Web Ascender

AIS Construction Equipment and Web Ascender have worked together to build 3 new websites for their businesses. The new aisequip.com utilizes the power of our content management system as well as many custom Microsoft .NET components. This website integrates with their internal Lotus Notes database to deliver their used construction inventory to the website. Watch their testimonial.

Century 21 Looking Glass and Web Ascender worked side by side to create a groundbreaking Michigan Real Estate website.  The website combines Century 21 Looking Glass' business objectives with the latest web technologies to effectively deliver mid-Michigan properties to potential homebuyers.  The website uses both IDX and VOW regional property data, allowing the public to search for recent listings and save properties to their "cart".

ProSeriesGolf.com began working with Ryan Doom in 2001 to develop an online store to sell their custom golf clubs and golf components. Web Ascender developed a custom E-Commerce system and Internet Marketing plan to help their startup business excel in the competitive golf industry.  ProSeriesGolf now conducts 95% of its business over the Internet and frequently doubles their online sales every 6 months.

Web Ascender flexes it’s custom programming muscles to offer website features that fortune 500 companies have yet to implement. EduGuide is positioning itself to be a leader in helping parents, educators and students create roadmaps for future students success. The website has custom article libraries of over 1,000 relevant articles for different age groups. Users can create accounts and take quizzes that provide the individual with actionable items to improve upon; these users can even save their goals and keep track of their progress using the website. An e-commerce store allows for educators to order EduGuide’s physical publication and marketing materials. The website even runs a sophisticated ad management system that allows the EduGuide team to determine which sponsors ads show up for which pages or on which articles.

The Beneicke Group had previously been working with another company that had been failing to properly represent their company on the web meet their online marketing needs. Web Ascender worked with the Beneicke Group to showcase over 10 of their rental complexes, 2 of their new subdivision developments and a dozen of their homes that are for sale or for rent. What’s the best part? They can actively update photos, add properties and maintain all of the content themselves after working with Web Ascender to setup their online content management system.

Michigan College Goal Sunday is an event that is held every year to help kids apply for and earn money towards college.  It recently has been recognized by the State as an offical day in February and is organized and run by the Partnership for Learning.  Web Ascender created the website on the DotNetNuke content management system which allows their team to add and edit content and announcements as needed.  The MI College Goal site also allows for participants to schedule reminders and volunteers can signup online.

The LAP Respite Center is an amazing organization that gives temporary relief for caregivers and families who are caring for those with disabilities, chronic or terminal illnesses, or the elderly. Planned respite time is a vital part of the continuum of family services intended to reduce family stress, support family stability, and minimize the need for out-of-home placements. Web Ascender assisted the center by building the center a small website that can be managed by their staff as necessary & we also assist them in their online marketing efforts by providing the necessary resources to send out professional electronic newsletters.

Web Ascender worked with Flint based Excavation company Eagle Excavation to build a website that is easy to navigate and easily breaks down their services & case studies. The website was built with the DotNetNuke content management system and our team of experts at Web Ascender provided onsite training as well as documented manuals on how to edit each of the major sections. This website is an example of how you can convey a lot of information with very little text on a website when it is properly organized and accompanied by the appropriate photography.

Our good friends at the Michigan Dental Association were in a bind before we started this project. They had been using the same e-commerce system for over 5 years and it was a service that they used through Microsoft that was discontinued! They were giving a couple months notice that their e-commerce platform was getting shut down and they needed a solution quick, so they contacted the team that they knew would come through for them. Web Ascender quickly moved into action and had their new e-commerce system up and running with all the products migrated in a couple weeks.

Fold-a-Cover offers the most innovative tonneau cover that I have ever seen, you get all the benefits of a hard tonneau cover and a soft cover combined into one, and all the production happens right here in Michigan! Their production facility is very impressive, producing and shipping out many 1,000’s of covers a week and having contracts with major companies like Hummer to produce their covers that can be ordered right from General Motors. The Fold-a-Cover website is equipped with a custom developed DotNetNuke module that allows a visitor to select the type of truck they have and it automatically recommends the appropriate covers that will fit. The Fold-a-Cover website also has an advanced dealer locator that will map all the Fold-a-Cover dealers within a specified radius of your location.

Lansing Michigan based technology company The Axiom Group contracted with Web Ascender to rebuild their entire suite of websites. They needed a hip, professional and polished design that would accurately represent their growing innovative business and looked no farther than Web Ascender to deliver these services for them. Web Ascender provided The Axiom Group with the DotNetNuke content management system, many of our custom DotNetNuke modules and also custom coded Flash for their website.

