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We discuss in further detail what we did for each client on the pages linked below.
One of our important values is our desire to become a good partner with you. We want to teach you as much as you are comfortable learning so you can make your website work for you without unnecessary expense.
The images of the websites represent work as it was delivered to our clients. If you visit these sites, you may see changes done by the clients themselves using the content management tools we provided.
The East Woods Skate Plaza is a project of the Eastwood Neighborhood Association (ENA). During the almost decade from the beginning of the Skate Park Research Committee to just before the Grand Opening in June of 2014, the association had a website created and maintained by a number of different volunteers. Someone eventually moved the site into WordPress.
However, as with their other sites, they had difficulty keeping the site up-to-date and brought in eKamria to assist.
As all the dreams began to turn to reality, the committee began communicating more of the progress through the website. When it was time for the Grand Opening, they decided on a significant "refresh" of the Wordpress site.
Website features include:
- Customization of the WordPress template for better personalization
- Page design and layout
- Content development and editing
- Improvement to the PayPal donation selection
- Reorganization of the information to not lose the history in the site
- Assistance with new domain and associated email
- Integration of Google Analytics
Before - SkateEastwood.com
After - EastWoodsSkatePlaza.com
Testimonial
Anne Notarthomas at eKamria did a phenomenal job on our website, promoting the opening of the East Woods Skate Plaza. She is creative, forward thinking, technically proficient, all with amazing turnaround time. Anne is a great writer. She creatively put into words our message. We asked Anne to update our site for the grand opening, but she was aware that we needed to be ready for the day after the opening. Google analytics shows by the continued new and returning visits how effective Anne’s design is. We also get monthly reports that the website has been backed up and all software updates have been applied. I highly recommend eKamria’s service.
Judy Lewis
Skate Park Research Committee Chair
Eastwood Neighborhood Association
Eastwood Neighborhood Association and Eastwood Park-to-Park Autumn Run websites are also under our care.
Visit the Eastwoods Skate Plaza Website
This project included both a new website using the Joomla! Content Management System and social media setup and management.
Website features include:
- Customization of the template for better personalization
- Page design and layout
- Content layout
- Ability to display or hide an "Important Notices" module on the home page
- Rotating testimonials on each page of the site
- A blog was added after several years
- Integration of their patient online data system
- Integration of an online educational system
- Secured photography services for the website
- Responsive website design
- Branded email
- Website hosting, backup and regular technical maintenance and updates
- care and feeding of your new website document provided to allow client to keep content updated without additional cost, preserving investment.
Social media includes:
- Enhancing their Facebook presence and posting strategy
- Creating their Twitter presence and posting strategy
- Creating their Google+ and LinkedIn presence
- Curation of digital content for all social media sites
Testimonial
As a small business owner who has worked with many support businesses and vendors over the years, working with eKamria has truly been a breath of fresh air. The level of professionalism, competence, and honesty has surpassed our expectations, and is all too rare in today’s business world. Our website creation and social media implementation has gone smoothly and the results have earned us rave reviews. Working with Anne and others with eKamria has been a true partnership for our business, and one that I recommend to any who are hoping to avail themselves of what they offer. Thanks, Anne, for all your help in making our business better!
Visit the Greene & Miller Dentistry Website
Nader Maroun approached eKamria initially with a need for a website for his re-election campaign for Syracuse City Common Councilor. He needed a short turnaround time because his first fundraiser was right around the corner and he wanted to accept RSVPs for the event and donations from the website.
With that deadline met, and his election won, it was easy to transform the Joomla! Content Management website to a general information site for his City Council work.
Website features include:
- Incorporation of online donation software using fundraising best practices. Used for both event reservations and general campaign donations.
- Customization of the template for better personalization
- Branding, page design and content layout
- Volunteer sign up and Contact forms
- Rotating message quotes from Councilor Maroun on each page of the website
- Responsive website design
- Website hosting and monthly backup and maintenance
Print:
The campaign used the branding and concepts designed by eKamria for the website for its print materials.
