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Helping Colorado find healthier food options with the new Smart Meal™ Mobile Web App…

October 28, 2011

The Challenge -
With obesity on the rise, and everyone busier than ever, people need more convenient ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Nutritious food options need to be quick and easy and right at our fingertips, and available to users who are on the go, using a wide variety of mobile devices.

The Solution -
Smart Meal Colorado asked Akavit to create a brand new mobile web application for iPhones and Androids. This application provides an easy way to find restaurants in Colorado where healthy food options are available. When loading the application through your phone’s web browser, you are immediately given the option to add the app to your home screen as an icon. It not only provides a convenient way to find nearby healthy eating spots (using GPS), but it also highlights the healthiest items on restaurant menus. The app offers easy access to restaurant websites and main phone numbers so you can learn more or quickly make a reservation, and it’s easy to share with your friends through social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

The Results -
Within the first 9 days of the app launching, there were more than 22,400 hits, and it’s averaging over 2,200 hits each day! Thanks to Akavit and Smart Meal Colorado, it's convenient, it's fast, it's healthy - it's http://m.smartmealcolorado.com/ (best viewed from your favorite mobile device!).

Brand New Look. Brand New Tools… Same Old Experts.

October 27, 2011

The Challenge -
As a leader in the field of homeowner association law, HindmanSanchez needed a website that matched their personality while providing insight into the depth and breadth of their knowledge. Like the firm itself, the site had to be easy to work with.

The Solution -
Akavit, Denver's premier digital agency, first gathered consumer insights in order to assess the frustrations, complaints and concerns about the old site. Based on this information, Akavit rebuilt the site from the ground up; including improved architecture, straightforward navigation, and a new creative design. Additionally, the site has enhanced search capabilities that allow users to navigate through the over 500 unique articles, blogs, publications, and newsletters that are used daily by their clients. Built in Drupal 7, the CMS-based site allows not only a more intuitive experience for users, but straightforward content management capabilities for the staff. It also offers enhanced search engine optimization functions and content aggregation.

The Results -
In just the first 16 days since launch, site traffic has not only doubled, but through solid search engine optimization techniques, Akavit has more than tripled the organic SEO visits for this client!

Presenting the new HindmanSanchez.com!

Akavit launches a new new promotionally-driven microsite for U.S. Bank for the San Francisco 49ers 2011 season.

September 10, 2011

The Challenge -
For the 2011-12 NFL season, the 49ers and U.S. Bank developed an extensive promotional plan revolving around a Fan Trading Card Builder. U.S. Bank wanted to promote this offer as well as several other offers from their 2011-12 49ers wall calendar in a U.S. Bank centric platform. With multiple promotions occurring throughout the year, U.S. Bank needed a platform that was easy to manage and designed to match their promotion schedule. Additionally, the promotional schedule called for several public and employee-only enter-to-win sweepstakes.

The Solution -
The Denver, CO digital agency, Akavit, was chosen to take on the project of improving the platform for 49ersBanking.com and creating a design experience that engages visitors and supports the 49ers and U.S. Bank co-branded experience. Akavit created a design layout that incorporated the prime sponsorship elements for the upcoming 49ers season and implemented the site on Sitefinity's new 4x CMS platform. Akavit content managers are now able to change out the promotions through the season and download data from the enter-to-win contests efficiently...all without development skills.

Click here to check it out.

Alfson Energy Land Services, an industry leader, thanks to the help of Akavit's website architects.

July 25, 2011

DENVER, CO – Alfson Energy Land Services hired Denver Digital Agency, Akavit, to design and build a stand-out, industry-leading web presence. Alfson launched the site on Friday, July 22nd at an energy trade event in Santa Fe, NM. The website stole the show and put the oil and gas industry on notice. Not even the most conservative so called "old school" industries can get away with a poorly designed, bare minimum website anymore. Once one company has the guts to break the mold and create something fresh, the rest are forced to to fall in line. Thanks to Akavit, Alfson was the first to do just that for the mountain states energy industry. Check it all out right here.

