Keeping your small business website alive and valuable means that, as a business owner, you will need to continue to regularly feed your investment. Finding the extra time can be tough but with a little bit of planning and these helpful tips, your website will be well fed! 1. Make a schedule Monthly updates are [...]

These days, it’s not enough to just have a website. You have to use it. This means that once you’ve labored over choosing the right domain name, designing the perfect graphics and pulling your teeth out to write intro, about us and services pages, you are far from done. Once you launch a website, it’s [...]

As part of an important media campaign in support of the All Alaska Gasline, SWS did a major revision of the Alaska Gasline animation that we created for the Bill Walker campaign. Many more Alaska towns were added (Fort Greely, Fort Eielson, Fort Rich, Elmendorf, Seward, Kenai, Homer) and the gasline now extends to the [...]

Improving website organization so that visitor’s can quickly find the information that interests them was an important aspect to this redesign project. During the initial design phase, target audiences were identified and used to help direct additions to the old website content. Content was reorganized into sections easily identifiable by color codes. Marketing the city [...]

The new website of Brazilian artist, Renata Lauer, uses the beauty of her paintings as inspiration. Simple, photo-driven graphic design emphasizes her art work. The website integrates with her Flickr account so that she can manage website photos without needing to call on her web designer. Both the homepage slideshow and the portfolio page images [...]

The artist’s work take center stage in this minimal design. Creativity and the personal presence of the artist are communicated by a handwriting style Google web font. The homepage opens with a large slideshow making it easy for site visitors to click-through various images in the portfolio. Both the slideshow and the art page use [...]

Operating out of Valdez, Alaska, SWAN is a recently formed community health organization whose mission is to improve the health status and well-being of Prince William Sound residents. As a new organization, they needed a look that communicates energy, friendliness and approachability. To that end, SWS developed a logo and graphic design that use bold [...]

Life long Alaskan Bill Walker needed a website to help launch his campaign for governor of Alaska. To emphasize his message about the benefits to Alaskans for an All Alaska gasline, an animated map was created showing the location of a future gasline. Other key components of the site are the ability to receive online [...]

Anchorage cardiologist Mark Moronell ran as a Republican candidate for Alaska Senate, District P (Anchorage). Dr. Moronell needed a website to launch his campaign and inform voters of his position on the issues. His website also had the ability to accept online donations and featured a Facebook link.

Fairbanks dentist Pete Higgins ran as a Republican candidate for Alaska Senate, District D (Fairbanks). Dr. Higgins wanted a website to launch his campaign and inform voters of his position on the issues. His website also has the ability to accept online donations and features Facebook and Twitter links.

The Gold Rush Committee of Valdez wanted a redesigned site completed in time for the August 2010 event. The site features a homepage slideshow, news feed, and Facebook link.

Totem Inn owners Mike and Connie wanted a redesigned website built within a content management system for easy updating so we set them up with the reliable, open source WordPress software. The attractive header images changes seasonally to keep the site in sync with the Valdez landcape. Their site also features a link to their [...]

A genuine mom and pop business, Jones Carpet Care prides themselves on being professional and down-to-earth. After 26 years of business experience, they decided it was time to get their business online, with the help of Sound Web Solutions. We put together a simple website with a quaint graphic design to communicate the family approach [...]

A simple yet elegant website for our cousin’s Home Organizing business in São Paulo. A language switcher is built in so that site users can easily choose between English and Portuguese content.

The Copper Valley Telecom website provides valuable web services such online email and SWS email messaging, community resources such as classifieds and weather cams as well as gives extensive information about telecommunications services and promotions. Copper Valley wanted an updated, dynamic website focused on marketing their services to Valdez and the Copper River Valley. A [...]

When planning a web development project, it’s important to start with a thorough needs analysis. The more clearly you understand your needs and goals, the easier it will be to build an effective website that meets those needs. To help you get oriented through this sticky first phase, we’ve compiled the following list of questions: [...]

Website redesign for Combs Insurance, located in Palmer, Alaska, and serving the Valley. For this project, Sound Web Solutions teamed up with the great one-stop computer solution company, Out of a Jam Solutions.

A highlight of the summer, the halibut and silver salmon derbies are a big attraction for both local and out-of-state tourists. Having long outgrown their old site, derbies’ promoter, Valdez Fish Derbies, was in need of a new look that is both more user-friendly and more professional. Sound Web Solutions, LLC. reformatted all of the [...]

The redesigned Alaska Gasline Port Authority website gives the oganization a more contemporary look, including a subtle header animation that emphasizes the benefits of the project for Alaskans. Content was revised and reorganized to be more succinct and user friendly so that site viewers, as well as search engines, can quickly find the information they [...]

The newly redesigned KCHU website features not only streaming radio but also the addition of podcasts and an online donation area. With these tools, KCHU can deliver local radio shows to podcasters and online listeners, as well as easily accept donation payments online, helping them to increase overall donation income.

Cute and affordable, this website is a perfect example of our Internet Business Card option. Consisting of just one page, it is a low-cost alternative for those who want a web presence but who aren’t ready to invest in a standard website. This site also features a PayPal button that allows the bed and breakfast [...]

One of Alaska’s top 49 businesses, The Tatitlek Corporation is a highly successful, native owned company. Our new, professional website brought their online presence up-to-speed with their fast-paced success, helping them to effectively market their image and products.