1st Grade Design Services

1st Grade Design has worked on a variety of multimedia and web-based projects.  If you can Google it, email me it or present it we can help polish it up so that it truly shines!  Inject some vitality into your corporate look and feel by engaging 1st Grade Design in one or more of our following services:

If you have questions about what we do or would like to discuss a project in more depth please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Below are some of the tools we use and a brief description of their applicability to a given project.

Web Design

Joomla is a Content Management System that can be leveraged to build an entire website.  Websites that utilize Joomla range from small non-profits up to corporate sites.  Using a Content Management System allows greater interaction by the client post handover.  Furthermore, additional functionality can be quickly added thanks to numerous components and extensions that are constantly being developed and refined by Joomla related developers.  For more information on how Joomla can benefit your company please see http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla.html and contact us with further questions.

Wordpress is a Content Management System that can be leveraged to build an entire website.  Websites that utilize Wordpress range from small non-profits up to corporate sites.  The main function that we utilize Wordpress for is developing blogs for companies to directly communicate externally with clients or internally with employees.  Using a Content Management System allows greater interaction by the client post handover.  Furthermore, additional functionality can be quickly added thanks to numerous components and extensions that are constantly being developed and refined by Wordpress related developers.  For more information on how Wordpress can benefit your company please see http://wordpress.org/about/ and contact us with further questions.

Blogger is a Content Management System that can be leveraged to build an entire website.  Websites that utilize Blogger range from small non-profits up to corporate sites.  Blogger, as its name implies is also mainly used as a platform for blogging and can be very effective for individuals looking at promoting a particular field of interest or as a vehicle for sharing industry knowledge as a way to attract potential clients looking for information in a particular area of interest. Using a Content Management System allows greater interaction by the client post handover.  Furthermore, additional functionality can be quickly added thanks to numerous components and extensions that are constantly being developed and refined by Blogger related developers.

Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) are techniques used to elevate your website to the top of results returned by search engines.  In particular we focus our efforts on the particular keyword(s) that are common to your particular service or product.  Ways to affect changes in results ranking include examining your current website and proposing a list of changes known to have the most impact while minimizing the amount of changes to your website to ensure operations continue as normal.  Often, clients whom engage us for this service use this as an opportunity to also redesign there website so that as there rankings climb, there website is also up to date and encourage repeat visits.

Google offers a set of tools that we are knowledgeable in using.  Correct use of these tools can help improve your rankings for Google searches.  as the most used search engine in the world, improving your ranking in Google can go a long way in increasing exposure and drawing in new customers and hopefully repeat business by existing customers.  If you believe you have a great product or service, but no one knows who you are this is the service for you.  A simple Google search for your company will tell you how you compare in relation to your competitors.  If you are not on the first page contact us know, as most of your potential customers never make it past the first page of search results.

Social Media Marketing

Facebook is a social networking website that can be used to leverage existing relationships and attract attention to you personally or professionally. Currently ranked first in number of users.

Myspace is a social networking website that can be used to leverage existing relationships and attract attention to you personally or professionally.  Myspace is geared toward individuals / companies with a more artistic flair to their business.  Myspace is great for aspiring artists, musicians and companies which provide products and services that support their endeavors.

Twitter is a social networking site that unlike Myspace or Facebook is used more for communicating to the public as a whole.  Tweeting involves providing updates a regular basis expressing what you are doing and what you know.  The more unique and interesting your tweets are, the more followers you get.  Let us help you become a top Twitter and watch your sales grow as your followers become customers / clients.

Multimedia Design

Photoshop is part of a suite of tools we use to create a wide range of items for your portfolio ranging from logos, banners and brochures.

Flash is part of a suite of tools we use to create eye stunning presentations, web banners, etc.

Picasa is a Digital Photo Management System that can be leveraged to create an online portfolio or photo gallery on your website.  We can incorporate Picasa API's as part of your engagement to help create eye catching photo galleries that can be updated on the fly.  Often minimal coding is needed on the customers part to add / delete photos that appear on their website.

Flickr is another option that can be used as a Digital Photo Management System that can be leveraged to create an online product portfolio or photo gallery on your website.  We can incorporate Flickr API's as part of your engagement to help create eye catching photo galleries that can be updated on the fly.  Often minimal coding is needed on the customers part to add / delete photos that appear on their website.