Akavit Moves Strongly Into mid-2011 with New Clients, New Hires and an upcoming Digital Spin-off

June 15, 2011

DENVER, Co. – (PRWEB) – June 15, 2011 – Akavit (www.akavitdigital.com), a leading digital marketing agency and mobile technology company, moves strongly into mid-2011 with more than twelve new clients, three new hires and the promotion of a key manager to partner.

Click here to view the full release.

Help Akavit and FORSSE win a people's choice award

May 26, 2011

Help us win the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products! Voting is open now and concludes on June 4. Winners will be honored at the ABA awards banquet in New York on June 20.

FORSSE™ is listed in the Favorite New Smartphone or Tablet App category. To vote for the FORSSE™ Mobile App, use Short Code: Z938H.

Click here to vote: http://peopleschoice.stevieawards.com/default.cfm?scode=Z938H

California Pizza Kitchen partners with Akavit for the CPK “Biggest Fanatic” contest.

May 6, 2011

California Pizza Kitchen, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, has partnered with the leading digital marketing and technology agency, Akavit, for its latest customer loyalty campaign.

The CPK “Biggest Fanatic”, an instant win Facebook game run in conjunction with an in-store scratch card game, and also includes a Foursquare coupon offer. The instant win Facebook game is part of the annual California Pizza Kitchen “Thank you” promotion.

Visit California Pizza Kitchen on Facebook and become a fan for your chance to win! Biggest CPK Fanatic

HindmanSanchez launches a new Business Law Group with the help of Akavit's interactive marketing team.

January 3, 2011

HindmanSanchez, a Colorado Law Firm long recognized for their expertise and excellence in the Community Law and Homeowners Association field, today launched a new practice: HindmanSanchez Business Law Group, and a website: hsbusinesslaw.com to promote it.

With the addition of David Closson as the managing partner of the new practice, HindmanSanchez turned to the online marketing experts at Akavit to design, develop and deploy the site and to promote it via direct E-Mail marketing. Akavit designed the site and HTML E-Mail template to clearly communicate the unique legal offering and personality of the team, which is led by a proven business law attorney and backed by the experienced team and resources of HindmanSanchez.

Congratulations to the entire HindmanSanchez team on the successful launch of their new group!

Akavit holiday eCards projects

American Museum of Natural History with WiT Media

December 14, 2010

Working with WiT Media in New York City, Akavit launched a custom eCard application for the American Museum of Natural History. With an expected increase in Museum visitors during the holidays, the Museum was looking for a fun way to re-engage people who visited and increase ongoing interest in the Museum all while spreading the holiday cheer. WiT Media designed the site and eCard templates, which give Museum-goers a way to share their holiday visit to the American Museum of Natural History with friends and family.

Denver Broncos Happy Holidays E-Cards

December 15, 2010

Working with Akavit worked with the Denver Broncos Football Club to develop and deploy two holiday video e-cards, one for the Football Club, and the other for Broncos Country.

Spreading Holiday Cheer and Supporting a Great Cause

December 23, 2010

Through the efforts of an akavit helper elf known as "Fireman JV," our friends at BrandJuice were able to spread some holiday cheer and support a great cause: Arts Street. Happy holidays to all!

Akavit launches 2nd site with Concept 1 Communications

November 23, 2010

Akavit recently launched a multi-stage promotional website, the second such project with East Coast agency partner Concept One Communications. The new promotional microsite includes a mobile-only version, which is optimized for today's speed-driven smart phone users. The sponsored sweepstakes promotional interactive experience naturally integrates social media applications as well as a full set of analytics and custom reporting capabilities for tracking usage and enter-to-win submissions.

For this promotional series, Akavit is managing a clustered cloud hosting solution designed to be scalable for surges in traffic and usage demands, ensuring the highest possible system performance and user experience, while remaining economical for the client.

Theatrical Rights Worldwide Launches New E-Commerce Website

November 19, 2010

Starting with a fresh Akavit design and engineered to provide a intuitive, hassle-free user experience, the new Theatrical Rights Worldwide© website continues to revolutionize the world of theater licensing and allows TRW to provide their customers with the exceptional service they’ve come to expect.

