Centennial Canoe
Overview
Centennial Canoe in Colorado offers canoe trip on 7 different rivers throughout the west. Centennial wanted a site that allowed customers to browse the trip options and share their experiences.
Result
The new site has a custom built database allowing the client to post custom trips. Each trip contains a unique photo gallery, river selection, price and description.
ROW Adventures
Overview
ROW Adventure Center in Coeur d Alene Idaho already had a pretty solid site. What was missing was a mobile version. Over the last year they had seen a significant increase in users coming to the site via a mobile device.
Result
A mobile site was created matching the look and feel of the current site. A script was added to determine if a user is on a mobile device and automatically redirect them to the mobile version.
American Outdoor Association
Overview
At the Amercian Outdoor Association convention, we were looking for a way to stand out as well as feel at home with rafting, canoe and zipline companies. We came up with the concept of Epop Studio can be your guide for the digital adventure. We knew we would never find a stock image that contained all the elements we wanted. We decided to created the enviroment as a custom 3-d rendering. Using a mix of photos placed into a made-up but realistic river canyon. We then named each feature as some of the services we provide.
Result
At the convention, our booth had a 9' x 8' fabric banner. We also created an 8x10 postcard for customers to take with them. The postcard featured the illustration on the front, the back gave a quick overview and highlighted a few projects.
Cascade Mountain
Overview
Cascade Mountain in Portage Wisconsin offers skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing. It was time for a site re-skin, they wanted a fresh look, more control over the home page and featured social links.
Result
A new site was launched in November including photo of the day, home page slider image, featured news and a content management system allowing the resort to edit every page on the site
Midwest Service Warehouse
Overview
Midwest Service Warehouse in Lawrenceburg, Indiana offers packaging, warehousing, and fulfillment services. With a wide variety of custom projects they needed a website that could be easily updated.
Result
A new site was created allowing the client to feature case studies. A content management system was added along with a product gallery.
Perfect North Slopes
Overview
Perfect North Slopes has a pretty extensive web site, including e-commerce, online group and tubing reservations, 4 live cams and mini sites for ski patrol, employees and instructors. A new skin is no small undertaking.
Result
The new site allows the user to get a quick overview of: news, snow report, live cams, video podcast, ski poll and directions right on the home page.
Snow Snake
Overview
Over the last few years Snow Snake in Harrison Michigan has been expanding, adding snow tubing and ziplines. A new site was needed to help promote these new activities in addition to skiing/snowboarding and an 18 hole golf course.
Result
A new site was launched in November including a customized e-commerce shopping cart allowing customers to buy: season passes, the after school ski program and gift certificated.
Dearborn County CVB
Overview
Dearbon County CVB promotes year-round attractions. Each week a blog is updated to inform visitors of what is going on each weekend.
Result
The site contains both a main site and a mobile version. Customers can also book a hotel package that includes their choice or activities and dining. This was custom built to fit the needs of the CVB
Moeller
Overview
Moeller High School outside of Cincinnati, was in need of a new site. The previous site was not very active, only text announcements could be posted on the home page. The new site had to be dynaic and focus on many different audiences: students, faculty, alumni, parents and perspective students.
Result
This one was a little different for us. We only created the design. A third pary company was already in place due to the grading and homework system. We created a design that fit in with their needs, but stood out from other school sites.
From Our Blog
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What does a website cost?
The question I get asked the most is "what does it cost to build a website?". It's not a simple answer. It's like asking what does it cost to build a house? It really comes down to what do you want the site to do?
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Social Skiing
At the summer MSAA meetings, I gave presentation that took a look at how the resorts are doing on social sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Since a few months have gone by, I thought it would be good to revisit this and see what has changed.
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How often should I update my site?
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Do You Need a Mobile Website?
The simple answer is YES! Why? How many of your customers have a smartphone? Grab your phone and look at your current site, how does it look? Can you navigate it, what works, how long does it take to load? If it makes you frustrated, so are your customers.
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Facebook Custom Tabs
You have your business on Facebook, but are you doing everything you can? Did you know you can add additional pages beyond the standard: wall, info and photos?
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Utilize Technologies to Improve
Guest Service and LoyaltyEach summer the Midwest Ski Areas Association holds its annual meeting. Epop Studio was invited to give a presentation on how to improve guest service using technology.