So you should know by now that Cloud 9 has moved home, to a great new building in Lapworth, just outside Solihull. We still do all the great design work we always have, but now we do it in an even better premisses. (You can see some of the images of how we got to this point here)
Cloud 9 move in to our new home… Party time, excellent! Read More »
I had an exciting Saturday afternoon when one of the cows in the field at the back of our house gave birth to a gorgeous calf!
I arrived just after she had been born (thankfully I think, as she had to be pulled out hooves first by the farmer with a bizarre contraption!). Paul, the farmer told us that she would stand up after about 20 minutes but after 2 hours she was still lying on the ground with only one attempt to get up. Paul came back later and with much cajoling and force she stood up Bambi-esque and wobbling a lot.
Over the last few years we’ve been using social media in conjunction with our newsletters to converse with our community, update you on the latest updates to the goings on here at Cloud 9 and have some fun. Despite email and social media being the two leading areas where businesses plan to increase their spend in 2010, and with 69% of businesses planning to integrate the two, there is very little information out there on how they measure up, let alone interact with one another.
Measuring up email and social media Read More »
Here at Cloud 9 we’re proud to show off our latest exhibition stand design & build job – for Morsø stoves at the National Homebuilding and Renovation Show at the NEC. The show has been open for the last couple of days and business is brisk (and due to get busier as visitors arrive
Exhibition stand design for Morsø Stoves at the National Homebuilding & Renovation show Read More »
Our WYSIWYG email template editor, for the Cloud 9 email marketing system has had an update – we’ve added new menu items and formatting tools so you can take greater control when editing email templates. Once you upload an email template to your account, you can use the editor to add text and images just
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We all love Google right? Of course you do. Ever wondered to yourself “Man I wish I could see the history of Google in a really cool animated way. Maybe like a scrapbook style?”. Well lucky you ;) httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN5avRvApk&feature=player_embedded
The WordPress dashboard – introduction The WordPress dashboard is easy to set-up, customise and use the way you want to. This video walks you through its features. – Diving into drafts from the dashboard If you want to get right back to a recent draft, you can now dive in right from the dashboard’s Recent
How to… in WordPress 2.7 and up Read More »
At Cloud 9 we love colouring-in. It’s what we do for a living! Here are some pictures of a funny Easter rabbit. Ask a grown-up to download the PDF and then print it out so you can try colouring it in too. If you do a good job, ask your grown-up to scan it, or
Easter Colouring Fun! Read More »
After seeing Mike’s post on A beautiful bit of VW Bus animation and it spoke about the Röyksopp Remind Me video. So I thought it best to share it with you, so here it is. Remind Me from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
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I guess all the Avalanches’ music videos are pretty awesome. Love this one. From Wikipedia: “The ‘Since I Left You’ video won “Video Of The Year” at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 2001.” Guess I missed it the first time around. Thank you YouTube. Oh and this one is good too!
Avalanches’ music videos Read More »
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