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YAR is done - another Farcry success
Not that the site was terribly heavily loaded. but Farcry worked out really. really well again. Our first Farcry site (http://www.celebratelehigh.com) is now on it's third design and it's likely to get a 4th new look next year. It's the information and registration site for Lehigh University's Young Alumni Reunion. Anyone who's seen my posts about Farcry before have undoubtedly clicked through many times already...thanks for your visits ;-)
Unique daily sessions never exceeded about 700. but the bigger win was that the event organizers had simple. easy control over site content whenever they wanted to make updates. Several times a week they went in there to update stuff and I never got a single phone call. It just works! The stats are fairly basic but just enough so that the folks who want to know those sorts of things can get their questions answered.
As for the reunion itself. it ended around 2AM today. Had a bit of sleeping to catch up on :-) We had a GREAT time! BTW. if you ever need to find a great party band I can't recommend "Lost in Paris" enough. They brought the house down last night with a closing set that was beyond belief. EVERYBODY came in to the main room from the side events to get in on the dancing and singing. Rocked big time.
Word of advice: the last two years we've sent out an e-newsletter to all attendees on Thursday before the reunion informing them of the weekend's weather forecast. bus schedule. phone numbers for a cab (just in case!) and a recap of the "lesser known" events. Friends were telling me that they printed out the email and kept it with them all weekend - they found it very convenient. but liked the weather forecast the best. Little things. I suppose. do count for a lot so i'll have to drop that on the homepage as well. Could do something really nice in the swf...hmmm....


