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Links to some of our clients web sites:
The Old Creamery
"Jim and Allan,
Michael showed us the preliminary web site this afternoon and we can’t tell you how amazed we were with what you three have accomplished in such a short time. We have been daunted for over two years in our attempts to get a Creamery web site up, and you have created a magnificent website in just a few weeks. WOW!
Our community wide meeting at the end of the month is picking up momentum and we expect at least a couple hundred people to fill the Community house. Michael will present the launch of the web site at the close of presentations and we really believe people’s jaws will drop. Lavish praise will be publicly bestowed upon the two of you!
Michael also gave us a peek at your incredibly comprehensive data base management tools and we got equally excited about how easy it might be for us to manage other aspects of our business. This is no small thing because we often struggle with technology; it is almost never easy for us.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Your contributions are amazing and we are deeply grateful. We believe this website will be a tremendous tool for the whole community, and may be a critical part of transitioning to a community owned cooperative.
With warm appreciation, "
Amy and Alice
Town of Middlefield
"Jim Drawe and Allan Douglas of DDGraphics Web Media have been instrumental in the development of our town's web site. We knew what we wanted, but had no idea of what was involved or where to begin. Jim's patience and ability to understand our needs made the eventual publication of our web site both a remarkably quick process and a true learning experience for those of us involved. Both Jim and Allan were available for what seemed like 24/7. They were always positively responsive to ideas we had and provided numerous suggestions for what to include on our site.
The "workshops" conducted by Jim and Allan for our town personnel were instructional and fun. Much of what we covered in the workshops had to do with managing the site via the administrative software provided by DDGraphics. The process of adding, deleting and/or editing content as well as managing the organizational structure of our town government was "simple" using the administrative software.
In both my capacity as administrator for our site and also as a selectman in our town, I unhesitantly recommend DDGraphics for your most serious consideration."
Bob Gazda, Selectman, Town of Middlefield, rgazda@verizon.net
George Propane
Mike George was looking for someone to clean up his web site and on-line forms and in general make his web site more user friendly. We redid the color scheme to match his corporate colors, fixed the broken links, and redid all of his on-line forms. The number of people completing the on-line forms has increased significantly and his staff is very happy with the layout of the forms when they receive them, making their job easier.
Alternative Health
John Hoime, the owner of Alternative Health, wanted to upgrade his website and to be able to update the products in his on-line catalog, maintain some of the content on his web page, and be able to post his montly newsletters to his web site. He is using our eCart to maintain is product catalog. The cart is integrated with PayPal so that his customers can use their PayPal accounts to purchase products from Alternative Health. Our eCustomer module allows him to maintain contact with his customers using the bulk email features of the module. John is using our eTestimonial module to maintain the testimonials on his website, and the eNews module to post his newsletters. The eNews module gives his visitors the ability to search through past newsletters for topics of interest to them.
Signature Landscaping
John McVeigh was looking to build his business. Newspaper advertising wasn't working. We built his website to show off the high quality work that he does and created a Google Ad Words compaign to drive clients to his website. he his now getting 3 to 4 clicks per day which has resulted in several new customers. The new business that he has gotten has more than paid for his web site and ad campaign in just a three week period.
Yankee Inn
Joe Toole, the owner of Yankee Inn in Lenox, MA, came to us in mid May. He needed to have the Yankee Inn site completely redesigned and deployed before the start of his summer season in June. Over the next two weeks we worked with him to develop the look that he wanted and worked with the developers at his booking engine provider to get them to make the booking pages consistent with the rest of the redesigned site. The Yankee Inn web site was up and running by June 1.
Aptel Consulting
Aptel Consulting came to us looking for an inexpensive presence on the web with a professional appearance. They wanted to get their info out to potential clients in a clear bulleted format that would be easy to read. We included some success stories and testimonials. They were up and on the web in less than three weeks.
Ames Building & Remodeling
Ames Building & Remodeling was under a time crunch with a new add campaign about to break on the local National Public Radio station & no website to send them to. We had them up & running in one week. This included some of our eModules - eCustomer, to mange his customer contacts, ePortfolio, to put up photos of his past, current & in progress projects.
Joan Boryta
Joan Boryta spends part of each year in Western Massachusetts, Barbados, and Ireland where she paints the local landscapes. She has an extensive collection of the works that she has done. Joan needed the ability to manage her portfolio on her website. By using our ePortfolio modules she is able to upload pictures and descriptions of her paintings. The pictures are presented in a slide show format.
Berkshire Fabric & Wallpaper
Dave Gopfer and Donna Boulanger, owners of Berkshire Fabric & Wallpaper Outlet will be using our eCatalog module to manage the pictures, descriptions, prices, etc. of their extensive inventory of curtain fabrics, wall coverings, and accessories. We will be providing search capability by vendor, book, pattern, and color to make it easy for their customers to find the products that their customers need. Their customers will be able to complete their purchase through our eCart module that is fully integrated into the website. They will also be using our eCustomer module to manage there customer database, enabling them to send email newsletters and notices to all or part of their customer list.
