Your Plan B Company is now an Amazon Associate

Every day we get questions from up and coming student designers or clients who want to do more maintenance themselves or friends looking for an insiders perspective....so we decided to make it easy and set up an Amazon Associates shop listing only the items we have bought and tried ourselves.

See the items we suggest ;)



And you should know, if you purchase from our Amazon Associate account, you help grow the office "fun-money-fund" which supports some of the team building, inspiring and silly things we do here at Your Plan B Company. Like (but not limited to) Easter Egg Dying, Talk Like a Pirate Day, Leif Erikson Day, Themed Dress Up Days, Earth Day, Halloween, Random Lunches ordered in, stress relief Dance Dance Revolution and Wii bowling!

Thank you for your support!
And keep asking us questions!

YouTube Video Case Study

I now pronounce you monetized: a YouTube video case study
First posted: Thursday, July 30, 2009 | 9:19 AM

"Last week the world watched in wonder as Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz's wedding party transformed a familiar and predictable tradition into something spontaneous and just flat-out fun. The video, set to R&B star Chris Brown's hypnotic dance jam "Forever," became an overnight sensation, accumulating more than 10 million views on YouTube in less than one week. But as with all great YouTube videos, there's more to this story than simple view counts..."

Read More I now pronounce you monetized: a YouTube video case study from YouTube Biz Blog

Top 26 Most Important Rules of Email Etiquette from About.com

Email has become a standard and necessary form of communication for most of us. People have been integrating it into their daily routines since 1993 with AOL becoming global. (Earlier if you were part of ARPANET)
Anyhow, we feel email etiquette is something to review regularly with you and your team and About.com covers it really well. Take a look:

1. Take Another Look Before You Send a Message
Don't send anything you don't want to send.

2. Do Not Default to "Reply All"
"Reply" is good. "Reply to All" is better. Right?

3. Keep Emails Short
Do not intimidate recipients with too much text.

4. Properly Format Your Email Replies, and Be Lazy
Do you think quoting original text in your email replies perfectly is a lot of work? Don't let the '>' intimidate you! Here's a very comfortable, relaxed, quick and still clean and compatible way to reply properly.

5. Write Perfect Subject Lines
Do you make these mistakes in your email subjects? (The key to getting your messages read is not to be clever.)

Continue reading for additional tips...

June is an extra good month for our Lead Designer, Cat!

First: Happy Birthday on June 9th
It is a pleasure working with you! And even more to be able to call you my friend :)

Second: Congratulations on your artwork being at the Smithsonian (The 2010 International VSA Festival) June 6-12, 2010
Wish we could be there to celebrate with you! Take lots of photos to share!

Third: Another Congrats! on being accepted to Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Go get 'em!

To check out Cat's art portfolio, visit catherinelarson.com. To see her work visit our portfolio or to view her resume.

Changing passwords too often?

Please do not change your password
By Mark Pothier
April 11, 2010

"You were right: It’s a waste of your time. A study says much computer security advice is not worth following..."

"...Now, a study has concluded what lots of us have long suspected: Many of these irritating security measures are a waste of time. The study, by a top researcher at Microsoft, found that instructions intended to spare us from costly computer attacks often exact a much steeper price in the form of user effort and time expended..."

Read More from The Boston Globe

Congratulations to LateBarChicago.com

Late Bar wins Time Out Chicago 2010 award!

2010 Eat Out Awards
Eat Out Awards: Critics’ Picks
Awards to our favorite Chicago restaurants, bars and chefs of 2010.
Best Reason to Buy Real Estate in Avondale

Read all about it!

Congratulations to Kristine and Dave - you guys are the best :)

If you haven't had a chance to visit LateBarChicago.com, you should go and sample their great selection of drinks and music. Check out some great photos of the bar from Chicago Magazine!

Congratulations to the Beloit College Class of 2010

Our JameyB (Current President of the Beloit College Alumni Board) had the opportunity to speak at the Beloit College 160th Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 9, 2010. Armed with bubbles (300+ for each graduate), a bubble machine and an enthusiastic welcome to the next group of students to float over from the "Beloit Bubble" to the "Alumni Bubble", she got the crowd laughing and blowing bubbles together. The day was picture perfect! See proof here, thanks to DavidB...

The keynote speaker was Alumni Dad, David Axelrod.
Top Obama adviser tells Beloit College grads to pursue passions

Honorary degrees went to: David Axelrod and Judith A. Miller '72
Emeriti Citations went to: John Rosenwald, B.A., M.A., PhD and Rod Umlas, B.A., M.F.A., PhD

For more details visit the Beloit College website.

For videos of the speeches by David Axelrod and Scott Bierman, visit the college's Vimeo site.