The Computer Studio

If you're not sure about your on-line strategy, we can help.

We're web developers, and before we start on a client project, we have to first understand your organization, your markets, your customers and their needs. Then we will recommend the most appropriate and cost effective solution to help you attain your goals.

We develop all types of websites, including informational sites, interactive web 2. 0 content publishing using WordPress and Drupal, e-commerce, marketing mini-sites and landing pages, mobile sites, and on-line business systems. Our unique development process ensures that your project stays on track, remains within budget, and provides you with feedback and control every step of the way.

Our involvement doesn't end when your site is published. We provide ongoing support and assistance, and many of our clients have been with us since the beginning of the commercial web in the mid 1990's.

An on-line store can offer a significant opportunity for established retailers, wholesalers/distributors and manufacturers, as well as on-line sellers.

Each type of seller has their own unique requirements, and we will create a site optimized around yours. If you sell wholesale, you will probably want your customers to be pre-approved before displaying prices or allowing purchases. We can create different pricing for each customer category, or even individual pricing for select customers. We can even create custom branded sites for your resellers, with your products built right in.

For retailers, properly merchandising your products is more important than ever. We will help you organize your catalog to make it easy and intuitive for shoppers to find the products they need or want. We can make the most of your photos and artwork so that they jump off the page. If you choose, we can write compelling copy, and implement cross selling and promotions that increase your average ticket.

Our sites are built on popular open source and commercial platforms such as Magento, but they rarely look that way. We can work magic to create a unique look and feel appropriate for your company and your customers.

Rather than wondering what to change on your site, a proactive maintenance effort defines goals - typically on an annual basis - with regularly scheduled content rollouts during the year to reflect the new products, services, marketing initiatives and events that will occur in your organization. It also provides for continual tracking and measurement, so you can be sure that your customers are engaging with you as you intend over the course of the year, and then make any necessary mid-course corrections based on what excites them.

New and updated content can consist of nearly anything that supports your business goals. It may include the addition of pages or even new sections of your website that describe new product and service offerings. It also may include discussion and conversation, such as blog entries and posts offering commentary and stories about your ideas and experiences, and those of your customers.

If your site includes content management or content publishing features, some new content may be added directly by your staff. Or, if you wish, you can generate the ideas and have us handle everything else, from writing copy (content) to posting it to the website. Some more involved updates may require structural changes to the website. For those, you can elect to have us develop the new structures, while your staff adds the content, or simply have us do everything.