Friday, March 12, 2010

Thunderpaw Services

Thunderpaw Web Development offers a variety of services to assist with your Internet needs.

Social Media Marketing, Internet Marketing

Social Media Marketing is all the buzz lately. However, most marketing people get it all wrong.
We understand Social Media Marketing because we’ve been using social media for decades!
David Lyle and Angela Render not only consult with you to improve your business plan, but also have the ability to implement your new
and improved marketing strategy!

Web based game programming

We recently developed a completely web based game for a client. Taking the client’s concept, we designed not only the interface but designed and programmed the entire functions
including user registration, access control, and the complete operation of the game.

 
This presented a number of unique challenges, however, calling upon our expertise including years of experience as gamers ourselves, we were able to pull this off.

 
Angela Render developed the look and feel, while David Lyle did all the programming. Brent Hesse created the promotional trailers. A complete Thunderpaw team success!

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SQL/MySQL database programming

David Lyle has added the expertise of SQL programming to his resume, and can provide full database design and programming services through Thunderpaw.

 
Databases have always been at the heart of much of the web’s dynamic content. Most every web host offers MySQL database support, and your web site or web program
should take advantage of the strength an online database can provide.

Contact Thunderpaw today and ask if a database back end is right for your site.

Movies and Trailers

With our technical savy, and Brent Hesse’s creative genius, we can put together incredible trailers or promotional movies for your company. Check
our examples page for some of our work.

Contact Thunderpaw today about creating promotional videos for your company.

Flash

Looking for an interactive brochure readable across platforms? Want that special intro to your website or header movie? Maybe you just need a compelling banner advertisement. Thunderpaw Web Development can make that happen for you.

Flash tutorials, ads, and even full websites have been around for years. While for SEO reasons, we’d never condone doing your entire website in Flash, this powerful application can enhance your look tremendously.

When you’re looking to send marketing materials to people, traditionally these have been on paper. More recently, Power Point presentations using voice-over macros have appeared on the scene, but Power Point was designed for in-person presentations, not for stand-alone, animated brochures. Flash presentations are as readable as Power Point and better equipped to put you in control of what the end user sees. Power Point macros can be programmed to transmit viruses and for that reason, computerized security sees them as a threat and will automatically disable them, rendering your slick presentation in unexpected ways, including disabling much of the animation and deleting the voice-overs.

 
A Flash movie doesn’t suffer from these handicaps and can take your email or snail mail promotional materials at the next level.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today to discuss your next marketing campaign.

Original Artwork and Illustrations

Our new associate, Brent Hesse, brings a fresh design eye to the Thunderpaw team. specializing in computer animations and 3D graphics, Brent’s style and skill can shape a completely branded look and feel for your company.

 
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Site Analysis

Thunderpaw Web Development offers a full analysis of your existing web presence-what you’re doing right and what can be done to improve your:

  • Visibility
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Conversions
  • ROI

We’ll also look at your top competitor sites and let you know how you compare in terms of usability, layout, and general SEO. A more complete analysis of your SEO is also available. This written report is a valuable tool in planning your online marketing strategy.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today


Design or Redesign

Thunderpaw Web Development offers a full range of design and programming services.

 
Starting from scratch? We’ll work with you to design a site that appeals to you and your clients while clearly presenting your message, product, or service and making it easy for your prospects to convert to customers. The form of our designs follows their function and we make sure we understand your needs up front. Take our free 9 Questions survey to prepare yourself for our initial talk.

 
Sample Thunderpaw Designs:

Our expert programmers can then turn your design into a reality. If you have a design in mind already or have hired another designer, we can program those visions too.

 
Sample Thunderpaw Programming:

Already have a site? We like to look at websites as houses. If your old house is too small or your lifestyle has changed, you move and take your belongings with you to your new home. The same thing can happen over time with a website. Websites get stale over time and your business is probably not the same as it was a few years ago. Maybe it’s time for a make-over. We will look at your site, analyze what’s working for you and what isn’t and program your content into an updated look and feel. While we’re at it, we can program in state of the art SEO and other features.

 
Sample Thunderpaw Redesigns:

Don’t know where to begin? Take our free 9 Questions survey.


New Feature Integration

Thunderpaw Web Development can create a new feature for your site and blend it in seamlessly with your existing design. We’ve programmed customized:

All of these new elements took the client’s existing design and morphed it into a new feature that blended in as if it were part of the original design.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

Programming

The experts at Thunderpaw Web Development have been programming for the web since 1993. Before that, they programmed in Basic and Fortran. They have built websites through HTML, Perl, and Javascript, then progressed to XML and then to PHP and CSS. Our expert programmers understand how computers operate and can build a website for you that:

  • Is secure from hackers
  • Loads quickly
  • Protects your proprietary formulas
  • Can be updated by anyone you designate

You tell us what you need and who will maintain it and then you can leave the programming to us.

