Mar 15
Angelina Jolie (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)
Movie Stars and Movie Star Themes
Brand Thunder broke technical ground when it released its dynamically updating Movie Premiere browser theme that included movie posters, reviews and ticket sales all from leading site – Fandango. It’s still a fun and useful theme, great for any movie buff or those just along for the summer blockbuster ride.
Movie Premiere
A more recent technical innovation is browser themes, Brand Thunder’s drag and drop theme creator, has spawned a whole slew of new movie themes and many focused on our favorite movie stars. Here’s a look at some of those you’ll find in the Brand Thunder’s Theme Gallery.
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Posted in Commentary | Tags: Academy Award, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, brand thunder, denzel washington, George Clooney, halle berry, Hollywood, Johnny Depp, Lara Croft, marilyn monroe, whitney houston | No Comments »
Dec 06
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The Christmas Holiday themes are rolling in for Brand Thunder’s Best Holiday Browser Theme of 2011 Contest. It’s one of the easiest ways to win an iPad 2. Just design your browser theme with the world’s only DIY browser theme creator for Firefox and IE.
Here are examples of early entries. You still have plenty of time before the December 15 deadline. So, enter your holiday browser theme today! Feel free to also sit back and enjoy by downloading one of these or any of the Christmas or Holiday themes in our browser theme Gallery.
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Posted in BT:Engage | Tags: brand thunder, Christmas, Christmas Holiday, Christmas pictures, firefox, holiday, IPad, New Year, pictures of christmas, Web browser | No Comments »
Nov 18
Here’s the best way to decorate your computer for the holidays. Brand Thunder gives you several ways to get ready for the Christmas Holidays whenever you’re at your computer and online with our Chrome, Firefox and Explorer Christmas Themes. You can grab one of our popular pre-made themes (with a trick to brighten your desktop wallpaper) or build your own Christmas holiday browser theme and include your own Christmas pictures for a truly personal touch.
Chrome, Firefox and IE Christmas Themes:
Traditional Christmas Browser Theme with Wallpaper Option
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Posted in BT:Engage, News | Tags: brand thunder, Christmas, Computer wallpaper, Facebook, Facebook features, firefox, holiday, holiday themes, IPad, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser | No Comments »
Nov 16
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Win an iPad 2 in less than 5 minutes
You can win an iPad in less than 5 minutes. Sound easy? It is.
There is no purchase necessary to enter or win.
Just create your own Christmas or holiday browser theme using BT:Engage and share it with us – you’ll be entered to win. It only takes a few minutes. A panel of judges will select 5 finalists, then the public will vote on the winning entry. Enter by 12/15/11, finalists will be announced on 12/17/11 and winners announced on 12/23/11. First prize gets a new iPad 2, the other finalists will each receive a $25 Amazon gift card.
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Posted in BT:Engage, News | Tags: brand thunder, browser, Christmas, Facebook, firefox, holiday, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, win ipad | 12 Comments »
Nov 14
Coupon websites are a big business online with millions of customers looking for the biggest coupons for products and services they use regularly. It seems almost every website out there has a “promo code” or “coupon” available for their offers. It makes sense, as the competition for new business is at an all-time high both offline and on. Getting the customer “in the door” is one of the hardest things for a business to do and coupons provide the ability to attract potential new lifetime customers.
The competition among coupon websites is high so companies are looking to get a leg up on the competition to provide instant access to the latest coupons and deals. Online Coupon site “Presto Savings” looked to Brand Thunder to help them create a more persistent presence with their visitors along with instant access to the latest coupons and deals delivered directly through their custom browser theme.
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Oct 21
Brand Thunder often finds itself lumped into the category of toolbar. It’s not a comparison I necessarily agree with, but anything that’s a recurring perception is worth a look.
Here’s an overview of toolbars, browser themes and what each can do for your web site, business or community.
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Sep 30
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A browser theme is more than a pretty picture, or it should be. That’s why we call ours “interactive browser themes” and we’ve seen browser themes deliver 6 – 12x more clicks than the average visits to our partner sites. You get this return traffic by utilizing the content you’ve already created for your web site. It’s a simple matter of exposing it and directing users back to your site through the browser theme.
Here are some tips to help you get started.
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Posted in How-to Tutorials | Tags: brand thunder, browser theme, Feedburner, NASA, RSS, Web browser, Wordpress | No Comments »
Sep 23
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We’re all in sales. Whether you’re Coca-Cola or the GateWay College Gecko soccer teams, you’ve got an audience you’re trying to reach and some action you’re trying to inspire. These two groups may be miles apart in terms of scale, but they’re both actively engaged with their communities online. Coke has it’s MyCokeRewards.com and the GateWay Geckos use Facebook, Twitter. and their Browser Theme. They are strengthening their ties with their existing audience, and, in effect, selling more.
For many businesses, the sales strategy falls into two roles: Hunter and Farmer. Every company will have a mix of these two that fit best with its overall objectives.
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Sep 09
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Browser themes are great engagement tools and a strong reason they’re popular with online communities. Keeping in touch and driving up visits to your site deepens your relationship with your community. Plus, advertisers love an engaged audience, so you’re already doing yourself and your profitability a favor.
There’s even more opportunity and it’s easy to take advantage of. Engagement in the browser theme leads to commerce as well as increase visits to your site.
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Posted in How-to Tutorials | Tags: brand thunder, browser theme, commerce, Commission Junction, ecommerce, LinkShare, Mozilla Firefox, Pepperjam Network, Toolbar | 2 Comments »
Aug 26
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I talk a lot about using BT:Engage for helping sites and communities deepen their engagement with their online audience. It’s also extremely easy (and fun!) to create browser themes for your own use and pleasure.
In the following post and accompanying video tutorial, I’m going to show you how to spin a browser theme that includes news from your favorite news site.
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Posted in How-to Tutorials | Tags: brand thunder, browser theme, CNN, Fox News Channel, Huffington Post, MSNBC, RSS, Uniform Resource Locator | No Comments »
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