Every Small Business Owner NEEDS a Website. Your company can communicate 24/7 with customers, vendors, distributors, employees, and business partners while providing an opportunity to introduce  products, services, company background, and promotional information.

A website can help a small business in many ways:

• Internet Searches –  Most people look up businesses on the internet, not in the local phone directory.
• Directions – many people who are visiting your business can find your location and use their preferred navigation system to find you.
• Answer basic questions about your business.

E-commerce website development solutions cover everything you’ll need to sell products, track customers, process transactions and more. All from an easy to use web-based system that can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection.

The following elements are generally included in the E-Commerce Websites:

• Unlimited products, categories and sub-categories
• Product options with price variances
• Pricing levels (wholesale, retail, dealer)
• Unlimited discounts and promotions
• Affiliate program management
• Multiple shipping calculation methods
• International shipping
• Complete tax calculation
• E-mail Product pages to friends
• Browser based management
• New product image upload
• Secure server setup Credit Management
• Payment options include credit cards, e-check, P.O., C.O.D., Phone/Fax, and PayPal
• Large processing gateway choices
• Instantly e-mail the buyer with any order issues
• Customer Accounts
• Promotional mail programs
• Discount Manager – Create discount codes for customers or groups of customers (i.e.,wholesale accounts)
• Promotion Manager – Create any number of sales promotions

Is your website getting out-of-date?

Many older websites are limiting their audience by not updating their websites to work properly on phones and tablets.

Four Seconds. That’s all the time you have to grab the attention of your website visitors before they start to click away to your competitors. Website Makeovers will make your visitors stick instead of click.

If you haven’t been getting the response to your website that you initially anticipated from your web agency, it may be time to re-evaluate and commit to a fresh and dynamic new look from Brainstorm.

In some cases, small adjustments to an existing website can remedy a problem, particularly in terms of website navigation and content. We’ll evaluate your web structure, content, functionality, appearance and style. We can change a little or a lot, depending on your website needs. In the end you’ll see dramatic improvements for a cost much lower than starting from scratch.

I can help you update existing website pages and/or add new pages to your site.

Fee: $50 an hour. Website changes will usually be implemented within 24-72 hours, weekday or weekend.
Arrangements will be made for larger updates.

Content editing can be accomplished with updated information, such as special offers, product changes, pricing changes, new product and services announcements, employee information changes and all those things that keep your visitors properly informed.

•  Modification and Addition of Website Content
  
• Image Manipulation and Addition (client supplied images)
•  Newsletter & E-mail List Maintenance
•  Shopping Cart Product Updates, Product Photos
•  Update Announcements, Articles, etc.
•  Replace Images i.e. Pictures & Graphics
•  Adding/removing Website Pages
•  Monitoring of Search Engine Rankings

Who doesn’t want to make the world a better place?  I do!

Your budget no longer determines your image or relevance Online.

You can now have a beautiful, effective, modern and affordable website to reach your audience and make your impression on the world.

Keeping a website up to date can be difficult on a tight budget. Here are a few ways Brainstorm can help keep your cost down:

• Removing the need to call a web designer when you need to make a change to your site
• Decreasing up front costs normally associated with building a new website.
• Offering various solutions to give you what you need, meeting you where you are at.
• Removing the need to call a web designer when you need to make a change to your site
• Giving you the tools to improve your websites visibility Online through organic search engine optimization.
• Improve processes by automating repetitive office tasks, begin moving toward a paperless work flow.
• Allow your supporters to make donations quickly and easily Online.
• Keep your supporters informed through an Online Calendar & Events Management System.
• Reduce marketing expense with graphical e-mail campaigns and digital newsletters.

As social media companies mature, they inevitably change the way their services function — sometimes without warning. If you use social media professionally, staying in the loop is important to maintaining a successful social media presence. Hologram offers a host of services to keep you in the know.

•  Social Media Audit
• Review your current Social Media presence
• Social Media Strategy /Plan
• Structure and articulate the appropriate social media presence for your brand
• Social Media Execution
• Profile creation and management
• Blog execution and management
• Brand advocate outreach
• Tutorials and Custom Workshops
• Social Media Management
• Monitoring
• Curating content
• Engagement optimization
• Identification of content for re-distribution (blog posts, industry trade publications)
• Present your brand as a valuable resource within the social media ecosystem
• Social Media Optimization
• Track metrics of success (Facebook “likes” Twitter “followers” etc)
• Strategy review and continued iteration based on success metrics