Company: Anemones, Clowns and Corals
Website: clownsandcorals.com

Anemones, Clowns and Corals is an established brick-n-mortar business specializing in providing live corals, fish and equipment to Saltwater aquarium enthusiasts. They specialize in aquacultured fish and corals, providing healthy captive-breed coral and fish that are either raised on site or purchased from breeders including ORA, Sustainable Aquatics, as well as regional breeders. They currently offer Clownfish, Bangaii Cardinals, Dottybacks, as well as Mandarin Goby’s. By focusing only on captive-breed specimens, they help ensure our natural coral reefs are left unaffected by aquarium hobby.

About the services provided

Anemones, Clowns and Corals was looking to expand their marketing reach into the internet. Working with Journey to Success, an entirely new eCommerce site was developed, aimed at presenting their products on the internet and thus expanding their marketing reach.  Additionally, the redesign included the following details:

• Setup and configuration of hosting service, email accounts, databases, SSL certificate, FTP processing etc.
• Implemented new website utilizing a dynamically generate, SEO friendly eCommerce system
• Created custom site presentation templates indicative of the business' desired image
• Implemented Social Network and Social Sharing
• Deployed all content, product catelog and articles for the site
• SEO optimization of the content as well as implementation of analytics, sitemaps and site submission to major search engines
• Implementation of newsletter system
  • Integration with the eCommerce customer database
  • Allowed for simple sgin-up forms
  • Creation of a new Newsletter email template
  • On-going management of newsletter system including newsletter distribution
• Customized Products banners were created to showcase new and sale products
• A custom-built payment gateway was implemented to allow credit card processing utilizing Mercury Payment Systems' hosted check-out thus supporting PCI compliance
• Implementation of PayPal payment processing
• Implemented Shipping calculators for FedEx and  USPS
• Creation of a custom logo
• Implementation of a blogging component
• Publishing of site to various directory services

Anemones, Clowns and Corals is an ongoing client of Journey to Success

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Company: Harper Realty, Inc.  (personal site)
Website: CowgirlKelly.com

Journey to Success worked with Harper Realty, Inc. to create a new and unique website in honor of the Miss Rodeo Florida Sweetheart award presented to Kelly Harper.  This site was a special presentation for her outstanding achievement.

About the services provided

Harper Realty, Inc. was looking for a unique website that had the feel of the rodeo and horses, while showing the cowgirl side of life.  Journey to Success worked with Harper Realty Inc. to completely design and implement the website, focusing on providing an presentation and image that was indicative of the spirit for the Miss Rodeo Florida pageant and of Kelly Harper.  Additionally, the redesign included the following details:

• Implementation of a Dynamic SEO-friendly Content Management System
• Implementation of a photo gallery system and Blogging component
• Addition of Social Social Bookmarking features
• Set-up of new hosting services

Harper Realty is a current client of Journey to Success

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Company: A Native Design, Inc. 
Website: ANativeGarden.com

A Native Garden Design is a landscape design company specializing in California Natives and drought tolerant plants, with specific knowledge of Southern California – its climate, soil and water situation. A Native Garden Design's philosophy is to plant the proper plant in the best location the first time to provide years of enjoyment for the owner and the plant. Their gardens are designed to produce a beautiful landscape , creating a wonderful habitat for people, butterflies and birds, with year round color and use the minimum amounts of water and maintenance.

About the services provided

A Native Garden Design was looking to improve their website appeal to potential clients.  Journey to Success worked with A Native Garden Design Inc. to completely replace their existing website, focusing on providing an presentation and image that was indicative of the spirit and services provided by the company, with a focus on nature and the native plants of California. Additionally, the redesign included the following details:

• Implementation of a Dynamic SEO-friendly Content Management System
• Implementation of a photo gallery system
• SEO Optimization of all content
• Addition of Social Networking and Social Bookmarking features
• Migration of the site to new hosting services

A Native Garden Design is a current client of Journey to Success

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Company: MMG Realty Inc. 
Website: MMGRealtyInc.com

Founded in 2008, MMG Realty, Inc. is a full service commercial real estate company with over 50 years of combined experience in the commercial real estate business. Focusing on their core business of retail shopping centers, their strong working relationship with retailers, property owners and the brokerage community is their key to success. MMG Realty, Inc. specializes in the acquisition and disposition of retail shopping centers, tenant representation, third party leasing, property management and shopping center development. They have developed for Shop ‘N Save, Walgreens, Party City, Home Depot, Goodyear Tire Company and many others.

