• Released: 27-October-2006 11:00 AM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

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 …

• Released: 10-October-2006 10:09 AM
• Posted by: Katie Laird

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 …

• Released: 1-September-2006 09:52 AM
• Posted by: Kerry Gayle

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 …

• Released: 16-April-2006 10:00 AM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

Schipul - The Web Marketing Company ranked #5 in the Houston Business Journal's 'Largest Web Design and Development Companies' list by total revenue in 2005.With the release of 79 Web sites in 2005, Schipul also ranked #13 in the 'Number of Unique Web Sites Created in 2005' listing and #4 in the 'Total Number of Employee' listing.  The Web site company lists were compiled by the Houston Business Journal to document the changes within the Houston Web Development community.With ongoing updates to Schipul's Tendenci Association Management Software and a rapidly …

• Released: 11-April-2006 07:00 PM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

The national TechSoup NetSquared initiative is coming to Houston to advance non-profit organizations' effectiveness through Web-based social tools. The first Houston Netsquared group meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 14th, 2006, at Rockfish Grill ( 11805 Westheimer Rd.) at 7 p.m. UPDATE: We are very excited to have David Geilhufe joining us from the Katrina PeopleFinder Project to speak with the NetSquared Houston group about the massive challenges technologists faced responding to Hurricane Katrina. From meetup.com: https://www.meetup.com/Net2Houston/events/4876300/ The Houston NetSquared April …

• Released: 1-April-2006 03:00 PM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

An article in the March 24-30, 2006 Houston Business Journal entitled 'Flood of ad, PR jobs indicate positive business barometer' discussed the successes of two Schipul clients' online job boards, Houston Ad Federation (www.haf.org) and PRSA Houston (www.prsahouston.org).Looking back at 2005, online job postings and views of those online postings have increased substantially indicating a positive growth in the city's economy as a whole. Schipul's Membership Management Software, Tendenci, enables clients to easily post job listings and also gives organizations' members the option of posting …

• Released: 27-March-2006 04:00 PM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

The Baltimore Sun published an article reviewing the garage rock band the Arctic Monkeys' Internet and blog-fueled success.  Reporter Rashad Ollison discussed the impact of the online media hype and importance of product (band) market positioning with CEO Ed Schipul:"Ed Schipul runs Schipul - The Web Marketing Company, a firm in Houston, Texas, that analyzes various online trends. Given today's madly fickle, Internet-enhanced pop music scene, he suggests that overexposure would kill the group. Instead of lashing out at the media …

• Released: 27-March-2006 12:00 PM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

In the 11 years since the introduction of the first Web browser, the Internet has been considered an interactive communications tool, but we’re just beginning to unlock the Web’s ability to help us truly interact. Instead, most organizations still use the Web primarily to disseminate information. That’s about to change thanks to a movement called, “Web 2.0,” a collection of emerging technologies that enable social networking by offering Web users the ability to add and edit Web content. It was …

• Released: 24-March-2006 12:00 PM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

The Society for International Affairs now offers many new, highly interactive capabilities with the launch of its revamped Web site, https://www.siaed.org. Powered by Tendenci membership management software (https://www.tendenci.com), the site features quick and easy online event registration, an online e-tail store and employment opportunities of interest to the international trade marketplace.

• Released: 14-March-2006 09:00 AM
• Posted by: Ed Schipul

The Businessmaker's Radio Show recently interviewed Schipul's CEO Ed Schipul as part of their focus on local entrepreneurial success stories.Ed Schipul and Russ Capper discuss the trials and tribulations of starting up a technology business, surviving the Dotcom Bubble burst and growing a technologically savvy company.  Be sure to tune in to the podcast to hear the history of Schipul - The Web Marketing Company, the importance of a recurring revenue model and just how far a little determination can take you.Click here to …