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Hello 2010
Written by Chris Bowler on January 1st 2010
2009 was a good year for us here at Fusion. It was a year of growing, learning and enjoying the company of some great new people.
But there’s a good possibility that 2010 will be even better. And it starts today with the addition of some of the talented folks I referenced above. We’re honoured to announce a handful of new members:
- Pattern Tap: inspiration depot for interface designers and the baby of Squared Eye’s Matthew Smith.
- Owltastic: the personal site of the talented Meagan Fisher, lover of all things owl.
- First & 20: home to the iPhone home screens of all your favourite geeks.
- AisleOne: the personal site of Antonio Carusone, AisleOne is a wonderful source of content focused on design, typography, minimalism and grid systems.
- Simple Desktops: and another entry in minimalism, Simple Desktops serves up wallpapers that enhance rather than distract.
- thelongbrake: the personal online abode of Joshua Longbrake, photographer extraordinaire.
- Matthew Buchanan: the personal site of Matthew Buchanan, devigner extraordinaire.
- Note & Point: a collection of inspiring presentations for Keynote and Powerpoint.
- Simplenote: a slick web service that syncs with the companion iPhone app — which happens to be the best note application for the platform.
Whether a personal blog or a targeted service, all of these sites have our utmost respect. We’re proud to have our ads displayed on each.
And we wish you all a great year. Thank you for all your support over the past year.
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Happy Holidays
Written by Chris Bowler on November 30th 2009
We’ve been on a bit of a hiatus here at Fusion. The past few months have been busy as we’ve focused on a few new directions we hope to announce soon. During this time, we’ve held off from adding any new sites or services to the Fusion lineup.
But that’s about to change, and it starts this holiday season. We’re very happy to have a couple of new members with whom we’ve been familiar with over this past year. Starting early December, Fusion Ads will be displayed on our favourite portfolio application Carbonmade, as well as our favourite share-everything service, Droplr.
Since Fusion’s initial launch just over one year ago, we’ve been blessed to work with some of the most talented and kind people in this business. Our success is largely due to the quality of the people on whose sites our ads are located. And with new members such as Droplr and Carbonmade, 2010 is looking just as good.
Have a great holiday season everyone!
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Welcome the Newest Fusion Members
Written by Chris Bowler on September 1st 2009
It is my great pleasure to announce our two newest members to the Fusion network. Over the past year, we’ve had the pleasure of working with some of the people we admire and respect the most in this industry. And our two newest sites are no exception.
- Jon Hicks: Jon’s blog was my very first introduction to the world of blogging some 4 years ago. So it’s such a honour to have him even aware of Fusion let alone willing to join as a member. It gives us a lot of pride to see our ad beside Jon’s beautiful sketches of large bricks of cheese.
- Minimal Mac: Last month we welcomed the personal site of our good friend Patrick Rhone. Today we’re excited to announce that Patrick’s newest blog is now a member of Fusion. If you enjoy the Macintosh platform and appreciate simplicity, be sure to check out Minimal Mac.
It is so enjoyable to work with great people and since starting Fusion we’ve been extremely blessed in that regard. And now, we take some time to focus on other things. Stay tuned …
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A Fresh Coat of Paint
Written by Chris Bowler on August 17th 2009
Well, maybe it’s a little more than a coat of paint.
Welcome to the new digs of team Fusion. When we first launched in November of last year, our needs for a website were simple. We wanted to give one concise page of who we were and what we were doing. With the help of Cameron.io, we had a page that met those needs.
But in the past 8 months, Fusion has exploded. Our needs grew a little. Okay, a lot. Add that to the fact that we’ve got some exciting plans for the next few months and suddenly we needed to make some changes.
Then fortune shone on us and one Mr. Elliot Jay Stocks tweeted that he was available for some work. So I said to Michael, “Michael, let’s shoot for the moon and see if Elliot would be interested.” Turns out he was.
A couple of months later, here we are. And we couldn’t be happier with Elliot’s work — what a pro! And a cheerful chap to boot. If you want awesome work accompanied with a professional demeanor, you won’t find anyone better than this guy. Thanks for the great job Elliot.
The new design was planned with the future in mind. One of the major changes will come to the light in the next few months.
The other was to focus on the different options we offered to our customers. On the home page, you can now see the three different advertising options we offer. Each has its own selling points, but all are great value.
We heard a lot of stories about how hard it is to coordinate the approval and release of an iPhone app with an ad spot to gain exposure. “We’d like a June ad spot, but we’re not sure if our app is going to get rejected …” is the gist of what we often heard. And so, after some thought, our Bursts were born.
Bursts are one-week spots that are flexible and affordable, suited to meet your needs, not ours. They’re a good option for those who want to test out our service without committing to a full month or who are promoting the launch of a new product. Add this option to our regular monthly spots and our roadblocks — another great option for promoting a launch — and a little Fusion panache, and we think we’ve got the best ad service around.
Lastly, dear readers, you have a huge role to play in what we do. We are one of you — what interests you interests us. Like many web-centric people are doing these days, we built for ourselves. Our aim is to advertise products that are of interest to us. Because if we like them, we know you will too.