Inside Zappos : March 25, 2009

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Be in the Next Zappos Culture Book!

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Mar 25, 2009 by Brett H.

Every year, Zappos puts out a book that publishes what our employees and partners think the Zappos culture means to them. It's already time for another edition, but this year we want to do something a little different...we want our customers to get in on the action too!

At Zappos, part of what we're all about is forming personal connections between our employees, partners and customers. So we thought we could use the Culture Book as one of the ways we'll get to know what you think about us.

Specifically, we're asking everyone (customers, employees, or partners!) to submit photos that relate to Zappos.
Things we'd like to see:

Things we won't like to see:
  • Your bunions :)
  • Anything inappropriate
  • Anything excessively photo-edited or Photoshopped. Feel free to add informative titles, descriptions, your name and where you took the picture (in the email, not on the picture). If you're submitting a photo, you're giving us the right to use it in our book and you're verifying that it's your original photo (and not someone else's).
Specs for images:
  • RGB or JPG format only please
  • It's going to be printed in a book, so the higher the resolution the better! 300 dpi 5" x 7" or higher.
  • Files should be a minimum of 1200 x 1600 pixels. It'd be a shame if we love your picture but can't use it!
  • You must own the full copyright
  • No trademarks (e.g. logos, brands, entities with copyright or trademarked)

Please send your images and questions to: cbphotos@zappos.com by
March 31, 2009 (Tuesday). Look forward to seeing them!

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Product Video Description of the Day!

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Mar 25, 2009 by Brett H.

As some of you may know, our content team, in Nevada and now in Kentucky, are creating our very own product description videos. The videos are meant to highlight some of the really cool products that we sell on the site, as well as some of the talent that we have employed under our collective roof.
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Check it, yo!

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Zapponian of the Day, Linda H.

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Mar 25, 2009 by Jason C.

Our newest Zapponian of the day, Linda, works on our customer loyalty team. She loves the color purple, and wants to be a yoga instructor for Zappos.

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Box Break: Behind the Scenes

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Mar 25, 2009 by Melissa L.

We had the chance to stop a few bloggers after their Zappos Box Break hosted by magnify.net in the bloggers lounge at SXSW. Check out Megan Asha, Frank Gruber, Shira Lazar, Loic LeMeur, Stephanie Agresta and Chris McCaffrey as they spill their behind the scenes story about the Zappos SXSW Box Break.

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1st Annual KY Wow Awards!

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Mar 25, 2009 by Christina Y

It was last quarter of 2008 and we were in need of some good old-fashioned morale boosting. The photo studios were quiet, the fun was at a standstill, and the core values were on the back burner of everyone's minds. We knew that the team members thought the world of each other but they just weren't really saying how much they genuinely care or how working with them made their days better.

What we really wanted to know is: If they had to put a core value with the way they felt about their team members, what core value would it be?

So, Betsy D. (Photo Operations Manager) and I decided to host "The WOW Awards." We set out a ballot box with voting ballots (designed by Jon B., Senior Image Coordinator) next to it. On the voting ballot, they were to write the team members name and the Core Value that they exemplify. It was completely anonymous. After 3 months of open voting, we collected the ballots and had 10 WOW Award winners for each Core Value. We hosted an Awards ceremony with handmade trophies for each Core Value and a certificate (designed by Kyle S., Senior Image Coordinator) to hand out to all WOW Award winners.

All the ballots were placed up on the Photo Studio wall by Katie B. (Senior Photographer) so that all the ballots could be read by everyone. Everyone brought appetizers and hors d'oeuvres as well as games to play. We even had a room set up with an X-box, which was a big hit. Here is Matt W. (Senior Photo Assistant) happily accepting his WOW Award for Core Value #8, Do More With Less. His trophy was decked out in 8-track tapes, a Fisher Price camera, and other miniature items, like dollar bills. Thanks to everyone for voting! We look forward to our 2nd WOW Awards so get out there and vote!

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Photo and blog submitted by Erin R.

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