This is some of the work we've done.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn
Upstream won the 2009 Politics Magazine Reed Award for best Congressional/Senatorial/Statewide website. The non-traditional political design used huge background images from scenic locations from around Texas to convey the feel the campaign wanted. Making sure the background and the transparency looked great for all browsers and platforms has historically been difficult, but we jumped at the challenge. Senator Cornyn's campaign was very successful raising money through the site and he won reelection handily.
The Robert S. Strauss Center
The Robert S. Strauss Center at the University of Texas originally came to us for our design reputation but the project has grown into a powerful web application. Non-technical Strauss Center staff has control over the copy, photos, webcasts, calendar events and virtually every other area of the site. We also added an application where they can add entire sections to the site, with their own subnavigation, without assistance. All of this is done through our easy to use Content Management System.
What can we do for you?
Websites & Applications
Our background in technology, design, programming and microtargeting for response mediums, allows us to move fast so we’re effective, aggressive members of your team. We listen to you and help define the audience. We write the plan and then the copy, understanding that our work is a science and an art. Award-winning designers and programmers create the look and direct the layout so each page is designed to capture the audience you’re targeting. And -- most importantly – to ignite meaningful, measurable response. Suites and Customization: We own a suite of products and components, tested and ready to employ for you. And, we write custom programming in-house.
E-mail Marketing
An important goal of your communications is generating response, we are positioned to help you move fast. We listen to you and precisely define the audience – targeting the individual, with a personalized message. We write the plan and then the copy, our work is a science and an art. Award-winning designers create each email to generate a measurable response. We know lists, we’ll work with you to pick the lists that best meet your goals. We also employ the best and easiest-to-use tracking and analysis software in the business. It allows us to give you easy-to-understand after-action and weekly status reports on the performance of every broadcast, each list and each list segment.
Online Fundraising
We have a proven track record of aggressively helping our clients build effective websites that empower people, causes and campaigns, as well as building e-mail lists and successfully mining them for new donors and net income. Our principals cut their teeth on aggressively building in-house fundraising lists for our clients. Today, we are employing that same tenacity building online constituencies for non-profit organizations, political campaigns and even presidential elections. Can we use the web as a way to raise net income for you? The answer is an emphatic, yes!