 
PHP is a robust server-side language that can calculate formulas, input and retrieve data from spreadsheets and databases, and seamlessly interface with HTML. Since it does not rely on the user’s web browser, it keeps your data secure and doesn’t allow exploits for hackers to use.

 
CSS is a marvelous evolution in content rendering on the web. Through CSS your layout can defy the block-like format of HTML tables and function with pull-outs and drop-down menus while still being completely accessible to the blind and to search engine crawlers. CSS also provides uniformity of look and feel across your site whether you have 10 pages or 1000.

 
Be it our own design or one you’ve brought us, we can make it a fully functioning website.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

Updates

Just need a few changes to your text, but don’t have the time or patience to do them yourself? Thunderpaw Web Development can keep your site up to date with no monthly fees or cumbersome contracts. You email us when you have a change to make and we do the work for time+materials.

 
Easy.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

Copywriting/Copyediting

The Staff at Thunderpaw Web Development includes experienced writers and editors. Don’t think you can write the content for your site? Don’t have the time? Our writers can take your bullet-points and turn them into flowing copy.

 
Misspellings and grammar errors make you look unprofessional. Convoluted messages can drive away prospects and confuse customers. We can edit the copy you create so that you not only look your best to your customers and prospects, but provide information that is clear, concise, and well-formatted.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

Maintenance and Management

Need someone to take over the maintenance of your web site? Thunderpaw Web Development will keep your site up to date. Don’t stress over text changes, or press release/news item additions to your site. Just send us the change in an email and we’ll take care of it. Most minor changes are charged at our half-hour minimum rate.

 
Need web traffic statistics? We can install software that will track the popularity of your site (Analog, Google Analytics, etc.). We can provide you the tools to research your web traffic yourself, or present you with a monthly report.

Keywording and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Thunderpaw Web Development will perform an analysis of your web site, and tell you what terms Google thinks you are optimized for. Then we’ll look at your top competitor sites and let you know how you compare to them. From this raw data, we will determine what keywords you should target to maximize the exposure of your website.

 
Based on this report, we can reprogram your site using proven search engine optimization methods. We’ve been programming since the advent of search engines. We know how the web works and we can program a solid foundation that will carry you though whatever changes the search engines make to their ranking criteria.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

Blogs and Forums

Content is the key to increased web visibility. Thunderpaw Web Development can set up and re-skin a blog or message board to look like your existing web site. Present a unified look and feel and make sure your branding is consistent with a fully integrated design.

 
Sample Thunderpaw Design Blogs:

Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

Security

Our programmers at Thunderpaw Web Development have always been concerned with security. One of our principals worked in internet security at the Pentagon for many years. We know security and we’ll help you strike a balance with how much personal information you need to divulge to be contactable while not giving away the farm.

 
Our sites are programmed to be hacker resistant:

  • Bullet-proof forms
  • Periodic patches
  • Proprietary formulas hidden

Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

DNS and Domain Name Hosting and Management

Do your eyes glaze over when you think about purchasing your domain name and hosting accounts? The programmers at Thunderpaw Web Development are IT professionals with 20 years of experience managing servers, WANS, and LANS. We know how the back-end of the internet runs and we can set up and manage your domain name, email, and hosting accounts to run smoothly.

 
We use only top tier providers (GoDaddy and Network Solutions) that are guaranteed to be up 24-7-365. Our providers offer constant hacker vigilance, no down-time, and stellar service. Don’t try and save a few dollars with a small-time domain name registrar or host. Do it right the first time. Let us help you.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today for a free consultation.

Electronic Direct Mailings (EDMs) /Enewsletters / Auto-responders

Now that they’ve found you, how do you maximize the effectiveness of your web site? Good marketing requires that you contact your prospects and stay in touch with them. Weather you’re selling product, service, or simply establishing a book marketing platform, you need a way to collect the contact information of your prospects and then keep in touch with them. Thunderpaw Web Development offers:

We can also turn your mailing into a printable version that can either be sent to a professional printer, or downloaded for print by your prospects and customers. Hand out copies of your latest enewsletter at your next talk or conference.

 
Sample EDMs, Enewsletters, and Auto-Responder Outputs.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today to discuss your electronic mailing needs.

Brochures, Ads, Postcards, Business Cards, and Print Materials

Do you need print materials branded to match your website? Thunderpaw Web Development can turn your branding into attractive trade show hand-outs, print quality advertisements, business cards, and mailing promotional materials.

We can also turn your email newsletter into a printable version that can either be sent to a professional printer, or downloaded for print by your prospects and customers. Hand out copies of your latest enewsletter at your next talk or conference.

 
Brochures, postcards, print advertisements, and business cards.

 
Contact Thunderpaw today Contact Thunderpaw today to discuss your for print needs.