We started building web sites in the Spring of 1996. We have been running our own ecommerce sites since then. We serve up our own products to the general public and use web sites every day as a part of our business. A few years later some of our friends started to ask if we would be interested in designing web sites for them. That soon became a continual stream of word of mouth business that ultimately led to the formation of a new division of our company dedicated to web and print publishing.
Currently we serve small and medium sized businesses that require a web presence of various types. We develop web sites that range from small electronic brochures to large scale ecommerce sites. We design sites that we maintain over a period of years as well as blogging sites that can be maintained by the client with little to no interaction from us after the initial site is up and running.
Since web sites may contain a variety of tools and data types, we offer many different systems, tools and features that allow each client to have the exact right mix they require. All of our sites are custom designed from the ground up which ensures a unique and creative solution for each client.
Usually we can start a project within a short time frame and work with your staff to make sure the message is finely crafted to reflect your company's needs an your marketing message. Since we are a small company we do not maintain large costly overhead and so our prices are quite reasonable.
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If you are interested in discussing what we can do for you. Use the contact page to get in touch with us. We are here to help you.
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Example Sites
1. Personal blogging sites
2. Professional blogging sites
3. Electronic brochure sites
4. Ecommerce sites with secure SSL transactions and merchant accounts
5. Password protected membership and subscription sites
6. Teaching and training sites
7. Multimedia sites with video, animation and mp3 interfaces
9. Family or social networking sites
In September of 2001, we hooked up our very first ecommerce system to our existing website and made $555 that month. The next month we more than tripled it and have never looked back.
Shopping carts are one of the most important considerations for any website owner.
There are other ways to sell on line too. Sometimes a simple Paypal transaction system is more than enough. Ecommerce systems can be included from the start or added at a later time.
Is this what you're looking for? Results? Do you think this is easy? There are a number of design decisions that will influence your ability to gather visitors and possibly convert them into customers. Why is that? Because the big search engines like Google and Bing, must be certain they are returning good results to searchers (so they come back and search again). So they put each site through a regiment of filters that allows the engine to determine who should visit your site. That is called an "organic click through" and it drives search. "Organic" meaning it is a real search result, not one put in front of the searcher because someone paid to have it placed there. It is there because of it's own value, in the eyes of the search engine.
Over the years we have learned how to do this right. There are no long term magic bullets to help you gain good search results, but rather a good strategy for building a great website that will attract the viewers you are after. The search results you see at the top of this page are real. One day in the Summer of 2011, I crashed my search results. I went from 300 visitors a day to 35! Ouch!!! It was one simple, stupid mistake I made that caused the entire thing to fall apart. The developer of the tool I used claimed that it would have a positive effect on my search results. Boy was he wrong. I had to rebuild my search results and in a way, my authority with Google. If you are not aware of ALL the potential pitfalls out there, you will never see a graph like this one. You will simply fall prey to one or more of the "gotcha rules" out there that will stifle your organic search. We can help you with that.
Make no mistake about it, this is not magic. You still have to bring a good idea to make is worth a person's time to stop by your site. But if you have that base covered, We can help you package your vision and create a place people can visit to explore it! And we can make sure we do everything correct to get good placement.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Services
Generally we include search engine submission in the basic package of any web site. We do this for a very specific reason. Search engine submission is very important and should be done for every web site and we encourage each client to participate in search terms and overall marketing strategies. When you build a web site you must get the word out that it exists, otherwise all you have is an excellent secret.
We are available to discuss your exact needs as well as talk about how you intend to market your site, what advertising strategies are available and how you can reach your intended customer. Remember we run ecommerce sites every day for ourselves. We have experienced a broad range of advertising strategies and can talk about this in great detail. This is the difference between someone who only designs sites and someone who depends on them.
Search engine optimization is so important that every site starts with a keyword and key phrase search so as to determine what words and phrases we want to optimize for. This then translates into web copy, image selection and a design approach that reflects the goals of SEO. If you do not show up high in the search engines, your primary organic search opportunities may be extremely limited. You will, in effect, build a giant secret and miss out on attracting visitors.
There are a number of tools available to the qualified webmaster that will greatly help in determining how successful you will be in the views of the search engines. As an example every site comes with Google Analytics and adheres to the guidelines put forth in Google Webmaster Tools. These are free service from Google that helps track visitors, web statistics and offer suggestions on how to improve your site. As more and more web sites come on line, SEO becomes very important. That is why it is at the heart of every web site we produce with very few exceptions. In addition algorithms change every few weeks so it become important to stay on top of organic search and adjust over time. The alternative is to become irrelevant and languish.
In addition, there are a number of other options available to boost your rankings and attract more visitors. We have on-going back link programs that can optionally be implemented so as to build a community with other sties that have relevance to your site, and to build your reputation as an expert in your field. We use these techniques with our own sites and depend on them to keep us active in the minds of our visitors and customers. As your web site is developed, these ideas will be expressed and possibly integrated in the mix of strategies we use. Not all of them are appropriate for each web site.
But basic SEO is and it is included from the very beginning in every commercial site we develop.
Often times it is important to be able to go out and capture an important image and professionally develop it and prepare it for web projects. This is something we do every day. We have offered professional photographic services since 2001. We can provide complete services including portrait photography with on site lighting, product placement shots in our studio as well as on location photography for facilities, campus and headquarters.
We shoot we a variety of professional equipment including Nikon bodies and lenses. We offer professional, in-house, fine art printing services and can handle almost any size of printing assignment which can include mounting and framing.
This is also part of our print design services as we can provide book cover shots, postcards and mailers for any website or project.
Yes we do tricks! In fact we have a great many html tricks to give your site just the right amount of sizzle.
No matter what the need, we can do it. We offer a full range of html tricks you might need to convey just the right message. Here is a round up of a few of them.
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