Jay, a Microsoft Dynamics GP consultant, needed a new website after many years of using his old one, and wanted it totally modern, clean, functional, but with a touch of sophistication.

We looked through a number of themes until we hit upon the right one, Nova by Elegant Themes.

Elegant Themes is a company with whom we are partners in development. If you’re thinking of having a cool, new site, or re-creating your current site, have a look at their themes; then, let us know which one you prefer, and we’ll use this as a foundation for your new site. You really can’t do better than these themes, with their combination of style, savvy, customizability, features, and solid code.

We all agreed this theme would be perfect for his site, given its size, and the image he wanted to convey. We discussed the new site as usual between myself, the project developer, and the client, then set to work re-creating his old site.

We finished this in 3 days, but being a modern professional in a technological field, he wanted more. He wanted what is now being called “responsive design”? What exacly is this, then? According to SmashingMagazine.com:

This was a new, fun project for us, and we’ve since gone on to make more of these for other clients. Perhaps you would like users of mobile devices to be able to view your site more conveniently? And show them that you’re keeping abreast of all the latest developments.

At the price we charge for this — what have you got to lose? Contact us for more details.

What’s next, we wonder? 
 
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CPE Premier is an IRS approved provider of Continuing Professional Education for Enrolled Agents and Registered Tax Preparers.

Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, CPE’s mission is to provide affordable, accurate and timely information in their testing material to re-certify enrolled agents and registered preparers.

Their course study provides active interaction and immediate feedback when you take the examinations linked to this site using the Moodle Learning Mangement System.

Currently in production (to be finished after this year’s tax deadline!).

Tests can be selected on the site, purchased, then taken and certified through the system we have set up for CPE in this interesting project here.

I was looking for a web company that could take on a project more complicated than a typical website, and after seeing Lanna Consulting’s site, I thought that they may be able to provide the solutions I needed. The owner Jeff met me in person, and a half hour later, I knew his company would handle the job professionally — and personally — exactly what I wanted! I needed an e-commerce site selling testing services, and then another linked site using testing software that I thought should exist, but knew nothing about. Jeff and his developer found exactly what I needed, and we’re almost finished completing this project now — as soon as I finish compiling all my clients’ 2010 tax returns! I have no hesitation in recommending Lanna for your website needs; they definitely exceeded my expectations!

Bruce Marek CPEPremier.com

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“Lub d”, a Thai phrase meaning “Sleep Well”, is the name of two boutique hostels in Bangkok, one on Silom Road, the other in Siam Square. 

Lub d came to us last year wanting us to totally optimize their site, run a Google AdWords campaign for both of their hostels, and do what we deemed necessary to improve their search engine rankings for their main keywords.

They would then be able to increase traffic to their site and the number of online bookings they receive. In a few months, visitors have increased by over 25% and there are 20 new listings for their major search terms in Google’s Top 10.

We created a new subdomain for them to take advantage of a primary keyword, and this hostel is now receiving several times more organic or natural Google listings.  Other less popular terms are being supplemented at present with a Google AdWords campaign.

We are taking advantage of the sophistication of Google Analytics for Lub d, in conjunction with their AdWords campaign, and are mining important and useful data to improve their website’s efficiency and functionality.
 

What are three major elements of good SEM?

We are using Lanna Consulting’s web team to manage, maintain, and edit our website. They have been running a very professional target-oriented AdWords campaign for us, and optimizing our site. The results so far are excellent, and we are looking forward to even higher rankings and more traffic as a result of their efforts. Their technical skills are very impressive, and have gone beyond what we expected. Most of all, they are super responsive and reliable, usually responding to any requests within one hour! We can recommend them most highly for all your cyber services and needs.

Piyawee Ruenjinda Lubd.com

Lanna Consulting was hired to perform Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Silolona Sojourns in order to increase their traffic and yacht charter bookings.

They were also using a local web host in Bali, Indonesia, which was not performing well. So we moved them to a world-class web host, optimized their site, and began analyzing their Google Analytics statistics reports.

With this information, we will able to determine which keywords were delivering the most “bang for the buck” and focus on increasing their search engine rankings for these terms.

Through a combination of reputable SEO techniques, we have been able to increase traffic to Silolona’s website over 20% in the first few months of service, and we expect to reach 50% after 6 months.
 

