February Round Up

We’ve had a busy, productive month, here are the highlights:

Birthday Spotlight

Happy Birthday to Alan & Michelle, and a special thanks to JibJab for your awesome videos!

New Team Member

We are excited to announce the addition of our new team member, Kelsey Lee. Kelsey joined us recently to help manage a variety of campaigns, and brings with her a fresh PR perspective from the Make A Wish Foundation, as well as the Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. As a recent grad of UNC at Chapel Hill, Kelsey has an expansive background in public relations, mass communications, and journalism. Kelsey will be a valuable asset when it comes to content creation and relevant placement.

Processes and Progress

The entire Ephricon team is collaborating with our Director of Client Services, Corey Creed, to re-energize and improve existing strategies. Corey is leading weekly meetings with everyone to give them a chance to share their awesomeness and creativity. The strongest asset of any agency is not in one person or even in a few people, but in the shared ideas and successes of everyone within the agency. Jon (company President), Garrett (Developer), and Corey are working together to develop an Ephricon Intranet as an all-inclusive resource for standardized processes. The entire team is engaged, it’s an exciting time to be a part of the Ephricon team!

1 Year Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to our new office, it has been 1 year since we’ve moved into Suite 210! In honor of the special occasion (and for participation in the local job fair), we obtained new signage for the office. Cameron, Michelle, Garrett and Jon worked together on the design, and Sign Innovations of Huntersville created the final product for us. We can collapse that sign in 1 minute and carry it to the corner, the local coffee shop, or the next marketing event in the greater Charlotte area. Coolness.

That’s a wrap for February, we’re looking forward to March and all that goes along with the spring season in the Carolinas.

January Round Up

January 2013 has been a busy month at Ephricon! Well, every month is a pleasantly busy month at Ephricon, but January was different because our internal activity meter was moved to “ludicrous speed“.

Newly Hired:  Director of Client Services

First, we would like to introduce our new Director of Client Services… drum roll please! It’s Corey Creed. Over the next few months, Corey will be assigned to projects such as overseeing new client kickoff strategies and activities, working with Campaign Managers to standardize processes, and a few other items that have yet to be thrown at him announced.

Corey has an expansive internet marketing background, most notably running his own consulting and training firm, Hippo Internet Marketing, since 2003. He brings a unique blend of marketing talent, subject matter expertise, training experience, and organizational skills to share with our team.  To say we are excited to have him on board is an understatement! We are ecstatic to see more cohesiveness, in terms of internal processes and systems, and we’re looking forward to having another agency expert hanging around the office to help make Ephricon even  more fabulous than it already is. If you know Corey, be sure to reach out to him and congratulate him on his new gig, or drop him a note in the comments.

Working on our Own Marketing

Our Developer, Garrett Tichy, has been working behind the scenes on Ephricon’s brand and everything affiliated with it. Look for design changes to everything Ephricon has out there right now, from our website to our social media pages, Garrett & Jon (agency founder) are developing some cool ideas.  Most are still at the brainstorming stage right now, but are set to go live in Q2.

Happy Workaversary to Nicole!

Another noteworthy event: Our Internet Marketing Associate, Nicole Barbato just celebrated her 1 year anniversary here with Ephricon. Nicole has been a wonderful addition to our team, she has been an invaluable asset with the implementation of our inbound marketing campaigns. From blogger outreach to quality content placements, Nicole is very fast and efficient in organizing and pitching content. Thank you Nicole for giving Ephricon your best, we hope to watch you grow with us and dive even deeper into our inbound marketing niche.

Sidenote:  Are both Corey and Nicole wearing the same shirt in their photos?  :)

Watch Out… We’re Organized!

Finally, Ephricon has launched TeamworkPM as our project management software. TeamworkPM is an upgrade from our prior software, it integrates time tracking on tasks, team communication, delegation, and above all, helps everyone on our team to stay organized and collaborate more efficiently. TeamworkPM will also enable our new Director of Client Services to stay on top of all campaigns, and monitor activity and progress.

And that’s a wrap for January. Continue to look for even more awesomeness to come from Ephricon as we head into February!