Design with Soul and Smarts

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, December 20, 2010

We can certainly confirm the old addage that a design firm’s toughest client is itself. Attempting to summarize all that you do into one core value is a difficult undertaking. But as we can attest, there is nothing more important than knowing who you are, and communicating it well.

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how will the iPad effect my website?

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, April 06, 2010

Apple has now officially launched the new, and highly anticipated iPad. And while for the vast majority of users, it is (currently) nothing more than an oversize iPod touch, the iPad does signal some important changes in online marketing and accessibility.

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Maxon Media brings home two 2010 ADDY awards

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, February 22, 2010

We were honored to be the recipients of two silver ADDY awards at the 2010 AdFed of Baton Rouge ADDY Awards ceremony for the work done for two of our valued clients.

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ADDY 2010 People’s Choice Nominees in the Interactive Division

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, February 05, 2010

Everyone likes a good pat on the back every once in a while. So if you are so inclined, we would love to have you vote for one (or all) of our sites in the 2010 ADDY Baton Rouge People’s Choice Awards competition.

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Maxon Media team featured at LANO conference - speaking on Social Media

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, October 21, 2009

As a result of our work with Volunteer Louisiana, the Maxon Media web development team will be speaking at the 2009 LANO conference in Baton Rouge on the topic of social media and volunteerism.

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Maxon Media teams up with LSU to produce Alex Box Auctions

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, October 20, 2009

A few months ago, we got a call from LSU Asst. Athletic Director Herb Vincent with an idea. LSU’s baseball team had just won the 2009 College World Series National Championship and the LSU Athletic Administration knew the time was right to give something back to the faithful LSU fan base that has supported the baseball teams over the years.

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New Project Launch - Encore Louisiana

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, September 30, 2009

Have you ever wanted to vote for the top destinations in Louisiana? Well, Maxon Media has teamed up with the Encore Louisiana Commission through the St. Lieutenant Governor’s office to produce EncoreLouisiana.com, an online resource for boomers and beyond.

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New Project: Volunteer Louisiana

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, April 21, 2009

After several months of diligent work, we have successfully launched the new Volunteer Louisiana website in partnership with the Louisiana Serve Commission.

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Maxon Media is on Facebook! We need friends!

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, April 11, 2009

What has become increasingly clear, the emergence of social networking as means of business promotion is the wave of the future.

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Need help prepping images for the web? Here’s your solution.

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, March 24, 2009

Content Management Systems are becoming more and more popular and easy to use for websites. But one of the missing links in the whole process has been our ability to give our clients an easy way to resize their own images.

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Maxon Media wins statewide web design contest for the Louisiana Technology Council

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, March 16, 2009

We are very pleased to announce that Maxon Media has won a statewide web design contest for the redesign of the Louisiana Technology Council website.

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Live TV on your iPhone? It’s true.

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, March 13, 2009

This year’s March Madness college basketball tournament will be broadcast live on your iPhone.That’s right LIVE on your iPhone.

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The most recent release of Safari’s web browser is changing the game

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, February 26, 2009

The dominance of the IE web browser is slowly fading as Mozilla Firefox and Apple’s Safari browser are getting a stronger and stronger foothold in the market.

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A passing thought on bank architecture

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, February 19, 2009

The other day I was driving around town and noticed how impressive (and increasingly modern) the architecture behind some of the small community banks has become.

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Design Trends - Glassy Icons and Reflections

By: Michael Lipe, creative director, February 15, 2009

It seems that the latest Mac-induced design trend of the 3-dimensional, glassy looking buttons with the clean reflections are seeming to run their course.

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