By Mark Robillard

Clients & Profits became real twenty years this May. Officially, the date was May 15. That’s the day, back in 1986, that Lisa and I quit our jobs and moved back to San Diego to start Clients & Profits.

20th ANNIVERSARY BREW The boys here are big on home brew. C&P R&D is often the site for impromtu tastings on Tuesdays, which makes the work go oh so much easier. Our brewmaster, Shawn McBride, is an award-winning micro brewer who’s made dozens of speciality beers over the last ten years. Shawn created a special oak-aged brew for our company’s 20th anniversary party: Click Here.

MY CLIENTS & PROFITS! X BETA The new Mac OS X-native upgrade to our add-on web server for Clients & Profits is almost ready for release. A pre-release beta version will be available shortly. If you are interested in evaluating the beta, please e-mail here.

C&P X UPGRADE OFFER ENDS JULY 30 Our special introductory prices on Clients & Profits X upgrades ends at the end of July. If you’re still using Clients & Profits 5.0 or earlier, we’re offering generous trade-in credit for a limited time. Be sure to try-before-you-buy with the free Clients & Profits X demo.

STAFF NEWS New hires: Will Wilson joined us in April as an IT coordinator. He’s our go-to guy for computers, servers, and our network. He’ll also be helping clients with tech support on the C&P Helpdesk. Anniversaries: Mary (10 years); Mona (4 years).

VINTAGE C&P I’ve always loved using original artwork for our marketing materials. Some of my favorite illustrations by Peter Horjus (www.peterhorjus.com) are being offered on clothing for our 20th anniversary.
100% of the profits from these sales will be donated to the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans (www.cacno.org), of which Clients & Profits is a corporate sponsor. Look for new designs every month during our 20th year here.

CLIENTS & PROFITS:20 Here’s the inside story about twenty years of agency management bliss.