director and Graphic Designer for this top-of-the-line Louisville-based magazine.
We’re in the Butchertown Market on Story Ave. Third Floor. 3,000-Square Feet of wide open space. Ahhh….
We’ll hopefully have an open-house really soon. Stay tuned to this rarely-updated blog for more details.
Here’s a quick post about why you should have a website, but this could also give you some ideas about how to make your current website work for you. I see too many company websites that don’t have any “real” information on them. Essentially an online brochure.
Make your site work for you. Put up PDF’s of documents that you are constantly sending people. Put that ancient FAX machine back in the closet next to your typewriter.
The first thing I do before I use a company’s service, is check their website. When I order take-out, I Google their name and keep my fingers crossed that they’ll have their menu available (with prices). When I go to a new doctor, I go to their site to find their contact info.