Going live at 5pm EDT, on November 2nd, 2010, the new www.theatricalrights.com features enhanced e-commerce functionality providing TRW with an industry-leading approach to the theatrical licensing process. The site includes integration of LockLizard™ protected content delivery technology, allowing for TRW's revolutionary online perusal service that makes selecting a musical an easy, touch-of-a-button process – freeing up clients creative time and giving instant access to some of today’s most desired titles.

Akavit architected the new site on the proven Drupal CMS platform to allow for future site expansion, with custom modules specifically designed to meet TRW's unique business requirements. Enhanced account management tools make it easier than ever for users to create, edit and manage their orders. Another added benefit to the site is the introduction of the TRW StageCenter Collection, offering a specially priced collection of Theatrical Rights Worldwide titles, now with online checkout! The StageCenter Collection allows amateur and school customers to receive an instant quote and immediately purchase a license, greatly reducing turnaround time.

Check out the new theatricalrights.com now and feel the power of the possibilities.

Akavit launches Copper Mountain Green Meetings and Wedding Planning Sections to the Copper Meetings Website

October 27, 2010

Copper Mountain turned to Akavit when they needed a marketing related update to their Copper Meetings website. In order to properly feature the conference group's green initiatives, a new green meetings section was added that explains how Copper is participating in the green movement. And, for couples desiring to tie the knot at Copper, Akavit designed and built a new weddings section that provides the pertinent info related to available services and venues. With these simple additions, the Copper Meetings web site better represents the ski area as a full service and responsible choice for your next mountain event.

Akavit delivers the FORSSE™ Android Application...beating the i-team to market

September 17, 2010

Akavit expands work with NFL teams and the San Francisco 49ers Football Club

September 3, 2010

Expanding their work with NFL teams, Akavit recently launched 49ersBanking.com in conjunction with U.S. Bank, Official Bank of the 49ers. The new micro-site markets contests and offers to promote the sports-marketing sponsorship relationship between U.S. Bank and the San Francisco 49ers.

visit the site at www.49ersBanking.com

Award-winning myBWMC.org Hospital Website

September 2, 2010

O'Brien Advertising of Denver and Akavit, a leading interactive agency, announced that the new Baltimore Washington Medical Center website earned a Silver award at the 27th annual Healthcare Advertising Awards and also was named a Stevie Award finalist at the 2010 American Business Awards℠.

See it: Colorado Business - The Denver Post
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Akavit launches 2010-11 U.S. Bank - Denver Broncos micro-site

August 12, 2010

For kickoff of the Denver Broncos Football Club and NFL 2010-11 season, Akavit has launched the BroncosBanking promotional microsite for U.S. Bank. The newly updated micro-site website is designed to house various sports-marketing and cross-promotional contests and offers, including the "Touch Down in London with the Broncos! sweepstakes. Visit the site and enter to win!

Akavit launches RMHP's Wellness Site and Employer Pages

August 3, 2010

In August of 2010, Akavit launched the RMHP Wellness site and Employer Pages. This project was designed to function as a resource for health conscious RMHP customers and non-customers alike. The mission of the site is to provide “Tips for Healthier living”. This was partly accomplished by partnering with Fitness Consulting for video content and partly by providing reference material on a number of topics. Each video Channel focuses on a different area of health and well being. Each month a new video is added that focuses on a new health-related topic. In addition to the videos, pertinent info about Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Weight Control, Glucose and Nicotine is offered as a reference.

Akavit announces launch of HonorBib website

July 14, 2010

Akavit wins two Stevie® Awards in 8th Annual American Business Awards℠

June 21, 2010

Akavit launches Brookshire International Academy

May 21, 2010

Akavit today launched the Brookshire International Academy website. The newly launched business website was developed on the Drupal CMS platform using PHP and javascript, and includes custom-designed modules for FAQ's, Programs and Courses.

Akavit converts RMHP.org to Sitefinity CMS

May 14, 2010

Akavit, the award-winning Sitefinity Partner, today launched the re-engineered Rocky Mountain Health Plans website. Akavit converted the site, previously based on the former Texture Media nCatapult proprietary CMS to the ASP.NET Sitefinity CMS.

