· Company Image

Looking for a unique image to represent your company? Or do you just need to modify your current logo for your website? We create logos that capture the essence of your business, leaving an impact for both print and web display. At the Department, we provide the highest level of service with a quick turnaround, and our work speaks for itself. Please don’t hesitate to call us with any questions you may have.

Why a logo?

Technically, a logo is an illustration of your corporate image in a graphical or symbolic manner; artistically speaking, the logo is a whole lot more. Your logo should represent your business with an aesthetic appeal. The DOD combines the two aspects creating the perfect professional logo.

A professionally designed Logo attracts attention and leaves an everlasting impression. Just take the example of Nike. When you see a swoosh you think Nike. eBay has a similar recognition. A logo is important, especially in this global world where language barriers may exist but symbols take on a meaning of their own. That is why we create logos that are unique and distinguish your business identity in a truly customized way. We synchronize your business and image into a logo and so promote a feeling of authenticity & professionalism for your company. We provide you with a logo that you can use in an advertising campaign or on stationary and websites, and in the end, your name will be remembered.

· Web Design / Flash Design

The Department provides high quality - professional websites developed to give the client a unique, but strong presence on the web.

Standard Features we incorporate into all of our site designs:

•Professional look and feel, and flawless operation.
•Designs that inspire trust and confidence to potential buyers.
•Site management to easily change content and save the client money.
•User control panel to add, modify and change e-mail accounts.
•Web statistics showing hits, referrals, and keywords used to find your site.

Flash Design:

The Department of Design can build you a fully functioning Flash animation, or perhaps can add some Flash enhancements to your site that will dramatically increase your viewers attention and response rates to your site.

What is Flash?

Flash is an authoring tool for animated multimedia both on and off the web. It is today the most widely accepted technology for creating fully interactive real- time animation's on the Web.

More than just web sites:

Flash can be used to make simple animated banners, graphics, entire web sites or used to create CD business cards. The developer of this product, Macromedia, has designed Flash to work on all operating systems and has designed it to play with the Flash or Shockwave plug-in or through JAVA- playback and Active X if you don't have the plug-in. Macromedia estimates that 98% of people on the web have the Flash plug in to view sites.



· Web Maintenance

Our site maintenance packages are a perfect add-on to any existing website. An updated and well-maintained website is an essential component in increasing site traffic and having visitors returning to your site. Our packages are suited for any new website wanting to stay updated and fresh or even an existing site which contains outdated content and needs a quick facelift. Leave the work to us and let The Department of Design keep your site updated and increase site traffic. Our site maintenance packages start at only $45.00/hr.

Our site maintenance packages can include:

› Daily news updates
› Weekly specials
› Weekly information
› Monthly events or activities
› Calendar events
› Photo galleries
› Site music
› Videos



· PHP/ MySql Programming / Open Source Development Services

For many years, The Department has been using Open Source software as a platform for building our clients' applications. We are experts at creating Web applications using the following "LAMP" technologies:

› PHP
› MySQL
› Python
› Apache
› GNU/Linux

$$ Free as in Freedom $$ (and lower risk)

When Open Source developers talk about "free software" we are referring to freedom, not price. Put simply, Open Source software allows anyone to inspect and improve the source code. This process has resulted in highly reliable, secure, high-performance platforms on which to build Web applications.

Choosing an Open Source platform for your application can lower your overall technology risk and reduce the cost of development and long-term maintenance. While independent software vendors are motivated primarily to generate a profit, Open Source software is designed to solve computing problems alone. Open Source software generally complies with industry standards and doesn't carry the risk of "vendor lock-in" and forced upgrades by software vendors.

Throughout the last ten years, the Open Source developer community has produced many of the most trusted building blocks of the Web. Apache, the Open Source Web server, is used on two-thirds of all Web sites. PHP, though a non-commercial product, is used on over 14 million Web sites and is more popular than Microsoft's competing solution.

We recognize that Open Source isn't always the best solution. Contact us to talk about your project. We take a flexible approach to technology decisions by recommending Microsoft, Java, Oracle, WebObjects, and Open Source solutions on a case-by-case basis.



· Affordable Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

SEO and SEM are key components to a successful internet marketing campaign. As one of the most effective and respected online marketing firms, The Department of Design offers both SEO and SEM services. SEO is getting your site top placement with the major search engines, while SEM maximizes click ratio and lead-to-sales conversion rate. One without the other ristricts optimal performance. Our expertise has allowed us to help many companies achieve dominant search engine placement and dramaticly increase revenue. Since we are confident in our ability to perform, our services come with a 100% Performance Guarantee. This means we guarantee lead generating rankings.

Please keep in mind that saturation in your industry can dictate and determine rankings in both listing time and relevance. Having vigiliant content updates and researched, relevant information will ensure proper placement and that is the key to our system. It can in some instances take up to 6 months before proper rankings are achieved. Contact us now at our Lakeland office to get a strategy going.