Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Black Bull LLC - NEW CLIENT


Black Bull LLC - Black Bull Coffee
WWW.BLACKBULLCAFE.COM

Black Bull LLC of Cedar Rapids contacted us about a month ago with an emergency on their hands.  Amy Grotewold (Owner of Black Bull LLC)  had hired a Website Designer / Photographer / Video production company in the area and even flew her new vendor down to Antigua, Guatemala to create a website for her United States Coffee Distribution of Toro Negro Cafe.
Well needless to say, this turned out to be a disaster.  Amy unfortunately had taken the word of the person that she hired to be that she was a legitimate professional, however, after only 3 days into the 9 day trip to gather photos, create video blogs of the adventure and to create the website, the person in question didn't even bring any editing software, a cell phone, any money at all and spent most of the time on the phone with her boyfriend and asking when they were going to the beach.  After all of that, the vendor was on a plane and headed home with nothing accomplished 6 days before the trip was completed. The vendor wouldn't even return phone calls and kept the money that had already been paid to do the job with nothing accomplished.
This is truely unfortunate for Ms. Grotewold but 3CHIPMEDIA came to the rescue.  Amy gave us the same specs that she had given to the other person with the request that the site be live before June 1st, the day that Black Bull LLC was to receive an award and grant from the SCORE of East Central Iowa as the most promising new emerging business in Cedar Rapids.
Black Bull LLC - Black Bull CoffeeMISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Now I know this term has a stigma attached to it since the president hung the banner on the aircraft carrier a few years back, but it's true this time.
The mission of the site is not just to sell coffee, but to inform people on everything from How to Brew your TORO NEGRO CAFE, all about Antigua, Guatemala and the history, rich culture and especially the people behind the coffee.
We were able to impliment all of the needs of Black Bull LLC, including landing pages for their Facebook account, Paypal product setup and implimentation along with a very user friendly customer experience. The Black Bull LLC and TORO NEGRO CAFE (Coffee) brand now has a presence on the internet, and they are implimenting the suggestions of 3ChipMedia when it comes to their social network marketing including, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as well. Now we are in the works to do more with social network marketing, expanding the website to have a fully integrated shopping cart and are in the beginning steps of making some videos.
Be sure to visit the website, buy some coffee and kick back and relax with some of the best coffee ever grown and roasted.
Call 3ChipMedia the next time you have a bad experience with a vendor and really need to get it done right the first time.

Crappie Queen From LINDY Review

May 24, 2011. I woke up this morning to the sun shining in through the window with one thing on my mind - I wanted to try out my new jigs I bought ("Crappie Queen's" from Lindy). So I loaded up the boat and headed for the lake. Central Park has great Crappie and Bluegill, and it is just about time for them to start spawning. After getting the boat in the water and checking my lake map (which was FREE from Iowa DNR web site), I headed to the one spot I thought I would find Crappie - the south side of the lake were my map shows a sharp drop off or ledge. OK, maybe not the best spawning spot, but I knew there would be fish there. How did Lindy do with this jig?

This is what Lindy says about their jig: "The Crappie Queen's wings and front hackle give this insect-like jig a rare zig-zag and slow-sink action. That means more time--and more bites!-- in the strike Zone!" Lindy Crappie queen's"
THE QUEEN BUMBLEBEE 1/16 (Bee)
I tied the bumblebee on and made a few casts, experimenting with different jig methods. I noticed real quick that the bee was a slow sinking jig so there was no need to think that this little jig was sinking straight to the bottom as soon as I gave it a little slack. After I realized that and gave it time to work its magic, it started slowly sinking to the bottom. I had two hits right away by large mouth bass. However, I did not land these two fish. I don't think it was due to the design of the jig. Oh, lets call it operator error. Here's my jigging method: Cast pole, tighten line, pull on pole straight up, let pole drop while reeling in the slack. Repeat until jig is back to your boat or on land. I give this jig a 8 out of ten. No Crappie caught, but I'll fight large mouth all day long if I have too.
THE QUEEN WHITE 1/16.
I found this jig to react the same as the Bee, however I did not get any bites or fish with the jig. I give this a 8 out of 10 because it did do what the packaging said it would do. It may not have caught fish, but I don't think the fish wanted a white color bait today.
THE QUEEN HOT PINK 1/16.
What can I say? When LINDY called this jig hot pink they meant it. It is so bright that the guy mowing the park gave me a feminine wave as he drove by on his mower, but I didn't care as long as I was catching Crappie on Central Park Lake. Give me a pink Barbie pole with LINDY'S HOT PINK QUEEN, and lets fish! Again, I give this jig a 8 out of 10. It would have been a 10 out of 10 if it would have been a good-looking girl on the mower waving.
At the end of the day I landed one bluegill and had two large mouth Bass on the line. I don't think that is bad for 2 & 1/2 hours of fishing. The time of year is iffy on Crappie and Bluegill, so I can't blame Lindy for not catching Crappie. The product did what it said it would do and also put fish on my line. I will be keeping a few of these jigs in my tackle box for the right time. I suggest you grab a few too. At less than $3.00 a jig it's worth it. All in all I rank LINDY'S CRAPPIE QUEENS a 8 out of 10. Thank you LINDY for this great jig!
Nate Trotter Average Jo's Fishing
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