Application Development Overview
The operations and mission critical activities of a company rely on business applications, which are made possible by web-driven technologies. Think of an application like the inside of a clock. While the time of day is nicely and reliably displayed, the clock's mechanisms are hard at work.
A well designed and deployed application enables a business to gracefully scale operations, dynamically manage information, generate multimedia, reach new customers, provision clients - whatever the custom application was created to perform.
The Xillent application team has in-depth business and technical expertise to develop applications from a client's wish-list of features, enhance or re-purpose an existing application or migrate to a new platform. We create web systems that allow you to draw from all of your information resources to compete
.The Steps We Take
Our 5-step process ensures that we are 'on-the-same-page' throughout the life of the project. From the initial interview to determine requirements and subsequent analysis of your business needs until the application has been implemented and tested, our project managers and your team will be in lock-step.
We will provide each client access to our project management tool, called Pipeline which is a blueprint for the project with a schedule of deliverables. Pipeline measures performance and provides an open view of each stakeholder's commitments. Our collaborative process eliminates "surprises" and allows us to complete the project on-budget and on-schedule.
What We Do
Technology on its own is not a solution. We use our expertise in business process to evaluate your needs then craft the most effective technology solution. The result is an application suited to the cause which eliminates waste and cost over-runs.
Our custom web-based application solutions generally fit into the following areas:
- - e-Business and e-Commerce
- - Intranet, Extranets and Portals
- - Components (ActiveX, Plug-ins, etc.)
- - CRM (customer relationship management)
- - Migration (upgrades, database migration, re-engineering, functionality upgrades and porting
How We Do It
- - Linux, Unix and Windows
- - Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic, JRUN
- - Java, JSP, J2EE, PHP, .NET, ASP, ColdFusion, Perl
- - MySQL, postGres, MS SQL Server, Oracle, Informix
- - HTML, DHTML, XML, XLS, AJAX, CSS, RSS
- - Flash
Support and Upgrades
Because we will have developed your business applications with 'clean code' on-going maintenance, updates and upgrades are efficient after the completion of the project. Our clients return to us regularly for their additional needs and or support. After completion of the project, we will recommend the best program to meet ongoing needs.
Content Management Systems
Today a CMS is a fundamental part of the modern Web development experience. The incredible rise in the mass adoption of the CMS has a lot to do with the availability of high-quality, relatively inexpensive CMS tools. It was not too long ago, the only choice was a costly commercial solution from a large vendor such as Interwoven or Vignette. Several commercial CMS applications are available at a more reasonable cost today, and an even greater number of free open source solutions are available.
With the growth of your company's online assets, it becomes more difficult to manage and maintain website updates in a timely and convinient manner. A CMS helps you streamline the publishing process, maintaining a consistent brand image, and easily expand your site as your online activities and website features grow. Simply put, a CMS makes it faster, easier and more affordable to manage any type of information and publish it to your website.
Assuring a successful Content Management Solution implementation
Implementing a content management system is not a trivial plug-and-play affair. It is a strategic decision which requires careful analysis of internal processes and the flow of information among work groups, your audience and your website. That's why it's important to work with a team of experts to assure your implementation is a success.
Xillent Studios' cross discipline team of business, information, and technical architects provides comprehensive CMS services from conception to implementation. We start with a thorough assessment of your business environment. We also examine the processes that support the life cycle of content in your organization to help you identify concrete business needs.
Why choose Xillent Studio for CMS?
We approach CMS from the standpoint of business flow and not just technology. Our team is not tied to a single technology or a single solution. We recommends the most appropriate CMS for your business based on how you do business and not just the limitations of the technology. Whether the best fit is an open source solution, such as WordPress, Joomla, or openCMS; commercial solutions such as Interwoven and Ektron or a custom built CMS - our team focuses on achieving your business goals as opposed to promoting a single technology.
ecommerce design and shopping cart
To competitively sell products online, your company requires more than just a well designed website. For starters, your ability to create and execute e-marketing campaigns will directly impact the amount and the quality of traffic to your web store. When you have a new customer, will they feel secure enough to use their credit card, was their buying process easy and straightforward, will they receive their order as promised.
While the merit of your product and service is obvious importance, the customer experience is just as important while shopping with you. Your consistent and hazard-free ability to manage inventory, fulfill orders (and returns), provide customer support and assistance is of critical importance. The Xillent e-commerce team understands the vital importance of flawless customer experience.
