November, 2005: Better Save the Women & Children First...

October was i-n-s-a-n-e, as we launched several sites at the same time, fully upgraded our servers, and hired a few new folks as well. So there is lots to say.

Our designer Ted Hall and his lovely wife Amy gave birth to a healthy baby boy named River Aiden last month, so we all know he's getting like no sleep... but congratulations man!! Jessica Harse rejoins the staff as our resident photoshop whiz, and we're really happy to get her back. FInally, new recruit Luke Potter is kicking ass over in the server, programming areas, and we could not be in better hands. We recently found out Luke was, as he said, "a little right of center," but I think we'll get over it. ;) And of course the king, Jef Shilt, Eden's go-to workhorse. Long may you run.

- Online Wholesale Distribution System for Pachamama Imports of San Jose, CA
- Buckeye Goat Meat Task Force, dont ask ;) - but it will be c-o-o-l
- Adjustments and site work for Studio E Music
- A really neat site for a local Artist to include online ordering
- back end database system for the Corporation for Ohio Appalachian Development
- Upgrades and site work for Willow Run Ranch, owned by Terry Anderson
- Shopping Cart/ Web presence for Virgo Wine Importers
- Redesign of Hot Tuna.com
- Some long overdue adjustments to ReUse Industries.org
- "OhioTeenline.org" - a helpful resource for kids in need

So yeah, we're busy. Very excited for all this and welcome to all the new clientele into the fold

Alright, I can pretty much guarantee this is the last free moment I am gonna have for an update for awhile, so until next time, be well.

September, 2005: The Hills are Alive... with the Sounds of Music

Fall is in the air and we are kicking out websites like there is no tomorrow. Some cool new stuff to show off.

Quite the flipside, we finally got enough spare time to get our resident artist Kevin Morgan his website, simple, but effective. This site, which took us years to get going - (it's always the housepainters house that needs painted) - features some bio info, cool links, and some sample images from his storied works. Check it out here.

One thing that is non musical related coming down the pipe is teenlineohio.org, a soon to be division of our VIPs the Southern Consortium for Children, located right here in good ol' Athens, Ohio. This site will be a resource for teens to communicate with social workers, as well as their peers, for support on teen issues. We are excited to be doing this, and we'll have some stuff to show you on that real soon.

Until then- enjoy the fall, and go browns.

August 2005: The Summer after the Summer of Love

Man this summer has been an absolute blast so far... visits from old friends and family members, concerts and outdoor festivals, and many, many fun and challenging projects to keep us off the streets and out of our Wives' hair. And speaking of "streets;"

Eden was pleased and flattered to learn we have been nominated for two awards from The Information Technology Alliance of Appalachian Ohio, the first being "Best Website" - for www.jeffersonairplane.com, to which I think longtime JeffAir manager and our good buddy in biz Bill Thompson nominated us for, must mean he's please with the work we did last summer - to which we still refer to as the "second summer of love," and the second award being "Best IT Company" - who which we have no clue at all who nominated us for, but whoever it was... thanks!

The Gala where winners will be announced, and friendships formed, will be held on Wednesday, July 27th, at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. We'll keep you posted on how we fair, but more importantly, Eden is eager with anticipation at the thought of mingling with all the fine folks that make up our vibrant appalachian tech community. Read more about the event on ITAAO's website, here.

Dine Across America was just launched recently... this project was the brainchild of one Jon Sparhawk, owner of The Oak Room, as well as Tuscano's, both upscale restaurants in Athens, Ohio.

This Eden Marketing/ Intelliwave project is merely in phase 1, and plans to grow into many new and intriguing facets in the near future.

Finally, Eden is beginning several fun projects we want to tell you about. The first, is finally... a website for Athens' most prolific artist, Kevin Morgan. www.kevinmorganstudios.com has energy behind it, and should go live sometime in the fall.