The New Citizens Press is a Mid-Michigan based newspaper that worked with Web Ascender to extend their paper onto the web. The New Citizens Press creates and publishes all their articles and photos online themselves without any of Web Ascender assistance. Once again Web Ascender used the DotNetNuke platform as a foundation for building the TNCP website. It’s important to note that even though we use the DotNetNuke platform, many of the modules including the article system that is used for this website are not standard DotNetNuke modules. Over the many years of experience with the framework we have build a library of our own modules that we use in many of our custom websites.

Mixtopia Premier launched their website in early 2006 and have seen amazing results from their new website.  Web Ascender worked with Mixtopia early on to create an Internet marketing strategy for the keywords "bartending services."  Mixtopia is now on the first page of Google for "Michigan Bartending Services", and number one on MSN for the keywords "Bartending Services."

Web Ascender worked with H2O Sprinklers and McQueen Landscaping to showcase their work in the Greater Lansing area and create an Internet marketing strategy to drive potential clients to their website.  The website features our custom DotNetNuke photo gallery as well as the online form-builder which collects information from the visitor that is critical for H2O to create an estimate.

One of the great things about the DotNetNuke website platform is that we can create new websites very quickly.  Murphy Family Dentists had their website up within 5 days of our first conversation.  The site is designed for prospective customers and current clients to find out more about the practice as well as obtain contact information and directions.

We worked with Amazon’s Parenting Best Seller Marybeth Hicks to work on two websites to assist her in marketing her latest book. Web Ascender worked with her design team to create a new website to showcase her blog, speaking and Washington Times articles. After completing the website that showcased her, we designed one for her new book Bringing Up Geeks.

The Minnesota Chiropractic Association used Web Ascender to create a new website to service their members and those seeking Chiropractic services. The website will allow their members to register for events, access secured member only areas and get notified of important news. It also has special sections available only to the board of directors for meeting minutes and pertinent documents. Minnesota residents can use a Google maps interface on the website to find a chiropractor in their area.

Dr. Anderson has been coaching runners for decades and he worked with Web Ascender to take his training and coaching online. Web Ascender used the DotNetNuke content management system to set Dr. Anderson up with a Blog, featuring RSS, automatic email updates and the website also allows Dr. Anderson to sell his coaching services and seminars online. This is helping Dr. Anderson to position himself in the industry to start training and coaching some of the best marathon runners and thanks to the internet he can also coach you!

This Web Ascender client is helping to make the earth a greener place, and making your loved ones happy in the process. Future Oxygen Cards used Web Ascender to create an e-commerce website that allow the public & wholesalers access to the website to buy their unique cards. These cards are actually biodegradable and when you plant them flowers and plants grow! Web Ascender built this website with the DotNetNuke content management system and our development team has made it possible for this client to easily add new categories and cards for sale to their website.

The Michigan Education Association (MEA) used Web Ascender to create a small website for one of their dropout prevention initiatives. The website features information regarding their summit, link to register online through one of their partner websites, as well as a way to fill out a PDF and register by mail. Features that you might not be able to see are the blog, documents and other features that are available to their participants after the event by logging in and participating.

We have been working with clients in other states and all around the world on their DotNetNuke projects. Cubic, a publicly traded company has used Web Ascender to prototype and develop multiple .NET projects including a custom DotNetNuke mapping application. The application allows them to define regions around the world such as Asia, Europe, Australia and then using DNN permissions to control which users have access to which regions. News and important information is then posted to these maps for their users to view in real time. The system is expected to deliver news and important updates to facilities around the world.

Michigan Dental Association has been working with the members of Web Ascender for many years, when it came to determining who would do their redesign in 2008 the fact that our team has always been very responsive to their needs and issues was a major factor. Web Ascender worked with their marketing team to create a design that worked with their new brand and printed materials. Web Ascender created custom member only sections, event registration integration, features to pay dues and make payments online, mapping solutions to find a dentist in your area, on online store, and an article/content management system to manage over 400 pages of content.

Tomie Raines Inc., a leading real estate company in mid-Michigan, used Web Ascender to rebuild their website to offer more features and increase the sites day-to-day stability. Web Ascender worked with Tomie Raines Inc. to provide online property listings, micro-websites for their real estate agents, member access to save properties of interest, as well as creating a system to capture leads from interested home buyers.

