Five Technology Web Design Blog

E-commerce Web Designs: Let It Snow(mobile)

Aaron Weiche — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:57:25 +0000

Our latest e-commerce web design projects come in a 2-pack and cater to the snow loving crowd. MotosportsGearUSA.com and SledGearUSA.com feature snowmobile clothing, gear and accessories for the snow and machine enthusiast.

MotorSportsGearUSA.com

The Motorsports USA Gear site is the flagship of this e-commerce network of sites. The initial release of the site only lists snowmobile gear for sale, but will eventually offer ATV, Motocross and more.

Brand Focused Websites
The other aspect to this site is that we are producing product line focused websites. The first one we produced is focused on Klim snowmobile clothing and gear. The main site will feed product information to each of the brand focused websites.

E-commerce Website Features
These e-commerce sites feature the following:

Custom e-commerce design (we also made the site easy to re-skin for the brand focused websites to follow)
Product catalog & shopping cart
Multiple navigation locations for category, brand & search
Product preview & product detail pages
HTML sitemap & product sitemap
On-page SEO
Product options & product codes
Authorize.Net merchant account

We’re excited to release these new e-commerce web designs and make winter a little more fun.

Drive-By Design

Aaron Weiche — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:26:10 +0000

Five didn’t create the billboard design for S.K.I.N. Medical Spa, but we did design their logo and website. We just thought we would share our work and a great client being shown on a larger scale.

Custom Email Marketing Designs

Aaron Weiche — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:14:41 +0000

We thought we would share some of our recent email marketing designs with you. The visual branding and impact is just one reason that professional email marketing campaigns are a fantastic marketing strategy.

Email Marketing Done Right
Email marketing, when correctly designed, structured and launched is an incredible communication tool. Monthly or quarterly newsletters, announcements, service features, event invitations, sales, promotions and more are all great messages to utilize email marketing.

You get the benefits of:

Custom email designs
List building & segmentation tools
Best delivery practices
Performance analytics on opens, clicks and conversions
Consulting & support from our email marketing experts

If you’re organization is interested in the benefits of email marketing, give us a holler, we can help. You can also sign-up for the Five monthly e-letter on our home page.

Get More Features, Control & SEO Friendly With A CMS Conversion

Aaron Weiche — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:43:50 +0000

Not every project for Five involves creating a new web design. Sometimes a company will come to us satisfied with their design, but in need of better technology to run it. We can convert an existing website to our content management system (CMS) and improve numerous areas.

Streeter Companies, a Maple Grove, MN Commercial Property firm came to us with this situation. They were satisfied with their current web design, but wanted to be able to change web content themselves, get more traffic from Google and offer more features on the site for users.

The Website CMS Conversion Provided:

Control – Streeter can now add new pages to their website, new property listings, change or add photos and more. Our SMC tool gives them complete control of their website.
Features – Streeter’s former website only allowed them to display a PDF and a few details on each property for lease. We upgraded each listing to display photos in a slideshow, interactive Google maps of the location, overview text of the property, auto PDF flyer creation, contact forms and social sharing features.
Search Engine Friendly – The move to our CMS upgraded the Streeter website to keyword URLs, HTML & XML sitemaps, semantic content structure and internal linking. These SEO enhancements are the start to their website earning better trust and rankings from the search engines.

So if your web design is acceptable and you need a better web platform for control and to build upon, give us a shout about converting to our CMS.

Web Design Project: Scott Breuer Homes

Aaron Weiche — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:17:23 +0000

The newly redesigned and remodeled Scott Breuer Homes website is now LIVE. Scott Breuer Homes is a custom home builder in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.

Scott Breuer Homes has an outstanding reputation and track record with over 30 awards in their 20 year construction history. In addition to custom home building, they offer home remodeling and real estate services to meet homeowner’s needs.

Currently Scott Breuer Homes has a model home featured in the Fall Parade of Homes, model #184.

