RKN Studio News & Big Ideas

Recent Work – Swoosh Basketball

Swoosh Basketball needed a website to coordinate all of the tournaments that they have all over the US and in some areas of Canada. RKN Studio did a complete re-design from the E-Teamz website they were previously working with.  We also created a custom database that would allow Swoosh to collect player information and registrations.

Student Athlete Branding – Spreading the Word

I was asked to speak at a local high school to their Football program about the dos and don’ts of social media as well as branding.  I think it went well.  All the football players seemed like they were engaged and interacted with me during the presentation :D. I was a little nervous at first

Recent Work – The Sweetest Skin

The Sweetest Skin is a sugaring company located in Santa Clarita, CA.  Sugaring is an awesome hair removal system! They needed a fun website to help get the word out locally about the benefits of sugaring.

Student Athlete Branding

It’s no secret that Ron and I have a talented student athlete. Our son plays basketball and is driven like nobody I’ve ever known. Being a student athlete is no joke. When I was a kid, it meant that you were good at sports and that maybe, just maybe, you could play at the next

Recent Work – Getting Fresh Crafty

Getting Fresh Crafty is a Craft Services Business.  RKN Studio build a custom template for them to be able to showcase their ever-changing menu as well as what television shows they were working at.

Recent Work – Bark Boutique

BarkBoutique.com is a Custom Joomla website with a large e-commerce tie in with their merchant account.  Client needed a way to be able to manage the ever changing rotation of patterns that their collars are available in, so we also developed a custom client portal.

A Perfect Day!

Elliot Walker is a candidate at School of Visual Arts MFA candidate and had to create a project for his final project in his “Just Type” class. Below is the stop motion video he did for it. I encourage you to take a minute to check it out. A Perfect Day from Elliott Walker on

Typography Inspiration

I have always had a “thing” for fonts.  I love the art of them and sometimes secretly wish I was a font designer.  I follow a couple people that are and that’s about as close as I will be for now.  I came across this video that is typography animation alphabet … it makes me

New Years Resolutions for Business

As we hit the holiday months, it’s going to be even tougher to close out 2010 in a strong fashion due to time demands, etc. While we may not be toasting each other at midnight if these do (or don’t) get done, they are still important to allow us to kick start 2011.  We thought

The best way to market if you aren’t the little piggy?

This morning I was reading an article on emarketer.com about the combination of Email Marketing and Social Media Marketing (SMM) and how the two can/should be used together to garner the best results.  Studies show that by boosting social media efforts through sites like Facebook and Twitter, you can improve your email campaigns.  Since the