Site Design was Team Effort by Schipul – The Web Marketing Company 
and Houston Zoo’s Marketing Department

HOUSTON, May 28, 2008 – Schipul – The Web Marketing Company (www.schipul.com), a Web marketing and Web design company based in Houston, is celebrating a pair of awards won by the Houston Zoo for its Web site. The Houston Chapter of the American Marketing Association awarded the Houston Zoo a Crystal Award in the Web site – Non–profit category. The Zoo’s Web site and overall Web marketing strategy was recognized with an additional Crystal Award in the Maverick category as a favorite of the judges.

A panel of eight judges, all marketing professionals from outside the Houston area, evaluated a record number of entries. They assessed the success of marketing initiatives based on the challenge, objectives, strategy and results.

Launched a year ago the Houston Zoo’s Web site, www.houstonzoo.org, was designed by Schipul in coordination with the Zoo’s Marketing Department. The site is powered by the Tendenci® (www.tendenci.com) Web marketing application, which is developed and marketed by Schipul.

“We are proud of our ongoing relationship with the Houston Zoo and especially happy that our efforts contributed to generating measurable results,” said Ed Schipul, president and chief executive officer with Schipul – The Web Marketing Company. “Getting a special recognition as a favorite of the judges says a great deal about the creativity of the thinking and quality of the execution.”

Attracting 1.5 million visitors each year and home to more than 4,500 animals in over 200 exhibits, the Houston Zoo encourages appreciation, knowledge, and care for the natural world. The Zoo’s Web site brings that world to life online through subtle animation that has a three-dimensional quality and creates a lush look and feel. The site incorporates interactive tools, such as podcasts, really simple syndication (RSS) feeds, online event registration and online membership sign-up, renewal and upgrade.

About Schipul - The Web Marketing Company

Tendenci's story is intertwined with Schipul - The Web Marketing Company. In 1997, Ed Schipul quit his fulltime job as a software consultant for a large petroleum corporation and started his own web marketing company. Armed with a Political Science degree from Texas A&M, a background in programming and a fascination with social trends, Ed and his wife Rachel Schipul - started building web sites that helped people communicate. Years of custom requests from his nonprofit clients led to the initial construction of Tendenci, a platform of tools that most organizations need, or could use, to increase both their communciation and revenue streams. Read more about Ed Schipul.

In 2004, Tendenci received its official name and was sold by Schipul to clients around the world, filling a need for affordable membership management and association website marketing software. Other membership software applications were either too costly, too technical or not robust enough to manage the complex transactions for membership management, email marketing, event management, and donations management. Tendenci was developed to solve these problems and provide a simpler, better, and cheaper solution.

In 2012, Tendenci was released as an open source AMS SaaS product to extend its reach even further, allowing developers around the world the ability to download and build on the Tendenci platform. In November 2013, Schipul officially changed its name to Tendenci to focus on the expansion of the software and the developer community. No clients were harmed in the making of this move - Schipul remains as a professional service division of Tendenci, assisting nonprofits with marketing design and effective web site strategies.

HOUSTON, January 5, 2009 – Schipul - The Web Marketing Company (www.schipul.com), a Houston-based Web marketing and Web design firm, today announced an expansion of its headquarters in Kirkwood Atrium 3 at 11757 Katy Freeway in West Houston. The 15-story Class A office complex is owned by Equastone.

Schipul – The Web Marketing Company developed and builds on the Tendenci Web marketing application, a powerful online tool with over a half million people logging in during the past year and millions of users overall. Schipul is based in Houston, and provides marketing services on the Internet to more than 300 organizations from a variety of service industries in local, national and international markets. Schipul’s nonprofit clients include the Web Analytics Association, Houston Zoo and the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, among many others. Additional information about Schipul is available at Tendenci - The Open Source AMS 

At the Houston Fast 100 award ceremony, Schipul - The Web Marketing Company was ranked #67 of the 100 fastest growing companies in Houston.  We would like to send out warm congratulations to all of the Houston-area busineses who made it to the Houston Business Journal''s Houston Fast 100 list.

Our Mission is to Connect and Organize the World's People. Do Good.

Schipul - The Web Marketing Company is pleased to have been nominated for the Houston Fast 100 Award.

The Houston Fast 100 Award, sponsored by the Houston Business Journal, honors 100 of the fastest growing companies in Houston.  The businesses are ranked according to their past 2-year growth and are required to be headquartered in the Houston area and be a minimum of five-years-old.

Such recognition is especially meaningful to Schipul as we continue to help businesses, associations and non profit groups grow and connect in our local Houston, national and international communities. Be sure to check out the Open Source! 