Akavit Rocks the Block with Rudi's Organic Bakery® and Applegate Farms®

April 30, 2010

Akavit, the leading digital web development agency, today launched the new Rock the Block Summer Grilling Promotional website. Go there by July 5th and enter for a chance to win a block party to entertain 50 of your closest friends and family.

VarVee - Your Home For All High School Sports Stats

April 27, 2010

Akavit, the leading digital interactive agency, today launched the new VarVee.com high school sports statistics website. Akavit's team designed, developed and deployed the new social-oriented website from the ground up, in collaboration with the Denver, Colorado-based VarVee team. Congratulations VarVee!

VarVee’s mission is to celebrate the sports experience for coaches, young student athletes, and their parents/family, friends, and fans.

VarVee, Inc., headquartered in Denver, Colorado, was founded in August 2007 to celebrate high school sports by solving the coaches’ challenge of collecting and reporting high school game time statistics and solving local media’s related challenges. The company beta tested software across multiple sports and officially launched in March 2009. Working with these coaches as well as State associations, VarVee organized the large amount of scoring and statistical data created every season by high school sports teams in Colorado, and has now expanded to serve coaches, media and athletes across the country.

For Coaches, VarVee provides software as a service (SaaS) solution to make it easier to record game statistics and automatically distribute, at the request of the coach, box scores to media outlets and supporters across 20 high school sports.

For Local Media, VarVee makes it easier to cover the sports universe by providing content and tools that enhance the high school sports experience of their readers, listeners, and viewers both online and in traditional media environments.

For Athletes, Parents/Family, and Fans, VarVee provides a trusted and accurate resource (VarVee.com) to easily find and enjoy young athlete sports statistics and athlete profiles.

For Advertisers, the VarVee online network provides both branding and direct response solutions to a highly targeted and desirable audience of high school sports athletes and their support group (parents/family, friends, and fans).

SKØL AKAVIT!

April 1, 2010

Akavit celebrates its second anniversary as a leading Denver interactive agency and web technology company. Skol!

Ciferri Tattoo Machines

March 29, 2010

The new Adam J. Ciferri Tattoo Machines website launched today. The site, a collaboration between Geoff Thomas of Guiceworks and Akavit, is built on a WordPress Blog engine and allows site visitors to configure their own custom tattoo machine online and purchase it through the e-commerce system.

Kudos to Guiceworks and congratulations to Adam J Ciferri on the great looking site!

Sukle Advertising & Design site - it's alive!

March 26, 2010

Spring fever has hit Denver in a big way, with the launch of not just any website, but the entirely new, groundbreaking Sukle Advertising and Design agency website. Akavit's development team hammered-out this innovative content managed Drupal website, which allows you to peruse Sukle's award-winning portfolio of work in unexpected ways. Check it out to see what furriness they've been up to.

Congrats Sukle, time to start re-filling that bathtub!

Denver Business Journal Denver-Area Web Developers/Designers List

March 12, 2010

Akavit has been named as one of the top 20 Denver-area Web Developers/Designers according to the Denver Business Journal. Akavit ranked number 15 when ranked by number of sites designed in 2009, and number 13 when ranked by 2009 Denver-area revenue.

The Big Ten Icons Bobblethon begins

March 11, 2010

In conjunction with the Big Ten Network's upcoming Big Ten Icons programming promotion, Concept One Communications today launched the Big Ten Icons microsite. The site kicks off the celebration of the many student-athletes who have defined excellence throughout the Big Ten Conference's history. The "Bobblethon" site launch coincides with the beginning of the Big Ten Conference's Basketball Tournament and runs through the end of July.

Go online, select your favorite team bobblehead and tap to score for your team. The university that receives the most clicks during the Bobblethon will win $10,000 for its alumni association's scholarship fund. Fans also will get a chance to win a trip for two to a Big Ten football game of their choice and other great prizes.

