Outside The Box: San Diego Website design, San Diego Internet consulting

AdEngine, another Outside The Box Product AdEngine is a powerful solution to a problem shared by all Web site owners - how to make money from your Web site. You've got traffic and a target audience, perhaps even your own online sales, but you're either making very little money or none at all (or even losing money). AdEngine turns traffic and unused Web "real estate" into lucrative AdSpace - that's why we call it the FREE MONEY MACHINE!

• Webvertising (Advertising on the Web) has re-emerged as the hottest commodity on the Internet
• Drive people to your site with our SearchFind service, gather their info using Collector, send targeted email broadcasts using VMail, and make money along the way with AdEngine.
• Become an AdSpace Provider and let our AdEngine Sales Reps land ads for you.
• Or... get a free version of AdEngine and sell your own Web ads, to new or existing Advertisers.

Current AdEngine clients include:

For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Collector, another Outside The Box Product • Web forms are the most effective customer information gathering tools available
• Drive people to your site with our SearchFind service, gather their info using Collector, then send targeted email broadcasts using vMail!
• Convert existing forms, or create new forms, handle one form, a few forms, or hundreds of different forms
• Run online contests and other traffic-building campaigns

Current Collector clients include:

For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

VMail, another Outside The Box Product • eMail is the ultimate marketing tool, but if not done correctly you may lose more customers than you gain!
• Everyone hates spam... VMail is the anti-spam email marketing tool!
• An easy-to-use Web interface means anyone can manage email lists and broadcasts.
• eStamps save you money, only pay for what you send!

Current VMail clients include:

For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

ContestRunner, another Outside The Box Product ContestRunner is a powerful solution to a problem shared by all Web site owners - how to make gather contact and demographic information from existing and current clients.

• Contests and surveys are proven effective ways to attract users and coax information out of potential customers.
• ContestRunner can be applied to existing online contest or survey forms, or we can help you build campaigns "from scratch."
• Manage complex contest "campaigns" with multiple entry levels, prize giveaways, and more.
• Build valuable "opt-in" contact lists.
• Take advantage of our team's 15+ years experience at creating and managing effective information-gathering campaigns.

Current ContestRunner clients include:

the San Diego Music Awards
CityBEAT "Best of Ventura," "Best of San Diego," "Best of Pasadena"
San Diego Area Music (SDAM.com)

NewsTool, another Outside The Box Product NewsTool is a powerful solution to a problem shared by all Web site owners - how to update the most frequently changing parts of your Web site, without hiring a "Web editor" or learning a lot of Web skills. NewsTool provides a simple password-protected interface where you can add new "Articles" or adjust or archive existing ones, complete with Web links and images.

• Keep your Web site content fresh and up-to-date.
• Empower your staff to update your Web site.
• Rotate content in and out of your site in "real time."
• Keep the search engines interested in you by providing ever-changing content relevant to your target audience

Current NewsTool clients include:

the Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association
San Diego Area Music (SDAM.com)

For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

MembershipDirectory, another Outside The Box Product MembershipDirectory helps organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, manage and publish their membership. Simple management tools empower administrative staff (via our AddressBook product) to maintain online listings of organization members and their contact information, including email addresses. Build email broadcast lists from your MembershipDirectory database, and offer a searchable listing of your members by category, business name, and more.

Visit the Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association's online Business Directory for an example of the public interface for this cool product.

Current MembershipDirectory clients include:

the Ocean Beach Mainstreet Association
San Diego Area Music (SDAM.com)

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SearchFind, another Outside The Box Service

SearchFind is a powerful solution to a problem shared by all Web site owners - placing the site on major search engines and determining the effectiveness of that placement. Traditional methods of placement are time-consuming and frustrating. SearchFind automates and optimizes the dual processes of site placement and analysis. Most importantly, this tool improves customer access to the site by enhancing the site's placement on search engines. The Outside The Box staff works directly with your Web site team to review results to date and plan further optimization. The result is a well-placed site that your customers will find with ease.

• Search engines are the #1 way to attract new customers
• Drive people to your site with our SearchFind service, gather their info using Collector, then send targeted email broadcasts using VMail.
• We'll analyze your site, and help you get top search engine placement.
• We'll analyze your traffic and adjust the SearchFind campaign so you get measurable results.

