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StyleCaster - Branded Video Player & Analytics
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Viral Flash Game
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Hitachi - Python & Flash Development
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Disney - Integrated Marketing Campaign
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Case Studies
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StyleCaster
With tons of great content, StyleCaster needed a way to stream video to viewers via a sleek and intuitive player that...
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Quiksilver
Quiksilver was seeking a branded video game to highlight the launch of their new "Bleeker" board shorts. We created a...
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Hitachi
Hitachi Ltd. Needed a site to raise awareness of the upcoming release of their new HD Blu-ray disc camcorder. We...
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Disney
Leading up to the anniversary of the Scarface release, Disney needed a full marketing campaign to reach its millions...
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Clients
Overview
With tons of great content, StyleCaster needed a way to stream video to viewers via a sleek and intuitive player that utilized the latest content delivery technologies. We whipped up a new Flash player that provided advanced analytics and sharing tools to allow people to spread the word.
Services
- Consulting
- Design
- Development
- Social Integration
- Flash Programming
- Pre-roll Video
- Analytics
Overview
Quiksilver was seeking a branded video game to highlight the launch of their new "Bleeker" board shorts. We created a viral contest as both a stand alone site and a Facebook App that allowed Quiksilver fans all over the world to challenge each others high scores for prizes and bragging rights.
Services
- Consulting
- Development
- User Experience (UX) Design
- Content Management System
- Actionscript 3 Programming
- Social Network Integration
Overview
Hitachi Ltd. Needed a site to raise awareness of the upcoming release of their new HD Blu-ray disc camcorder. We created a product site that showed off the cutting edge features of their newest product.
Services
- Consulting
- Development
- User Experience (UX) Design
- Flash Programming
- Online Marketing
- Content Management System
Overview
Leading up to the anniversary of the Scarface release, Disney needed a full marketing campaign to reach its millions of Scarface fans. We helped deliver a website to spread videos of its mobile game, "Money Power Respect", as well as various ring tones and wallpapers. We also assisted in the casting of high profile...
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- Consulting
- Design
- Development
- Social Integration
- Promotions
- Casting
Our Services
We Concept and Create Progressive Digital Experiences.
We know everyone has different needs to fit their business model and strategy. Wherever you are in the process of conception, creation, and execution, that's where we meet you. We've been responsible for global social media campaigns, local start ups, and trendy e-commerce solutions (just to name a few). We've spent weeks collaborating over the perfect campaign, and built carefully crafted sites from requested spec sheets.
The point is we get it! Your unique needs are what motivate us to hone our skills every single day. We want to start a conversation about the services that would fit you best. Explore our unique facets below, or just reach out and contact us now.
Working with Slate on my website was effortless. They listen, they understand, and they cared about my project. I will continue to use Slate and appreciate their expertise and professionalism."
Sada Outdoor
- Strategy
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Strategy
A Detailed Approach Is Key To Every Impactful Project.
With so many available technologies on the web, it’s often hard to know where to start. That’s why every one of our projects begins with an extensive planning and market research phase to ensure your project is accomplishing your goals and targeting your demographic. A sound foundation keeps projects on track, on time and on budget.
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Concepting
We take new ideas and thoroughly evaluate them for feasibility.
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Planning
We outline all required project deliverables and define milestones.
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Execution
This is where we transform ideas to working digital creations.
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Post Launch Review
Analytics show how users interact with your brand's online presence.
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- New Media + Content
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New Media + Content
Take Advantage Of Emerging Mediums To Cultivate Your Brand.
Fresh content drives the web. Our network of content producers and copywriters work with you to keep your site relevant and exciting. By understanding the intricacies of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), you can leave it to us to make sure your site gets seen across the web. Our original and engaging content will keep your audience coming back for more.
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SEO Content Creation
Quality content that engages and entices your target audience.
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Technical Docs
Have us write your white papers, project plans, user guides and more.
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Professional Blogging
Fresh and engaging content is key to any successful blog.
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User Generated Content
We create and control target specific buzz about your business.
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- Promotions
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Promotions
PROMOTIONS
Running interactive promotions and contests is one of the most effective ways to engage your target demographic. We understand the importance for using multiple mediums to get your message message across and more importantly remembered. We've developed the tools and processes to help your campaign go viral and have done it for everyone from start-ups to well known brands.
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User Engagement
Encourage users to get involved and share with their friends.
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Viral Growth
Leverage social interaction to spread your message.
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Incentives
Everyone loves free stuff. Prizes catalyze participation.
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Analytics
Capture data to better understand your users and their needs.
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- Marketing
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Marketing
Make Sure Your Brand Hits Critial Mass
After evaluating your needs, we put together a strategic marketing approach tailored to your brand and more importantly your target demographic. User research and focus groups allow us to unveil what your users want and how they prefer to consume your content. Hitting all touch points such as web, mobile and print make for a cohesive brand message.
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Social Branding
Communicate with your audience on a more personal level.
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Digital PR
Distribute medias and create interest within relevant communities.
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Message Seeding
Initiate conversation to foster discussion and user interaction.
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User Engagement
Create opportunities for users to get involved with your brand.
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- Deployment + Analytics
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Deployment + Analytics
Know How Your Users Interact With Your Brand.
