As a web designer and internet marketing professional, I have always searched for ways to better understand and explain my industry as it constantly grows and changes. With so many terms, technologies and tactics to keep track of, I had always looked for simpler, better ways to depict the core principals, the many opportunities and show how they all fit together in a way that was digestible to my clients.
Mainline Media isn’t just another Philadelphia web design company, we are a shining example of how a small suburban Philadelphia company can use internet marketing to attract and conduct business with maximum effectiveness and efficiency. 75% of our business is new business that comes straight from our website.
I dispute the common notion that it is a virtue to be “a good team player.” In my close to twenty years in the marketing and design business, I have learned a lot about the industry, about clients and about business, but I have learned the most about myself.
Smart businesses are learning how to exploit the synergies between their “Marketing” and their “Business Operations”. Executives are taking a fresh look at how these two sectors can fit together to create lasting cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness for their entire business.
Mont Blanc Ski Resort is one of Quebec’s largest ski mountains. When we approached them in the summer of 2002 they had a website that lacked real marketing power . In less than 6 weeks we developed a new website that was clearly branded, aggressively promoted, and made good use of several innovative web tools.
The days of website-as-corporate brochure are over. Web surfers, whether consumers or corporate clients, are becoming increasingly demanding and discerning. The challenge is to build a website that attracts visitors…and encourages them to return again and again.