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Tower Sign and Signal
www.PortableTrafficSignalsTSS.com
With several large competitors, Tower Sign and Signal needed a website to highlight not only its products, but also the technical expertise, flexibility, and dedication that allows the company to thrive in a competitive and exacting environment.
The website site features a bold new TSS logo in safety orange and black, complimented by informational traffic signs in colors of orange, yellow and blue. On the home page, the most important benefits and photos rotate in an eye-catching interactive display. Product photo thumbnails that click to larger photos and customer testimonials provide plenty of information to traffic engineers and road construction contractors looking for the best solution to meet their needs for safe, reliable traffic control.
The entire site is built on a content management system, allowing the TSS marketing and sales staff to promote TSS products and services with up-to-the-minute information, including a Portable Traffic Signal blog. The entire site was built in just under a month from first meeting to launch.
Grants Galore
The Grants Galore website is organized, usable and concise thanks to the owner's superb planning, attention to detail and well-written content. Combined with O3's understanding of accessibility, technical expertise and search marketing research and planning, the result is a site that gets the job done beautifully and accessibly, highlighting the ways this grant-writer and educator helps organizations make "a worthwhile investment" to fund their initiatives. Site colors are taken from the Grants Galore logo, and carefully selected images subtly reinforce the message on each page. Client testimonials and success spotlights help potential clients see how a professional grant-writer could help them fulfill their mission.
Bryant Lawn Service & Garden Center
The design for this all-natural lawn care and garden center company website started with a redesigned logo reflecting the Bryant philosophy that a great natural lawn begins with the soil and ultimately benefits the entire earth. The brown, green and blue colors reflect this natural perspective, and colorful call-outs direct attention to the major calls to action. O3 provided research and copywriting services and organized the content into easy-to-understand categories for homeowners seeking safe and natural in lawn care.
The Parts House Inc.
Another APSAIL of Illinois WEB Connect website, The Parts House Inc site was built in partnership with KB Consulting and APSA of Illinois. An out-of-the-box design template was combined with a custom color mix, one-of-a-kind photos and unique text to create a unique website for this international supplier of mechanical push-pull and brake cables and controls for heavy duty industry.
Automotive Parts & Service Association of Illinois
The APSA of Illinois needed an updated website to promote their association as a supportive and helpful resource to current and prospective members, to legislators and to automotive consumers. The design uses APSA of Illinois’ new logo, new colors and unique photos of their members’ shops. Ease of use, search engine findability, and fast access to information were important goals for this project. O3 Internet helped APSA of Illinois present their member and consumer services within a colorful, easy-to-use and consistent new design to position them to grow their mission and membership.
ACME-Decatur
An APSAIL of Illinois WEB Connect website, the ACME Decatur site was built in partnership with KB Consulting and APSA of Illinois. Out-of-the-box design templates, flagstore and custom color combos, unique industry images and customized automotive-oriented boilerplate text helps get these sites launched in record time. This site, including a reworked logo, was launched in just three weeks from start to finish.
Synapse Match
Synapse Match matches professionals in the Neurology and Psychiatry fields with employers. The SynapseMatch.com website highlights available jobs, convinces candidates to upload their CV or call Synapse Match, encourages employers to contact Synapse Match and display their job postings and provides helpful resources to candidates and employers. O3 Internet helped Synapse Match develop a site that is eye-catching and appealing to their three distinct audiences and provides functionality that supports site visitors and helps Synapse Match make great matches.
Marco Island Condo Rentals
www.MarcoIsland-CondoRental.com
MarcoIsland-CondoRental.com is a one-page site promoting the owner’s condo on beautiful Marco Island, Florida. The content was rewritten, reorganized and the most important information was highlighted for quick scanning and lots of phone calls. The colors match the bedroom pillowcases and the gorgeous palm trees of the condo photos. Sometimes a single page is just right – who needs a lot of text when you just want to get to the beach!
Namaste Yoga Center
Namaste has a new owner and a new look. Based on Julie Roland’s new logo for Namaste, O3 created the new look for their website. The colors and right-side navigation reflect the spiral of the logo.
Mark's Service Center Shorewood
www.MarksServiceCenterShorewood.com
An APSAIL of Illinois WEB Connect website, the Marks Service Center Shorewood site was built in partnership with KB Consulting and APSA of Illinois. Out-of-the-box design templates, flagstore and custom color combos, unique industry images and customized automotive-oriented boilerplate text helps get these sites launched in record time. This site, was launched in four weeks from start to finish.
Garden of the Spirit blog
www.GardenoftheSpirit.com/gsblog/
The owner of Garden of the Spirit in on a journey – both spiritual and real – for this art and Baha'i-oriented website based on the popular WordPress content management and blogging application. The theme was given a new header and side image, and additional formatting allowed the owner to customize the blogroll and site categories. An Akismet key was installed to avoid comment spam. I look forward to following the Garden of the Spirit journey!
MacArthur Boulevard Business Association
www.ShopOnMacArthur.com and eNews
The MacArthur Boulevard Business Association promotes the health of MacArthur Boulevard by bringing together businesses, property owners, neighbors and government to improve this historic business district in Springfield, Illinois. O3 recently gave the site a design update and, with the help of Association leadership, reorganized and updated the content, including a categorized and easier-to-read Member Directory and a more-focused home page.
Constant Contact is used for regular eNews updates to members and other interested parties. The goal is to keep stakeholders informed and MacArthur in the news with positive messages about new business, problem resolution, and the beginning of an exciting Redevelopment Plan that holds the promise of a new vision for MacArthur.
The MacArthur Boulevard Business Association site is a joint effort, with O3 providing design and content updates, and GoWeb1 donating hosting, technical support and bulk email capabilities.