With Xillent, your web store can be the one-stop shop that drives new and repeat business. By providing you sophisticated shopping cart and checkout capabilities, support for a wide range of payment methods, the ability manage your web store yourself and refresh content at a moment's notice, Xillent's ecommerce solution puts operational control in your hands. With a real-time view of inventory, Xillent gives your customers full confidence that the product they need is available and ready to ship.
Xillent e-commerice tools include:
- - Reliable and Secure Shopping Cart
- - Customizable Storefront Design
- - Simple Payment and Order Processing
- - Inventory Management
- - Shipping Gateways
- - Merchandising, Offers and Promotions
- - Online Marketing and Search Engine Readiness
- - Reporting and Statistics
- - Integration with third-party plug-ins
Xillent's E-Commerce solutions will help your online business thrive. Your business needs the ability to grow, and as it grows, so will it's online inventory. Our custom e-commerce tools provide you with shopping carts, security and flexibility. Being comfortable with your own online store is important, so Xillent gives you the comfort of updating your catalogue with ease through a simple admin panel. Your customers are as important to us as they are to you.
Unique Ecommerce Design
One key factor for your website to stand apart from other websites is a unique ecommece design. Xillent has been providing custom ecommerce design services for over 7 years.
Shipping Gateways
We've developed a wonderful way for your customers to use the most trusted shipping methods (UPS, FedEx, USPS and Custom Shipping) directly from your site.
Payment Gateways
Xillent also uses the most secure payment gateways on your website. (Authorize.Net, LinkPoint, CyberSource, Paypal) all give your customers the confidence to buy online from your site.
Customer Security
Your customer's security and online safety is very important, and our experience with e-commerce solutions will ensure they feel comfortable to buy from your online business. Not only is it important to feel safe, it is crucial that a customers actions and information online is secure.
Call us today for a free consultation.
Services Overview
Xillent's team of professional Web designers have the knowledge and experience to tap in to the potential of your business by targeting the customer's eye in ways that were previously impossible. Xillent fashions clean, attractive and well-placed images so your potential customers can find they're looking for -- without the hassle. Your layout might be the slickest around, but if your visitors can't navigate to find what they need, it's worthless. A user-friendly interface is the most is a crucial aspect of your design.
Visit our web design portfolio page to review what Xillent has done for its clients.
Xillent offers Web design and development:
- Complete Web Design Solutions
- Content Management
- Consultation for Small and Large Business
- Application Programming
- E-Commerce
- Search Engine Optimization
- Logo design
- Flash Web design
- Brand Devolopment
Any Web project, small or large! Whether it's a logo designed for your car club's Web site or a complete Web solution built from the ground up with a big budget, Xillent is available to service any need. Why wait? An Xillent representative can help you accomplish your goals.
For more information on our Web design, development or services, please contact us at 1(866) WEB-0101, or use the contact form to request a quote.
Online Marketing
Introduction
"If you build it; they will come," does not work on the Internet! Just because you have built an amazing site does not mean that you will get visitors. In order to be successful, you have to generate traffic.
The above quote should read: "If you build it correctly and effectively promote it, they will come in droves!"
Marketing
Below are some elements that Xillent Studio and its partner "Good Creations!" have utilized effectively in promoting Web sites and generating traffic.
Content as a Marketing Tool
One of the best ways to disseminate your brand message is with the use of content. Forums, such as those on Lovingyou.com, give us fantastic insight into the mind of the consumer and the questions that they are looking to have answered. Content that addresses specific questions from the user can then be syndicated to various Web sites and are not only a great source of targeted traffic, but they also promote your company as an opinion leader and resource for the media. We can also create newsletters or stories based around specific products and allow users to submit their own items or ideas.
Viral Marketing
Viral Marketing refers to marketing techniques that very quickly produce exponential increases in brand awareness. By utilizing the network effect of the Internet, your message and brand can reach an extremely large number of people in a very short time with little or no ongoing costs! It is your users who -- simply by using the various elements on your Web site -- promote your site to their friends, family and business associates.
A great example of this is the use of eCards. A user (John) comes to your site and sees that you offer electronic birthday cards. He decides to send one to a friend (David). David receives an email saying that John has sent them a birthday card from your site. The email also gives David a link to click in order to retrieve the birthday card. David clicks the link and sees the personalized birthday card from John.
