Web Design

Centerville Chamber of Commerce

April 20, 2023

Shannon comms dot com website displayed in iPads

Shannon Communications

July 30, 2022

Shannon Communications Connecting the dots between high-level strategy and human-centric design. Discover how we built an award-winning, collaborative digital platform for a boutique consultancy, balancing the authority of a veteran CEO with the collective power of her creative alliance.

Small Towns and Chambers of Commerce: The Hardest, Most Rewarding Service for Cultivating Community, Visitors Bureaus, and Economic Development

March 14, 2022

Here’s what people from cities, even cities of 50,000 residents, don’t understand about small towns–actual small towns. Public transportation, what’s that? Most small towns are rural. They don’t have public transportation. The closest thing they have to public transportation is what’s now known as Uber but without the app. A person calls someone who lives…

Beaver Builder, Meet Shannon

February 26, 2022

A behind-the-scenes look at the new website for Shannon Communications—blending bold visuals, thoughtful collaboration, and a few Beaver Builder tricks.

Ivan the Gorilla

January 7, 2022

Ivan the Gorilla More than a memory—a mission. Discover how we transformed a memorial website into a vibrant conservation hub, using “scrapbook” storytelling and hand-drawn UX to connect a new generation to the legacy of the world’s most famous Western lowland gorilla.

Where & Where sliders can work on your site

Why Sliders Aren’t Doing What You Think: A Good Idea for Your Website?

August 12, 2021

So few users ever interact with sliders. If “only around 1% of users click on sliders (Erik Runyon)”, you’ve potentially lost a lot of leads or repeat business.

Case Study: The Ivan Foundation

March 31, 2021

By Robert Nissenbaum, TSO Media My First Interaction With Ivan At the entrance of the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington is a sculpture of a Gorilla. I remember wondering why it was there. It seemed odd, out of place. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium does not exhibit gorillas – and they have…