Posts Tagged ‘CMS’


Drumcircle – Build Emotivationally Powerful Messages

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Drumcircle“People are messy. We can help with that.”

So says Drumcircle, a unique research and communications company that helps marketers find the emotionally resonant component of a product or brand and communicate that to their audience.

People aren’t always rational when it comes to making decisions, especially buying decisions. Our emotions often drive us. Drumcircle helps companies understand these reasons, which they call Emotivations™, so their messaging is on target.

They’ve created a proprietary research tool called b.frank that reveals Emotivations. You can even test out b.frank for yourself with an online survey.

Principals Bill Mount and Anne Manning are also blogging at the site, with some great insights into consumer behavior with posts like “To ‘Understand Chinese Consumers’, Start By Understanding People,” and introspective posts like “Are You Smart Enough?

The blog–and the entire website–is powered by WordPress, so that Drumcircle can blog and update their own website through one easy-to-use admin panel. If you’ve been shying away from WordPress or another CMS because you were afraid the design would look canned, hopefully flyte’s Creative Director, Ryan Goan, has given you reason to reflect.

So, if you’re looking to get a better understanding of why people buy your product (or don’t), or how they feel about your brand (or why they don’t), be sure to head over to Drumcircle and start learning more about emotions and buying habits.

Rich Brooks
Maine Web Design


Megunticook Market in Camden, Maine Relaunches on WordPress

Friday, July 15th, 2011

Megunticook MarketLooking for a specialty market in Camden, Maine? Check out Megunticook Market.

Whether you live in Camden, Maine, (map) or you’re just one of the thousands of people who who love visiting Maine’s rocky coast in the Camden/Rockport area every year, you need to check out Megunticook Market.

Besides a great selection of wine & cheeses and a focus on local Maine foods, you can also get your parties catered through Megunticook as well.

I’ve known proprietor Lani Temple for a few years now, and she’s popped into our offices more than once with some treats. They’re always delicious and definitely worth checking out if you’re in the area. (And worth a drive if you’re not!)

Lani also often appears on 207, a popular evening news program, sharing recipes and tips with the hosts and viewers.

Megunticook Market also is on Facebook, so be sure to like them there.

Megunticook Market had launched their site a few years back, and were looking for a more updated look and more control over the content. We freshened up the design and rebuilt the site on WordPress, a popular content management system that’s perfect for most small businesses. Lani had a blog that had been built on TypePad. To make her life easier, we exported most of her old posts and repopulated them on the WordPress platform. Now she only has one login to manage both her blog and site.

If you want a great specialty market experience on the Maine coast, be sure to check out Megunticook Market in Camden, Maine. If you need a website that you can update and manage yourself, be sure to contact flyte today.

Rich Brooks
Hungry


How to Post a Video in WordPress

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

A client just asked me how to post a video into his WordPress blog. It’s a simple affair, once you know how to do it. And yes, you will have to look at the code, but just for a second.

It won’t bite, I promise.

You can watch this video, How to Add a Video to Your WordPress Blog, or read the brief description below.

Step 1: Grab the embed code. YouTube and other video sharing sites make it easy to grab the code that displays the video, often called the “embed code.” In the case of this client the video was from a segment on a local television show. Luckily, this show posted the video along with the embed code. You’ll want to copy that embed code to your clipboard.

Alert! After making this video I noticed YouTube has a new iframe embed code (pictured below). WordPress “cleaned up” that code. If this happens to you check the “Use old embed code” box on YouTube. More details below.

Embed Video in Your WordPress Blog

Step 2: Post the code into your WordPress blog post. First, determine where you’d like the video to be placed while looking at the Visual editor. If you’re not familiar with HTML code, you may want to create a placeholder by typing in something like “Video Goes Here” or “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”.

Then click on the “HTML” tab in the upper right hand corner so that you can view the HTML code.

HTML Tab

Find your placeholder (if you made one) and copy and paste the embed code there. Switch back to the Visual tab and you should see a pale yellow box where your video will appear. If this doesn’t happen then try selecting the “Old Embed Code”.

Old YouTube Embed Code

That should do it! If you get the video going on your own blog, feel free to post a link below.

Rich Brooks
Video Marketing


Affordable Websites for Startups and Entrepreneurs

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Affordable Website Designs for Small BusinessThere’s a big difference between an affordable website for small businesses and a cheap one. Cheap websites are about not spending a lot of money; affordable websites are about getting a good return on your investment at a price you can afford.

If you’re looking for a cheap website just Google it. You’ll find plenty of options.

If you’re looking for an affordable website that you can use to build your business, take a look at our ProSites. They’re perfect for the startup as well as a growing business that wants to allocate more of their web budget to online marketing campaigns that include search engine optimization, email marketing, blogging and social media.

These pre-designed websites are build on WordPress so that you can handle all the updates yourself without any expensive software…all you’ll need is a web browser. They’re built rock solid and can grow with your business. Add a blog, add an email newsletter, integrate it with your social media marketing.

We’ve just introduced a new ProSite design called Panoramas that has five different color schemes. It can even be tailored to match your own brand’s colors.

If you’re ready to graduate from the website your brother-in-law/neighbor’s kid/niece build for you, and still have money left over for raise your online visibility, drive more qualified traffic to your site and turn that traffic into leads and sales, than the ProSites might be the perfect fit for you.

Rich Brooks
Web Design for Small Business


St. Mary’s: Central Maine Hospital Runs on Joomla

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Flyte recently revamped the website for St. Mary’s Health System, a health care provider in central Maine.

The revamped web site sports a better site architecture to handle and organize the many services that St. Mary’s offers, including Senior Health, Women’s Health, and Prevention & Wellness, to name just a few.

