“Thanks! You all are the best company I have ever done business with hands down”

That seems pretty darn definitive if you ask us, but you don’t have to ask us.  Go to Acure Organics and ask them… and buy some fantastic bath and body products while you’re there.

Thanks Acure and welcome to the family!

If you click around the site, you’ll get to see a decent amount of Brand Labs designs mixed in as examples of the sort of fantastic sites that can be created for the platform… including the most prominent example on the landing page for the Showcase Gallery itself: National Geographic UK.  That’s one of ours!

Also, though they’re a bit harder to make out in the background, they’ve also included the Red Hat Society Store and EcoMowers.com, two of our oldest clients.

Click through to see some more of our work featured on Volusion’s new site…

Here we are again... right up front: Loft 816. (we're also peeking out of the back there - more on that in a minute. Click on the picture to visit Loft 816.)

... and now, one of our most patriotic sites: American Workwear. Look at all those stars and stripes! It's like Betsy Ross stripped down and rolled all over the site. (Click on the pic to visit the site.)

Here's that one that was peeking out of the back in that other shot: Professional Bull Riders LTD. (Click the pic to visit the site.)

Yet another... ShopFuego.com. (Clic the pic to visit the site.)

… that’s all we noticed at first glance, but it’s fair to say that Volusion is totally in love with us.  That’s cool, because we love them thiiiiiiiis much (imagine that we’re holding our arms open really wide).

We recently completed some merchandising for TrainersRoom.com and in order to express their gratitude for a job well done, they sent an empty bottle of Grey Gooosh to ush.  It prolly had shome booze in it at shome point, but it’sh empty now, shomehow…

… you know what?  We love you, man.  No, no… lishen to ush.  We mean it.  Really.  You’re the besht.  Thanksh for jusht being sho aweshome, man.

… you wanna go get shome pancakesh?

This content-rich site was a bit of a structural anomaly, as it revolves entirely around a single annual event.  Visitors to the site can learn about the event and its history, register to participate and buy Surf City Marathon-related merchandise.  If nothing else, it proves that Volusion allows for a wide range of business models and does so seamlessly (with a little assist from our custom development team).

We’re pretty excited about the site and as we sit here in Michigan, where the sun has only recently returned from its winter vacation, we’re completely seduced by the images of sandy beaches and the crystal-clear Pacific (not to mention the promise of free beer).  Plus, we should probably be considering a plan to work off the goodies from our previous post.  As for how the client feels about the site?  We’ll let them speak for themselves:

“The Brand Labs team exceeded our very high expectations for design and custom development. We enjoyed working with the Brand Labs team and plan to utilize their services for additional store designs.”

– Don Gerould; Surf City USA Marathon

Welcome to the Brand Labs Family, Surf City!  We look forward to a long and sunny relationship!

… but are you seeing that thing to the left here?  Look at that frigging thing!  It’s so completely coated with tasty goo that we honestly believe that its makers invented brand new kinds of sugary deliciousness in their pursuit of the most decadent treat in the history of the human race.  And who sent us this over-the-top, diabetes-inducing, gut-expansion device?  Why, it was Chad at Garden Gates, of course.  Here’s the kicker:  this was just one of seven tasty delights that he had overnighted to our offices out of gratitude for a job well (and quickly) done.  If we may quote from one of Chad’s enclosed gift cards:

“There is nothing better in life than a slice of sweet cake… except The Garden Gates’ new pimpin’ website updates”

Just to be completely clear, The Garden Gates sells wonderful decorative items for the home and garden.  To the best of our knowledge, they do no actual pimping.

Anyhoo… back to our original point.  We refuse to choose a favorite customer.  Period.  But, if were going to, this is the type of thing that the competitors would be up against.

Fair warning.

Of course, we’ve always made our feelings about Volusion pretty clear.  We’ve counted and there are over 23 bazillion uses of the word Volusion scattered throughout our site and at least one member of our staff has the Volusion logo tattooed on a very private region of their body, so we’re obviously down with the V, but it’s gratifying to know that our devotion is reciprocated.  How reciprocated?  Well, here’s what Volusion has to say about us:

“Over the past ten years, we’ve had the privilege to develop several relationships in becoming a leading ecommerce provider. One that stands out above the rest is our partnership with Brand Labs, an indispensable asset to our community. When we launched the Volusion Partner Network, we gladly welcomed Brand Labs as an Agency Partner. We are eager to further extend our collaboration with Brand Labs into the future by focusing on what is best in helping our merchants succeed.”

James Booker – Business Development Manager – Volusion

… to be fair, we added the bold to the “indispensable asset” part, but that was our favorite bit.

We look forward to the continuation of our long and happy partnership.  Thanks Volusion!

… okay.  One comment.  We agree.  (And thanks!)

Today, we received a package addressed to the Jackie, Katelyn and Pauline… the ladies who’ve been most active with his account.  Inside were three beautiful phalaenopsis orchids in charming little Garden Gates pots.  As if the simple gesture of overnighting live orchids to your marketing coordinator, saleswoman and site designer weren’t enough, Chad also included what is surely the most heartfelt and poetic greeting available outside of a Hallmark card.

Hit the jump to see Chad’s message…

See what we mean?  He’s like Shakespeare, Cassanova and Li’l Wayne all in one.  Thanks Chad!

Acure will soon (very soon) launch the new Volusion site for their own brand of organic body products.  Not only are the products and packaging environmentally friendly, but a portion of their profits will be donated to promote breast cancer research and awareness.  It’s a noble cause to be sure and if that weren’t proof enough that these are some very nice people, there’s this note that came with the cookies:

“To the great staff at Brand Labs, Thank you all so much for our wonderful website.  Enjoy!  Sincerely, Kristy & Jon Guerra”

So, if you’d like to send us cookies, cake, or cash, feel free.  Of course, it makes more sense if you happen to be a customer, but we don’t discriminate.  Just send whatever awesome stuff you’d like to: Brand Labs, 360 South Street, Suite 300, Rochester, MI 48307.  Please note: nothing says “thanks” better than an iPad.  Just a thought…