What has just happened? David has become a visitor to your Web site when he might not have known it existed before! David is now likely to do three things:
- 1. Send a reply thank you card to John
- 2. Send a card to someone else
- 3. Explore your Web site.
This is just one example of the many viral marketing elements that Xillent Studios' partner company "Good Creations!"has utilized since 1997 while building Lovingyou.com into a top 1200 Web site without spending a single penny on advertising!
Search Engine Optimization
This is the bread and butter of your organization! Being listed high on the search engines is critical to your online success. How critical is Search Engine Optimization? Some studies have shown that only 30 percent of users click on paid listings, while 70 percent click the organic listings! (www.searchengineguide.com/)
Search Engine Optimization
Overview
Your future customers rely on search engines such as Google and Bing to locate products and services by simply typing phrases, "keywords" and questions. In the blink of an eye, these engines then crawl billions of web pages across the internet to provide result pages. These results and the order in which they are displayed (ranking) are not generated by the merit or quality of your product or service but by the search engine's ability to find your website. Your light should be going on at this moment.
Consider this, nearly 90% of all web traffic generated from search result pages come from the top five links. So, it is a big deal if your website is ranked 3rd versus 15th. This is the difference between literally millions of potential visitors to your website, every minute of the day. To be in the game in today's marketplace, it is vital that you compete instantaneously and seamlessly - in every web search, in every search engine, every day.
Excellent Results
Xillent's Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services ensure that your website design which includes the "code" inside its pages, the written content, architecture and links are developed to deliver top ranked search engine results. A top ranking will not just occur or improve over time; there is a science to the results.
With extensive knowledge of "how the internet works", our team understands how to direct targeted web traffic to your website. In addition to achieving a top "free" or "organic" ranking in search engine results, which is an ongoing process, Xillent Studios will advise you on pay-per-click (PPC) key word advertising campaigns. On the top of every search results page are "sponsored links" which the advertiser pays for each click-through. With in depth knowledge of search results and advertising, Xillent Studios will provide the expertise to make the most of your budget.
How does your website rank today?
To receive a comprehensive website ranking analysis now, please provide your website url and email address and a report will be sent to you.
Services Overview
Xillent's team of professional Web designers have the knowledge and experience to tap in to the potential of your business by targeting the customer's eye in ways that were previously impossible. Xillent fashions clean, attractive and well-placed images so your potential customers can find they're looking for -- without the hassle. Your layout might be the slickest around, but if your visitors can't navigate to find what they need, it's worthless. A user-friendly interface is the most is a crucial aspect of your design.
Visit our web design portfolio page to review what Xillent has done for its clients.
Xillent offers Web design and development:
- Complete Web Design Solutions
- Content Management
- Consultation for Small and Large Business
- Application Programming
- E-Commerce
- Search Engine Optimization
- Logo design
- Flash Web design
- Brand Devolopment
Any Web project, small or large! Whether it's a logo designed for your car club's Web site or a complete Web solution built from the ground up with a big budget, Xillent is available to service any need. Why wait? An Xillent representative can help you accomplish your goals.
For more information on our Web design, development or services, please contact us at 1(866) WEB-0101, or use the contact form to request a quote.
Small Business Web Design | Development
You want to take your small business web design to the next step but with the moving fast pace of the internet these days, it's hard for anybody to focus on their business and keep up with the new jargon and terminology to get started. We will walk you through our 5 step process to ensure that your project is completed in a way that satisfies you.
At Xillent we take care of your website from A to Z: the domain name registration, hosting, and total care support so you don't have to deal with these complications. It is our business. We are there to walk you through the process and keep you up-to-date on the status of your project. All of these may sound like you have to make a decent investment but over the years our team has been working on numerous projects catering to small businesses web design like yours so with our expertise we can help you.
Contact us today for Small Business Web Design
We are here to listen to your needs for your small business web design. We will try to sit in your shoes and understand what you want out from your business then we move forth with the designs the website that is right for you. That's right, not just one design but many!!! You have the right to choose and the right to speak up on the designs so we can finalize "What You Want!"Our 5 step process is like a renewable or recycling sign. If there is a problem that we missed during on of the step, we will start over at the previous step to fix that other problem before proceeding. That is our guarantee to you. We actually care even when you are done with our services. We are always there and have been for almost a decade. We care about our designs and we want it to look great!
