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Electric City Roasting Company owner Mary Tellie is one of the nation’s most respected names in coffee roasting and BlackOut Design recently gave her site a facelift that makes her online presence as distinctive and bold as her coffees. BlackOut’s design incorporates information about Tellie and her background in coffee; details of Electric City Roasting […]

BlackOut Design’s portfolio of services doesn’t end with web design and search marketing; we recently provided design services for Modern gas for business that included high quality, professional business cards. For more information about our services and how we can help you meet your business goals online and off, contact us at info@blackout-design.com.

When he’s not designing for the web, our Art Director Phil Barket has an interesting, creative hobby – building custom G.I. Joe action figures. The task involves rebuilding and meticulously repainting the figures, mix and matching pieces to create a piece that is a unique take on the original. Barket’s work has been praised by […]

BlackOut recently completed a new marketing postcard to illustrate how the BlackOut process can build your brand online. The three core components of our approach – creative design, interactive technology and online strategy – are leveraged together to strengthen your brand awareness. Click on the image below for a .pdf version of the postcard (front […]

BlackOut Design, Inc. President Jack Reager was quoted in a Sunday Times article dealing with the growing popularity of corporate blogs as a powerful new tool for communicating with customers. Featured in the “Northeastern Pennsylvania Business Weekly” section, the article cites Reager along with other Northeastern Pennsylvania business leaders, discussing how blogs have replaced traditional […]

We came across an interesting project being offered by the NEPA Alliance and its ACTION (Access, Connections,Technologies, Innovations, Opportunities & Networking) Committee called the InnoCentive Challenge. InnoCentive is a web-based marketplace where “Seeker” clients post technical problems or “Challenges” when trying to develop new ideas or solutions to grow or start a business.Registered “Solvers” from […]

Wired has an interesting article on the ridiculously high readership of an online newspaper which you can catch here. An online paper covering news in a fictitious world populated by penguins has become more widely read than New York’s Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, or the Dallas Morning News, reports the L.A. Times. The Club […]

Scranton is gearing up for one of its biggest annual events, La Festa Italiana, which brings close to 100,000 visitors to the downtown area each year to celebrate the culture and cuisine of Italy. This year, BlackOut Design, Inc. was tasked with developing a design that captures the spirit and energy of Scranton’s Italian festival. […]

BlackOut Design, Inc. recently helped MetroAction better serve Northeastern Pennsylvania entrepreneurs with the launch of a new website redesign and blog. The website redesign features enhanced navigation, greater accessibility and interactivity and all of the business resources that have made MetroAction Northeastern Pennsylvania’s leading provider of small business loans and comprehensive business training. The site […]

The new BlackOut Design Newsletter was recently released with information on all of BlackOut’s activities during the first part of the year. This issue includes information on our innovative design and marketing work for Sandone Tire, OnePoint Office Supplies, hemmler + camayd architects and the Melberger Arts Center, as well as news about the BlackOut […]

BlackOut President Jack Reager was recently elected to the Board of Directors of MetroAction Inc. MetroAction is a non-profit community development organization dedicated to providing financial and business development assistance to small businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wyoming and Wayne counties. As a member of the Board of Directors, Reager […]

BlackOut Design President Jack Reager was a panelist recently for the final session of the eight-week Small Business Institute series sponsored by MetroAction and the University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Along with Reager, the panel included representatives from local business development agencies like the Scranton Business Alliance, SCORE, MetroAction and the SBDC, […]