Kettler, a Tysons Corner-based real estate firm that’s among the nation’s top 20 multi-family developers, has received “Best Corporate Website” from the National Association of Home Builders.
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One perk at Viget is the opportunity to work closely with admirable clients from a wide range of industries. We’re a passionate group of people, so we tend to get really into our work. Depending on the client, we might find ourselves laughing, learning, or searching more than usual. Even when I’m not involved directly, I get inspired by my colleagues and the projects they are talking about. In every case, I’m enlightened; but, when it comes to the pro bono work we do for the National Foundation for Teaching Entreprenuership (NFTE), I am left feeling especially inspired.
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FALLS CHURCH, VA – Kettler, whose web site Viget Labs launched in January, has been nominated by the National Association of Home Builders for "Best Corporate Website" in 2008.
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FALLS CHURCH, VA – Razorsight, the market leader in on-demand software solutions that eliminate paper, isn’t exactly dreaming of a white Christmas this year.
Instead, the DC-area company demonstrated its environmentally-friendly spirit recently by having Viget Labs create its annual holiday greeting card, which features a vibrant animation of Santa going green, all set to the sounds of "Jingle Bells."
"It was fun being able to work through a storytelling process," said Web Designer Doug Avery, who was instrumental in creating and animating the e-card. The e-card represents a unique product Viget has to offer in addition to its more traditional web business solutions.
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Viget Labs’ Squidoo.com takes first prize in the Community/WIKI category
AUSTIN, TX — At the 10th annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Web Awards, Squidoo.com, a Web 2.0 site built by Falls Church-based Viget Labs, was honored with top prize in the Community/WIKI category. Held at the Austin Hilton Hotel, the SXSW Web Awards honored 18 of the top developers and designers chosen from hundreds of entries submitted across the world.
Squidoo, a platform of user-generated web pages covering any topic a community member is passionate about, was founded by Seth Godin, an acclaimed public speaker, author, and blogger. Godin partnered with Viget Labs to build the initial architecture of the site.
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FALLS CHURCH, VA - A web site recently designed and launched by Viget Labs for Angelus.org -- the premier student film festival—has been recognized by both CSSImport.com and CSSMania.com for design excellence. These two organizations are leading design showcase sites which highlight sound design principles and smart implementation of Cascading Style Sheet standards.
Viget Labs web designers strictly adhere to CSS design standards, participate in local user interface networking groups, and stay up-to-date on emerging design trends, conventions, and sound practices.
About Viget Labs
Founded in 1999 and based outside of Washington, DC, Viget Labs provides strategic web consulting, interactive design, web application development, and online marketing services to clients around the country. Typical engagements include concept-to-launch development of online businesses, implementation of online marketing strategies for offline companies, and custom projects that leverage a distinct set of our full-services capabilities. In short, we build web business.
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FALLS CHURCH, VA - Renowned author and blogger, Seth Godin, today released his latest ebook "Everyone’s an Expert (about something)" (download here or see the blog entry).
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FALLS CHURCH, VA - Today, Viget Labs and Musictoday helped Britney Spears announce to the world that she has given birth to a healthy baby boy. Through an elegant birth announcement on her official web site (www.britneyspears.com), Britney released the following statement:
We are ecstatic to announce the birth of our son! Everyone is happy, healthy and doing wonderful. Thank you all for your love and well wishes!!
Love,
Britney & Kevin
To support the excitement of what will likely be a record number of visitors, Viget Labs launched a feature to allow fans to submit their "best wishes" through the web site. A selection of the tens-of-thousands of anticipated messages will be displayed on the site in the coming days.
Through a partnership with Charlottesville, VA-based Musictoday, Viget Labs has supported Britney’s online presence since 2003, providing creative design, custom development, Internet marketing expertise, and ongoing site maintenence. Viget Labs’ experience in providing web solutions for the entertainment industry is extensive and other clients include Usher (www.usherworld.com), Kenny Chesney (www.kennychesney.com), and Shania Twain (www.shaniatwain.com).