America by Rail offers vacations throughout the United States, their difference is that you get to enjoy the scenic countryside by rail as you travel between your vacation destinations.  Web Ascender worked closely with America by Rail to identify their typical customer, and built the website to target that demographic.  We made the website compact, easy to read, and extremely easy to navigate, as well as added a way to increase font size to help viewers with deteriorating eyesight.  Watch their testimonial.

Go Solutions Group had recently decided to rename and rebrand their company to better fit with the products they sell and the customers they service.  Time was of the essence to Go Solutions Group as they had been struggling internally to get the necessary time to dedicate to building their website, and they needed it fast.  Web Ascender worked with Go Solutions Group to outline their website sitemap and then created their website within 2 weeks to meet their launch deadline. Watch their testimonial.

Joey’s Pet Outfitters is a pet supply company focusing on natural holistic foods, latest fashions, and unique dog and cat products.  Joey’s Pet Outfitters recently went through a brand update with a new logo and store makeover.  Joey’s Pet Outfitters used Web Ascender to create a website that would match their brand and be easy for their staff to update. They were also happy that we were 25% under budget at the end of the project.

Total Health Chiropractic had worked with another web development company for 3 months before switching to Web Ascender who delivered the first version in 3 weeks.  Web Ascender worked with Total Health Chiropractic to build an online membership portal where their chiropractic team could easily shoot their own exercise and training videos then upload them to the website on their own.  To date Total Health Chiropractic has created and uploaded over 100 videos and articles into their members only area without any assistance from our technical team.

Have a beautiful portfolio to showcase? Boyd Landscaping did, so they worked with Web Ascender to setup a system where they could easily create their own photo galleries and add photos and manage their website on their own.  Web Ascender worked with Boyd landscaping over the course of 4 weeks to select photos, determine their sitemap, and outline the content to be created when building their website.

Web Ascender worked with Security First Insurance, who has been in business for over 85 years, to rebuild their new website.  They needed a professional image that explained what they did and allowed them to capture internet leads through online contact and quote forms.  This website is built on the DotNetNuke content management platform and enables Security First Insurance to maintain an accurate online directory of their growing staff.

Web Ascender has worked with the Nichols Law Firm over the years to create three websites.  A website for their practice, a micro website to focus specifically on auto accidents and a website to blog about criminal law developments in Michigan.  Nichols Law firm manages all of their content and announcements themselves and relies on Web Ascender only to design and create the framework for each of their websites.  Web Ascender also manages a search engine marketing campaign for the firm.

Home Health Strategic Management needed a way to showcase their seminars, sell products and DVDs online, grow their newsletter base as well as showcase their upcoming events.  Working with Web Ascender allowed them to get the features they needed at a price they could afford.  We also are saving them lots of money each month because they can manage all of their own events and news announcements.

Fat Boy’s Pizza worked with Web Ascender to build a site that focused on their staff, community efforts and why the Fat Boy’s company is great, not just its pizza.  That is a given.  Web Ascender setup coupon areas, newsletter systems, online videos, and even a way for their favorite customers to upload their own photos.

How do you manage 1,000’s of articles, Word documents, PDF’s, press releases and project profiles for your business?  You contact Web Ascender.  Our team worked with AEG to programmatically migrate 1,000’s of articles from an older system to our articles system in the DotNetNuke content management system.  AEG now has much more control of where information shows on their website and can manage it with ease.

Web Ascender worked with the Trac Trenching team to create a website to help market their unique business.  What was great for Trac Trenching is that technology is relatively new to them and they appreciated how closely Web Ascender worked with them on explaining things in detail so they could understand.  We built their website on a quick timeline and to their complete satisfaction, it showcases projects they have worked on and the services they can perform.

Web Ascender worked with Apreva Hospice to create a website where families in California can learn more about their hospice care services.  The website was created on the DotNetNuke platform which gives Apreva Hospice an easy way to update the website, add events, job postings and keep the website current.

This website also has a feature to switch to a Spanish version.  This helps connect with individuals in the area who search and look for hospice organizations using Spanish.

Whitcomb Realty team needed a working real estate website quickly.  They had already spend a lot of money on a previous website that never worked as expected.  Whitcom Realty contacted Web Ascender due to our expertise in real estate websites to get a new website, and to get incoming leads for buyers and sellers.  Whitcom team had their new website up in 1/10 of the time of their last website, and everything they could imagine now works flawlessly.

Bee Inspired turned to Web Ascender to create their website because of the success their friends have had using our services.  Bee Inspired was introducing a new product to market and wanted an attractive, easy to use e-commerce website. 

