http://blog.openrain.com Ruby Web Software Development In Phoenix, Arizona Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:24:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The complete 35-slide deck from yesterdays seminar on "Best Internet Practices For Business" is now available for free download and online viewing on Slideshare via the link below. Please forward this on to those that were not able to attend the session. Thanks so much for being a great audience! For ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/09/11/slide-deck-for-best-internet-practices-for-business-seminar/ OpenRain Founder and CEO Preston Lee is delivering a lunchtime seminar on "Best Internet Practices For Business" on September 10th at the Chandler Chamber of Commerce. Topics include an overview of Internet best-practices provided to OpenRain's Online Business Platform customers: Website necessities and common mistakes. Email marketing and newsletters. Pay-per-click advertising basics. Tracking and ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/09/03/best-internet-practices-for-business-seminar-september-10th-2009/ On Thursday, August 20, I attended the first Social Media AZ conference in Tempe. There were lots of great speakers and a good turnout for this being a first event. It's great to see so many people talking about Social Media. This is what I took away from the event. The ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/08/24/social-media/ Roundtable discussion on Ruby IDEs and text editors. Runtime: 38:39 minutes. Participants: Marc Chung, Preston Lee, Saul Mora, Benjamin Smith. Episode Sponsor: http://openrain.com Stream via the web from http://rubyology.com or subscribe via iTunes. Direct download size: ~34MB M4A, ~74MB MP3 http://rubyology.s3.amazonaws.com/rubyology-83-high.m4a http://rubyology.s3.amazonaws.com/rubyology-83-high.mp3 Roundtable discussion on Ruby IDEs and text editors. Four OpenRain developers debate the pros and cons ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/08/10/rubyology-83-ruby-ideeditor-deathmatch/ The best new business leads are referrals from happy clients, so when we recently received these great testimonial blurbs from active OpenRain web products and services clients, we just had to share the love! “The team at OpenRain was easy to work with, took time to explain the process, han- dled our ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/08/06/three-great-openrain-client-testimonials/ OpenRain Software is smack dab in the middle of a rapid-fire marketing event campaign, hosting three separate ribbon-cutting parties for Tempe, Chandler and Gilbert businesses over the course of several weeks to promote our small business web presence product. Tempe was last week, Chandler this week, and Gilbert next week. ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/07/23/chandler-ribbon-cutting-wrap-up/ We had a last-minute need to record a 60-second OpenRain radio ad for our small business web development/design/consulting product, and managed to coerce Flo Geck into the office this morning to record the voiceover. I'm sure you'll agree that Flo has a wonderfully soothing voice, and the final product came out ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/07/15/radio-ad/ What: Geek 'n' Eat XV: Deja Vu Edition When: Friday, June 26th, Noon-1pm. Where: Chino Bandito, Chandler Who: All hungry geeks! [Restaurant Website] [Google Street View Map] [Aerial View] [Google Group] [GnE Website] As a part-time Asian living in Arizona, Chino's holds a special place in my heart for successfully blending Americanized Eastern favorites with Mexican classics. (Jerk chicken quesadillas, egg ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/06/24/geek-n-eat-xv-deja-vu-edition/ Are you attending the Tempe Chamber of Commerce's Annual Luncheon? The luncheon is themed "21st Century Marketing." OpenRain is thrilled to be a participant with this wonderful cast of speakers. The event features lunch, exhibits, networking, and thought-provoking break-out sessions. To register, go to TempeChamber.org. The cost is $50 ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/06/17/tempe-chamber-annual-luncheon-june-23-2009/ OpenRain silently launched the Online Business Platform at the beginning of 2009 to give small businesses a sophisticated web presence on a tight budget. The Online Business Platform takes custom web design, easy-to-use content management (CMS) capabilities and social media integration, and wraps the whole package in a fully managed, ... http://blog.openrain.com/2009/06/15/product-video-demo-online-business-platform/