Sometimes the best answers are the most obvious.  When you’re sitting around wondering, “what could be better than a Christmas browser theme?” and the simple brilliance of it hits you… “TWO Christmas browser themes.”  It’s like finding an amp that goes to 11.  One might suggest since we have both a Firefox and Internet Explorer version of the browser themes, we technically have four.  To that I say, “yes, one might suggest that” and then promptly change the subject.

Christmas

The Christmas browser theme, Brand Thunder’s first and still most popular, is reminiscent of a scene from Frosty, with a happy snowman amongst snow covered hills. During the day, you’ll enjoy falling now. At night, the sky darkens and the twinkling lights in the Christmas trees can be seen.

Classic Christmas

If you prefer a Christmas theme that feels a little more like home, try out the Classic Christmas browser theme. You’ll enjoy the images of presents under the tree and the twinkling tree lights amongst the ornaments.

Holiday Cheer

The browser themes alone will help to keep your spirits bright. The interactive components of these two themes include:

• Top selections from the Holiday Radio channels found on AccuRadio.com, one of the most outstanding Internet radio providers we’ve found.
• A sidebar of fun holiday videos from YouTube and special gift options from Amazon.
• Links for holiday history, Christmas recipes, activities and more

Either one you choose, you’re sure to enjoy.  They are nice little additions to the holiday season and a great way to start your Season’s Greetings.

Here’s a great Thanksgiving browser theme to add color and context to the up-coming four day weekend.  We know your basement is all prepped with the Christmas lights and inflatable Santa’s, but before you go Clark Griswald – enjoy a moment of serenity with this browser theme.  It honors the fall harvest, gives you some great recipes and other helpful links to get you through the long weekend of intense family gatherings and insane shopping.

Go ahead and use the Deals button and get your Black Friday specials right from the browser and the comfort of your home.

Enjoy the Thanksgiving browser theme.

Less than a year ago we launched our first Christmas theme and kicked off a year long cycle of building a theme for many of the major holidays. It was something purely fun and it went over big. The latest can be found at www.brandthunder.com/christmas.

So in the list of family, friends and coworkers, one of the things I’m thankful for is the little idea that went big. We had a steady pace of new products and users outside our core business. An added benefit to promising the holiday themes was the built-in deadline. Despite the non-client nature of these browser themes, dates needed to be hit to coincide with spikes in searches and consumer interest.

If there’s a bigger lesson here, it’s probably to keep the side projects alive and give at least some of them the runway they need to get a true market test. It’s certainly been helpful to us.