press releases

CommonPlaces e-Solutions, an award-wining Web Design and Development firm specializing in Content Management, e-Commerce, and Online Communities, congratulates Michelle Lauer on being selected to present at DrupalCon SF 2010.

March 8, 2010 – CommonPlaces e-Solutions, LLC, an open source Web Application and Drupal development firm, is thrilled to announce that Michelle Lauer has been selected by the Drupal community to present "Views Examples: Using Arguments and Relationships" at DrupalCon San Francisco, which will be held from April 19-21.

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CommonPlaces e-Solutions, an award-wining, open source Web Design and Development firm specializing in Content Management, e-Commerce, and Online Community solutions, welcomes Michael Fairbrother as their new COO. Fairbrother has joined the CommonPlaces team to support their rapid growth plans.

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October 14, 2009 -- CommonPlaces is excited to welcome Jake Strawn and Eric London to their team of Web professionals. Both individuals have extensive experience with Web development and particularly the Drupal content management system. CommonPlaces believes that they will augment the current team well, and allow CommonPlaces to deliver even better Web solutions to their clients.

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From our press release:

August 13, 2009 — CommonPlaces e-Solutions, a Web development firm located in Hampstead, New Hampshire, has been receiving national recognition for their work on the Web. Most recently, they appeared at number 446 in Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500 list, an annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The 2009 Inc. list reached newsstands Wednesday.

CommonPlaces’ inclusion in the Inc. 500 comes just days after CommonPlaces appeared in Forbes Magazine as a Leading Provider of Web Design services in the Eastern United States, as selected by Goldline Research, and two weeks after CommonPlaces received an Interactive Media Award for their work on Twolia.com, an online destination site for women, and a place for female artists to share and market their work.

CommonPlaces President and CEO Ben Bassi is understandably excited by the recognition that his company has received of late. “We’ve experienced amazing growth over the last few years,” said Bassi. “The national recognition that we have recently received will not only fuel our future growth, but will also help us in our ultimate goal, which is to make outstanding online experiences for our clients and our clients’ clients.”

CommonPlaces e-Solutions specializes in open-source Web development, website design, and Internet marketing for businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and non-profit organizations. Their appearance in the Inc. 500 marks CEO Ben Bassi’s second time on the Inc. list, appearing in 1994 as a VP of North American Sales and Business Development for Object Design.

The CommonPlaces team is excited to announce that we have been selected as a 2009 Leading Provider of Web Design in the Eastern US, as selected by Goldline Research, and featured in the August 24th issue of Forbes Magazine, which hit newsstands this week.

From our press release:

August 11, 2009 — CommonPlaces e-Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of open-source web and application development, today announced that it has been selected by Goldline Research as one of the leading Web Designers of the Eastern United States for 2009. The list of leading Web Designers of the Eastern United States is scheduled to be published in the August 24th issue of Forbes Magazine.

“I believe I speak for the entire CommonPlaces team when I say that we are extremely proud to be recognized by Goldline Research and Forbes Magazine for our hard work and accomplishments on the Web,” said Ben Bassi, CommonPlaces President & CEO. “As a company, our goal has always been to make our clients’ clients successful, and being selected as a Leading Web Provider by Goldline Research for the second consecutive year validates this goal for all of us.”

“Those selected provide extensive client service that exceeds the industry standard,” said Dana Mahoney, Analyst, Goldline Research. “We believe that they are setting the benchmarks for the industry as a whole.”

Goldline Research recently completed its annual evaluation of Web Designers in the Eastern United States. The research study was conducted from late April 2009 through late June 2009.

CommonPlaces appeared at #446 in Inc.’s annual list of the fastest growing companies in the US.

August 13, 2009 -- CommonPlaces e-Solutions, a Web development firm located in Hampstead, New Hampshire, has been receiving national recognition for their work on the Web. Most recently, they appeared at number 446 in Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 500 list, an annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The 2009 Inc. list reached newsstands Wednesday.

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August 11, 2009 -- CommonPlaces e-Solutions, LLC, a leading provider of open-source web and application development, today announced that it has been selected by Goldline Research as one of the leading Web Designers of the Eastern United States for 2009. The list of leading Web Designers of the Eastern United States is scheduled to be published in the August 24th issue of Forbes Magazine.

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Last week, CommonPlaces was recognized with an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Interactive Media Council for our work on Twolia.com. You can see the award here. Twolia was recognized in the Music Category of the Interactive Media Awards.

Twolia was recognized with this award for excellence in the following categories: design, usability, innovation in technical features, standards compliance, and content.

