Doubletake Clothing Blog

Richmond Times Dispatch Highlight

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:16:00 +0000

The Richmond Times Dispatch (our local newspaper) wrote a great article on what our local community is doing to raise money for Haiti. A good read - especially to see what the schools in the area are doing.

SHIPPING!!

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:47:00 +0000

We easily passed the $5,000 thanks to all the support we've received over the past week. For us over here in Richmond, VA - it was shipping weekend. (all weekend) Special thanks to everyone who helped out! Without you guys, we would've never finished the shipping tonight. Amazing teamwork and endurance - THANK YOU!

We were few shirts short of all the orders up to today - but we'll be getting them shortly. We're going as fast as possible!

Here are some pictures from today. All of our pictures were taken by Kyle Lamy. Make sure to check out more of Kyle's pictures. He's done work in Haiti and has some stunning pictures. If you purchase any of his Haiti pictures, he's agreed to donate all of the proceeds to Haiti.

Just a few left shirts to print! Shipping the first batch this weekend.

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:33:00 +0000

Check out the pictures! They turned out great. We will be shipping all weekend and hope to have them all in the mail Monday morning. If not, the rest will be in the mail on Tuesday.

help haiti.

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:51:00 +0000

The events in Haiti are simply devastating. They need help and Doubletake was uniquely positioned to quickly launch a fund raising t-shirt. Needless to say we are happy that we decided to act fast.

Since the shirt launched on Thursday, over $3000 has been raised for Haiti! We are thrilled and hope this momentum can carry forward. Every bit of money we make is going to be doing life changing and life saving work and we know every cent matters. We are working diligently with suppliers and printers to maximize the money raised.

It's refreshing to see so many people willing to help. Doubletake has played only a small role in what is becoming a very special offering to the people of Haiti.

Please continue to share this shirt with people and urge them to support in any way they can. If not through purchasing a shirt through a direct donation to any one of the relief organizations.

Our shirt is currently a pre-order scheduled to close January 22nd but as a little extra incentive we've decided to immediately order shirts when we reach $5000.

Together we can make a difference.

You Are What You Eat...

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:56:00 +0000

Our next shirt is up!

"You Are What You Eat" is a shirt we've been excited about putting up for a while. We received the shirt this past week with the rest of the "Bears, Beets, Battlestar..." shirts, but we waited to post them until we had our first photoshoot.

Here is the link to the rest of our photoshoot.

Beets, Beets, Battlestar, Beets, Bears....

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:08:00 +0000

Kinda delirious right now...

Rainn Wilson has some swagger on his twitter account (100k+ followers will definitely give that to ya!). We've had something around 12,000 visitors in less than 6 hours and...well, we decided to re-open pre-orders because we can't suppress the demand anymore. (Hopefully satisfied this recent explosion emails - haha)

And as an update for the previous orders, if you ordered before the Feb 22nd cut-off, all of those shirts are in mail. A few of you gave us bad addresses, and we'll be contacting you shortly.

Take care!

Oh...and if you have twitter - we're on there too...

We've got a secret....

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:32:00 +0000

We've got a little secret.

So the past week has been crazy, and I really apologize for not posting sooner! We had such an amazing response with our first shirt that we've decided to go ahead to print. As we speak, the blank shirts are being shipped to our printer. This means, if you already ordered, you will get your shirt much earlier than we anticipated. If you have not ordered yet because you're trying to get others to share the shipping costs, don't worry! We over-ordered - and if we happen to run out of the extras, don't worry about anything...we'll take care of you and make sure you get the shirt.

However, we have another tiny surprise.

Our next shirt is on it's way, so make sure you check the site and blog soon.... We have a feeling that the shirt will disappear verrrry quickly. A teaser is coming....

T-shirts Around The Internet

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Got another post about us this morning. Kat over at T-shirts Around the Internet made a great post.

Kat is really active in the t-shirt community, so she's always up-to-date with what's happening - check it out! She does some great write-ups.

What a day...

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:06:00 +0000

It all started out like a normal day, but little did we know that there was a storm brewing....

First, we received a great review from Karl Long over at www.tcritic.com. He gave us an awesome slot at the top of his page - it looks sweet, so check it out ASAP because you never know when it'll leave that position.

Second, Uncrate picked up our story. With just a real brief blurb about us, we immediately had hundreds of hits. I can't link to the exact post, but if you go now - you may be able to catch it. It will probably be on the front page for 2-3 days.

A fun stat...today we had a 95.89% increase in our total traffic. That means, we nearly doubled our traffic in one day!

Thanks to everyone who has helped!

T-shirt Blogs Continue to give Doubletake some Shout Outs!