Social Jane launches new website

March 5, 2010

Akavit and Kate Jensen Interactive collaborate to launch Social Jane's latest website, which includes a whole new set of tools and functionality to improve the social experience. Social Jane, the Internet's Premier Social Networking Site for Women, was built on the Joomla CMS platform and using CommunityBuilder for a scalable, reliable, robust social functionality.

EZ Learning

March 5, 2010

Akavit launches the new EZ Learning website, where education is simplified. EZ Learning's goal is to educate students for life, through educational programs that are amongst the most comprehensive in the industry and with new programs being added regularly.

Bar Code Direct launches new Sitefinity CMS Website

February 19, 2010

Akavit and Bridget Banta have launched the newly designed Sitefinity CMS based Bar Code Direct website.

Gentlemen, start your scanning!

Akavit is Sitefinity's Partner of the Month

December 23, 2009

Sitefinity has selected Akavit as their web development Partner of the Month. Visit the Sitefinity site to see a holiday sampling of some Sitefinity projects Akavit has recently launched.

The Denver Broncos celebrate their 50th season with a win, taking them to 5-0

October 11, 2009

The Denver Broncos Football Club, part of the Denver, Colorado community for 50 years, have celebrated their 50th anniversary season with a win, taking them to 5-0, and a throwback website. The site, temporarily turned back time to 1960, with brown & gold theming to match the throwback uniforms. Congratulations to the Broncos for an excellent win, and 50 strong years!

Baltimore Washington Medical Center website launches

October 6, 2009

Akavit, working with healthcare marketing specialists O'Brien Advertising, designed and developed the beautiful new mybwmc.org website, based on the Drupal CMS platform. In conjunction with a digital re-branding and the opening of their new labor and delivery center, the new interactive site has launched to the public with much hullabaloo.

Baltimore Washington Medical Center (BWMC) embarked upon this project with goals to incorporate health information from many different sources into one central Web site in order to become a community health resource for its doctors, members and prospective members, and to improve Search Engine Optimization with specific and appropriate tags.

Appealing visuals combined with solid SEO best practices, and an integrated health encyclopedia from award-winning health content provider A.D.A.M. in both English and Spanish caused an immediate and ongoing increase in site traffic. Demographics also showed an increase in statewide vs. city-wide visits.

O'Brien Advertising launches their new website

September 30, 2009

Our friends over at O'Brien Advertising have launched a new website and blog, ...okay with a little help from our Sitefinity ASP.NET team. Congratulations on the new site and online brand! -- ThinkOBA --

Check them out at thinkoba.com and on the Burnt Carrot blog

CatEye launches the newest WorldCommute.com at Interbike 2009

September 22, 2009

The newest generation of the innovative green-movement site, WorldCommute.com - by CatEye, was launched just prior to the Las Vegas Interbike tradeshow. The latest release includes social functionality whereby users can create and join groups. Groups can then challenge other groups to engage in physical activity for transportation purposes - and promote the idea of “Greater Health. Healthier Environment.".

Developed in CakePHP and translated into 7 languages, the WorldCommute website was designed by ToolStudios in Niwot, Colorado and developed by Akavit. Props to CatEye and ToolStudios for making a difference!

Join in at worldcommute.com

Rocky Mountain Health Plans and Akavit Win Web Marketing Association's Web Award

September 15, 2009

The Web Marketing Association has presented the 2009 WEBAWARD for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development to Rocky Mountain Health Plans for both the Insurance Standard of Excellence and the Non-Profit Standard of Excellence categories.

Congratulations to the RMHP team!

Learn more at webaward

Visit Rocky Mountain Helath Plans at http://www.rmhp.org/

Akavit teams up with Sukle Advertising for the new GoLite.com

August 27, 2009

Akavit and Sukle Advertising & Design have teamed up to redesign and deploy the new GoLite.com. The new design includes compelling images of GoLite heroes and products, and multiple user experience navigation options which enable users to explore the GoLite brand and products online in a deeper experiential way. And we've enhanced the online shopping experience to make it easier for customer to find and purchase products in through the e-commerce shopping cart.