Here’s a little bit of info about the IMA: “The Interactive Media Awards recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement. Sponsored by the Interactive Media Council, Inc., a nonprofit organization of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals, the competition seeks to elevate the standards of excellence on the Internet.”

We’re all very happy to have won this award, and it is validation of a job well done for everyone here who worked on the site!

August 10, 2009 -- CommonPlaces e-Solutions, LLC announced that it has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by the Interactive Media Awards™ (IMA) for its work on Twolia.com. The honor recognizes that the project met and surpassed the basic standards of excellence that comprise the Web’s most professional work. The site was honored specifically for excellence in Music.

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Twolia.com, a feature-full site for women developed by CommonPlaces e-Solutions, launched Tuesday.

June 18, 2009 -- CommonPlaces e-Solutions is proud to announce the launch of Twolia.com, a feature-rich, online destination for young women and a showcase for their talents. Twolia was conceived and founded by Donna Meté, and developed by CommonPlaces e-Solutions, a full-service Web developer and Internet strategy firm.

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Last week, CommonPlaces helped organize a Twitter networking event at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. The event was called The Big Tweet, and our CEO Ben Bassi spoke briefly to the group of 350 about how businesses are using Twitter today to drive traffic, increase sales, and grow their business.

We were excited to see the event covered today in the Salem News, based in Salem, Massachusetts. Here’s a link to the article. We’ve received a lot of great feedback on Ben’s speech and the event in general, and we are definitely eager to organize more events like this one in the future.

CommonPlaces is officially a Gold Partner of Acquia. Everyone here is excited and honored by the distinction. Here’s a link to our press release.

Again, we can’t say enough how excited we are to be partnered with a company that will play a dramatic role in Drupal’s future. In addition, we feel priviledged to be in the company of the other great Web companies Acquia has partnered with. Here is Acquia’s list of partners.

CommonPlaces has partnered with Katalyst Strategies and WhiteHat Security to offer a free workshop on the subject of Web application security. The workshop will be run by WhiteHat, a leader in Web security. The conference will be held on Tuesday, February 10th at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. To register for this free, informative event, fill out this form. Keep in mind that space is limited, so register now!

Here’s what you can expect to learn at this workshop:

• The state of Web application security
• How to measure risk within your Web application infrastructure
• Recommendations for remediation
• Demonstration of common vulnerabilities including SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting and more

Web security is a serious issue, and we feel that CEOs, Security Professionals, and Developers can all take something valuable away from this event. Below are the details – we hope to see you there!

Register for February 10, 2009
Boston Marriott Long Wharf
296 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
617.227.0800

Agenda
8:30 AM: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM: Program Begins
11:30 AM: Q&A Session
12:00 PM: Program Concludes

DrupalSN, an online community for Drupal users and developers, is currently featuring CommonPlaces on their website. CommonPlaces is the first in a planned feature that will highlight a notable Drupal development company each month. You can read our interview with DrupalSN here. It was great to talk with the people at DrupalSN, and we’re really excited about our presence on the site. We were truly honored to be chosen for this feature.

Ben is very excited to have been selected as a member of the Advisory Board for Twolia.com, a site that CommonPlaces is currently developing.  Twolia is aiming to become an online destination for women ages 18-35. This demographic is very active in the social networking realm, and this site will appeal specifically to their interests and needs, harnessing the full power of Drupal. Ben is joining a group of dynamic and successful individuals on the board. Click here for the full story.

CommonPlaces’ Ben Bassi and VP of Marketing Sherrin Bull presented at the Specialized Information Publishers Association’s conference on the subject of Social Media technologies.

Hampstead, NH (PRWEB) December 23, 2008 — CommonPlaces CEO Ben Bassi and VP of Marketing Sherrin Bull presented Wednesday, December 10th at the Specialized Information Publishers Association’s “Mid-Year Marketing Conference” in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their presentation was entitled “Leveraging Social Media to Drive Traffic,” and offered opportunities and strategies for specialized information publishers to promote and distribute their content on the social Web.

This year’s SIPA conference was titled “Gain. Market. Share.” and was focused on strategies specialized information publishers could implement to increase website traffic, conversions and sales. Citing statistics that three of four adults in the US use social tools on the Web, and that B2B social media will be a $4.6 Billion industry by 2013, Bassi and Bull strongly emphasized the importance of getting involved with social media in the coming year.

Success in the social media realm depends on quality content that will engage your audience. But as Bassi and Bull were quick to point out, this is the strength of specialized information publishers–regular, high-quality content. The presenters encouraged the audience to view the social Web as an opportunity rather than a threat. The quality content they were already creating was a big step towards their social media success.