Heart of Joy Reiki
Carley's new website started with a logo that represents Carley's Reiki practice - heartfelt and full of joy! The lotus blossom and the shining heart were inspired by the Healing card. The website's colors take their cue from the logo, with shades of calming greens, blues and deep red. Photos of Carley's peaceful Reiki room and testimonials provide a feel for the experience of Reiki - a spiritual healing practice that helps resolve physical and emotional illness and pain.
Aaron's Construction of Illinois
Aaron's Construction of Illinois wanted a web presence to sell their exterior home improvement business. They wanted a site that was interesting and beautiful. In addition, they wanted to highlight their long history in the Central Illinois area and their sterling record with the Better Business Bureau. The site highlights their work with a Flash rotator featuring before & after photos. Extensive competitor research and owner interviews were used for copywriting and search engine optimization to ensure the site would be easily found by searching and compelling to consumers wanting quality energy-efficient exterior home improvements. The site was built in record time - 2 weeks from start to launch!
Loadrite Covered
The Loadrite Covered website showcases an integrated Flash video for an international industrial scale company. Five language translations are available and display automatically based on the site visitor's browser preferences. If a browser does not have a list of preferred languages the program detects the default language setting on the computer. A pop-up window features a special offer and added special pages allow statistical tracking of magazine advertisements. The site design is based on the website design for the parent company, Loadrite Scales.
Fresh Visions Community Church
Fresh Visions Community Church wanted a website that was as up-to-date and energetic as their approach to their church community. The colors are vibrant, and images of congregants rotating on the home page provide an idea of the diversity and sociability of the community. The church has an events calendar that can be updated via a secure online administration area. The Google map has a custom pointer to better direct people to the church building the congregation shares with another congregation. Church members can “Invite a Friend” with a handy form. The Website was developed in partnership with Tailored Printing.
Peterman Financial Group
www.PetermanFinancialGroup.com
Peterman Financial Group wanted their website updated to be more appealing to their audience and to highlight the financial services they provide. Images of people enjoying retirement were used to convey a sense of confidence and comfort. Website content was copyedited and organized. The home page highlights educational opportunities, weekly radio programs, monthly seminars and an e-newsletter sign up. A periodic poll helps maintain ongoing interest. This website combines an easy-to-use, easy-to-read format with with modern applications.
llinois Fraternal Order of Police
The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police wanted their website to be up-to-date, more appealing and better organized. O3 gave ILFOP staff the ability to maintain the Legislative Update page and the News page. The ILFOP Lodges by District and Lodges by Number listings are now maintained in one place to reduce maintenance time and to ensure consistency. The easy-to-navigate drop-down menu allows access to all areas of the website. The Website was developed in partnership with Tailored Printing.
In God We Trust Referral Service
The In God We Trust Referral Service organizers needed a website to promote their alternative to payday loans program. This simple website was developed in partnership with Tailored Printing and was a pro-bono project.
Outdoor Freaks
By combining an agile methodology, an open source content management system and an incremental design,
O3 launched a fully functional interactive website in just 29 calendar days.
Phase I functionality included membership, forums, event calendar, games, photo of the day and a map with links to state
resources. Phase II, launched 2 months later, added private messaging, member and public galleries, an auto-generated site
map, videos, field journals (blogs) and a new design. Phase III, launched the next month, included an enhanced search, member
birthdays, member of the month, new affiliate ads and various usability updates. Case Study...
Paris Dry Cleaners - 100th Anniversary Celebration
www.ParisDryCleaners.com/100.php
Paris celebrates their 100th year serving Central Illinois with monthly stories, photos and a guestbook.
Can you find the hidden coupon? Case Study...
Paris Dry Cleaners
Paris wanted to create a website that recognized their historical roots but also appealed to a younger, professional audience. Historical photos and a narrative history of the Paris Cleaning Company provide insight into Paris Dry Cleaners' long history. Current photos feature their unique vaults, wedding gown preservation services and long-standing committment to environmentally sound practices. Thanks to the dedication of Paris owners and staff and great teamwork, the website was finished in 5 weeks from initial meeting to site launch. Case Study...
LLCC Veterans' Club
The Lincoln Land Community College Veterans' Club needed a website to promote their mission of helping veterans by encouraging participation in club activities and events and by soliciting donations and volunteers to support the Brian McMillen Veterans Scholarship. O3 donated the design and development of their new website. Case Study...
Julie Roland
Not currently a live site
Julie brought the creative design and healthy living ideas to the project, but needed assistance with project planning and the technical aspects of hosting, site construction and publishing. Julie's new site for her design business will be coming soon.
Case Study...
Namaste Yoga Center
The redesign of NamasteYoga.com features a clean and simple layout. Namaste wanted their website to support their growing community by providing up-to-date information. Content was expanded, organized and optimized for reading on the web and for search engines. With more pages to update, ease of maintenance is now even more important. A calendar generator creates a current listing of all scheduled classes in about 5 minutes - without maintaining 2 separate calendars. Personalized training and step-by-step documentation will help Namaste maintain their new website with less work and expense. Case Study...
Creating a New World
The Creating a New World Now group formed to bring writer, speaker and thought leader Jan Phillips to Springfield for a seminar and workshop. With a limited budget and a short timeline, the group put together a grass-roots publicity campaign to promote the event with a brochure, a poster and the website. The website design and colors are based on the cover of Jan's book, "The Art of Original Thinking" and from Jan’s phrase "Connecting the Dots". The simple layout will be easy to update with after-event photos and future events. Getting the word out quickly was important, and the website was created in only 25 days. Case Study...
Community Energy Systems
I joined the censys web volunteers after this site was already created and added the WordPress blog with a custom image of a Central Illinois barn for the header. An RSS feed was added to the main site to automatically display the most recent titles from their Tough Love Energy blog.
