Internet Applications Detail

We are Internet professionals with over 15 years of experience in network-based on-line services and applications for improving and extending internal organizational capabilities. Here are some examples of Internet applications we offer our clients.

• Automated Web Publishing
• Community Web Sites
• Conferences, Bulletin Boards and Chat
• Marketing Products and Services
• Demonstrations and Tutorials
• E-Commerce
• Event Registration
• Resume Submission
• Surveys and Data Collection
• Technical or Customer Support
• WebCams (live video camera views)
• Webinars (web-based seminars & tutorials)

	Automated Web Publishing

Automating the design, production and publication (posting) of web pages can greatly reduce both time and cost. Additional benefits include:

• standard design and layout of all pages
• reduction or elimination of errors
• publication by any authorized person without requiring specialized skills (e.g., HTML programming and editing)
• reduced demand on limited web site production and management resources

Also see: Forms-Based Applications

	Community Web Sites

These web sites often integrate valuable information with a number of component applications (any or all of those described on this page) to serve the needs of a specific community of interest (sales and var teams, product users groups, trade organizations, health, collaborative learning, special topic or issue groups, etc.).

The value that each community participant receives is directly related to the frequency of information updates, and to the magnitude and responsiveness of other participants. The greater the value, the more participants will visit your web site. Great Connections® can help you to cost-effectively build, expand, improve and operate your community web site to deliver greater value to members and achieve a higher level of participation.

Examples: One ADD Place, The Center for The Work

	Conferences, Bulletin Boards and Chat

These applications allow participants to engage in ongoing, on-line "conversations" with peers, experts and support people. Conferences and Bulletin Boards can be entered by users at any time to post messages (comments, questions, inquiries and requests), and to read - and reply to - messages posted by others. This unique capability makes them especially useful for community and technical support applications. Chat allows two or more participants to interact in real time.

	Marketing Products and Services

This kind of web site provides basic information about a company and its products or services. Although it is typically marketing oriented, it can also be a foundation for the other applications on this page. Great Connections® has successfully designed, built and managed these web sites for many clients, ranging from individual professionals to large corporations.

Examples: Fox Electronics, The Hallowell Center, MITB, Inc.,
Reliant Technologies

Also see: Demonstrations and Tutorials, E-Commerce

	Demonstrations and Tutorials

Some products and services require more than an information or data sheet with text and a few images to get the point across. Demonstrations and tutorials are educational modules that can integrate text, images, interactive exercises, animations, voice-overs and video. We can help you use these media to reach and inform your audience more effectively through the Internet.

Also see: Webinars, Multimedia

	E-Commerce

Shopping, buying and selling on the web have become common place. More suppliers and retailers are offering easy, convenient shopping and ordering of a greater selection of items, without having to maintain large inventories. We can help you sell your products and services through the Internet, whether through simple on-line ordering forms for a limited number of items, or through higher-powered shopping cart systems that can deliver entire catalogs of products.

Example: The Center For The Work Store

	Event Registration

With our automated forms processing, we can help you make registration easier and more convenient for your audience as well as reduce time, cost and errors associated with your internal registration operations. Registration data from your web site can be integrated with existing or new databases used in your organization.

Example: The Center For The Work Registration

	Resume Submission

With our automated forms processing, we can help you reduce resource requirements for collecting and screening resumes for job applicants. Data from your web site can be integrated with existing or new databases used in your organization.

Example: Premisys Communications

	Surveys and Data Collection

The web is an ideal way to collect and analyze important market and customer information to better understand needs and trends. This kind of application can dramatically reduce time and cost compared to traditional methods. In fact, it can provide continuous real-time feedback that can be critical for positioning, improving and supporting your products and services. Data from on-line survey forms can be integrated with a database or spreadsheet for analysis, contact management or other purposes.

Examples: Hallowell Center Survey, One ADD Place Survey

	Technical or Customer Support

The quality and value of support can be a deciding factor in customer buying decisions. Good support can get customers out of a jam when something is wrong. It can also help them get the greatest value from your products or services. Great Connections® can help you deliver greater value to your customers, and create greater competitive advantage for your products and services.

	WebCams

WebCams can be a great way to add excitement and interest to your web site. These applications combine an on-site video camera that generates LIVE images every 10 - 60 seconds, which are then displayed on a web page. Give your web site visitors a look at your location, operations, facilities, special events and other insider views.

Example: Fox Electronics ScrapCam

	Webinars

Seminars can be an important vehicle for creating awareness and educating your customers. They can also be costly and time consuming. More and more organizations are using the Internet to deliver web-based seminars or "Webinars" more quickly and to larger audiences. These applications offer convenient access (any time, anywhere), self-paced customer-driven interaction and significant cost savings.

Great Connections® can help you convert and redesign your existing live-seminar slide programs and materials into effective Webinars, or to develop new ones. These Webinars can be basic text and images, or they can incorporate sound (voice-overs, music, sound effects) and other multimedia.

Also see: Demonstrations and Tutorials

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