Website Design / SEO / Flash
- Website Design + Development
- Small static brochure packages or fully dynamic site built with a CMS
- SEO (aka googlitis)
- Website Maintenance
- Flash Animation Development
- Google Analytics
- Consulting for strategic planning + project management
Our focus is on website design. We create contemporary, clean, artistic sites that work. We build sites either by hand (from scratch!) or with a content management system, or blogging software (Drupal, WordPress...). Our sites are built with valid code and valid css to keep your website running smoothy and quickly.
Design is a process and a conversation. Let's start one now.
Ready, Set, Go?
- Need some advice assessing where to begin?
- Should you jump on the blog bandwagon?
- How much should you budget for a website and related marketing?
- Are google adwords right for my business?
- What types of tools can help my business? We use Basecamp for example, for project management collaboration. We can help you set up a Basecamp site for your organizational needs.
Can people find your site?
Right now there are potential clients searching for your site. Can they find you? Search Engine Optimization - SEO - to the rescue! We pay attention to the details, from code to copy, so that your customers can find you. Our websites are built to be found. Once built, you can decide how much effort needs to be placed on search engine marketing.Flash + Actionscript
Should you use Flash? To an extent, this is industry specific (think movie trailers, for example). However, generally Flash should not be used for an entire site, nor for navigational elements. This can negatively affect bounce rates, and have your potential customers scurrying away. A healthy dose sprinkled in can add some spark or be useful for demonstrating certain aspects of your business (think "how to" videos presented in Flash). You can view a Flash animation / advertisement we did that was very well received by the client's customers. We can also create banner ads, or complex interactive nifty stuff for the geek within.Content Management Systems [CMS]
A CMS allows for non-techie types to easily and quickly make changes to their website. Perfect if you have a lot of updates, or frequent changes to your content. We like Drupal, an open-source, fully customizable CMS solution that can work for organizations small or large. We are aware of many other solutions and are happy to provide you with advice on which system works best for your business. And while having a CMS can be liberating, just because you have one doesn't mean you should always do everything yourself. You should consider your time, your resources and your desire. We can certainly handle the graphics, and planning the layout for a new page, for example, while you could make simple text edits to your pages.When should I start thinking about a redesign for my site?
When was the last time ... you bought a new computer? Updated your wardrobe? Or bought a new cell phone? Depending on your budget, your reasons for purchasing any of the above items, and your ethical values, you'll have a different answer for when that time has come.
With a website, you might start considering a redesign if you have very little traffic, if you would like to make frequent text updates, but you current site is not built that way, if your business has grown, but your website hasn't. Websites are like gardens, and need to be "watered"...