And Jorma strikes again, keeping the eden boys "balls to the wall" - this time, a complete modernization and redesign of www.hottuna.com, as well as a massive overhaul to www.breakdownway.com - Jack and Jorma's online guitar lesson classroom.

We have also recently signed to design a fully functional website and database for the Ohio Goat Meat Producers Association, which we welcome them into the garden and look forward to that, and all our ongoing projects, including Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Southern Consortium for Children, Court Street Management, & Avalanche Inc.

And that's the skinny from the front, Captain, more soon, as events arise. Rock steady.

June 2005: Ahhh, now that's brisk, baby!

Summer, what a wonderful time. Dusting off the golf clubs and tennis racquets and getting a little sunshine on our pale-faces goes a long way in making the 'can-do' fellas over at Eden Marketing a little more at ease with the world. And its a good thing we are good at Web Design, as our softball team at the time of this writing is 0-6, so, as they say in the industry... don't quit yer day job buddy.

And speaking of new websites, Bernie Nau of UDance Records now has a complete online ordering system installed so fans and students of Irish Dance Music can now download MP3s of custom set dance tunes encoded at various beats per minute, no easy feat I assure you but one that was a joy to work on with such a fine man and fine organization.

Also, check out Playhouse Square's latest installment of the Broadway Buzz! - the last performance of the season features the play Hairspray, more fun than humans should be allowed.

Finally, we would like to welcome our newest member/ subcontractor Luke Potter, a computer supra-genius who is gonna make short work of some our more difficult tasks, and make life even easier for all of us around the shop, to which we are eternally grateful.

That's the news from the front, more soon.

May 2005: Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Lots to report on, as last month saw more activity than a bathtub full of baby kittens. First off, Eden Marketing is moving towards a "Service Agreement" based method of care for our clients. Current or past clients of Eden Marketing will still enjoy the same outstanding service, with 48 hour turnaround time, consultations by request, weekly activity as usual, and the same personalized care they have come to expect from Eden. New clients wishing to take advantage of our skills should contact us to be added to our waiting list.

Our official Waiting List date begins:

Thursday, December 2, 2005

Never fear however, as if you need projects sooner than that, we have many fine friends and colleagues whom we refer business too often, so if you want to call and chat, you will be well cared for.

Eden owner Roman has been filling in as a guest writer for the Athens NEWS, Southeast Ohio's largest newspaper. Read his entries as correspondent for the "Athens Music Scene" here: 4/21/05 I 4/28/05

That should do it for the news this month. Lots going on to attend to, the launch of the new Avalanche Pizza site, Jack Casady's site is about done, and we should have Bernie Nau of UDance Records selling MP3s in no time, also, May 7th, the Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament which we are sure to stink up the course with, but it should be a great month.

April, 2005: More Launches than Cape Canaveral

The "can-do fellas" at Eden Marketing have been busier than all get out launching our recent projects and turning our attention to new opportunities. Everything is smooth sailing as we head into our fifth successful year of operations, and we have many new and shiny things to show off to ya.

UDance Records, a company that records and sells Irish Dance Music recently retained Eden to produce a system wherein customers can order "downloadable MP3's" - and download them to their own computers to burn onto CD. No easy feat let me assure you, and we are thankful for this blossoming relationship.

But enough about us... let's talk about you! Does your business have a mailing list? If you don't, an electronic newsletter list is an amazingly cost effective way to alert interested parties to new events, specials, news, and anything else you may feel is valuable to them. And now, Eden can aid you buy producing mind bending html emails, complete with graphics, links, and many other interactive features. Don't just e-mail, "eden-mail" them.

Finally, we would like to welcome one Mr. Barry Mitterhoff to the Eden clientele. Barry is an astounding Mandolin player of national acclaim, whom we are excited to be his source for web solutions. Rock on Barry, and to all of you, have a great month!

March, 2005: Steppin' it up a notch...

Blow the socks off of last years sales numbers by hiring Eden Marketing to install "Google Ad-Words" for you and your website venture. By choosing a few simple key words, your specially targeted ad can be showing up under Google's "Sponsored Links" area in no time.

