We build websites and other digital media for businesses and nonprofits. But the thing we do best is build relationships.

We do this with you as a client and we create solutions that provide a relationship building conduit between you and your customers. Whether it’s websites, social media or traditional marketing, We connect with you and your customers at the emotional core. We listen to what you have to say, but also use empathy to understand how you and your customers feel. It’s the right balance of intelligence and emotion that not only gets the job done, but gets it done right.

We build solutions that get results because we don’t want you to waste time and money doing anything just for sake of it. Yes, you need a website. So, why not get a website that gives you a solid return on your investment?

If you’re ready to take your website and online marketing to the next level, please contact us to setup a free business consultation or request a quote online.


Website Design - Pittsburgh, PA - Marc Shade

Marc Shade

Founder / Technical & Creative Director / Lead Developer
Pittsburgh, PA

Marc has been involved in building websites since the earliest days of the industry. Most of that time was spent servicing corporate clients like Kellogg’s, Eaton/Dana, Stryker, ConAgra, Pharmacia/Upjohn, Hertz, etc… He’s worked on projects with teams from Leo Burnett, Arc Worldwide, Brigandi & Associates and Biggs Gilmore to execute high quality online solutions for corporate clients all over the world.

He also has experience doing audio production, which includes creating original music scores for corporate multimedia projects, Foley audio for the America’s Army video game, and general music recording and production both on and off the computer.

Marc started 2 Acre Studios in 2010 to provide small and medium sized businesses affordable access to ad agency services. He guides and orchestrates everything that happens here and can always be there in full support of every project.


Ellen Warren

Partner / Creative Director / Project Coordinator
Pittsburgh, PA

Experienced Web Design and Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the Information Technology and Services industry. Skilled in web design and social media. Strong technical professional with a Bachelor of Individualized Study focused in Computer Information Systems from George Mason University.


Samantha Schaefer

Content Writer / Social Media
Lafayette, LA

Samantha Schaefer received her MFA in Poetry as a Follett Fellow at Columbia College Chicago and is currently knee deep in the deep south of Louisiana in pursuit of her PhD in English at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. She has worked as co-editor of Black Tongue Review, on the editorial team at Court Green, and as editorial intern at Yoga International. She has attended as Writer in Residence at Brushcreek Foundation for the Arts as well as Working Writer in Residence at The Poetry Farm. Her poetry has received two Pushcart Prizes, made finalist for GASHER Press’s 2020 First-Book Scholarship, and has appeared, or is forthcoming in TYPO, Columbia Poetry Review, PANK, Ghost Ocean Magazine, Pigeon Pages NYC, Awakened Voices, Brill | Sense Publishers Anthology, Science-Based Vulnerability: Scientists and Poets #RESIST, and Poetry Salzburg Review.


Content Writer / Photographer / Social Media - Kalamazoo, MI - Mark Wedel

Mark Wedel

Content Writer / Photographer / Social Media
Kalamazoo, MI

Mark Wedel has worked as a freelance journalist since 1992. He supplied arts and entertainment features and reviews to the Kalamazoo Gazette for over two decades. Other publications using his work include Delta Sky Magazine, Cleveland Scene, Grand Rapids Press, and Etch Magazine. He is currently writing for Issues Media Group publications in Michigan’s Second Wave Media network. He’s written about a mind-numbingly wide range of subjects including standup comedy, invasive species, Upper Peninsula tourism, long-distance cycling, music from punk to classical, film and theatre, diversity and equity issues, etc. He’s dogged as a researcher, but feels the art of the interview is just as important at bringing to life a subject in print.