Ingenuity, innovation, and imagination. We're here to help you commercialize your work. Whether you're looking to make a statement in print or online, our team of experienced designers, writers and programmers are able to tackle anything within the realm of communications.
We're glad you asked. We'll help you expand your internet presence by moving your site onto a full fledged content management system (at present we specialize in Xoops & Mambo Server) with a web forum for your customers, a blog for daily updates, and many other features to help you build a community of customers in the digital age. We can help you connect to new audiences by making your community a full fledged part of the i-Ville Network. We can also help you with the design of your PR materials and supply you with content for your website.
Well, of course you're looking to commercialize your message. You're looking for support, both financial and personal. We can give you the tools that will help you establish and grow your online presence, thus increasing the overall visibility of your organization. We can also set up an online shopping cart for you, to help you move tickets to your fundraising events, and/or an online donations system. We have writers across the globe, from North America to Europe to south Asia, writers that generate content for us (and hence, your site). You can also post story requests to our main forum and hire our writers to produce customized content for your site. We'll help you install and manage your content, including blogs, meta-blogs, forums, & chatrooms. Remember, we're here to help you fulfill your virtual potential.
Most blogs get slogged down in the daily updates, because individual writers just can't produce enough content. A Meta-Blog gets around this problem by assembling a team of writers that can provide better content to the enduser (because the individual writers will need to write fewer pieces). If you're a writer we'll help you grow your audience by integrating you into meta-blogs that need your content. If you're an activist organization we can help you assemble a roster of writers that will keep your client base entertained & informed. Even commercial organizations can benefit from meta-blogs (and the internet audience they generate).
In this day and age it's no longer enough to give your clients/customers/supporters static content. You need dynamic content, interactivity. You need to make them feel as if they are part of a larger community. That's what i-Ville is about, both making people feel part of a larger community and helping you achieve the same with your base. If you're an indie record label, film production company, or even micro-publisher, you need to create interactivity between customers and artists. Forums are an excellent way to do that, as your artists can interact with your customers at their leisure.
Chatrooms are an excellent tool for real-time interaction, and not merely between your artists and your customers. Indie record label? Know a well known music critic? You can use your chatroom to bring your customers an interesting chat. As an example of their power, look at what the Boston Red Sox have done with their co-opting of the formerly independent fan site, The Sons of Sam Horn. They have used the site's chatroom (albeit somewhat accidentally) to recruit players (Curt Schilling) and the forums to blunt the chattering masses of Red Sox Nation during some of their more controversial moves (such as the Nomar Garciaparra trade). Interactivity is vital to tapping into your customer base.
Well, we can handle all your ePublishing needs from editing, to design & layout and even act as a point of sale (POS) for your traditional media. We can help you with the design of your periodical publications, press releases, online project management, design & development of your eStore and more besides.
Possibly. We certainly encourage creative types to send us their portfolios or clips, or if you have other skills that you think would help round out our team, by all means drop us a line. If you're a writer and would like to produce content for us, send us three samples or a link to your blog.