Current SearchFind clients include:

For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Design/Redesign, another Outside The Box Service

We draw on over 15 years of experience to build sites that are effective and easy to maintain, while conveying the appropriate "image" to your target audience. Our world-class team works with your existing marketing images and other content, or we'll help you generate an image from scratch and create Web- and print-ready graphics. Every Web site is different, because every business is unique, so we never use "templates" to create your site. And we can either hand off maintenance to your team, or arrange to take care of updates, marketing, and the many other tasks involved in running a successful Internet presence.

Recent Design/Redesign clients include:

Maintenance, another Outside The Box Service Outside The Box has been building and maintaining Web sites for longer than almost any firm in the world. Our expert maintenance support includes site update assistance, marketing strategy recommendations, technical support, training and other issues related to managing a Web presence. OTB will act as a "buffer" between you and often confusing Internet technology, while making sure your Internet marketing strategy is a continued success.

Our site maintenance philosophy is based on continuity of effort and communication with the client, site users and linked organizations. Our response time to maintenance issues meets the highest standards of the industry.

Current Maintenance clients include:

Maintenance is available in quarterly, semi-annual, and annual contracts. Contact us to find out more, or for an analysis of your maintenance needs.

Internet Marketing Consulting, another Outside The Box Service Is your Web site getting the right traffic? Millions of hits mean nothing if you can't prove measureable results. How do you "convert" the millions of Web users in the world into your customers? Should I pay for placement on major search engines?

Outside the Box helps you answer these and many other questions that are critical to making sure the money you are investing in the Internet is paying off. Too many businesses consider their Web site an "annoying necessity," and destroy their chances in this important arena by not understanding or supporting what they should be doing. We can build a scaleable solution that moves your site from an after-thought to a marketing powerhouse for your business.

Outside The Box leverages your marketing effort through the use of our proprietary software tool kit, making your Web presence a powerful component of their marketing strategy.

Design/Redesign, another Outside The Box Service Outside The Box has been providing one-on-one and group training to many industries for over 15 years. Our experts can get your staff up to speed on Web support, Internet marketing, database maintenance, and many other technical issues. We never "talk down" to our clients, we believe in empowering you and your staff to understand as much as possible about the complicated Internet world.

We've trained at:

University of California San Diego (UCSD)
San Diego State University (SDSU)
Hewlett Packard (HP)
Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC)
San Diego County
Society for Health Education Professionals

...and dozens more businesses large and small.

DMS, another Outside The Box Service Who are you going to trust with something as important as your brand name? Domain names (also known as "Web addresses") are an increasingly important asset. "Squatters" have been grabbing up domain names by the thousands for over a decade now. Finding out what's "available" can even change the name of your business.

Outside The Box manages domain name registration only for our clients, so we aren't like most registrars who handle thousands of domain names, and treat their customers like a number. We help de-mystify the complexities of obtaining and protecting your Web addresses. And because we are backed by TuCows, we can guarantee world-class service.

TenSecondTidy.com, another Outside The Box Service TenSecondTidy is a free service provided by Outside The Box. Most of the millions of Web sites on the Internet have serious problems with both interface and underlying technology. We are experts at analyzing your site to tell you why your customers aren't finding what they need. Is your investment in Internet Marketing paying off? Does your Web site get traffic? Is it the "right" traffic? Are you reaching your target audience, and helping or hurting your business? The only thing worse than no Web site at all is an embarrassing one! We'll deliver a simple one-page report, and follow up with a phone or face-to-face meeting to discuss our recommendations.

Of course, we spend far more than "ten seconds" with your Web site. We analyze look-and-feel, navigation, content, HTML, Javascript, multimedia, and other core site components. We test download time and compare what's there with how it's presented. We check the palette and font usage, test for broken images and links, see if you have "alt text" and height and width tags in place for all your site images. We see if your HTML contains meaningful meta-tags, and check for other aspects of site awareness, cross-platform compatibility, and ease of maintenance. We provide a simple one-page report, outlining what's good, what's bad, the biggest problems we discovered, and a detailed list of all the issues we feel need repair or further analysis. Some items can be easily repaired by your own staff, others may require our expert help. It costs nothing to find out if your Web site is full of promise, or full of problems!

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