Ask Associates, LLC trading as FaithHopeChariftyGifts.com, headquartered in Moorestown, New Jersey, launched a brand new e-commerce web site in June of ’08.  The organization’s mission is to offer products and gifts with inspirational messages and positive thoughts.

Some of the categories of products include Angels, Gifts of Jewelry, Inspirational Items, and products for Communion and Confirmation, Family and Friends, and Babies and Children.  There are also Seasonal and Sale items available.

The new site offers a very easy-to-use format for finding and purchasing products.  The company accepts all major credit cards.

The Insurance Adjustment Agency, headed by Dan Goldstein, with offices in Cherry Hill, NJ, Huntington Valley, PA, Atlantic City, NJ, Princeton, NJ and Wilmington, DE, launched its new website in May of ’08.
The website boasts a brand new look and feel including a new logo, color scheme, and photos. Also, the site has a user-friendly, search engine friendly navigation menu and fresh content.

The Insurance Adjustment Agency is not an insurance company; rather, they work as your representative, authorized by you, to get you the maximum dollar amount on any insurance claim that you file.

Whenever anything happens to your property - whether it is fire, theft, vandalism, or other type of loss - you have to deal with your insurance company. Insurance companies are experts when it comes to paying your claim, but their goal is to pay out as little as possible. “Our goal,” according to Dan, “is the same as yours — To Get You as Much Money as Possible! Because we have extensive experience in the field and are an authorized, licensed and bonded insurance claim service, you now have someone on your side to fight the insurance companies - and our fees are based entirely on your recovery. No Recovery? You Pay Nothing!”

The Insurance Adjustment Agency offers a free, no obligation inspection and consultation service. They will even help you fill out all the proper forms and make sure things get done correctly and fast. Almost all of their business is through referrals and satisfied customers.

In April of ’08 I wrote a brief announcement about the Cherry Hill Regional Chamber of Commerce (CHRCC) now offering up ads on its home page for chamber members.  Well, this week we launched an updated version of the CHRCC site, which now includes websites for its three divisions: Camden, Gloucester, and the White Horse Pike.

The new website shows why the CHRCC is now one of the five largest chambers in the entire Delaware Valley.  The CHRCC serves businesses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland with the largest core membership in Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester Counties (NJ).

Owned and operated by the Balis Family, Adelphia Restaurant Banquet Facilities and Nightclub has become a destination for families and friends to dine and celebrate together. Adelphia Restaurant has received numerous “Best Of” awards and critical acclaim from the press, local food critics and customers. The Adelphia nightclub showcases the area’s top bands, DJ’s, live radio broadcasts, dance parties, special one-time events and much more. It also hosts weddings, bar mitzvahs, bat mitzvahs, anniversary parties, receptions, corporate functions and other group meetings.

Challenge
The goal with the Adelphia website redesign was to bring the personality and feel of the restaurant into the website itself. The old website certainly didn’t reflect the high-end experience that the Adelphia offers.

Solution
Working closely with the client, WWWC created designs based on actual elements found in the restaurant. Right from the opening, the website uses music and soft animation, capturing architectural elements in a smooth, quiet, complex animation that works hand-in-hand with the music. Adelphia has four distinctive environments, and the site invites visitors to each of these with a combination of sound and imagery that is distinctive and appropriate for each.

Our creative director, Tim Parrotte, explains that we “focused on the use of imagery, not just photography.” Elements included sculptures, wedding cakes, displays and painting styles.

In presenting photography, the website uses a new dynamic photo gallery. The gallery images are displayed on a dynamic layer on the page that includes smooth transitions between photos. Visitors can control their own experience and easily navigate from one gallery to another.

We also developed a menu system that allows visitors to see the actual menus in a PDF viewer, which enhances the user’s experience and facilitates perfect print formatting.

Finally, the website includes our ZipEdit™ CMS, which allows Adelphia to edit content in real time whenever and as often as it wants. ZipEdit™ Content Manager is a simple and convenient way to edit the content in your website. You do not need to learn HTML or any web design software. If you have ever used a word processing program, such as MS Word, you can edit your website with ZipEdit™. The ZipEdit™ Content Manager Component can be used to edit any of the static page content on the website.

I’d like to say “hello” to my friends at Girlfriendz – “The Thinking Woman’s Magazine” – which debuted recently in Southern New Jersey.  Girlfriendz is the nation’s only regional magazine devoted exclusively to Baby Boomer women.

What struck me about Issue 2, Volume 1, which is the first issue I saw, was the fact that two of our clients – Linda Kester, President of Institute for Conscious Development, and Frankford Umbrellas – graced the cover of the magazine.

This particular issue even has an article on blogging called “What’s All This Fuss About Jogging? Blogging? Oops. Never Mind…”  Sometimes I think there are more articles on blogging than blogs – it’s such a hot topic.

Glad to see also in this issue there is an interesting, light article entitled Adventures in Mid-Life Dating, written by Jackie Pantaliano, owner of ImPRessions’ public relations firm in Voorhees, NJ.  Jackie is our PR person, and she does a wonderful job.

Good luck with the magazine.