Visit GoLite at http://golite.com

Online voting open for 50th Anniversary Broncos Team

August 27, 2009

Voting continues through September 4th. Fan choices will be announced on October 11th during the home game against the New England Patriots

See the 9NEWS.com article here

See it on The Denver Egotist here

Broncos 50th Anniversary Press Release

August 20, 2009

Akavit, a leading interactive agency and web technology company, today announced the Denver Broncos' new website commemorating its 50th anniversary of NFL seasons from 1960 - 2009.

See the whole press release here

Smart Meal Colorado

July 27, 2009

Cactus Marketing engaged Akavit's .NET Sitefinity CMS team to develop and deploy the new Colorado Smart Meal website. The Smart Meal program helps customers identify restaurants and eating establishments, which promote healthy meal options.

Click here to check it out

Mix1 launches groundbreaking new site design to engage customers in the Mix1 brand experience

July 13, 2009

Akavit, TDA and Mix1 teamed up to redesign & develop a new online digital brand experience for the Boulder-based health drink company.

See it at Mix1life.com

Interact with the original Papervision3D Mix1 bottle

Telerik Sitefinity Partner

July 2, 2009

Akavit, the Denver, Colorado based interactive agency that launched innovative .NET-based websites such as those for Mix1, Ducker Law and Colorado Capital Bank, has been announced as a Telerik Sitefinity Partner, and looks forward to continuing to leverage and promote this excellent CMS platform.

Ramp up Your Redesign

July 1, 2009

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Make your website's overhaul an event that attracts traffic and customers. Turning the relaunch of a web site into a public happening is a positive opportunity to engage your partners and the public. Click Here to Read More

Rocky Mountain Health Plans Homepage Re-Design

June 25, 2009

Akavit launches a new homepage layout and design for Rocky Mountain Health Plans.

See the RMHP Website

Colorado Capital Bank

June 22, 2009

Another successful team effort! Together with Baza design, Akavit has rebuilt the Colorado Capitol Bank site from the ground up. We started with fresh re-design, added tons of new functionality and features, mixed in a revamped user experience and topped ‘er off with one very happy client. Mmmm high finance.

See the Colorado Capital Bank Website

U.S. Bank and Bud Light Broncos Promotional Microsites

June 17, 2009

Akavit created new interface designs and layouts for U.S. Bank and Anheuser-Busch to advertise the great promotions and contests offered by these national brands, in conjunction with the Denver Broncos Football Club

Visit Broncos-Banking

Click here to see the Twitter page we created for BroncosBanking, and follow Broncos-U.S. Bank Promotions on Twitter

Visit Broncos-Bud Light

To follow Broncos-Bud Light promotions click here, and also see the Twitter page we designed for Bud Light.

Denver Broncos Football Club 50th Anniversary All-Team

June 6, 2009

The 2009 NFL season marks the 50th anniversary of the Denver Broncos. To commemorate the past while embracing the future, the franchise is recognizing its community of fans who have been an integral part of Broncos Country during the first 50 seasons.

As a part of the celebration, fans have the opportunity to select their choice for the All-Time Denver Broncos Team through an online voting tool found at http://www.denverbroncos.com/50th/. Voting begins June 6 and can be completed at Fan Fair or by logging on to DenverBroncos.com any time. Voting concludes September 4.

"We are proud of our partnership with the Denver Broncos and are delighted with how the fans have embraced our efforts on BroncosCountry.com and DenverBroncos.com," said Thomas Dahl, Vice President of Technical Strategy at Akavit. "With the release of the 50th Anniversary Team interactive voting system, we hope to engage the fans on a whole new level and further the Broncos' position as an online leader."

See the Website and Cast Your Vote

Read the Denver Broncos press release

Akavit launches the new duckerlaw.com for Ducker, Montgomery, Aronstein, & Bess p.c.

June 1, 2009

Ducker, Montgomery, Aronstein, & Bess identified a need to redesign its web site to refresh the look and feel in support of the firm’s image, while increasing the ability of the firm to manage updates to the site. The Denver, Colorado based law firm selected Akavit to design a new Sitefinity CMS ASP.NET-based website that showcases the attorneys in a way that supports the firm's excellent value proposition within its practice areas specialties.

See the DuckerLaw Website

Read the Case Study