About the services provided

Journey to Success worked with MMG Realty Inc. to completely replace their existing website, focusing on developing a business design that was indicative of MMG Realty as a company, and the services it provided. Additionally, the redesign included the following details:

• Implementation of a Dynamic SEO-friendly Content Management System
• Development and implementation of a custom Property Management System
• SEO Optimization of all content
• Migration of the site to new hosting services

MMG Realty Inc is an ongoing client of Journey to Success

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Company: Salty Underground 
Website: www.SaltyUnderground.com

With over 10 years in the business, Salty Underground specializes in the breeding and sale of Berghia Nudibranchs to saltwater aquarium enthusiasts.  Additionally, they offer an ever growing selection of captive bred saltwater fish and live aquacultured corals, macro algae and invertebrates.

They also run a successful Aquarium Maintenance service in the St Louis area, specializing in providing expert care for your aquarium, supporting both fresh and saltwater systems.

About the services provided

Journey to Success worked with Salty Underground to provide a much needed face-lift for their creLoaded-based e-Commerce system, focusing on developing a clean presentation that reflected the personality of the business and allowed them to showcase their products and services.  Additionally, the redesign included the following details:

• Redesign of the creLoaded e-Commerce presentation templates
• Development and implementation of a custom Testimonial system
• Addition of a PayPal payment gateway
• Numerous usability improvements to the presentation layer including image zoom, dynamic shopping-cart display and shipping cost estimation
• Addition of shipping cost handling for local orders, free shipping over a certain amount, and sales tax on sales within their state
• Addition of Social Media and Social Sharing
• Addition of a customized Fanpage on Facebook
• SEO optimization of the content as well as the Creation of content relating to Berghia Nudibranchs and Aiptasia Anemones
• Implementation of an Auto-responders and eBook distribution system
• Development and installation of various security measures to protect their system

Salty Underground now ranks #1 on Google for searches relating to their main product: Berghia Nudibranchs.

Salty Underground is an ongoing maintenance client of Journey to Success

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Company: Kazlow International, LLC.
Website: www.drfernkazlow.com

Dr. Fern Kazlow, Ed.D., is a New York licensed clinical psychotherapist, speaker, author, and business and branding consultant.  She pioneered the mind-body-spirit connection in the mid-1970s with the development of Integrative Therapy. In 1981, she founded Integrative Therapy and Integrative Action™, and later opened one of the first holistic centers in New York.

About the services provided

Journey to Success worked with Dr. Fern Kazlow (a.k.a. Dr. K)  to develop an entirely new site aimed at presenting their products and services.  The new design focused on presenting a sharp and edgy look that reflected the personality of the business.  Additionally, the redesign included the following details:

• Implemented new website utilizing a dynamically generate, SEO friendly Content management system
• Created custom site presentation templates indicative of the business' desired image
• Implemented Social Network and Social Sharing
• Deployed all content, PDF reports and video for the site
• SEO optimization of the content as well as implementation of analytics, sitemaps and site submission to major search engines
• Implementation of newsletter system
  • Integration with AWeber third-party email service
  • Creation of a new Newsletter email template
  • On-going management of newsletter system including newsletter distribution
• Rotating banners were created to showcase the products and services

Dr. Fern Kazlow is an ongoing client of Journey to Success

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Company: Dr. Ronald Whitmont
Website: www.HomeopathicMD.com

Dr. Ronald Whitmont is a second generation Homeopath. Dr. Whitmont's practice is about caring for the whole person, body and mind. Caring for the emotional, as well as the physical needs of individuals, is accomplished in many ways by listening carefully to each person's history and by individually designing treatment strategies to utilize the best, safest, non-toxic modalities possible.

About the services provided

Working with Dr. Whitmont, Journey to Success implemented numerous SEO improvements to assist in building traffic to the site.  Of primary concern were rankings in Local Business searches.  Additionally, the redesign included the following details:

• Implemented several SEO improvements aimed at increasing SE visibility and rankings
• Instituted numerous Local Search improvements including directory and business listings
• Integrated Constant Contact. a third-party email service, to allow newsletter sign-ups by visitors to the site

Dr. Ronald Whitmont is an ongoing client of Journey to Success

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