Just a few sites we have stumbled upon and thought to share:
Font to the max… Max Kerning (maxkerning.com) takes you through a video comedic journey around and about kerning and font (sort of), but mostly it is a great use of video and visually pleasing design.
Engage in gaming… who says we shouldn’t play games? A few competitive friends got together and created Ibeatyou … “ibeatyou is the place to compete online with anyone in anything.” Why is that cool? Well, what if you engaged your audience/clients/customers by inviting a competition? It’s the same concept as “what would you do for a Klondike bar?,” and the possibilities are endless. Currently on ibeatyou there is a competition for best chocolate face (great for a candy maker or local chocolate shop), best banana pictures (did Chiquita do that?) and even best ‘brace face,’ which by the way at the time of this writing has seen 366 views and might be the next thing in orthodontics advertising.
Intelligence for sale… The Intelligence Group (intelg.com) tracks and highlights market trends and offers “actionable insights” about consumer culture. These insights translated into a great web site called trendcentral that sends out emails letting us mere laypeople in on the latest and greatest trends in fashion, technology, entertainment, and lifestyle. Without this little jewel I would have never known that there are now several sites for fashion idea swapping where anyone can proclaim their fashion sense and ask friends for opinions of their outfits. Who has time to participate so heavily in those sites I have no idea, but in Marketing it is simple good sense to have a grasp of what “they” are doing out there as it will eventually effect business somehow. Trendcentral continues to impress.
Thoughts? If you have come accross interesting sites, please share! Happy searching.