John's Suby Repair
John has been a client of ours for several years. He has recently expanded his business to include used car sales. John will be using our eCatalog module to maintain his car listings. We will be providing his customers with the ability to search his listings by model and year.
BananaTana
Marilyn Coussoule, owner of BananaTana, was spending a lot of money on print advertising that didn't seem to have much effect on increasing her client base. She wanted a website that showed off the state of the art tanning equipment in her facility and would give clients an incentive to visit her. The Bananatana website features several videos demonstration the features and advantages of Marilyn's equipment. To provide incentive for her potential clients, Marilyn is using our eSurvey module to create her own on-line surveys. Clients completing the survey and registering on the site, are emailed a gift certificate. All of the release forms for the various pieces of equipment are on the website. Customers who complete the release forms on-line are emailed a gift certificate. Marilyn has dropped all of her print advertising and is seeing an increase in her business.
I would be more than happy to recommend Jim Drawe and Allan Douglas as web designers. They were recommended highly to me and I chose them to help me in building the web site for my business in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. As we are in the process of adding to our services to include very high end skin care technologies and services, we wanted to incorporate an innovative web presence, and Jim and Allan were insightful and creative in helping us achieve that goal. Our collaborative effort can now be viewed at Bananatana.com and Jim is available to us as we expand and add yet more services and links to this ongoing effort. I find this experience to be rewarding and am more than satisfied with their efforts, creative advice, guidance and patience. Their other web designs are a work of art also. Sincerely, Marilyn Coussoule, owner Bananatana 575 Tyler Street Pittsfield, Mass
East Branch Press
Fran Henry is an activist and advocate for the prevention of violence in its many forms. She has written several books on the subject and publishes them herself. She wanted a very simple website just to give people information about the books and how to order them.
Steenburgh Realty
Mike Steenburgh is a real estate broker in Williamsburg, MA serving the hilltowns of western Massachusetts. Mike wanted only a single page brochure style website.
VT NEA Professional Programs
Sherry Gile, Director of Professional Development for the Vermont NEA, needed a website to manage all of the teacher workshops, seminars, and conferences that the Vermont NEA sponsors. By using our eConference module, her administrative assistants are able to setup the conferences and seminars on the website. The eConference module automatically keeps track of the available seating and registration deadlines, prints nametags and certificates of attendance for the participants, provides attendee lists for the instructors, and produces management reports. The teachers are able to register on-line and pay for the seminars with their credit card using our eCart module. Each participant of a seminar or work shop is required to fill out an evaluation form. Using our eSurvey module, the participants can now fill out their evaluations at their leisure. The eSurvey module automatically tabulates and scores the results saving the administrative assistants a lot of time and providing more accurate results. Sherry is able to maintains her several links pages using our eContent module and she can maintain her Cadre page using our ePersonnel module. Vermont NEA offers grants to teachers to improve the educational environment. We have built a grant management system, eGrants, to manage the on-line submission of the grants and the automatic weighted scoring of the grant applications.
In 2006, Vermont-NEA decided to make available to its 11,000 members a professional programs website.
Although we had a few ideas about design and content, we needed expert advice on how to build a
website that would meet the needs of our members and provide enhanced capabilities for conference
management, such as building a customer database, providing credit card options and the ability
to communicate with members after they registered for a conference or workshop, creating reports
with the data we needed to collect, and much more. Vermont-NEA chose DD Graphics WebMedia to build
what has turned out to be a highly effective, attractive and efficient website. The company also
delivers exceptional service, which includes the following:
• Immediate response when reported website problems are brought to their attention;
• Willingness to restructure components of the website when requested;
• Timely communications between parties;
• Creative solutions when problems arise;
• Frequent check-ins assuring quality service; and
• Actively listening to stated needs and responding with possible solutions.
DD Graphics WebMedia delivers everything you would hope for in website design and customer service!
I highly recommend you consider using DD Graphics WebMedia. Sherry Gile, Director of Professional Programs,
Vermont-NEA
McKenna Realtor
Sheila McKenna is a realtor in Berkshire County Massachusetts who wanted a website that would allow her to list her featured single family and multi-family units. We built eRealtor for her which gives her the ability to upload pictures of her properties as well as all of the listing data for each property with a catalog style summary of each property. The website also includes an integrated search through the Berkshire County MLS service, and a mortgage rates calculator.
