Small Business Internet Marketing Strategies

A week or so ago we were digging through some old files and came across a real Joomla Designer horror story.
We had to sign a non-compete with the agency that hired us to fix this site so we couldn’t tell anyone about our involvement until now.  (As far as we can tell, the original designer and the agency are no longer in town)
The site was for Surgical Specialty Hospital of Arizona.
The agency was nearing the launch deadline and said the site was “too sluggish.”  We were horrified to discover that the home page took 45 seconds to load!  Most people abandon a page that takes more than 6 seconds, and that number has probably fallen even more now that we’re all on broadband.
There were other problems, too:

• The biggest challenge was the physician listings.  The lists were set up as simple documents that would have to be maintained by hand.  Since there were multiple lists, getting one out of sync was inevitable.
• The hospital had a number of videos to include – but the Joomla designer didn’t know how to get them to play.
• The agency had promised something “snazzy” to show off what doctors fell into what specialties.

When we got there, the site was definitely in critical condition.  But we were able to clean up all the problems and get the site launched on schedule.
It was a similar story for Pilotshares, a company that provides shared ownership of high end aircraft to companies and pilots.
Their Joomla designer had set up an extremely convoluted site architecture.  There were dozens of duplicated pages.  And it was so mixed up, he couldn’t get the built-in Joomla menu system to work – so he created a new one outside of Joomla.
That eliminated any chance for the site owners to make any changes to the site – which is the purpose of using Joomla in the first place.
We got that site flying as well.
The point is: not everyone who claims they are a Joomla web design expert, really is.
After all that, should we claim that we are Joomla web design experts?  Well, we have built dozens of Joomla sites.  We have been working with Joomla since the day it was released (actually we worked with it’s predecessor, Mambo, first).  We have become known as the go-to company for a number of agencies when they run up against tough Joomla problems.
OK, we’ll say it.  If you want a Joomla site done right, the first time, call us.  We’re Phoenix Joomla Web Design Experts.
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Known for our humility and shyness, McColley Marketing Media is a Mesa web design company specializing in small business web site design, local internet marketing for small business and Phoenix Joomla web design. We also help local companies as a small business email marketing consultant.  Call us at 480-704-4286.