WellDesignStudios will launch a new line of Web products designed to upgrade traditional static websites to more useful, interactive and effective sites in a special presentation at the Memphis Area Conference for Business Professionals, July 05.
The Memphis-based company’s new upgrade products can add the features of Fortune 500 sites at a fraction of the cost. WellDesignStudios has designed plug-and-play components that can be added to a site for between $1,000-2,000.
The Memphis Area Conference for Business Professionals was chosen to announce their new products due to the synergy of the conference goals as well as the benefits of networking the show. LunaWeb will also be running a limited demonstration of the upgrades during the show
“Web users have come to demand more from web sites than static information or entertainment,” said Jeff Assley, WellDesignStudios’s marketing director. “LunaWeb’s upgrade modules are designed to make a site more useful to our clients and their customers or vendors. Useful sites keep customers coming back and get referred to others.”
“If your site hasn’t been touched for a while, it is time to upgrade your site. Just like when you upgrade your computer, you should look at upgrading your Web site. People are reluctant to buy new computers. Similarly, we know most companies really don’t want get new Web sites if they can get the improvements at a fraction of the cost of a new site. WellDesignStudios upgrades do just that.”
“Static, fixed-information sites don’t get much mileage these days. Your customers or employees want the same functions found at enterprise-level sites,” said Assley. “And to get sites working effectively, the costs associated with adding and editing content need to be minimized. When it’s cost-prohibitive, site content gets embarrassingly stale. Our modules put site owners in the driver’s seat.”
Assley added that the entire product line features password-protected administration enabling the owner complete control over dynamic content in real-time, without the extra cost.
“With only several minutes of instruction, I was taught to add, edit and delete items in the shopping cart for our site,” said Missy West, owner of WestMemorials.com. West’s site, due to launch this month, features memorials for funeral and death care planning, including: granite graveyard stones, cremation urns and columbariums.
“The latest addition to our website, WellDesignStudios’s news management upgrade, adds even more value to our site,” said Brandon Barrentine, Director of Marketing for B.T.E. “The ability to update the website with news, product releases, or technical documentation and, as a result, generate more repeat visitors, is priceless. Rounded-out by a user-friendly interface, archive manager, and attractive layout, the news management upgrade is just another reason why we rely on LunaWeb to help us meet our Internet initiatives.”
WellDesignStudios’s new upgrade modules include:
* Calendars Maintain a calendar of events and allow users to search or browse by dates and categories.
* Online News Maintain news items and press releases and allow users to search or browse by keywords and categories.
* Document Archives Upload, categorize and manage your documents, photographs, and other electronic files. Allow users to search or browse to find the files they need.
* Shopping Carts Produce orders by specifying products, shipping and payment details. Allows users to purchase items online and manage their orders with an easy-to-use administration tool.
* FAQs Provide a categorized list of Frequently Asked Questions to users.
* Glossaries Provide an alphabetized listing of terms and their definitions to users.
* Directories Maintain listings of locations, members, business contacts or any other address books.
* User Management Manage web site users and their access privileges, and broadcast email to them. Provides users with site registration, login, password reminders and personalized content.
“With these products, we went on a campaign to bring these impressive features down from the $10,000 level to a couple thousand by writing modular code to handle different kinds of problems,” said Steve Brown of WellDesignStudios, who headed up the development team.
“Another example is our document archive. There’s not a company out there that doesn’t need this. Every department has forms and documents, especially HR departments,” said Assley. “Most organizations have multiple versions of different forms that all have to used by different groups across multiple departments in a company. Our document archive can keep everything in one place – online.”
“Consider documents or forms you use with customers, employees, or vendors. By putting these online in either a public or protected environment, they stay secure, in-control, and up-to-date,” Assley added. “The savings on postage, time, and printing is incredible, not to mention savings from outdated documents that end up as waste. The base price for the Document Archive is only $1599. How’s that for a return on investment?”
“Each of our upgrades has immense use. Our Frequently Asked Questions upgrade can be modified every day as easy as using Internet Explorer. You can copy and paste right out of Word. How many questions on basic information do your customer support or sales reps answer that could be done on the Web at almost no cost?”
The underlying objective of each module is to provide a clear, quick and measurable return on investment. WellDesignStudios’s local exposure is what makes the difference according to Assley.
“We have the experience, talent and insight to successfully deploy our consultative approach to meet needs that further your progression,” said Dave Barger, WellDesignStudios’s president. “WellDesignStudios provides Web-based technologies developed for building a business.”
“Many companies remarket products based either on open-source (meaning it’s free for them) or buy licenses for multiple sites,” said Assley. “This is a fine idea until you want something tailored to your company or you want it to look different. Because these modules are designed and developed in-house at WellDesignStudios, we’re able to ‘pop-the-hood’ and make customized adjustments to suit the needs of our clients.”
WellDesignStudios is a privately owned and operated Web development firm that provides Web design and Web based development services that help businesses compete in today’s electronic marketplace. The company offers a wide array of Web hosting packages while also operating as a full service ISP for the business community.