The next step is to “open the gates,” as Bassi said, and the two offered a number of ways to do this: leveraging technologies such as RSS, forums and wikis; encouraging rating, commenting and reviewing on your site; and submitting content to social bookmarking sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Yahoo! Buzz and Reddit were just a few.

There is no doubt that social media is playing an increasing role in business, and that more and more marketers are viewing it as an indispensable part of their marketing campaigns. A recent study by Cone found that 93% of Americans who use social media technologies on a regular basis expect companies to have a presence on these sites.

From the SIPA website: “SIPA is the international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of for-profit subscription newsletter publishers and specialized-information services.” This year’s Marketing Conference marked the 25th year of the event, and featured over 20 presentations from industry leaders and marketing strategists.

Ben Bassi is happy to supply anyone interested with a copy of his presentation. If you would like to request a copy, he can be contacted at ben (at) commonplaces.com. To invite Ben Bassi to speak at your business event, please contact the CommonPlaces Marketing team.

Our CEO Ben Bassi is slated to appear as a panelist at the Specialized Information Publishers Association’s (SIPA) Mid-Year Marketing Conference in Las Vegas next month.  The Conference runs from December 8 – 10, and is being held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Ben is scheduled to appear on a panel of three for the presentation “How You Can Leverage Online Tools To Create Some Serious Marketing Buzz,” scheduled for the morning of December 10th. The session’s description from the SIPA site:

“The Internet has created an ‘information marketplace’ with constantly evolving delivery methods and marketing strategies. With a variety of resources available, publishers face the challenge of getting information in front of the right audience at the right time—when they are ready to act. With the rise of user-generated content, search options and social networks on the web, there are seemingly limitless and often overwhelming opportunities for you to engage your audience.”

Ben’s specific topic is “to show you how to leverage social media to drive traffic and conversions, build an online following and even convert your visitors into evangelists who will promote your content for you.” Ben will be appearing at this session with Andy Black, Marketing Director of Convera, and RD Whitney, CEO of Caroo Media USA.

If you would like to attend this and other great learning sessions on the topic of Internet Marketing, register today. Those who sign up before November 10th will receive special early bird pricing.

CommonPlaces is very proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of DrupalCon DC 2009 in Washington, DC. Drupal benefits from a large and vibrant community of contributors, and DrupalCon is a twice annual gathering of this community to learn and make improvements upon an already capable, robust, and increasingly popular Web Content Management System. You can read more about the event here, or visit the Official DrupalCon Twitter Feed

As a leader in the Drupal field, CommonPlaces takes a great interest in DrupalCon, and places a great value on attending the gathering. “DrupalCon gives people the opportunity to not only improve their knowledge through valuable learning sessions, but to participate in the community and improve Drupal itself,” said Erich Beyrent, VP of Engineering at CommonPlaces.

If you would like to attend DrupalCon DC, click here for more information on tickets.

CommonPlaces recently won a 2008 WebAward for “Outstanding Achievement in Website Development.” Here at CP we’re really excited about this award. Each year the Web Marketing Association hands out WebAwards to the best sites of the Web. To receive this award really validates all the work that we have done, and we’re very proud of this accomplishment.

Read more about WebAwards and the Web Marketing Association.

Greenopolis.com (Beta) was featured as a Gold Sponsor of Drupalcon Boston 2008, a gathering of over 800 Drupal professionals.

Boston, MA, March 3, 2008 -  Greenopolis.com (Beta) was featured as a Gold Sponsor of Drupalcon Boston 2008. Over 800 Web professionals gathered at the four day event to discuss the future of Drupal and Web content creation. The convention is held twice yearly in different cities around the globe.

Greenopolis.com (Beta) is an educational and collaborative “green” social networking website commissioned by Waste Management and developed by CommonPlaces e-Solutions, Inc. The site was created entirely with Drupal.

So what is Drupal? According to drupal.org, “Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.” Drupal is also open-source, which means that it can be modified and improved by anyone that uses it.

“It was great to see all of these members of the Drupal community come together in one place and freely exchange ideas. We all left with improved skills and fresh ideas to create better websites and better serve our clients,” said Seth Cohn, a Senior Internet Engineer at CommonPlaces.

Drupal places a large emphasis on user interaction, and facilitates the creation of Blogs, polls, forums, and other user-created content. As a site based on social interaction, Greenopolis.com (Beta) puts all of these features to good use. The result is a very rich user experience that is both educational and fun.

About CommonPlaces
With our years of experience in strategic planning, interactive marketing, website design and development, and web-based application development, CommonPlaces is able to provide you with successful e-business solutions and a competitive edge. Our unique strategic approach to building, designing, and promoting web solutions and applications empowers small to mid-sized e-commerce and e-business initiatives to compete with industry leaders at a fraction of the cost.