Welcome, Brian

Brian Byrne has joined the mStoner team to help with design survey creation and summaries, usability testing, migration, and a host of other activities in our Chicago office. Brian joins us from Northwestern University, where he helped manage web content and supervised quality assurance on a variety of projects.

Congratulations SDSU

Congratulations to mStoner client South Dakota State University on the launch of their new site. We’ve enjoyed working with SDSU on strategy, design, and content development as well as CMS selection and implementation. Student profiles and video balance traditional content to create a complete picture of life at the University. Take a look!

George School Wins Gold

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to George School, mStoner client and winner of a Gold Medal in the 2009 CASE Circle of Excellence Award competition.

We’re very proud of the redesigned site and the partnership that we’ve formed with this unique institution. George School is small is size, but huge in spirit, and we think the new site (now award-winning site!) expresses this beautifully. Best wishes to the George team.

W&M Nominated for Best Overall Website

If you’ve been reading our blog, you know how we feel about the College of William & Mary: top-tier institution, beautiful and functional site, and one of the best client teams we’ve ever worked with. Apparently, the site has some other fans as well. It’s been nominated in three EduStyle award categories: Best Overall, Best Redesign, Best Use of Photography.

There’s a People’s Choice award for each of these categories if you’d like to voice your support for the William & Mary site—we certainly will do the same.

And while you’re at it, feel free to vote for the mStonerblog, nominated as one of the top higher ed blogs.

mStoner Launches New Site

There’s an old saying about the cobbler’s children going barefoot. While we’re not exactly barefoot, we do have a tendency to (rightly) focus on the websites of our clients instead of our own. So it’s with great pleasure and a certain measure of relief that we finally launch our new site today.

We’ll be continuing to make changes here and there in the coming weeks, but we’d love feedback on what you see here.

Comments? Questions? Suggestions for further changes?

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Congratulations to Cornell College

Congratulations to our friends at Cornell College on winning two CASE VI bronze awards, one for excellence in multimedia on a single web page (for the homepage at http://www.cornellcollege.edu) and one for excellence in multimedia for alumni websites.

mStoner worked with Cornell College on the redesign of its website and assisted with content management system implementation. The site initially launched in late spring 2007, and the Cornell College team has now completed the migration.

Ball State Wins Best Overall Website

Congratulations to Ball State University, winner of ‘Best Overall Web Site’ in the recent eduStyle award competition. The eduStyle award caps a terrific year for the Ball State team, also selected as an official Webby Honoree. More on mStoner’s work with Ball State can be found in ourcase studies, or you can take a look for yourself: Ball State University.

Developing an Online Strategy for Your Capital Campaign

Online communications are an increasingly vital component of your campaign strategy. Learn more about how to make your campaign website compelling and effective with our new white paper, now available. To receive a copy of the paper, please contact Katie Jennings.

Mercersburg Academy Wins Gold in 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards

Our firm is pleased to congratulate client partner Mercersburg Academy for winning a gold in the total marketing package category of the 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by the HMR Publications Group.

“Define Yourself,” Mercersburg’s admissions campaign, included the production of a viewbook, five complimentary pieces, an extended video shoot, web landing pages integrated with rich media, a targeted internet advertising campaign, and print and billboard ads. Net result: more applications in the current admissions season than in any other in the Academy’s history (the numbers aren’t final yet, but we’re looking at at least a 48% bump).

Director of Marketing & Communications Heather Sullivan and Assistant Head of School for Enrollment Chris Tompkins partnered with our team to develop and execute all of the pieces in the campaign. Special guest stars Chris Crisman and Michael Dwyer produced photography for both print and web. And Mercersburg students provided the magic.

Thank you, Mercersburg, for wonderful client relationship and a highly successful campaign!

We’d also like to congratulate Ball State University for their merit award in the competition. Ball State’s website has also recently received kudos from Content Marketing Today.

New Clients at mStoner

Our firm is proud to announce new client partners:

• College of Charleston
• Binghamton University
• Emerson College
• Lebanon Valley College
• Claremont McKenna College

We’re also happy to continue our relationships with additional projects for:

• Princeton University
• The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
• Widener University School of Law
• The College of William & Mary