The Latest

We have been flat out BUSY here at Cross & Crown. With a mix of personal vacations, random home improvement jobs, new interns, surgeries, grilling, motorcycle cleaning, and gearing up for the festival season, we haven't had much time to rest. However, we always try to find the time to update you weekly with something we are working on.

Ever hear of TobyMac? Well you should have. If not, go here: www.tobymac.com. Toby is one of the most exciting music entertainment acts in the nation, and we are privileged to be able to work with him on merchandise. We've been helping him with new shirt designs for this summer, and have posted a few for you to see.

Enjoy!

Why A Website?

We were thinking the other day - what do we tell someone when they ask us, "Why Should I have a website?"

After some thinking, here is what we came up with:

1. To establish a presence
2. To network
3. To make business information available
4. To serve your customers
5. To heighten public interest
6. To release time sensitive materials
7. To Sell a product or service
8. To make pictures, sound and film files available
9. To reach a highly desirable demographic market
10. To answer frequently asked questions

"You Guys Do That Too?"

Within the past two months or so, Cross & Crown has found that a familiar question keeps popping up among clients (as well as others) in regards to what we are capable of doing (what our company can design). There appears to be some confusion, or for a lack of a better term, "mystery" to the limits of what we can do here at Cross & Crown.

On our newly designed website (www.cacpro.com), we feature the main services that we offer in our solutions section. However, we are not limited or bound to these specific services. In fact, we do TONS more ... so much that our little flash application on our website can't handle it all. So, for the first time ever, we will provide a lengthy and exhaustive list of all of the possible projects we are able to accompany you with. If we left something out, we sincerely apologize, however if you find something missing, you may have a tad too much time on your hands.

IDENTITY PROJECTS
Logos • Identity Standards • Standards Templates • Complete Branding Strategy • Brand StyleGuides • Stationary Design • Business Form Design • Business Cards • Letterhead • Envelopes • Various Stationary items

PRINT PROJECTS
T-Shirts • Billboards • Brochures • Direct Mailers • Programs • Magazine Advertisements • Newspaper Advertisements • Annual Reports • CD Packaging & Booklets • Package Design • Campaign Materials • Promo Kits • Tradeshow Graphics • Vehicle Graphics • Invitations • Sales & Spec Sheets • Post Cards • Flyers • Handbills • Posters • Environmental Graphics • Interior & Exterior Signs • Screen Printing

WEB PROJECTS
Websites • Business Card Sites • E-Mail Design • E-Mail List Management • E-Cards • Banner Ads • Flash Books • Flash Intros • MySpace Design • Search Engine Optimization • Facebook Account Set-Ups • E-Commerce

VIDEO PROJECTS
Promo Videos • Interviews • Training Videos • Event Summaries • Wedding Videos • Podcast Editing • Music Videos • Custom Filming



Whew, done.

We look forward to hearing from you, and to no more "You Guys Do That Too?"

Buttons

When the mail came today, I was happy to find the buttons we designed for Hopestrands, they look great. We ordered over 1000 buttons to support the launch of Hopestrands. Here is a picture of what they turned out like.

Ever Try Calling at 8AM

If you ever try calling us at 8am and we don't answer, this might be the reason why...

The joys of living on the countryside. I experienced this while driving to the office earlier this week. It's not uncommon to be behind a buggy or some other type of farm equipment, however, its normally not in the center of town, that's what gave me a kick out of this picture.

1 Exciting Year

May 1, 2008 marked the one year anniversary for Joel Hudson, our implant designer from Indiana. We are excited for Joel and are excited to have him as part of the Cross and Crown team for years to come.
Joel has been a great asset to us with designing print, web, and merch pieces. Check out cacpro.com to see some of his most recent work.

To celebrate we are going to be taking a office field trip to Brusters Ice Cream today. We all wish it was this day every day!

Co-Founder featured in Ship Magazine

"Son, college student, husband, president and CEO—words describing an entrepreneur in his prime, enjoying the span of a long, successful career. Words that also describe Shippensburg University senior Trevor Roberts.

To see this young man walking across campus, one wouldn’t guess he is the CEO of a respected media company, working with top companies across the country or the president of a concert promotions organization, selling out venues from Hagerstown, Maryland to Altoona. How does he juggle everything and still find time for classes and schoolwork? How did this twenty-two-year-old become a major player before earning his college degree? Two words: creativity and conviction...." Read the rest of the article at www.ship.edu.

Congratulations to Trevor and this great profile.