From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:41:14 -0400
Subject: [Puptcrit] Great puppet-promo Websites


It is a good idea to point people, from any promo material including emails, 
to a website with all the information.
That way, you print less, and your emails need not have attachements.

Said website should be very well done, look great, have the right amount of 
the right information, and be easy to navigate. Not all of us have the time 
and money to have a pro website built and maintained. I know I don't.
But if we put half the creative effort we usually put into our work, to the 
making of a proper web ambassador, then imagine what we look like to the 
customers!  It's called "public image", and it can be very powerful, in a 
good or bad way. I've seen too many amazing puppet companies with mediocre 
web representations.

I believe we at least can have a good simple picture gallery, blog, or 
slideshow. We can make a few pages of information, save them as picture 
files, and insert them in the slideshow. It's been done since the 1990s, 
when artists used to publish their portfolios on free CD inserts in computer 
magazines.

I recently re-made mine as a simple Flickr slideshow, and the customer 
response has been better than any complete website I made before.


Here are some puppetry websites that I think range from very efficient to 
amazing, in no particular order.
There are a few more, but these are what I remember at the moment.
Please share, I'm very curious to learn of your favorite puppet websites 
that perform in the same way.


Blog example:
http://www.freewebs.com/amcreatures/index.htm


Slideshow example (shamelss self-promo)
www.creaturiste.blogspot.com


Efficient Puppet Websites:
http://www.puppeteers.org/
http://www.cashoremarionettes.com/
http://theoldtrouts.org/
http://www.handspringpuppet.co.za
http://www.garin-trousseboeuf.com/
http://www.johnlambert.ca/english/ronnie/ronnie_productions.htm
http://www.theatreincline.ca/pagespectacles.html
http://www.soma-international.com/
http://www.theatredeloeil.qc.ca/
http://www.theatredeuxmains.com
http://www.sagesfous.com/

Amazing puppet Websites:
http://www.petits-bouffons.com/
http://www.ismascareddas.it/
http://www.damedecoeur.com/
http://www.michaelcurrydesign.com


Not puppets, but amazing, especially for individual artwork presentation, in 
high quality photo montages!
http://www.studiowillich.com


What are your favorite efficient and/or mind blowing puppet-related 
websites?

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