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 06:48:00 +0000

Wow - we are definitely feeling the snowball effect! We are getting shout outs from places we never knew existed....

However, that is NOT the case with Troundup. Colin of Troundup has been off the hook for a long while (one of the better organized and designed blogs in the t-shirt world).

It definitely helped that Craig actually sent an email to Troundup right before Colin was mobilizing to review "Bears, Beets, Battlestar..." What can I say? Craig is the man.

Colin also mentioned the EXACT point we were trying to make here with "Bears, Beets, Battlestar..." by mentioning how "Bears, Beets, Battlestar..." "goes deeper than an obvious reference" and "something only a true fan would pick up".

Also thanks to graphictease for referencing Troundup's blog post on us.

Coty Gonzales - a Friend in Hawaii

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:32:00 +0000

Coty did a great write up on us yesterday over at his place. We really appreciate his post, and we have already seen a bump in traffic from his post. If you have never been over to his blog, make sure you check it out - you are in for a surprise. He's never shy to hide his personality in his posts and videos. Most importantly, if you want to get a flavor for the different styles of t-shirts on the internet, CotyGonzales.com is the place.

Did I mention he lives in Hawaii?

Thanks Coty!

We Couldn't Help This....

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:35:00 +0000

We just stumbled across this...and it's perfect for "Bears, Beets, Battlestar..."

Special Thanks to TheOfficeQuotes.com

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:26:00 +0000

We have had some really great people helping out our cause! The first site to catch up with us was TheOfficeQuotes.com. They have been around forever!

Back during Season 1 of The Office - back when Googling "The Office" still only returned listings about the Oval Office - TheOfficeQuotes.com became the first fansite for The Office. Since then it has grown quite a bit, offering much more than just quotes from The Office! Users can register for a free account to discuss episodes in Conference Rooms, vote for their favorite quotes, select quotes as "favorites", and share their list of favorite quotes with a unique url. TheOfficeQuotes even sends out "The Office Quotes IN YOUR INBOX" every Friday morning (a great beginning to the weekend).

Hope you guys take the time to thank them by checking out the site.

Oh yeah, they even offer embedding of quotes on external web sites and a Facebook app. Check them out on Twitter too!

If you would like to spotlight "Bears, Beets, Battlestar..." on your site, please let us know. We're trying to get our cause known as much as possible, but the most successful marketing comes from our readers, fans, and most of all - customers!

Thanks TheOfficeQuotes.com

Question: What Type of Bear is Best?

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:15:00 +0000

It is officially time to announce the grand opening of Doubletake Clothing! Our first shirt is designed to honor one of the best shows currently on television - "The Office". Special thanks to the guys and girls over at NBC for putting on one of the most quotable and memorable shows ever.

If you haven't been to our store yet, make sure you visit! It's truly a piece of art. Thanks for everyone who put time into this, we can't thank you enough.

TIME FOR THE SHIRT!

"Bears, Beets, Battlestar..." (I think you'll understand why...)

It is also available in blue, so make sure you check out the site.

Feeling like you need a refresher? We can blame it on the folks at NBC who have done an incredible job clouding our minds with too many great moments. Or maybe watch the video below.

If this is the first time you have visited our site, please check out our "about" page. We are launching this shirt company with a very clear mission - one that puts all efforts into community service. We hope you continue to check out blog often as we will be updating frequently about the happenings in our company. And hey...if you want to join our cause, sign up for our newsletter and we will keep you in the loop (the forms are found on the product page - just click the shirt picture above).

We hope you enjoy our site and shirt! If you have ANY questions, don't hesitate to ask. Simply use the "contact" link at the top of our website.

Finished Testing - Next Step

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:40:00 +0000

Today we finished testing - and everything seems to be in perfect working condition. Next up, we just contact a few people about the launch and fight for just a few advertisements on some other sites.

We noticed another clothing company is launching at the same time! But no worries, it's not competition (different target market). I'd expect Loren to do pretty well once he hits the market by storm.

Loren, if you're reading - I love the site. Not many can pull off your purple color, but it's flat out incredible! And for your skyline...woah. Were we in the same stream of thought during the design process? That's insane...a skyline and a Feb. 1st launch date???

Either way, even though we both have skylines, we managed to go after two different styles. :) Toast to you bro, best wishes!

Finishing Touches on Website

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:15:00 +0000

Man, I can't believe we're almost ready to launch.

The past few days I've been getting some extra content on the site, so if you're lurking around, please check it out.

Getting Ready to Launch!

doubletakeclothing@gmail.com (Brandon) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:05:00 +0000

Finally, after so much time spent planning, learning, researching, coordinating, etc....

We will launch on Feb. 1st at 12AM!

I'll be posting tons more information as we get closer....

Brandon