About Viget Labs
Founded in 1999 and based outside of Washington, DC, Viget Labs provides web strategy, creative design, and technical development services to clients around the country in a variety of industries. Viget Labs projects vary from media-rich web design to technically-innovative database and software development to complex systems integration and support services.
About Musictoday
Charlottesville, VA-based Musictoday, LLC was founded in 1996 to provide merchandise warehousing and order fulfillment services to musicians. Musictoday’s 160 employees now provide an expanded portfolio of services including merchandise warehousing, merchandise order fulfillment, Web store hosting and administration, merchandise design, coordination of merchandise production, Web ticketing site hosting and administration, ticket order fulfillment, Web fan club site hosting and administration, Web site hosting and administration, CD replication, and call center customer support. Musictoday’s proprietary Web store, Web fan club, and Web ticketing solutions provide Musictoday’s hundreds of clients with an unparalleled ability to interact actively with existing and emerging fans. For more information about Musictoday, visit www.musictoday.com.
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Viget Labs helped several clients leverage email marketing techniques to spread their holiday cheer in a much more effective manner this year. Compared to traditional mailed cards, email distibutions are less costly, less time-consuming to personalize, more informative, and, if done well, much more interesting and enjoyable for the recipient. Furthermore, when leveraging Viget Labs’ email distribution platform, detailed reporting is available in real-time, giving great insight into bounces, open-rates, and click-rates.
A complete package has both an HTML email, as well as a Flash presentation available on the web. Two examples of holiday cards are below:
Ultimately, recipients are encouraged to visit a company web site with a single click, resulting in many more site visits than a print campaign can generate. When our email platform is coupled with our web analytics solution, Viget Labs can offer detailed insight into the performance of an email campaign by analyzing the exact site visits of email recipients.
About Viget Labs
Founded in 1999 and based outside of Washington, DC, Viget Labs provides web strategy, creative design, and technical development services to clients around the country. Viget Labs projects vary from media-rich web design to technically-innovative database and software development to complex systems integration and support services.
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FALLS CHURCH, VA (November 6, 2003) — Viget Labs, a Northern Virginia-based web design and development firm, announced today that it is creating the new web site for superstar Britney Spears. Viget Labs is working in partnership with Charlottesville-based Musictoday to help Britney strengthen her online presence consistent with a growing trend in the industry for recording artists to embrace the branding and merchandising opportunities offered by the Internet.
Viget Labs said that it launched a subset of the full site (www.britneyspears.com) which features a new look for the recording artist’s Internet branding. Viget Labs will release the full content site in conjunction with Britney’s new album, “In The Zone,” set to hit stores on November 18th.
The site launch illustrates a heightened trend for artists to utilize the web to help build and strengthen a fan base, and offer an enhanced fan experience. In addition to developing Internet strategies and sites for Washington-area corporate clients, Viget Labs has extensive experience providing web solutions for the entertainment industry. Its client roster includes Shania Twain, Dave Matthews Band, and North Mississippi Allstars.
About Viget Labs
Founded in 1999, and based outside of Washington, DC, Viget Labs provides web strategy, creative design, and technical development services to clients around the country. Viget Labs projects vary from media-rich web design to technically-innovative database and software development, to complex systems integration and support services. Founded by a group of renegades from Blue Chip tech companies, the company’s credo is to demonstrate strong leadership in “providing complete, forward thinking web solutions that help achieve tangible business goals.” For more information please visit www.viget.com.
About Musictoday
Charlottesville, VA-based Musictoday, LLC was founded in 1996 to provide merchandise warehousing and order fulfillment services to musicians. Musictoday’s 160 employees now provide an expanded portfolio of services including merchandise warehousing, merchandise order fulfillment, Web store hosting and administration, merchandise design, coordination of merchandise production, Web ticketing site hosting and administration, ticket order fulfillment, Web fan club site hosting and administration, Web site hosting and administration, CD replication, and call center customer support. Musictoday’s proprietary Web store, Web fan club, and Web ticketing solutions provide Musictoday’s hundreds of clients with an unparalleled ability to interact actively with existing and emerging fans. For more information about Musictoday, visit www.musictoday.com.
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