Testimonial
What started as a basic idea to get the word out about who I am as a City Councilor, my involvement in the community and to publicize upcoming events evolved into a sophisticated website incorporating graphics and text beyond my expectations. Anne asked great questions, carefully listened and captured the essence of who I am. She understood my ideas and creatively organized content that expresses my meaning and message through words and images. Thanks Anne for the great job!
Visit Nader Maroun's Website
Working with AFICA's owner has been an interesting and rewarding experience. She approached eKamria about providing a new website for her evolving business of skin and hair care products. Her earlier website was more focused on her salon and the services provided there. Her business model was moving toward manufacturing and selling her products without a storefront.
It took a number of years for her to get to the point she was ready to launch her website -- and we waited with her -- meeting periodically for updates on her progress. Her attention to detail and planning has always been impressive.
When she had her first product line ready, we began building her Joomla! Content Management System website and had it ready by her Grand Opening celebration.
Website features included:
- An online store that provides flexibility for displaying specials, discounts and special sales
- Banner design, page and content layout
- Ability to set home page sale announcements and item sale amounts to turn "on" and "off" at preset times
- Rotating testimonials on each page of the site
- Responsive website design for mobile viewing
- Branded email
- Website hosting and regular backups and website maintenance.
- care and feeding of your new website document provided to allow client to keep content updated without additional cost, preserving investment.
In 2022, Aficapure moved to Square for integration with her in-store cash register system.
Joomla site - 2013 - 2021; rebranding in 2021
AFICA Redesign in 2021
AFICA - 2013 Joomla Website
Veterans Health Research Institute (formerly Central New York Research Corporation) manages the medical research initiatives for Veterans at the Syracuse VA Medical Center. They have been in existence for many years, but never had their own website. Their online presence consisted of a page on the VA website.
The main goals of this project, besides having a modern online presence, were to provide a mechanism for online fundraising and an Intranet for the Principal Investigators, Board of Directors and employees to access documentation related to their roles. A new website using the Joomla! Content Management System was able to meet the requirements, and provide plenty of flexibility for growth and enhancements for the future.
Website features include:
- A private login area (Intranet) for the Principal Investigators, Board of Directors and staff, including granular access control security so documents and other information are only available to the appropriate person or group
- A special "unpublished" landing page to provide new hires all required paperwork and forms
- Integration of a document management system for the Intranet
- Integration and setup of fundraising software using development best practices
- Design of a recurring gift program, including name, logo and website setup
- Directory integration for Medical Researchers to provide easy updates while keeping the directory display consistent and searchable
- Extensive use of popup windows to improve navigation
- Customization of the logo for improved display on the website and banner design
- Customization of the template for better personalization
- Page design and content layout
- Responsive website design
- SSL Certificate for additional security
- Website hosting, backups and regular maintenance
- care and feeding of your new website document provided to allow client to keep content updated without additional cost, preserving investment
Sustainable Syracuse (formerly SUN Group of CNY - Sustainable Upstate Network) is an organization of local business people that work in companies that promote sustainability initiatives. A long-standing organization, it had a website that was developed in the earlier days of websites and was in need of a modern overhaul. We used the Joomla! Content Management System to design their new website.
A few years later, they renamed the organization from SUN. We handled the changes to the new domain.
Website design features include:
- A fully searchable membership directory providing each member the ability to log in and maintain their own listing
- Customization of the template for better personalization
- Page design and content layout
- Responsive website design
- Website hosting, backups and regular maintenance
- care and feeding of your new website document provided to allow client to keep content updated without additional cost, preserving investment.
Before
After
Visit the Sustainable Syracuse Website
Sara Wall-Bollinger needed a website for her new business, SWB Consulting Services. The business did not have a logo or branding.
Website features include:
- Customization of the template for better personalization
- Page design and content layout
- Blog
- Responsive website design
- Branded email
- Website hosting, backups and regular techical maintenance
- care and feeding of your new website document provided to allow client to keep content updated without additional cost, preserving investment.
