SCHMOOZY FOX changes its look

SCHMOOZY FOX changes its look02 Feb

schmoozyfoxsitesnapshot Some of you have already noticed that www.schmoozyfox.com has changed its look! I am happy to be running the site of SCHMOOZY FOX brand and marketing strategy consulting, www.schmoozyfox.com as well as the blog about funky brands, on this new WP theme!

Many thanks to Cristian Eslava, a WordPress wizard from Seville, for helping me to set up this theme and make sure that everything is up and running correctly! Also thanks to my friend Ellie Zachariadou (who’s by the way the author of the cool fox logo) for her tweaks and advice about graphic layout.

Working with Cristian motivated me to re-activate my Spanish: it was a lot of fun exchanging emails about widgets, plug-ins and cascading style sheets en español! It’s been also coincidentally fun to realize that Cristian’s last name, Eslava, which means “Slavic” in Spanish, somehow resembles my own last name, Slavkina.

For his great help, I want to give my link love to Cristian!

Cristian’s site, http://justtellmewhy.com (the Spanish version is available on http://pqpq.es/) is a mix between a blog and a discussion forum. One could call it a Web 2.0 platform for debates.

One of its interesting features is that visitors of the site can post questions to which they cannot find answers in “real life”, and wait for crowdsourced solutions. The good news is that one does not need to register in order to ask an answer or leave a comment. The anonymous character of debates can encourage wider participation.

To show you how the site works, here is an example of what I posted on justtellmewhy. Check it out and submit your opinions. Let’s get the debate going! You can also use it for starting opinion polls and sharing them with your friends through various online channels.

Another important feature of the new look is a photo of truly yours on the page About Olga. This is just one image from a whole range of absolutely beautiful images that were taken by a talented Brussels-based photographer Michael Chia. Michael’s main talent is that he is able to reveal his clients’ personal brands through photography.

My photo session was a mix of cool music and Michael climbing the ladder with his camera, meanwhile “chatting me up” to make me feel comfortable. I am very happy about the result, and you will soon be able to read an interview with Michael to learn how he helps build personal brands through photography.

And meanwhile, enjoy the new look of SCHMOOZY FOX.

2 Responses to “SCHMOOZY FOX changes its look”

Cristian Eslava (February 3rd, 2010 at 4:01 PM) Reply

Thanks you Olga, it´s been a pleasure working with you and reactivating my english.

I hope this new look improve your user experience.

Thank you for becoming a fan of justtellmewhy.com, I think your readers will find it useful, funny and… funky

As you know it was nominated to the BOBs Awards in 2008 and I have great expectations for this project.

So, good luck with your good look !!!

Un beso de tu amigo, Cristian Eslava
- Olga (February 3rd, 2010 at 4:21 PM)
  
  Thanks Cristian, for pointing out the BOBs awards! BOBs, or the Best of Blogs, are like Oscars for bloggers, and it’s really cool for justtellmewhy.com to have made it
  to the list of nominees! Congratulations and the best of luck with justtellmewhy!

About Olga

Photo by Michael Chia

I am fun, energetic, positive and sometimes nerdy. Some say that I am schmoozy and foxy.

Originally from Latvia, a small country near the Baltic Sea, I’ve lived in many countries and managed to pick up several languages along the way. Now I am living in Brussels, Belgium, where I founded SCHMOOZY FOX.

My main activity is brand and marketing strategy consulting. For my professional credentials and references, visit my LinkedIn profile.