This web design project included:

Custom web design
Built on our CMS for content management
Model home & neighborhood features with photos, maps, social tools PDFs & more
Photo galleries
News & blog feature with custom WordPress blog design
Increased usability & flexibility for future additions
Search engine optimization

We’re excited about the final web design outcome, which has already been featured on CSSmania. Five Technology is looking forward to continuing to build on the Scott Breuer Homes success and reputation.

Visit website: http://www.scottbreuerhomes.com

Web Design Project: SKiN Medical Spa Launches

Aaron Weiche — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:06:40 +0000

With a fresh face, S.K.i.N. Medical Spa’s new web design has hit the Internet. S.K.i.N. is a skincare and anti-aging services spa located in Blaine, MN.

S.K.i.N. has been a fun project and client for us as we’ve had our hands in many elements of helping launch this business. From the logo design, to photography, to the website, to a social media campaign.

This web design project features:

Custom web design
Transparency & JavaScript elements
Built on our CMS platform
WordPress custom skincare blog
Custom drop-down menus
Search engine optimization

Here are a few photos from our photo shoot this week as well.

Visit website: http://www.irresistibleskin.com

Logo Design For A Start-Up Medical Spa

Aaron Weiche — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:55:16 +0000

Five was recently lucky enough to be chosen to design the very first logo for a new business in the skincare industry here in the Twin Cites. S.K.i.N Medical Spa became a reality this summer and we played a big part by designing their logo and website (more on the website in a later post).

Below are the logo concepts we designed to start the process:

With just a few minor tweaks to one of the logo concepts, we had ourselves a winner. Sometimes one of the concepts is just the right look, right off the bat.

Here is the final logo design for S.K.i.N Medical Spa:

A company’s logo is so incredibly important in it’s branding, personality, perception, pride and tone. Both S.K.i.N and Five couldn’t be happier with the final logo result.

Website Re-skin Project

Aaron Weiche — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:59:15 +0000

The beauty of a well designed, CSS coded and simple layout is the ability to easily re-skin the web design if needed. This was the case recently for the Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce as they designed a new logo and needed to not only add the logo to the website, but update the color scheme.

New Chamber Logo

New Web Design After the Re-skin

The Old Website & Color Scheme

The website re-skin with the new logo turned out great and it only took a couple of hours. That’s the flexibility and efficiency you get when you design a website the right way.

Our Latest Web Design Project: Realtor Marci Weiche

Aaron Weiche — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:28:20 +0000

It might not be hard to notice the same last name as myself for our latest web design project. It is indeed my wife, Buffalo, MN Realtor Marci Weiche with a great new website from Five Technology.

Marci wanted a high-end, warm, inviting and easy to use web design to brand her services, attract new clients and market her homes for sale. We came up with a custom web design that hits upon these and more.

This Web Design Project Features:

Custom web design
Built on the SMC for content management
Detailed listings on her Buffalo, MN homes for sale
(photo gallery, property info, Google maps, details)
Buffalo, MN area information
Real Estate blog
Search engine optimization

View the website: http://www.marciweiche.com

Five Technology Speaks To The Central Minnesota Wedding Association

Aaron Weiche — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:54:43 +0000

I had the opportunity on August 18th to speak to the Central Minnesota Wedding Association (CMWA) on web design, search engine optimization and business blogging at Reichel’s Event Center. The CMWA consists of over 75 businesses with talented professionals in photography, video, catering, floral, dresses, jewelry, event venues, music and more.

My presentation went great and we covered a lot of great information on viewing your website as an employee. The CMWA group has a great vibe and they had a flurry of good questions for me in the Q & A portion. Somehow, I survived.

Here are just a few of the great businesses I was able to speak to and with last night:

Mestads Bridal, Mulligans Event Center, Yapuncich Photography, Pianist For Parties, Northern Lights Video, Blooming Creations, Icing Dreams Specialty Cakes, Capture Video, Blackberryridge Golf Course, PrimeTime Wedding DJ and Reichel’s Catering.

Thanks for having me out CMWA!