Print:
eKamria provided the logo and business card designs.
Testimonial
Anne contributed creative ideas and was very attentive to my feedback.
Visit the SWB Consulting Services Website
Itty & Bitty is a children's book series about two minature horses named Itty and Bitty. Itty and Bitty are real minis that live in Texas and have inspired author Nancy K. Carpenter to write children's poems to educate young children about poetry, literacy and even history.
We began discussions with Nancy after her original web designer left the area and she indicated her desire to work with someone locally. As her needs were explored, she expressed her desire for features aimed at children that weren't (or couldn't be) accommodated on her Weebly-built website.
Her new website was designed using the Joomla! Content Management system.
Website features include:
- A customized template to replicate the appearance of her previous site and maintain existing branding (design images, colors, etc.).
- An ecommerce store to sell her books and other Itty & Bitty merchandise.
- Whimsical design elements in parts of the site targeted at children -- a "Where's Waldo" type map for kids to explore and learn more about Itty & Bitty; fun fonts.
- Cartoon drawings were added to the banner and footer to enhance the whimsical nature of the site.
- Responsive website design.
- Branded email -- including email for the minis!
- Website hosting, backups and regular technical maintenance.
- Incorporation of SEO and Google Analytics
- Customization and incorporation of Constant Contact email list building tools.
- Our care and feeding of your new website manual to assist Nancy perform her own content updates without additional cost, preserving her investment.
Anne Notarthomas took my ho-hum website and redesigned it into exactly what I had envisioned--a fun, kid-friendly, and easily navigated site. Her love of what she does comes through in the extra care and creative touches that she brings to her work, and her easy going manner puts me at ease when she's showing me a "how-to" or suggesting a new twist on a project. We laugh a lot when working together. I wanted a one-on-one relationship since I am a hands-on learner, and in Anne, I found just that--and more. She is a patient and gifted teacher. I ought to know, I am a teacher myself, but of the generation that did not grow up with the internet or computers, so I am a dinosaur in that regard. She has taken my site and made it sing. I would recommend Anne to anyone who wanted first rate knowledge, talent, and an extraordinary work ethic.
Visit the Itty & Bitty Website
This project of the Eastwood Neighborhood Association (ENA) was a new site to promote their annual run. It was created using the Joomla! Content Management System.
Website features include:
- Customization of the template for better personalization
- Page design and layout
- Content development and editing
- Slideshow
- Integration with their run registration system
- Responsive website design
- Branded email
- Contact form
- Hosting
East Woods Skate Plaza and Eastwood Neighborhood Association websites are also under our care.
Visit the Eastwood Park-to-Park Autumn Run Website
This project was a first-time website for their business. A big challenge of this project was finding an easy way for the client to add upcoming events to the site, which include hundreds of photographs per event. They also needed an easy way to move all this information to their past event listings. Using a combination of the easy data management that is a part of Joomla! and linking with the client's Facebook albums, the client was quickly up and running.
Website features include:
- Customization of the template for better personalization
- Page design and layout
- Content development and editing
- Several photo display galleries
- Responsive website design
- Branded email
- Contact form
- Hosting
- care and feeding of your new website document provided to allow client to keep content updated without additional cost, preserving investment.
Testimonial
After having a successful experience launching the Tryall Fund website, I hired eKamria again to develop a website for my new business venture. What was intended to be just a “starter” website quickly turned into a much more extensive project. Anne worked with us, carefully listening to understand our needs and found ways to make it easy for us to keep our events updated, yet allow us to showcase our most important results. I was able to start updating the “upcoming events” area on the site immediately after the launch—with minimal handholding, thanks to the complete, step-by-step manual that was provided. eKamria has been very professional and responsive. I would definitely recommend Anne and eKamria if you are looking to update your site…she’s a pleasure to work with and is totally committed to getting it right!
Visit the Terri Peters & Associates Auction and Estate Marketing Website
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