By now no doubt you've heard the buzz, and there's a reason why these two dudes are multi-zillionaires... the stuff works! You get instant traffic to your site by people interested in exactly what you have to offer. You can even set your daily budget, so you can spend as much or as little as you choose, and you can always edit your account should business prove too much to keep up with.

This is a perfect example of "pull marketing" in action. Don't get me started on all the senseless ways business owners blow their advertising budgets by shouting into the wind, this method of marketing is specifically targeted towards real bona fide business prospects who want to throw money in your direction. Compete with the "big boys" with this secret weapon of web advertising.

March is here and Spring just around the corner, and the "can do fellas" at Eden Marketing are busy as ever knocking out this finishing touches on many many new websites. Excitement is in the air! We also have so many new projects sprouting up, we are truly thankful for all the wonderful opportunities we have bestowed upon us.

February, 2005: Blue Skies... Nothing but Blue Skies

February has found the Eden crew down in sunny Florida, meeting with several key clients as well as training a brand new employee. We have, however, found time to soak up some sun and play a little friendly golf, something we can't do during the Winter at our home base in cold, cold Athens, Ohio.

the view from the Eden room in St. Augustine, Florida

We've pretty much been all over the state... be bopping around between Orlando, Daytona Beach, Melrose, St. Augustine, and most points in between. This trip has rejuvenated us, and we have a clear set of goals and ideas to carry us through 2005 and beyond.

January, 2005: Hit the Ground Runnin...

2005 has arrived and with it, a sense of optimism and intrigue as there seems to be opportunity at every corner. We here at Eden Marketing would like to take just a second to stop and express a profound sense of gratitude for all of the blessings and good fortunes we experienced through you over the course of 2004.

We recently signed with the Coalition for Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD) who hired eden for a total rehaul of their website - a new "look" and some extra special features. Eden looks forward to working with the Coalition, and is excited to join forces to create an informative and functional upgrade to the site. Woodcut by Mike Keyes Negotiations are currently in progress for many other website projects with several national and regional organizations, making 2005 chock full of incredible opportunity.

Eden is also in need of sunshine to make its powers grow, so a business trip to Daytona Beach is on the agenda for late January. Business will of course go on un-interrupted, but the Eden staff is looking forward to meeting with several key figures from Florida for training and possible business relationships.

Thanks again for all of your support over 2004, and we look forward to a busy and prosperous 2005.

ADDED 1/15/05: One of our most important computers went down on Thursday and Eden would like to thank Mark Amon of ACME for his quick response and excellent craftsmanship getting us back up and running. If your local, and need the best computer repair guy in the area, call Mark at 740-592-1345, or check his site here: http://www.acmellc.com/

December, 2004: Lights, Camera... Action!

Happy Holiday season to you all, and we hope you all are doing well. We're pluggin' away and having fun as usual, working on a wide variety of projects and getting things finished so we can take a short break.

In November we took on a really neat new client, "Playhouse Square" up in Cleveland, Ohio. Playhouse Square is the second largest playhouse in the U.S., and is known for putting on such timeless live performances as Mark Twains "Big River," and Disney's "On The Record."

Eden has been building some online applications to better enable Playhouse Square to take ticket orders online, as well as creating a fun and eye popping monthly newsletter - devoted to the play of the month. You can check it out here.

Finally, Roman also appeared at the "A.M. Rotary Club" in Athens on December 2, 2004, speaking to about 30 wonderful members.

The Rotary's mission statement... "Service Above Self," found Eden well, as we are always on the lookout to be kind to our fellow humans. The discussion took place over a wonderful breakfast, at the Ohio University Inn, and centered around how the internet has transformed not only the world in the past 8 to 10 years, but our region of appalachia as well.

Eden thanks the Rotary for the invite, and looks forward to meeting with you all again very soon.

