Schipul - The Web Marketing Company Opens New Silicon Valley Office

HOUSTON, February 23, 2011 – Schipul - The Web Marketing Company (www.schipul.com), a leading Web marketing and Web design company, today announced that it will expand with a new base in the Silicon Valley. Schipul has appointed April Kyle, who has served as the company’s operations manager since 2009, to guide the westward expansion.

Schipul, established in Houston in 1997, will remain headquartered in Houston. The company’s new Silicon Valley operation, scheduled to open in Sunnyvale, California by April 1, 2011, will enable the firm to better engage with its growing West Coast client base and other companies, nonprofits and government organizations exploring how to succeed online.

“We have achieved a critical mass of business activity on the West Coast to make an expansion to the San Francisco Bay Area a no-brainer,” said President and CEO Ed Schipul. “Establishing a presence at the epicenter of technology innovation will keep us looking forward, ensure that all our customers remain on the leading edge and help us to better connect with clients and prospects on the West Coast.”

Schipul’s current West Coast clients include the Association of Legal Administrators – Golden Gate Chapter, Build it Green, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and thinkLA, among others.

Schipul creates and markets Tendenci® online management software (www.tendenci.com), which powers hundreds of highly complex websites for associations, businesses, nonprofits and government organizations around the world. Schipul also designs and develops websites powered by Drupal and WordPress content management platforms, along with Search Engine Marketing services, Social Media Consulting services and Web Marketing Consulting services.

Schipul – The Web Marketing Company developed and builds on the Tendenci Web marketing application, a powerful online tool with over a half million people logging in during the past year and millions of users overall. Schipul is based in Houston, and provides marketing services on the Internet to more than 300 organizations from a variety of service industries in local, national and international markets. Schipul’s clients include Houston Zoo, IKEA and the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, among many others. Additional information about Schipul is available at www.schipul.com and www.tendenci.com.

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