Posts Tagged branning group
Calaisio.com
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on January 6th, 2010
The Branning Group was approached by Calaisio to design a new site for their custom products. Calaisio asked the Branning Group to design the new site and integrate all of their products in a better was as well as create a warehouse integration system for the site.
The Branning Group was able to do this by using CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP and Zen Cart. By using these different types of technologies the Branning Group was able to make the new Calaisio site fully functional and match everything that was asked for.
Wishy
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on December 30th, 2009
Wishy for Everything is a start-up company that is launching a wishlist service that will be embedded in all popular social networks and allow people to share their wishlists globally.
The business model for Wishy.com required them to have over 900,000 products in their catalog….which in turn required a revisionary way for them to search their catalog since Zen Cart doesn’t handle very well with a large catalog. We developed a custom search indexing tool that returned results sorted by relevance in under .2 seconds!
This is Marilyn
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on December 30th, 2009
We worked with people close to the Marilyn Monroe estate to build a social networking web site for all the fans of the iconic actress. We designed the site to focus on the glamor of Marilyn and highlight her career, as well as give her fans interesting factoids and attract a new generation of Marilyn fans.
The featureset of the web site includes an activity feed, message boards, private messaging, contests, polls, and user relationships.
Like Zebra
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on December 30th, 2009
LikeZebra.com incorporates a full social toolset with a large-scale media management system; combining two of the most popular features on the Web for the 12-25 year-old demographic. Building on the foundation of the Branning Group Social Networking Platform, the LikeZebra site launched on November 24, 2008!
The Branning Group social networking platform comes with the following feature set out of the box, any and all modifications are on the table:
- User management (with full statistics and reports)
- Peer relationships through the network (users can become “friends” with each other)]
- Complete content management system; all content is controlled through the back-end administration
- Image upload for users; moderation through back-end system (user generated content that makes you money!)
- Activity feed that entices users to click around on your web site, generating advertising revenue and encourages more user generated content
- Blog system for all users
- Custom URLs for your users - http://www.bluecanvas.com/branninggroup (this will encourage your user base to share their profile on your site with their friends)
- Classifieds system to post job openings, items for sale, etc
- Events system that allows users to broadcast meetings, parties, etc
- Internal messaging system that allows users to contact each other through the network
- Powerful search engine that can retrieve content from all areas of the site
- Message Wall that allows users to leave notes on their friends’ profile pages
Jobblehead
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on December 30th, 2009
A team of investors based in the Los Angeles area launched a social network targeted to unemployed Americans looking for encouragement, friendship - and a job. The Branning Group delivered a complete branding package, including a logo, web site design and branding materials.
Jobblehead was launched with the following feature set:
The Branning Group social networking platform comes with the following feature set out of the box: user management (with full statistics and reports); peer relationships through the network (users can become “friends” with each other); complete content management system; image upload with folder system; activity feed; blog system for members; classifieds system; events broadcasting; internal messaging; powerful search engine that can retrieve content from all areas on the site; and a message wall that allows users to leave notes on their friends’ profile pages. Development is underway for more features to bolster the community aspects and encourage more user-generated content.
The site also offers job offer feature for everyone to look for new jobs that may be available. There is also a RSS Aggregator that allows the users to get news on their Jobblehead home page.
Grab.com
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on December 30th, 2009
Demand Media contracted Alex Branning in April of 2007 to take over the maintenance and upgrades for their gaming-centered social network property Grab.com. The tasks included adding a paid subscription model for premium features; optimizing the site for organic search engine traffic; stamping out the bugs in the site (over 200 when I started) and over-seeing the site’s re-design. Over the course of the six-month contract the traffic increased over 33% and the site loading times were cut down by over two seconds per page.
Buzznet.com
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on December 30th, 2009
Buzznet contracted Alex Branning in October 2007 to take their web site to the next level. The work done included increasing their search engine traffic; optimized their registration processes; cut down on page load times and built an extensive publishing platform for their exclusive content. Alex was also part of the team that was improving the site’s architecture so we could keep up with the explosive growth.
AV Spinal
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on December 30th, 2009
When Av Spinal came to the Branning Group to have a site built they needed help with getting business from search engines. The Branning Group did a lot for them in both the site creating as well as getting their name recognized by search engines.
As a result of the problems the Branning Group took a four-pronged approach to getting the site more search engine traffic. They created a site map generator which let all search engines know about all of the sites pages, making the company more accessible. They modified the web site pages to be more search engine friendly, and submitted the website to all of the major search engines.
After the Branning Group was finished with the site and building up the Search engine traffic, Av Spinal reported that they had been dominating the competition ever since the work had been done. They also reported that they had been receiving multiple calls from new clients every week because of the site and the work the Branning Group did with the search engines.
Zen Cart Mobile
Posted by alexbranning in Portfolio on April 23rd, 2009
With cell phones taking off in popularity, Zen Cart store owners need a way to make their stores accessible to customers using a cell phone or other mobile device. Today I released a free module that gives you a simple mobile home page. From the Branning Group site:
Zen Cart Mobile: This module allows you to have a mobile-friendly home page that is 100% compatible with all cell phones made since 2005. Your new mobile home page is easily modified using the Define Pages Editor and takes less than two minutes to install. Now all users accessing your web site from a mobile phone will see a mobile-compatible web page. This page is easily editable using the Define Pages editor, and may save you a customer. Most web sites are not mobile-friendly, this module redirects your visitors to a page they can easily read from a mobile device.
You could put a phone number on the mobile page to allow the visitor a quick way to get in touch with you, or a simple email form, or extend your mobile site by adding a mobile-friendly search, etc.
The point of the module is that now visitors using a cell phone (or other mobile device) will see a page customized to them and not have to suffer through trying to see your store home page on their tiny screens. PDF | Download
Please let me know if you have tried this new module, I want to hear your thoughts.
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- Boingos
- Buzznet.com
- Calaisio
- FragrantRainSoap.com
- Grab.com
- Jobblehead
- Kids-N-Cribs.com
- Letterhead Studios
- LidLift
- LikeZebra
- LosCa.com
- MillerEqCo.com
- MostWantedPictures.net
- Posh Baby
- SilverFantasy.com
- SPGS-Ground.com
- SuperiorCarSeats.com
- tailwatersflyshop.com
- This Is Marilyn
- Wishy
- Zen Cart 2.0
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