Somehow the fact that I was staring at a hive of cranky bees through a camera lens kept me a little less worried about getting stung as I inched closer and closer to them. My lens was almost touching the little opening at the base of the hive when I got “buzzed.”
Bee careful! Click to watch the video.
Yesterday evening we hosted our summer customer par-tay at 5 Seasons Brewing in Atlanta. Even though the temperatures on the roof deck were well above 90 degrees fahrenheit, we managed to stay cool with popsicles (courtesy of the King of Pops), banana flavored dippin’ dots, and refreshing beverages. Freddie even made an appearance, delighting everyone he hugged!
Even if you weren’t able to make it this time, hopefully these animated gifs will help you feel like you’re right in the mix.
View from the 5 Seasons Brewing roof deck
Last year, we posted an ugly sweater photo set for the holidays. We decided to do something a little more tangible this year, so we sent paying customers our trusty, super-soft shirts.
Admittedly, it’s not very original, but people go nuts over these shirts, so we figured we shouldn’t mess with a good thing. We’ve mailed 30,000 shirts to customers in more than 80 countries so far this month, and we still have lots of orders left to fill.
If your shirt hasn’t arrived or you had an issue ordering the shirt, hang tight! We’re working as fast as we can. We’d make a joke about Christmas elves, but you get the idea. Happy holidays!
Who said your signup process has to look boring? Certainly not LeahAndMark.com. These photographers have managed to draw new people in further using their signup process. They’ve taken advantage of the double opt-in process and used each step to show off some of their work.
First, they’ve started with a pretty basic form.
Rather than using a single header image for each step, they’ve kept the form plain and customized every page with a different photo in the body.
Here’s the Thank You page:
Look at those adorable kids! It gets better from there.
Since we were thinking about signup forms earlier this week, here’s one from Netted by the Webbys that recently caught our attention. They’re a MailChimp customer who totally customized their signup process via our API.
Pretty nice, eh? Notice the social sharing icons right under it, too, so people can encourage others to join the fold. I was curious about the rest of their signup process, and wanted to get their cool daily emails, so I went ahead and signed myself up.