Microsites and Minisites

posted 02/23/08 by Rick Webb

We build little websites. We used to build a lot more of them. Our friend Brian Morrissey had an interesting article in Brandweek not too long ago about this topic, in which he quoted yours truly. They’re still a good arrow in your quiver, but there are a lot of other options out there. But man, when we make a microsite, we go all out. We make some pretty serious microsites and minisites. And sometimes it’s still the best thing to do.

Here are some recent posts from our employees about Microsites and Minisites:

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary site

Midway through 2009, we got word that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame would be be throwing a huge concert event to celebrate their 25th anniversary. They were understandably secretive about the artist list, so when we got the final bill, our jaws dropped. Stevie Wonder. Aretha Franklin. Simon & Garfunkel performing together. Metallica with Lou Reed and Ray Davies. U2 performing with Bruce Springsteen and Mick Jagger. Woah.
So we got on the ball and built a fitting site. It’s simple and smooth, but packs a lot of content into a small space. It features artist biographies, iTunes playlists hand-picked by the Rock Hall, merchandise, video, and unique artist pages. The show happened back in October, but much of the site is still up at rockhall25.com.

Today: TBG Park(ing) Day!

TBG New York is out working from the streets RIGHT NOW. We’re partaking in Park(ing) Day. Stop on by, say hi, and get yourself a free website.
We’ll be on Grand between Broadway and Mercer all day today.

Emoji Tales

Have you ever needed to say something, but felt that you just had too many words to say it with? Something like, “Hamburger [plus] Hamburger [equals sign] Smiley face. Poop!”? It’s out of this necessity that Emoji Tales was built. Emoji Tales allows you to construct short, profound, stories and truisms from the much ballyhooed emoji symbols used by the iPhone. Common use-cases might include, drafting a resignation, professing your love, or explaining your husbands death to loved ones.
But it doesn’t stop there friends. If you use Twitter to “tweet” the URL of your Emoji Tale creation, tag it with #emojitales. These tweets will be collected and re-tweeted by @emojitales for everyone to enjoy.
Thanks to Robert for creative direction, production gruntitude, and an unhealthy knack for hilarious Emoji Tales.

PhotoLolz

Dude the PhotoLolz Polaroid Emulator is pretty sweet.
photololz!
Snap your instant photo at Photololz.com

Something super important just happened!

I hereby announce my candidacy for Mayor of The Barbarian Group. I have created a website, that shall grow organically as the election draws closer, in order to provide voters with information about my platform as well as my opinions in regards to the most pressing issues of the day. http://dinesforabettertomorrow.com
I would like to hereby thank Noah Brier for his sage-like advice as my Chief Strategy Officer, Toby Boudreaux for his deft management as Chief of Staff, as well as Josh Carr and Alex Bisceglie and Nate Wolfe for their brilliant support in the lead up to this announcement. It’s going to be a glorious future and I fully welcome your support!
Thank you for your time, may your day be FULL OF LASERS AND POWER CHORDS!!!!!