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Engineered Process Equipment, Inc.

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:08:47 +0000

Engineered Process Equipment is one of the largest manufacturer’s representatives in the Southeastern United States. Based in Birmingham, AL, we have been providing engineered solutions in process requirements for the industrial and municipal marketplaces. We represent industry leaders in the manufacture of progressing cavity pumps, metering pumps, diaphragm pumps, slurry pumps, plate and frame heat exchangers, small and large tank agitators, prime surface heat exchangers, electric heating equipment, filtration equipment, strainers, and tanks.

TBD Creative, Inc. is a woman-owned new media development and consulting firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm provides interactive design and new media consulting, as well as traditional marketing, advertising, and online media planning.

Client Questions: How do we make our website better?

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:01:20 +0000

We get this one a lot and I think it comes from the utter frustration of marketing directors, IT professionals and owners trying to keep up with changes in the industry. Once you think you have everything figured out, something else comes along and changes the game.

We have been working on interactive projects since essentially its popular birth (around 1995) and the one constant has been change. I like to tell stories about the first time I sliced an image or not having layers in Photoshop, it blows the newbie’s away but I tell it over and over to reinforce the concept of change because it never ends. You have to keep up.

Change is frustrating and tiresome, so they come to someone like us and ask the general question “How do we make it better?”

I always counter with this question in return, “What is your goal?”

They are often taken aback because they haven’t thought about a goal. Most think of a website as a two dimensional product like a brochure or a printed ad but the beauty of the web is that it has many layers, many facets and the goal can be so different for each client.

I have often said that with enough time and money anything can happen on the web but unless there is a goal and that goal is met, nothing was accomplished.

My advice is that before you ask the question, set the goal and make sure you measure the success toward that goal. A good partner will help with all this, our team will have done their job and that is to make you happy.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us and hopefully this was helpful.

Georgia Tech Admissions

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:18 +0000

Industry: Higher Education

Site: http://www.Connexxia.com (Now a James Tower company)

Description: Connexxia provides a patented service called AdmissionsGenie® that helps colleges and universities improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their admissions and orientation efforts by using the Internet to its full potential as a personalized, two-way communications medium.

Overview: Connexxia needed a design partner to create high-end graphic designs for their contracted admissions programs, within timeline and budget. We have continued to work with many of their clients as an interactive & usability consultant as needed.

Target Audience:

High school students interested in enrolling in prospective college or university and/or college student who may be interested in transferring to another school.

Details:

Connexxia wanted a design firm with the knowledge of, not only world-class design standards but working knowledge of industry standard web development practices as well. They wanted a partner that could take a wide range of input and give the school a high energy design that is more than what they asked for.

Solution:

By using our in depth knowledge of web design and development practices, we were able to give Connexxia exactly what the client wanted, therefore streamlining the production time line and making the client very happy.

Additional schools include:

Crystal Mountain Spring Water

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:53:55 +0000

TBD Creative, Inc., Interactive Design and New Media Consulting, worked with Crystal Mountain Spring Water to design and develop their new web presence.

TBD provided design and standardized development processes for the new site. Crystal Mountain required a visual and robust site that could showcase their products as well as give them the ability to update content with a customized content management system.

Expect great things as we continue to evolve this site to take and manage orders and payments in the future through a fully integrated online tool.

Crystal Mountain 100% Natural Spring Water is always pure and fresh, and it comes to you directly from its pristine sources from springs throughout the Tennessee Valley. The company is based in Huntsville, AL and is known worldwide for its award winning products.

O’Neal Steel

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:04 +0000

Working with the design, and content provided by PHP Communications for their client Oneal Steel, TBD Creative, Inc. developed Oneal Steel’s all-new website Onealsteel.com.

Oneal Steel is the nation’s largest family-owned metal service center and they needed a website that represented their industry and culture. Utilizing images from their facilities around the world as well as employee photos, they have created an online experience that incorporates the traditional and cutting-edge (like the photo-realistic flash animation on the home page)

Post launch, TBD Creative continues to update and enhance the website with videos and location enhancements.? We look forward to continue working with them in the future.

UW Financial Stability Partnership

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:32:17 +0000

United Ways across America have assisted community members in financial crises for 120 years, primarily through supporting “safety net” programs in communities. The economic challenges impacting families today call for moving past just being the “safety net” of last resort. In an effort to empower people to achieve long-term financial stability that leads to independence, the United Way Financial Stability Partnership?© of Alabama builds upon three strategies: Learn, Earn and Save.

TBD Creative is proud to have had the opportunity to work with United Way of Central Alabama on this worthwhile project.