The Orbiter

A few weeks ago, I spent a Sunday morning attending my first wrestling tournament. After talking it through with my two oldest sons, we decided wrestling would be a fun sport for them to participate in at this age. After showing up early to help with check-in (it was our wrestling club’s tournament), I got “volunteered” by the team’s coach to act as the public address announcer for the day. I had a great time! Read More >

Content is made up of pieces. And pieces can be broken down into smaller pieces or combined into larger pieces, just like the elements on the Periodic Table. Thinking about content as particles will give you ideas on how to quickly create new content by “atomizing” your existing content into smaller pieces or combining content into larger compounds. Read More >

For ten years, Orbit Media Studios has offered a content management system (CMS) for our clients’ websites. Mighty-Site is a homegrown, feature-rich CMS that presents clients with the ability to easily edit the content of their websites. Read More >

There’s a company called Hubspot that has rocked the world of web marketing. They’re really an analytics software group, but with lead singer Dan Zarella, they consistently churn out research and webinars that are huge hits with their millions of fans. Here’s a remix of some of the greatest single tracks from those webinars. Read More >

This year’s Chicago Cause was a huge success. I want to take a few moments to give a shout out to all the applicants, the finalists, our partners, and most of all our 2011 Chicago Cause recipient! Read More >

I’ve loved games since I was a kid.  I grew up with 20-sided dice and Donkey Kong. I’m not the only one—people are hard-wired to enjoy games, which is why game concepts are popping up in places you wouldn’t expect.  Making things game-like drives behavior.  It’s called “gamification,” and you can use it to improve your web marketing. Read More >