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Logistic Links Online Freight System Launched
BitSculptor recently launched LogisticLinks.com, a project for Logistic Links, Inc based in San Francisco, CA.
The site features powerful tools which allow customers to easily quote and book freight to be shipped anywhere in the US and Canada.
For more information on the project, view the portfolio page.
Lake County Office of Education Site Launched
BitSculptor recently launched a completely revamped website for the Lake County Office of Education. Based in Lakeport, CA, the LCOE provides leadership and support to surrounding communities by planning, facilitating, and delivering services and educational programs.
The new site features a beautiful new custom design by BitSculptor, along with powerful backend content management tools which allow LCOE staff to administer all site content including news items, a frontpage slideshow, calendar of events, department pages, and document archives.
Because of today's challenging economic climate, the website was built with the goal of improving staff efficiency and reducing maintenance time. One example of this can be seen at the site's staff directory, which interfaces directly with LCOE's internal staff database, automatically creating a printable directory which is always up to date.
See the new site at www.LakeCOE.org >
Kelseyville Lumber Site Redesign
We recently completed work on a top to bottom site redesign and development for Kelseyville Lumber (www.kvlumber.com).
The new site is built on the uber-powerful Expression Engine platform which gives the Kelseyville Lumber staff complete control over most of the content on the site.
We also provided photography services for this project, traveling to the store and taking high quality images for use on the site and elsewhere.
Wine Bottle Photography Services in Lake County, CA
Anyone who's tried to take a decent wine bottle photo will tell you it's not easy. The glass must show reflections to look right, but only particular reflections. On top of that, red, white, and blush wines each require very different studio setups to highlight their unique features.
BitSculptor is happy to announce our affordable wine bottle photography service to local wineries.
Costs are as follows:
- 1-2 bottles: $40/bottle
- 3-7 bottles: $30/bottle
- 8+ bottles: $25/bottle
We can also do custom shots (such as group bottle shots) as needed.
Simply bring or ship your bottles to our office (open 8-5, M-F at 901 S. Main St. in Lakeport) and a few days later you'll have the images in your email box. We'll send you everything you need to use the images in any print and online media: high-resolution jpegs on a white background, as well as layered Photoshop PSD files with the background removed.
Note: for optimum photo quality please supply bottles with straight, undamaged labels and caps.
Lake County, California is full of vineyards and wineries producing top-quality grapes and wines. Many of these vineyards and wineries are BitSculptor customers, including Wildhurst, Steele Wines, Shannon Ridge, Rosa d'Oro, Bartolucci Vineyards, and St. Olof Vineyards. We've been shooting bottles for our website customers for several years, but are now making the service to all local wineries.
Look us up the next time you need bottles shot--you won't be disappointed!
Google, Bing, and Yahoo Local Optimization Services
The Internet continues to grow (with over 260 million websites as of August 2011) as having a website becomes the norm, even for small, local businesses. Additionally, more and more people are realizing the benefits of shopping locally (investment into your local community, reduced carbon footprint, etc).
Search engines like Google realize this, and have invested millions in the past few years to provide higher-quality local search results for location-based searches like "restaurant in San Francisco" or "plumber in Reno, Nevada."
If your business relies on local clientele, it is very important to claim and optimize your local business listing on the major search engines Google, Bing, and Yahoo. Chances are your listing already exists--you just need to claim it and improve it.
Claiming your listing is fairly easily--optimizing it takes a bit more work. Do it yourself by finding your listing then clicking the link that says "Claim this Listing," "Edit Info," or something to that effect.
Need an expert to claim and optimize your listing? Contact us today. We make it easy, we don't charge an arm and a leg, and the end result will be more customers walking through your front door.
Shannon Ridge Vineyards and Winery Website Taken Live
We recently launched a completely revamped website for Shannon Ridge Vineyards & Winery in Lake County, CA. The client was seeking a major site upgrade in terms of visual design and site management tools, and we deployed a solution within 4 weeks of starting the project.
The design side of the revamp was handled by DG Creative of Ukiah, CA, while we took the design comps, converted them into a website, and created a content management system (CMS) built on the powerful ExpressionEngine platform. The new CMS allows Shannon Ridge staff to easily modify all of the content on the website using simple, secure, browser-based tools.
See it live at ShannonRidge.com >
Bartolucci Vineyards Website Launched
Today BitSculptor launched a new website for Bartolucci Vineyards, a local grower of fine winegrapes. Based in Lake County, California, the Bartolucci family has been in the winegrape business since 1921 when Andrea Bartolucci, who immigrated from Italy in 1913, purchased his first vineyard.
Their new site was entirely designed, developed, and hosted by BitSculptor. It features a custom design coupled with fairly spartan content aimed at telling the Bartolucci story in a succint, straightforward manner.
Built on the popular Wordpress platform, the site is easy to maintain and can be easy extended in the future.
See it live at BartolucciVineyards.com >
Lake County Quilt Trail Website Launched
The Lake County Quilt Trail project places painted quilt squares in highly visible local barns and buildings. It's an agricultural and tourism project designed to promote and celebrate our community pride.
Built on the popular Wordpress platform, the site features a custom design by BitSculptor. Built-in Wordpress tools make content management a breeze, and helped to keep the project cost low, which was a key concern for the organization.
See it live at www.lakecountyquilttrail.com >
SangerNation.com Online Boating Community Launched
BitSculptor recently launched SangerNation.com, an online community for Sanger boat enthusiasts.
Built on the powerful ExpressionEngine platform, the website features discussion forums, classifieds, photo and video albums, news, an online store, event calendar, and more.
The Sanger Nation logo and site design were created by BitSculptor.
See it live at SangerNation.com >
This Side of the Road Ministry Site Goes Live
We are happy to announce the completion of a new website for the non-profit This Side of the Road Outreach based in Susanville, CA. The site features content management tools and an email list integrated with MailChimp that allows the ministry to keep supporters up to date on what work is being done.
The site was built using the powerful ExpressionEngine content management platform.
To view the live site please visit www.tsotr.com.