November, 2004: Gearing up for the Holiday Season

In the online world, the holidays seem to start around the first of November. Every client should take a peek at their online stores and make sure they are ready for the onslaught of festive ordering that takes place. We have been pretty busy helping our clientele do just that!

October, 2004: Sailing on the Seas of Cheese

Fall is in the air and the boys and girls at Eden Marketing are busy as ever. Jefferson Airplane.com has met with rave reviews, which we are all very proud of, and we're on to the next jobs at hand.

This month's big duties are of course keeping up with our valued ongoing accounts, as well as finishing off websites for Frog Ranch, Communities of Care, Robert Evans, and former journalist/ hostage Terry Anderson's site for his yacht, "Freedom," which sails around the Caribbean just waiting for the Eden staff to go down and take some much needed R&R, yeah, we wish. Designer Ted Hall is doing a bang up job and this site should be set for sail in October easy.

September, 2004: Update

We launched Jefferson Airplane this week! Very exciting stuff. Special thanks to Miss Lindsay Eyink (design team,) Jef Shilt (programmer extraordinairre,) BCPub (hosting & web tools,) Bill Thompson (the Airplane's manager,) and of course Vanessa Kaukonen. Long may you run, check the site here!

September, 2004: Holy Cow We're Busy!

Well, we're making progress. The NEW & IMPROVED Fur Peace Ranch Company Store is up, and selling. This thing is wicked cool, with every feature you can imagine and more. This store is based off of Interchange technology, and we have 2 more of these to spit out this month, for Frog Ranch Foods, and the famous Jefferson Airplane.

Speaking of the Airplane, very exciting stuff here. Tuesday (9/21) their long awaited DVD "Fly Jefferson Airplane" is released and Eden has revamped their website to support not only the DVD, but to carry the band long into the new millennium. Our new site will be launched on Tuesday as well, so check it out.

Other than that - we are still cranking on finishing up Frog Ranch, Bob Evans, Communities of Care, and journalist/ ex-hostage/ and senator to be Terry Anderson's "Charter Freedom dot com," a website to support his yacht which allows visitors to book their spot for a dream cruise.

So, as you can see, we have our hands full. Eden plans on taking no no business until 2005, so we can knock out all these special projects, come up for air, and focus on our ongoing clientele. Contact us though if you need web design, as we have a few colleagues who are talented and in need of work.

August, 2004: The Calm Before the Storm

August, 2004 has been extremely busy, as we prepare for the Fall launches of several national websites. Jefferson Airplane, the online home of one of the most influential bands in history, is proceeding as scheduled and has more parts laid out on the floor than a 1966 Etsel. FrogRanch is nearly complete, as well as the most wicked online store you have ever seen, which is all dolled up and ready for Jorma Kaukonen. None of this is ready to be seen, so you'll have to take our word for it that indeed we have been working and not playing golf a few times a week, really, honest.

We also recently signed Robert Evans to our roster. Robert (Bob) Evans was a longtime correspondent for CBS news, and is currently the stand-in for Wolf Blitzer, the famous CNN anchorman. Robert and Eden are building a site to showcase his formidable "professional speaking" services, focusing on his expertise with Counter Terrorism issues. Robert Evans, circa 1970.

Oh, and we also took a week off to eat ice cream and sleep in, and we all got to see the Spider Man movie, finally, so peace has been restored to the village. Check us out mid-September for more new shiny things to brag about.

That, and our chief Graphic Designer Kevin Morgan, and his lovely wife Janet are set to have their third child any day now, so... storms' a comin'!

July, 2004: San Francisco Trip a Resounding Success!

Eden Marketing Owner Roman Warmke spent the week out in San Francisco serving as Faculty for the 2004 Training Institute, a production of the National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health. Eden's presentation was in conjunction with the Southern Consortium for Children, and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Our speech(es) covered the varied aspects of "tele-health" and was well received by the many fine attendees at this week long conference.