I want to thank you for your professional and skilled construction of my web site for my realty business. Since I am definitely a “low tech” woman, I especially appreciated your understanding and communication skills with my requests, and how you were able to translate what I needed into something both practical and professional. I also am grateful for your advice along the way, which was presented with clarity and options for my selection. I feel comfortable (and confident) now to send my customers to the site. I sincerely appreciate the care you gave to my site. (And you never said, “Listen, Dummy, this is the way to do it, don’t argue!” That was VERY nice. Thank you so much. Sincerely, Sheila E. McKenna, Realtor
Euro Ski Trips
Allan Douglas, an avid skier, puts together an annual european ski trip. Allan is using our eCustomer module to keep in contact with his clients, our eEvents module to manage his calendar of events, and our ePortfolio module to post pictures of past trips to the website.
Echo Hill Cards
Natalie Stafford is an artist who used to work for HallMark cards. She has developed her own line of greeting cards, notepaper, and original oils and watercolors that she sells in Amherst, MA area stores, at regional craft fairs, and on her website. She is using our eCatalog module to maintain her inventory on her website and our eCart module to sell her cards on her website.
DDGraphics WebMedia adapted and refined my website. They greatly improved it, adding shopping cart, statistics, customer listing, and the data base management of it. I liked that they were willing to listen to my wants and make the website something I would be proud of. They were readily available at all times, to answer questions, change something if needed or add something. They took a personal interest in making my website a success. Natal ia Stafford
Chocolate Springs Cafe
Josh Needleman, chocolatier and owner of Chocolate Springs Cafe, had a website when he contacted us. He wanted to be able to sell his chocolates and other confections on his website. We redesigned his website to make it more user friendly and integrated our eCatalog, eCart, and eCustomer modules into his website. We developed the capability for his on-line customers to fill their own box of chocolate from Josh's large assortment of chocolates and developed a club feature that is integrated into the eCatalog and eCart modules. Customer can sign up for Josh's chocolate of the month club and the system will automatically generate the necessary shipping information each month and charge the customers credit card for the shipment.
I highly recommend the services provided by Jim Drawe of DDGraphics Webmedia. My company Chocolate Springs café upgraded my website www.chocolatesprings.com with their software. We have been extremely pleased with the results. DDGraphics Webmedia turned a beautiful looking website into one that generates revenue with the use of their secure-server and customized ordering system. He built customized functionality which separates us from other chocolate companies. Our customers are able to choose their own chocolate selections in various size boxes and then we ship them anywhere in the USA. Jim has been helpful and insightful throughout the entire process. He has always been on-time and punctual with his services. Jim has a keen business sense and would be a welcome addition to any project. Jim offers business solutions and a lot more than just internet services. Please feel free to contact me at Joshua@chocolatesprings.com or call the café at (413) 637-9820 for more information. Sincerely, Joshua Needleman, President/Chocolatier, Chocolate Springs, INC.
New Life Chiropractic
Dr. Kurt Schagen is a Pittsfield, MA chiropractor. Dr. Schagen wanted a website to tell people about chiropractic and to increase the size of his practice, so getting his site listed number one on the Google search results was very important to him. Our Search Engines Optimization efforts achieved this goal.
Bellows Falls Country Club
The Bellows Falls Country Club is a private golf club located in Bellows Falls, Vermont. Their website allows them to post their fee schedule for the course and for cart rental, to post their annual tournament schedule, and a calendar of special events
Vermont NEA - Southern Region
Norm Bartlett, Director of the Vermont-NEA Southern Region, needed a website that would help him communicate with his membership. Norm is using our eNewletter module to post his newsletters to his website and our eContracts module to post the insurance and salary details for each of the teacher and ESP contracts in his district. eContracts automatically calculates the dollar and percentage year over year changes for each of the many contracts.
Town of Cummington, MA
the Town of Cummington website was built to keep the town's residents informed about town government, town history, and the businesses, artisans, and organization in Cummington. The website uses our ePortfolio module to manage the hundreds of pictures on the website. The eOrg organization management module is used to maintain the various boards and committees, their members and meeting times, to post the minutes of the boards to the website and to maintain the lists of artisan, businesses, and organizations in the community. The eContent module is used to maintain the town's on-line sortable phone directory.
Highland Ambulance EMS, Inc
Highland Ambulance EMS, Inc. is a non-profit regional ambulance service located in Goshen, MA. To keep the communities they serve informed about their activities, they use our eEvents module to maintain their training and community events calendar and our eOrg module to post the minutes of the board of directors to the website and to maintain the list of donors.
Deer Hill Fleece
Donna Douglas, owner of Deer Hill Fleece, designs all of the clothes sold by Deer Hill Fleece. She sells her clothes in area stores, at craft fairs, and on the internet. Donna uses our eCatalog and eCart modules to maintain the inventory on her website and to sell her clothes through the website. She uses our eCustomer module to maintain her client list and to produce Avery labels to send out post cards. The eEvent module allows Donna to maintain her calendar of craft fairs.