Collin wanted a clean, functional, yet sharp website to showcase his books and learn more about Social Media Marketing (SMM), especially how to take advantage of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to publicize his previous and current novels.

We created CollinPiprell.com for him, including a rotating string of quotes from his novels, linked to more lengthy excerpts from his books. This has proven very popular to introduce new readers to his work.

This was a trial for Collin involving various Social Media platforms as well.  Pleased with the results, he went on to start his own blog, and linked this site to his blog. (Contact Collin if you would like a reference for us.)
 

What Social Media does Collin Piprell use?

Jeff has been generous with his expertise, his creative flair, and his time. He shows a passion for getting things right. And I’ve been impressed with how he has maintained an interest in my site even through a period I was neglecting it myself, massaging things where he feels that’s advised, and applying the latest technical developments in areas such as SEO and SMM. I have no hesitation in recommending him.

Collin Piprell CollinPiprell.com

Thai Travel Dreams is a Dutch-owned tour operator based in Khon Kaen, Thailand.  Henk the owner contacted us several years ago regarding translation into Dutch and German, as well as SEO.

We were able to perform all the tasks required, thanks to our Dutch web developer Robert, who also happens to speak German and English, in addition to about a dozen programming languages.

We have worked closely with Henk coordinating the different versions of his site, installing scripts to update his prices, optimizing his pages, and generally refining his site on an ongoing basis.

This has been a fruitful, mutually beneficial business relationship, one we hope will continue far into the future.

I have used the services of Lanna Consulting since 2008 and I am very pleased with their performance. Our website was quite old and needed a facelift to be in line again with modern website technologies. The main items that needed to be improved on our website were that maintenance and updates were very time consuming and inefficient, and that our site was not optimized for search engine ranking. Lanna Consulting actually listen to what you want (which I found very pleasing) and, using their knowledge and expertise, that is exactly what they did. Time that we now spend on maintenance and updates of our website has reduced down to an estimated 10% of the original time, and our website visits have more than tripled since we started using Lanna Consulting and are still increasing. We will continue to use Lanna Consulting’s services for future jobs. A big “thanks” to Jeff Petry!

Henk van Westerveld ThaiTravelDreams.com

He sent us a DVD of his team in action, requesting that we put a video on his site.

We converted the DVD and made him a YouTube page to take advantage of Social Media Marketing.

Albacore Sushi is a unique product as processed by his boat. He wanted to emphasize this in his content, and convey this message clearly to his visitors.

We chose a theme very suitable to his marine operation, received all the images and content within 3 days, and completed the site 2 days later.

This is a perfect example of how a basic site can look good and convey a sense of professionalism to its visitors. We can make these kind of sites very quickly, and also very reasonably.

Ask us for an estimate.
 

The P2P Foundation is one of our oldest and most favorite clients. Run by Belgian Internet entrepreneur and theorist Michel Bauwens, this site is one of the most popular blogs and wikis concerning researching, documenting and promotingpeer-to-peer practices.

Michel wanted someone interested in this new paradigm, who could also be involved with setting up an e-shop on his site to highlight the best books in the field. We were pleased to welcome him as a client, and 7 years later we are still working and growing together.

We have worked in many different fields and industries since 1997, but the changes in cyberspace have been breathtaking, and a site like this has played its part in the evolution of a new paradigm.
 

Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens is founder of the Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and works in collaboration with a global group of researchers in the exploration of peer production, governance, and property. He has been an analyst for the United States Information Agency. Michel has taught courses on the anthropology of digital society to postgraduate students at ICHEC/St. Louis in Brussels, Belgium and related courses at Payap University and Chiang Mai University in Thailand. Bauwens is the author of a number of on-line essays, including the seminal thesis Peer to Peer and Human Evolution, and The Political Economy of Peer Production.

Spjallsvæði Sigurfreys is a Forum and Blog by our Icelandic designer and developer Sigurfreyr, aka Ziggy.

The site illustrates a number of useful features you can apply to your own website.

For example, Social Media is increasingly important, and we advise most customers to consider taking advantage of the traffic these sites can deliver to you — without a great deal of effort, and best of all: free.

The Slide Show below showing the website’s pages in this case is a very attractive and attention-grabbing component that many of our clients like.