Our old buds, favorite band, and long-standing Stafford.Tisdale client The Noises 10 were recently plugged in Billboard Magazine. Todd Martens says that “it’s Jason Scavone’s impassioned vocals that make the band impossible to ignore”.

Me and many others that frequent the band’s regular gigs at The Visulite Theatre would agree. Be sure and catch The Noises 10 somewhere on their Southeastern tour.

Read the Billboard Magazine article here.

Today has been a less than challenging day in the Cutting-Edge-Turbo-Design department of Stafford.Tisdale. There have been no ground breaking graphical layouts or crazy motion design sequences. Just production and coordination. And several of calls from random clientele. Random…Meaning: people who I typically would not pursue for business.

This morning I had a meeting with a home builder in a small North Carolina town. A simple man. A man who has built his business on manual labor. A man with a robust Nextel phone. He wanted a website but didn’t know the difference between a URL and an ISP.

I went into the meeting a little jaded. I had already prepared myself for the dreaded “how much for a web page” discussion, however, we ended up hanging out over a cup of joe debating which school would be better for his theatre-centric 14 year-old daughter. I left with a new account, a caffeine buzz, and a man’s trust.

It’s the random people that should make a business owner take a step back and appreciate the opportunity he or she has to make new connections. Sometimes my focus gets blurred by ambitions. I would rather be collaborating on a hot new commercial for Nike in New York than making a web page for a home builder in North Carolina. However, a better project does not mean a better client. The people that truly connect with the person behind the business define what the business can become. Good people equal good business.