The e-commerce was also upgraded to be more secure, whether people are paying their bills online, making a donation, or buying something from the gift shop for a patient.

Both the current site and the previous were powered by Joomla, an open-source content management system (CMS). As part of the upgrade, flyte upgraded the site from Joomla 1.0 to 1.5 and learned an important lesson: there’s no such thing as upgrading to 1.5. It’s a complete do-over. :roll:

However, with the help of the marketing team at St. Mary’s who are able to handle and maintain the site through the Joomla admin, the final product rolled out, better able serve St. Mary’s community.

Rich Brooks
Maine Joomla Development


Sales Strategy & Training with Carpenter & Associates

Monday, October 11th, 2010

No business can survive without sales, but too many people believe that sales is a innate talent, or that advertising can replace the need for a sales team, or that all sales are good sales.

Carpenter & Associates focuses on growing your sales profitably. They offer sales training that is aligned with your company’s goals, strategies and planning. They can help you develop a sales strategy that is built on determining which part of your business is most profitable and concentrating on executing on that strategy.

There’s a lot of great content on the web site, including best practices for sales solutions and a new sales blog written by company president Scott Carpenter.

Also, while you’re improving your own bottom line, you’re improving the bottom line of others as well: 5% of net profits go to the Poverty Action Lab at MIT.

This site–like most sites coming out of flyte these days–was built on a content management system (CMS), so that Carpenter & Associates can update the site in house as simply as they would update a Word document. In this case it was WordPress, a powerful, flexible CMS that is the perfect blogging tool.

Flyte’s creative director, Ryan Goan, also created Carpenter & Associates’ new logo as well as designing the business cards and stationary.

If you’re looking grow your sales profitably, be sure to talk to Carpenter & Associates.

Rich Brooks
WordPress Websites Mean Business


Nationwide Research Company Launches New Site

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Last week we launched a new web site for Nationwide Research Company (NRC), a source for court documents and archived records.

NRC’s services include document retrieval, on-site searches, corporate research, case monitoring, chapter 11 filings and more. In short, if you need documents, this is your one-stop shop.

NRC wanted to have the ability to add, edit and delete content on their site as needed, so we built the site on WordPress, an open-source blogging/content management system (CMS). Now they can log in and update information as they need to, without having to run everything through some pricey web developer. (Sniff!)

With offices on both the left and right coast, that also helps keep down costs as they don’t need to buy multiple copies of HTML editing software for multiple people; instead any modern browser will allow them to keep the information on their web site fresh…something the search engines (and your customers) love to see.

If you need court documents or chapter 11 filings, be sure to check out Nationwide Research Company. If you need a custom-designed web site on a content management system, we’d love to answer your questions.

Rich Brooks
WordPress Design


WordPress Conversions: Beauty is More Than Skin Deep

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

360FuelCard, providers of fleet fuel cards that benefit the environment, liked the look of their Web site.

What they didn’t like is the lack of control they had. Every update had to be run through an outside developer, hindering their ability to quickly add content. It also became a cost issue: adding new pages was expensive, making them thing twice before adding new content to the site.

WordPress gave them that control, and is helping them keep a cap on expenses. We took their current design and ported it over to WordPress, the popular open-source blogging and content management system platform. We also added a blog, so they would have a powerful communication tool they could use to keep customers in the loop and engage new prospects.

They can now update any page, day or night, uploading new photos or embedding videos of their products in action. And they can do it inhouse without having to pay an outside provider.

If you need a fuel card that’s accepted at nearly 100% of fuel stations across the US and contributes to a cleaner environment with every fill-up, be sure to check out 360FuelCard.

If you need to gain control of your Web site, and reign in update fees, talk to flyte about converting your site to a content management system.

Rich Brooks
Fill ‘er Up!


Maine CPA: Albin, Randall & Bennett Launch a New Web Site

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Maine CPA: Albin, Randall & BennettLast week flyte new media launched a new Web site for Albin, Randall and Bennett (ARB), certified public accountants and business consults with offices in Portland and Auburn, Maine.

By organizing themselves into teams of specialists, each focusing on a specific industry, ARB stays up-to-date on the latest developments within their field; therefore learning how new developments may affect your individual business.

While ARB serves many markets, they primarily focus on:

ARB also offers great financial resources including tools and other tax forms and IRS publications for your convenience.

The website–built on the WordPress platform–allows ARB to maintain their own site updates and edits without any HTML knowledge.

Be sure to consider ARB the next time you are looking for a CPA firm, as they offer a no-cost, no-obligation consult.

Lindsay Babayan
Maine Web Site Design


Alaska’s Goldbelt Corp. Rebuilds On WordPress

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Goldbelt IncorporatedEarlier this week, flyte launched a revamped site for Goldbelt, Incorporated, located in Juneau, Alaska. Goldbelt has been in operation for 35 years, organized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). The company’s “primary purpose is to manage assets and to conduct business for the benefit of its shareholders, approximately 3,200 people, almost all of Alaska Native Heritage”.

Goldbelt owns and operates tourism subsidiaries including The Goldbelt Hotel, Mount Roberts Tram, and the Seadrome Marina. Other Goldbelt subsidiaries include Goldbelt Security Service, CP Leasing, Goldbelt Transportation and a variety of 8a Companies.

Goldbelt engaged flyte for two sites: this corporate site and the recently launched Web site for Goldbelt Tours. Both sites were built on WordPress, the popular content management system (CMS) and blogging platform.

Their new WordPress site allows them to post/share upcoming shareholder events/information, the Kookenaa (Messenger) newsletter and employment opportunities for all Goldbelt companies.

Lindsay Babayan
WordPress Web Sites for Business and Non-Profits