| | For communities that want a flexible and affordable website, Community Integrator™ is a website product that delivers a dynamic information system where you can publish an unlimited number of web pages through an online user-friendly interface. Unlike web design firms that can be expensive and take weeks to deliver, Community Integrator™ is implemented quickly for a low monthly rate. |
| A New Approach to Community Websites |
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Your Most Valuable Asset
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The Current Situation
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Traditional Website Approach
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Website Product Approach
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Key Features
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Cost Comparison
| • Tourism, Area Attractions, Local Events |
What impact does your website have on Tourism?
How well do you promote your Area Attractions and Local Events? |
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| • Community Support |
Does your website help with fund raisers, donations and membership drives?
Do your residents know who to contact and who to send contributions to? |
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| • Area News |
Does your website keep your residents well informed?
How often is the information on your website updated? |
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| • Local Economy |
How well do your residents know what your local businesses have to offer?
What incentives exist to keep your residents shopping locally? |
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| • Employment Needs & Opportunities |
How easy is it for businesses to find local people to fill needed positions?
Do your community residents know when employment opportunities are available? |
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| • Attracting New Businesses |
What does your community website do to attract new businesses?
Does it provide economic development information for potential businesses? |
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| • Attracting New Families |
What does your website do to help attract new families?
What perception of your community is created by your website? |
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| Is your website an effective information system for your community or is it just a basic website? |
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| • Most communities have a basic website |
Many websites have basic information usually limited to a few pages. Websites
are usually created by a traditional Web Design Firm or someone locally. |
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| • Basic websites have limited information |
Traditional website costs are directly influenced by the number of pages of information. The more webpages of information, the higher the cost. |
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| • Websites information is updated occassionally |
The process for making changes to website information is time consuming and costly. Web companies typically charge $50.00+/hr. to make changes for you. |
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| • Most businesses do not have a website |
Less than half the local businesses in your community have their own website.
The primary reason is they are not affordable. |
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| • Everyone wants their community to grow |
Most Community Organizations (i.e., Chambers & Economic Development) are non-profit and operate on tight budgets. They want to help their community grow but have limited resources. |
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| • Most websites do not leverage information |
The information on your community website should attract a consistent viewer audience. In order to do this, the information must be kept up-to-date. |
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| The Bottom Line: |
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| Basic community websites have limited information and provide limited benefit to your community. |
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| • Websites by Web Design Firms are expensive |
The manual process for creating websites is time consuming. It takes between
6 - 12 weeks to complete a website using the traditional approach. |
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| • Custom Website Designs are time consuming |
Once artwork is finished, it is broken down into several graphic files. These files have to be combined with formatting, navigation and content for every webpage. |
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| • Limited amount of information on website |
Websites are priced based on the number of pages created. The more information, the higher the cost. |
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| • Expensive to keep information current |
Making changes to your information means communicating needed changes to
the Web Design Firm and paying them $50.00+ per hour to update the webpages. |
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| • Costly when website becomes outdated |
Most websites are updated with a new look every 2-3 years. With a traditional
Web Design Firm, the process starts all over again to create a new website. |
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| The Bottom Line: |
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| Traditional websites are expensive, limiting the information and benefits of a community website. |
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| • Solving the page limitation problem |
With Community Integrator™, all information is entered through a secured Administration Console. Unlimited webpages are created for you automatically. |
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| • Reducing the high cost of custom designs |
Community Integrator™ stores graphic design files separately from the formatting and content. Custom designs are created in a fraction of the time and for less cost. |
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| • Minimizing website development time |
With Community Integrator™ your new website can be installed in a few minutes. A custom design can be completed in less than a week. |
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| • Eliminating high upfront website costs |
Instead of paying thousands of dollars up front, with Community Integrator™ you simply rent the website at a low monthly rate. (24 months minimum) |
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| • Keeping websites from becoming outdated |
After a few years when you want a fresh look, we create new graphic files and upload them. Your hundreds of pages of information content are not affected. |
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| • Eliminating website maintenance costs |
Instead of paying someone else $50.00+ /hr to make changes to your information, you make the changes yourself online from any computer. |
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| The Bottom Line: |
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| Community Integrator™ solves the all the problems associated with the traditional website approach. |
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Business Module
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The Business Module provides local business owners with the unique ability to create and maintain their own webpage.
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Business owners can post Employment Opportunities to find needed help.
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Business owners can post Special Promotions to create incentives for interested shoppers.
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Events Module
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The Events Module displays event dates, time, location, description and even a photo of your community events.
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News Module
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The News Module keeps your community up-to-date with the latest news. You can include a photo, attach PDF or Word documents and create links for additional information.
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Links Module
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The Links Module provides quick access to community resources. Contact information, phone number, addresses, google maps, emails and website links are included.
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Community Module
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The Community Module provides your website visitors with a warm welcome. Community description & photo, contact email & information and separate photo gallery are included.
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| The Bottom Line: |
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| Community Integrator™ provides everything you need for a complete Community Information System. |
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(Based on a community population of 5,280)
| Cost Description |
Web Design Firm Approach |
Community Integrator Approach |
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| Type of Website |
Static (25-50 pages) |
Dynamic (Unlimited Pages) |
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| Website Delivery |
6 - 12 weeks |
Less than 1 week |
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| Custom Design |
$2,000.00 |
$800.00 |
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| Website |
$4,000.00 |
$1,920.00 (24 month rental) |
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| Maintenance Package |
$50.00+ per hour (as needed) |
Not Needed |
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| Online Training |
Not Available |
Included |
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| Web Hosting (2 years) |
$720.00 (2 years) |
Included |
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| Payment Method |
Payment Up Front |
Low Monthly Rate |
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| Total Cost (2 years) |
$6,720.00 |
$2,720.00 |
| The Bottom Line: |
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| Community Integrator™ Easy to Learn, Easy to Maintain, Easily Affordable. |
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