While in San Francisco, we also had a chance to meet up with legendary band manager Bill Thompson, of Jefferson Airplane / Starship for a tour, and planning session for the new website due out this fall. Thanks to all who helped make this trip a success! Here are some photos from the trip!

Eden Marketing launches first phase of the Fur Peace Ranch.com Redesign!

This new redesign is an improvement on our already award winning site, furpeaceranch.com - and features many new and exciting features, and everything you need to know about this amazing seasonal guitar instructional facility and concert hall.

Eden is proud to serve Jorma and Vanessa, and looks forward to Phase 2 of this project, a brand spankin' new kick butt online store with all the fixins.

In conjunction with the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, The Southern Consortium for Children, and Eden Marketing, the three organizations will be presenting a seminar in San Francisco in late June entitled "Tele-health & Technology in the Social Work Industry."

While in San Fran, Eden will also be meeting with the band Jefferson Airplane to put the final approval on the exciting new website upgrade plans.

Eden Marketing, & Fur Peace Management launch Nick Curran Music.com

On June 10th, we launched the official website of Austin, Texas' premiere jump/blues band, Nick Curran & the Nightlifes. Nick is a WC Handy award winning bluesman, who has shared the stage with everyone from Ronnie Dawson to Jimmie Vaughan.

This website features some nice web tricks, bulletin board, online store, extensive site manager, and a whole lot more.

The Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Athens, Hocking and Vinton Counties (317 Board) creates a Network of Care for people who need prevention and treatment of mental illness and/ or alcohol and drug addiction.

The 317 Board is a local mental health and alcohol and drug addiction authority for the tri-county area and is made up of eighteen citizens representing the three counties. The 317 Board's role is to design policies, evaluate programs, access funds and monitor services for those seeking help.

Bush? Kerry? Nader? We say lets bring harmony back to the White House with a vote for legendary rocker Jorma Kaukonen. Jorma For President.com is open and fully operational... just in time for the primaries to begin.

April, 2004: Eden Marketing/ Southern Consortium For Children, Win Esteemed Award!

The Southern Consortium For Children, along with Eden Marketing were congratulated on a job well done by the Annapolis, Maryland "Educational Innovator Award" - bestowed upon us in early April, 2004. This award recognizes the work both organizations have done promoting Children's Health issues on the internet via the website, www.cbhed.com.

March, 2004: Eden Marketing, the Southern Consortium For Children, and the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine launch the "Children's Behavioral Health Education" website, chbed.com.

The website, entitled Children's Behavioral Health Education, enables users to take online courses via streaming video, and receive state recognized education credits, expanding various types of social work training.

Using "Streaming Video," users take a series of online courses and tests and can print their state recognized"CEU" diploma off in real time! We enjoyed working on the launch of this exciting website, and look forward to spearheading the team that will help it grow.

February, 2004: Wall Street Journal

Michael described 6 individual websites, pointing out in particular furpeaceranch.com's usability, saying "eveything's easy to find, including pictures and a Typical Day at the Ranch." The Fur Peace website was created by Eden Marketing & Fur Peace Management.

Eden is thrilled to be mentioned in such a prestigious publication, and looks forward to improving the site to include more features over the course of 2004.

January, 2004: Eden's strategy pays off.

Athens Ohio's major newspaper the Athens NEWS presented client John Gutekanst, owner of Avalanche Pizza, with the annual ANews "Best of Athens" award. Avalanche Pizza won many categories, including Best Pizza, Best Business with a Conscience, as well as "Best Advertising Campaign." Owner John in turn handed the award over to Eden saying "here... you actually won this for us for the wonderful ad strategies you employed for us... we thank you."

And we thank you as well John, as well as all the employees at Athens' favorite Pizza shop, Avalanche Pizza, East State Street in Athens, Ohio.

Coincidentally, Eden Owner Roman Warmke was presented the award for "Best Music Act." Roman, in his spare time, plays bass guitar for a blues band called the Royales, who were voted Athens Favorite Band.