Consultancy Clinic

Often an organization will come to the breaking point and realize that there is a need for a website update, upgrade, redesign or a completely new build. It is important to get off on the right foot, but sometimes the process can be confusing. This is where we can step in without breaking your budget.

You can book Steve , our director, for a shorter consultancy clinic where he will review your project and its goals to help guide you to the proper first or next steps in your project. This gives you the opportunity to interact with an industry expert and get your project on track without committing to a long-term consultant relationship.

Practically speaking the clinics are handled primarily through online video conference meetings (Skype ) but can also be delivered through screen-sharing tools like YuuGuu or even over the phone. This gives both parties the personal connection of meeting face-to-face without sacrificing time and budget to travel. Meetings can vary in length depending on your needs, you are simply billed in 15 minute increments.

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Content Management Systems

We offer a comprehensive content management system (CMS) with all our websites. This enables authorized administrators to update all your site content including images, documents such as PDFs, interactive content such as polls, menu items and new pages. It's also modular, with a wide variety of add-on components available for extra functionality. Need a calendar? A newsletter? A message board? No problem; they all integrate right into the system.

Custom Programming

When it comes to meeting your online business needs, feel free to let your imagination soar. What would make your business run more smoothly? What would save you money or time? These are the questions that your website should be answering for you. A few examples of custom programs we have developed in the past include:

• an inventory control system
• a financial benchmarking program
• an online TV template system

E-Commerce

Everybody wants to do it, but it's often easier said than done to sell stuff online. Shopping cart software, merchant accounts, payment gateways... there's a lot to navigate in the world of e-commerce. Fortunately, we've traveled these roads before and can help you get from point A to B without going crazy. Whether you want a simple PayPal-based system or a complex custom solution, give us a call!

Flash Animation & Video

Some things just can't be properly conveyed with static text and images. Or perhaps you just need to really reach out and draw your user's attention to a particular area of your website. Animations and video can achieve the results you need. And it just so happens that we have the expensive software and smart people required to do the job.

Google Mapping

Google maps are really cool. At their most basic, they enable users to find something, zoom in, get directions, view satellite imagery, etc. But with the application of a bit of skill, you can do so much more. Custom markers, pop-up descriptions with photos, automatic plotting of locations based on addresses... and so much more.

For example, when used in conjunction with an online business directory, we can automatically plot each item on a map, complete with descriptions, contact info and an image or logo. Each type of business (restaurants, golf courses, etc.) has their own marker image and users can choose to view just one category at a time if they so choose. Like we said, it's really cool.

Search Engine Optimization

Has someone offered to get you in the top 10 of Google for $200? Beware! Done improperly (and a sales pitch like that is a sure sign), it can hurt you more than help. (Long story short, it involves tricking the search engines. They hate that, so once they figure out how they've been duped, they punish the tricksters.)

Proper search engine optimization involves knowledge, a bit of hard work and time. Or - if you want to go the paid ads route - knowledge and money. Either way, we've got the knowledge part covered and can help get your site found.

Website Accessibility

When most people think of website accessibility, they think of making the site work for the blind. But accessibility is so much more than that. It includes other special needs such as:

• cognitive disabilities or arthritis (mouse control)
• slow computers and old browsers
• dial-up connections
• viewing sites on cellphones or other devices

We believe that everyone - regardless of above circumstances - should be able to view our sites, so as much as possible we build them to accommodate all.

Website Hosting

As a reseller for a big-time player in the website hosting industry, we can offer you a reliable and very comprehensive hosting package (see below). But since your contact is Idea Market, you have local access to real people for support. Oh - and the price is incredible. It's the best of three worlds.

Website Usability

A website that looks nice but is difficult to use isn't really worth much in the long run. So while we're still completely in favour of aethetically pleasing design, we believe that it has to work well at the same time. Usability covers things like:

• the site is consistent from page to page
• it has obvious, intuitive navigation
• website elements are where you expect them to be (e.g. logo in top left, search in top right, etc.)
• content is easy to read
• etc.

In short, that it's easy to use.