Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category

Get Your Brand Right

Friday, January 29th, 2010

My partner Jodi and I had a great meeting with BRANDSWAG yesterday. It seems there might be some web development opportunites there – we’ll see.

BRANDSWAG provides several important services to its customers.  A big part of what they do is using social networking to build your client base.  Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn – they are important tools in today’s digital age because they easily push information to customers.  They enhance communication and build relationships.  Good stuff.

Another part of what they do is establish “brand”, which is a more technical term for defining what is unique and marketable about your business.

The Seven1 Group is still in its infancy.  We are defining ourselves and networking, networking, networking.  I believe we are at a point now where our brand can finally come out.  I was busy redesigning our website last night to match our brand: Professional, web smart, and an emphasis on web application development. 

As it stands now, our website is geared more towards web design and marketing.  That is part of what we do – but a brand is about marketing what we do *best*.  And I truly believe our strength is in building robust web applications. 

That’s how we got in the same room with Brandswag – they need what we do best.

So think about your brand, and make sure it is communicates your strengths to your potential customers.

 

New Projects On The Horizon

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Wow – the Seven1 Team and I have been very busy on a few new software releases.  I haven’t posted anything in quite some time.

Real quick – let me tell you that we have been lucky enough to work on a brand new website for the Indy Blue Crew – the fan club for the Indianapolis Colts.  Lots of great new features will pop up for the club, not the least of which will be better functionality for getting informed – newsletters, news archives and more.

Also we have been hard at work for a custom web-based document management software, and a search and inventory application for a car dealership.

The last two opportunities have been the most significant.  As our company grows, we want to do more web application development.  Of course, we still have time to help small businesses get started on their web presence, but the future of the Seven1 Group will hinge on the heavy duty web applications, which is something I think we can do better than anyone else.