The Houston Fast 100 awards will be awarded on September 14th, 2007.

Our Mission is to Connect and Organize the World's People. Do Good.

Schipul - The Web Marketing Company is pleased to have been nominated for the Houston Fast 100 Award.

The Houston Fast 100 Award, sponsored by the Houston Business Journal, honors 100 of the fastest growing companies in Houston.  The businesses are ranked according to their past 2-year growth and are required to be headquartered in the Houston area and be a minimum of five-years-old.

Such recognition is especially meaningful to Schipul as we continue to help businesses, associations and nonprofit groups grow and connect in our local Houston, national and international communities. 

At the Houston Fast 100 award ceremony, Schipul - The Web Marketing Company was ranked #67 of the 100 fastest growing companies in Houston.  

Our company is fortunate to work with a group of amazing clients and is regularly challenged by the innovation and growth of our Houston business community.  While our Houston Fast 100 award is something to celebrate, we are even more honored by being given the trust of an incredible community!

After a recent trip to the Austin SXSWi (South by Southwest Interactive) festival, Schipul's Katie Laird joined fellow technology advocate Kelsey Ruger on the Business Maker's Radio Show to discuss her experience at the event.
 

The importance of the Web user was an exceptionally important concept in this year's SXSWi event.  Whether through simplified and 'user-friendly' interfaces and design or via useful tools such as Flickr and Shadows, it has never been more important for technology developers and users to focus their efforts on connecting humans to data and humans to other humans.

This socially-focused online world is a far cry from the 'read only' Web 1.0 of days gone by.  Users are empowered with tools like del.icio.us to not only manage and organize their bookmarks (or favorite Web pages and content), but to share their findings with other users, discover new online content and join online communities that have similar interests.

With other technologies like blogging, podcasting and wikis, users are given active voices in the Internet community.   A Web site is no longer just a company brochure or static group of pages, it is a place to post your opinions, to comment and connect with strangers from around the globe, to collaborate with friends and co-workers in different physical locations and to find a wealth of information with a touch of humanity.

Schipul – The Web Marketing Company and Houston Theater District were honored with the Best Arts Website award in the 2006 WebAward Competition for www.houstontheaterdistrict.org. 

Houston Theater District is home to nine world-class performing arts organizations and is second in the United States of number of concentrated theater seats in the downtown area (with 12,948 live performance seats and 1,480 movie seats).

The Houston Theater District Web site is dedicated to promoting the rich cultural life of Houston and to keeping Houstonians connected with the arts community.   The site is powered by Schipul’s Tendenci® association management software, which empowers users to keep track of showtimes, receive special promotions, sign up for newsletters and find hotel, parking, restaurant and other entertainment choices on the interactive site.

 The WebAwards are produced by the Web Marketing Association (WMA).  This annual award offers recognition to Web sites that set the standard for Web development and design.

Entries were judged on design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology.  A complete list of the winning sites can be found at the WebAward Web site at www.WebAward.org.

Schipul – The Web Marketing Company, a worldwide provider of Web marketing solutions, has acquired the assets of Aim Managed Hosting, a Houston-based provider of managed hosting solutions to small- to medium-sized businesses. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Established in 1999 by Arthur Chong, Aim Managed Hosting has built a solid reputation in the education, human resources, steel and banking industries. Mr. Chong has accepted a position on the management team at BMS Solutions as manager, Professional Services.
Schipul – The Web Marketing Company has been providing Web hosting solutions since 1997. The company will seamlessly transition the customers of Aim Managed Hosting with an emphasis on security, stability and personalized customer service. 

“We wish Arthur well and are thrilled that this strategic acquisition gives us the opportunity to add to our customer base and showcase Schipul’s Web marketing solutions for businesses,” said Ed Schipul, president and chief executive officer of Schipul – The Web Marketing Company. “At the end of the day, our customers rely on the Schipul team to ensure their Web site is live and functions properly, so delivering reliable and secure Web hosting is among our core services.” 

Schipul currently provides Web hosting services to more than 150 businesses and associations around the world, most of which are powered by Schipul’s proprietary Tendenci® Web operating system.

About Schipul – The Web Marketing Company
Schipul – The Web Marketing Company developed and builds on the Tendenci® association management software. Schipul is based in Houston, and provides marketing services on the Internet to a variety of service industries in local, national and international markets. Schipul’s clients include Clear Channel Exhibits, National Pharmacy Technician Association, The Children’s Fund, Wolff Companies and DPK Public Relations. Additional information about Schipul is available at www.schipul.com and www.tendenci.com.

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