Other Web Design Firms:
- * Use of heavy open source Framework
- * Everyone knows your source code - security issues
- * Don't cater to small business web design
- * Mediocre Designs
- * High Risk
- * Not Flexible
- * Poor Quality
Benefits w/our Services
- * Low Risk - Superb Services
- * We cater to small business web design
- * Superb Quality
- * Flexible to your needs
- * Keep most of your investment for your business
- * Pay-as-you go
- * We can scale your small business web design to Corporate
- * User-Friendly & Intuitive Control Panel
- * We have built successful businesses from the ground up
- * Look at our Portfolio
- * 5 step process "Your assurance to getting what you want!"
Please contact us at info@xillent.com or fill out our form for small business web design services here.
IT and Web Consulting
The Xillent Studios IT consulting team advises clients on the benefits and limitations of information technology in meeting their online business objectives. Managing information, business process and revenue producing activities on the internet requires expertise from advisors who richly understand technical environments.
By carefully evaluating your business as it operates today, we identify the appropriate web-based technologies whether packaged software or custom programming to improve how your business functions. But before your business can increase its productivity, even to simply automate your marketing campaigns, understanding the difference between business today and what is possible through technology needs to be revealed. After advising from our expertise, we can deploy and administer the most cost effective IT system.
Xillent Understands Technology
You will be amazed how just a few lines of "code" saves hours, even weeks of repetitious or manual activity. Regardless of the size of your organization, whether an established operating business or a start-up, our team understands which technology to deploy to meet business objectives and streamline your operations.
We are technologists.
Think of us much like a medical professional. Certain conditions require a diagnosis, then a prescription in order to achieve optimal health and fitness. By starting with your end objective in mind, we will determine the best architecture to craft the best operating experience for your internal and external customers.
Xillent Consulting Services
- - Current operations and process discovery with new flow recommendation
- - Migration analysis: off-line to on-line
- - Technology product evaluation
- - Information and interface design
- - Compliance, regulatory standards and security
- - Data management and access
- - Web analytics and data-driven strategic marketing
Implementing With Answers In Hand
Now, the fun part. To put recommendations to work, our team of information technology experts will have an objective blueprint which will streamline your business. With our solution in place, each entity interacting with your business will enjoy a new standard and appreciate the value you have placed on an efficient and innovative experience with them.
Website Design
Having a well designed, up to date Web site is very important to your business' online image. Xillent will custom design your site with a visual appeal that any company or client can appreciate.
Our in-house graphic artists and designers are professionals and proficient in the most popular file formats and focus on multi-browser compatibility. Our work-flow processes allow customers to get easily involved in the design phase; directing our designers and having an influence in the final outcome.
Website Design and Re-design
A Website must function well and serve it's purpose. However, that does not mean it can't be aesthetically pleasing. Xillent keeps up to date with design trends and has the artistic vision to give your website the extra appeal it needs to stand out from your competitors.
Although, building a website from the ground up isn't always needed to achieve this. If you have a current website that you are no longer happy with, Xillent can transform it into a stunning attraction your visitors won't forget.
Landing Page Design
Every site should have a landing page. This is a page which you want your visitors to find first. In many cases it can simply be your home page, but with a bit of creativity you can have landing pages that serve more purpose and drive more traffic through your site.
A landing page can be built to promote a particular service, or display a current product. The landing page will attract visitors with a particular intention, as well as point them in the direction related areas on your website. Coupled with Search Engine Optimization, your landing page can be a wonderful asset to your online business.
Blog Development and Design
Having a blog on your site not only increases the amount of content you have, but it is also an incredible tool for SEO and a wonderful way to interact with your visitors. Having a custom blog on your site will boost the traffic of return visitors and add style.
Xillent provides integration and custom design of one of the most popular and customizable blogging platforms on the Web in "Wordpress." Its easy to use admin panel will allow you or your visitors to post articles, images and videos, and its extremely flexible source code allows use to customize the look and functionality to fit your needs.
Website Maintenance
Once your site is online, you will need an easy, hassle -ree way of keeping it updated and dealing with any changes that may need to be made to the layout or graphics. Xillent can provide a maintenance program to fit your needs. With updates being handled by Xillent, you won't have to worry about internal bugs or incompatibility issues.
Additionally, we provide a custom content management system built by the Xillent team. This easily allows you to update images and text on your website for immediate results.