Bee Inspired worked with our team to create an elegant easy to use design to market their product and the website had sales coming in the first week it was launched!

Detroit patent law firm Brooks Kushman used Web Ascender to develop their new website due to our expertise in content management systems and search engine optimization.

This 100+ lawyer law firm needed a website that they could easily update and had an image that accurately represented their professionalism and experience.

Brooks Kushman can easily add pages, news, press releases, employee profiles and manage virtual every piece of content on the website through a web interface.

Trumpie photography focuses on photography for business and professional organizations.  Web Ascender worked with Trumpie photography to create a clean, simple and elegant design that would showcase the company's work.

Throughout the site the visitor will see many photographs that Trumpie can upload and add to the website without Web Ascender's assistance.  This ensures that the website can be kept up to date and relevant through the years.

The John Truscott Group was looking for a new professional design and a website that they could manage on their own without spending thousands each time their website needed to be updated.  Web Ascender worked with their team to create an engaging design, integrate their social media efforts, create an easy way to showcase their work and put the control of their website in their hands.

This website was created using the DotNetNuke content management framework.

Dayton Interventional Radiology is a medical facility in Ohio that specializes in minimally invasive surgerys.  Web Ascender worked with DaytonIR to design, develop, write the content, and shoot videos for their website.

Web Ascender worked with DaytonIR to select specific search terms and tailor their website to perform well with search engines.

This website is built on the DotNetNuke content management system, making it easy to add and edit content.

Web Ascender worked with Inside Michigan Politics to build a new website that was focused on turning visitors into subscribers of their newsletter.  Web Ascender worked with IMP to create a strategy to funnel users from the homepage to their order page. 

Web Ascender also consulted with IMP on how to utilize Facebook and Twitter to increase visitors and subscribers of the publication.

IMP had more new subscribers the first month then they did all last year with their old website.

SET SEG Insurance used Web Ascender to create an web portal for their customers.  Customers can login to this portal and view important information on their insurance policies, add and make edit to their insurance, download and upload important documents and perform many actions that previously could only be done by phone or fax.  This system was designed to make it easier for both clients and SET SEG to do business.

SET SEG chose Web Ascender to implement this project due to our expertise in content management systems and web development.

KI Technology Group used Web Ascender to create a new website for their network support and managed services company.  The goal was to create a site that was attractive, easy to navigate and easy to update.

KI Technology has leveraged this website to run a successful blog, create an area for clients to login and access information, and also integrate Twitter feeds.

Bank consulting company S.A Peters Marketing used Web Ascender to develop a website to inform prospects and showcase their previous work and services.

Web Ascender also worked with the company's CEO to integrate her social media campaigns into the website. Including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

An easy to use content management system makes it possible for S.A Peters Marketing to quickly update their content, services, portfolio and blog.

Meridian Area Business Association used Web Ascender to implement their new association website.  This website has an online members directory, allows visitors to register and pay to become members, and offers a host of services to members after they have logged into the website.

A set of custom DotNetNuke modules allows MABA to manage and edit members and their membership subscriptions.  Adding sponsors, blogs, news announcements and new pages to the website can be done by any of the MABA staff.

Paragon Corvette used Web Ascender to get move their 10,000+ part catalog to the web and create a way for visitors to browse and purchase products.

The project consisted of setting up a leading e-commerce platform and writing a custom import to add and categorize all of the products on the website.

This new website has increased Paragon Corvette's sales and have made it much easier for them to do business with new customers.

The Michigan Beer & Wine Wholesalers Association used Web Ascender to design and develop a new website for their organization.  MBWWA wanted an interactive directory of their members and their members products as well as a large members only area.

Web Ascender was able to set up a system where the MBWWA staff can easily manage all of the member listings, add / edit pages and content, manage online calendars, and easily maintain photo galleries!

The Michigan High School Athletic Association used Web Ascender's development team to build their website and create over 50 custom components.  MHSAA wanted to retire many of their old Access database systems and move everything to the web.  Web Ascender worked with MHSAA over the course of 5 months to completely re-organize their databases, their internal workflow, their online services, how they collect money and work with the schools.

During the football season this website receives over 10,000 hits a day for schedule and score updates.

Car and engine part manufacturer Melling worked with Web Ascender to build over a dozen websites.  Melling has many different services and divisions and wanted each part of their company to have an area where they can showcase their products and innovation.

Each division website can be easily managed by employees from that division and, due to the implementation of a new suite of websites, their traffic has increased over 10x in the last year.