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  • Client Spotlight: The Chrysalis Corporation

    Most of the time companies go out of their way to tell you all about the HUGE projects they’ve completed. Heck, we’ve done it ourselves. But the smaller projects come and go without much fanfare. We intend to change that with a new series of posts highlighting some projects that we’ve done where they may not have been big projects, but for the client, the end result was just what they needed.

    A few months back we got a call from Michael Spremulli from the Chrysalis Corporation, a service provider of pre-employment assessment solutions. The former Chrysalis Corporation website was comprised of static HTML pages that were becoming increasingly cumbersome for him to update and maintain. Although Mike was brand new to WordPress, he knew that he wanted to take his website in that direction, and that’s where 9seeds entered the picture.

    Mike came to the table already armed with a vision for the new Chrysalis site. Based on his needs, we took an existing StudioPress theme on the Genesis framework – the Enterprise child theme, to be exact – and made some custom design changes to match what Mike was looking for. On top of that, we created some custom post types to allow him to easily add new assessments. To ensure Mike would be comfortable with his new WordPress back-end, we provided him with a bit of training, and walked him though all the steps he needed to update and maintain the site.

    In the end, the newly-converted Chrysalis website went live and is working well for Mike. He likes the SEO-friendly aspect of his WordPress site, and is thrilled with the ease of updating content without having to contact a developer. As it turns out, he’s received a consistent string of compliments from his existing clients about the changes and is also converting leads better than his old site did. It’s definitely the kind of turnout we like to hear!

    Getting kudos from clients we work with is always very much appreciated, so you can imagine how flattered we were to see this video review that Mike made about our services. It was quite a nice gesture to mark the implementation of another 9seeds project. We’re just glad that he’s happy with the end result.

    Thanks for your kind words, Mike!

    Digital World Expo – Digital Startup Speaker Series

    We are proud to announce our involvement with a new event coming to Las Vegas, Digital World Expo! From their site:

    Digital World Expo debuts an annual forum for professional education in all forms of interactive marketing, media, communications and advertising. Attendees will learn, train and build awareness of technology application in media and what’s to come. Four areas are presented to meet the needs of today’s media professionals in digital advertising, marketing, public relations, development and strategy.

    DWE will take place at the Mirage Event Center here in Las Vegas and will contain 30+ classes on all aspects of online marketing. The classes are going to be less about being a simple presentation and more about actual “Next Steps” that attendees can take action on when they return to the office. One of the courses will be lead by 9seeds’ John Hawkins who will be talking about… you guessed it, WordPress.

    9seeds will also be involved in something we find really cool, The Digital Startup Speaker Series. In short, the DSSS will give startups 10 minutes on stage to show off their product or service to a room full of decision makers. Best of all, there is no cost to the startups!

    If you are part of a startup and want to register for one of the 24 available time slots, complete the online registration form here.

    With an expected attendance of 500-700 people at DWE, this is going to be a great opportunity for some startups to jump-start their project. We are very excited to be a part of it and hope you will come check out the event.