Recent News and Headlines
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
Full Press Release
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 today announced the launch of HonorBib LLC’s new Web site, honorbib.com.
HonorBibs are personalized photo back bibs for runners and walkers to honor those they love during a race or walking event. The Web site is a custom application designed so that participants and supporters can choose a non-profit to support, select a colorful template, easily upload photos of loved ones, write a personalized message and then purchase their HonorBib in either seed paper or Tyvek®. HonorBibs cost $10 each and at least 10 percent of each one sold is donated to charity. And, a partnership program for non-profits, race directors and companies to brand their own HonorBib is built into the site.
We are proud to work with HonorBib LLC and be able to make a difference in this world.
Akavit wins two Stevie® Awards in 8th Annual American Business Awards℠
June 21, 2010
Akavit won two Stevie Awards in the Web Site or Blog – Craft & Function category at The 2010 American Business Awards.
Best E-commerce Site was awarded to Akavit and Sukle Advertising & Design for the rebranding of GoLite’s web site.
Best Software Programming/Design was awarded to Akavit for the development of Mix1’s web site, which has since been updated, but can temporarily be viewed by clicking here.
Congratulations and thanks to the Sukle Advertising & Design, GoLite and Mix1 teams for these great awards.
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!
2009 News and Headlines
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.
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.
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