We leverage the latest Content Delivery Networks to make sure your message gets delivered quickly and efficiently no matter how large your user base or where they are geographically. Whether it's the web, mobile or a location-based service, we can reach your customer. Detailed analytics allow us to monitor user engagement so we can continue to cater to their ever changing needs.
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Staging
We do thorough internal testing to work out all the kinks.
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Launch
After testing, we open the floodgates and drive traffic.
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Analytics
Reviewing site metrics shows where users spend their time on the site
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Ongoing Maintenance
As users evolve, it's important to keep your site relevant.
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Consulting
- Branding + Identity
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Branding + Identity
Our Branding Isn’t Just A Logo, It Is A Deep Impression.
A brand isn’t just a logo printed on a piece of paper, it is a part of the impressions a company makes on a person that can stay with them for a lifetime. The kind of impression that becomes a part of a culture; this kind of brand identity doesn’t come easily. It is derived from a clear plan for your company, which is developed from consistencies in your policies and actions. We build a vision for the idea you want in a customer’s mind.
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Brand Definition
We follow the results of a questionnaire to create a foundation.
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Identity Conception
Different concepts are designed to exhibit an identity.
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Tweaks & Refining
Raw concepts are tweaked and refined to perfection.
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Final Branding
Vector files are created to display exact in both print and web.
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- Interactive Design
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Interactive Design
User Interfaces Speak To Your Users Without Saying A Word.
Our team specializes in user interface design and usability engineering. We place emphasis on page composition, color scheme, typography, information graphics, icons, buttons and other visual elements. This includes user interface design for touch screen, web, mobile phone and specialized applications. Our approach may be driven by existing client guidelines or created fresh for a new application or brand. We like to use Flash and/or jQuery where possible to bring life to our designs.
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Design Research
We don't aim to reinvent design, so we research proven methods.
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Flash Animation
Our subtle Flash work enhances a design without distraction.
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Elegant Design
Concepts are envisioned, comps are created and designs are refined.
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jQuery Javascript
Our use of jQuery is fully functional in iPad and iPhones.
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- Print Design
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Print Design
Allow Your Print Material To Represent Your Brand.
We merge intelligent design, typography, photography and illustration to create your corporate and consumer print collateral. Whether your project is for business stationary, direct marketing, product packaging, newsletter or magazine, we will help develop your brand to appeal to your target demographic. Our knowledge of print processes and materials enhance the layouts and production of the final product to ensure you receive excellent quality work at competitive rates.
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Original Design
We strive to create designs that are attention grabbers.
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Paper Swatches
We pour over paper swatches that most people haven't seen.
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Pantone Color System
All of our designs use PMS colors so your print is exact.
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Printing
We seek out the highest quality printers that offer the best deals.
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- Photography
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Photography
Photographs That Communicate Emotion.
Our creative partner, Marcus Ubungen, offers his consistent vision to a diverse client base. Providing lifestyle, editorial and fashion portraiture as well as product and e-commerce photography, his passion is to deliver great images while including an ability to communicate. His use of medium format film and digital camera systems, along with studio and available lighting knowledge allows him to meet the demands of an evolving industry.
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Premium Lighting
Proper lighting showcase a product with crystal clarity.
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Product Consistency
Clean product shots displays details in superior quality.
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Lifestyle Fashion
A captured moment in time elicits strong emotion.
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Studio Portraits
Highlight the focal points of a subject in a studio shoot.
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- Videography
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Videography
We Direct Campaigns Onto Screens Via Video Production.
Our creative partner, J33rd, provides a vast experience including short films, documentaries, 30 second broadcast spots, commercials, music videos, online content and any array of other audio visual projects that demand high-end motion graphics, directing and editing. With the ability to provide staffing, casting, make-up and lighting, you can hand us your idea and we will return with the complete finished video.
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Staffing & Talenting
Our provided staffing applies makeup to the talent.
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Lighting & Backdrop
Lighting, tracks and backdrops are setup for a shoot.
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Video Production
A music video is shot in 1080p high definition digital video.
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Post Production
Post production edits clips, adds graphics and enhances audio.
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Creative
- User Research
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User Research
Engage Your Customers By Uncovering Insight Into Their Behavior.
User needs analysis sets the groundwork for the entire design process. The principal purpose of this stage of design is to define the design goals and constraints and develop an understanding of your audience and what they do. We use methods of background research necessary to elaborate and clarify these goals: surveys, competitive analysis, interviews and focus groups. We then define user personas as a guideline to your primary user base.
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Goal Definition
We discover what your users want and need out of your project.
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Focus Groups
Surveys are an inexpensive way to gather data from potential users.
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Demographic Discovery
Key demographics are identified and then concentrated upon.
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User Personas
A defined, fictional person who represents typical user groups.
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- Information Architecture
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Information Architecture
Let The Info That Your Users Seek Be At Their Fingertips.
Information architecture, or IA, is the design of navigation for a system's content structure and grouping of information. Creating a project that has logical IA is critical to its success; good architecture helps users find information and accomplish tasks with ease. By interacting with users during this stage, we can build a mental model of how they would seek information, optimizing the navigation and process of a system.
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Content Audit
Content inventory is compiled of all sections, pages and content.
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Card Sorting
Content sorted by target users displays their logic process.
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Flow Charts
We document how a user might navigate through a system or site.
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Site Maps
A critical tool to show the overall site structure and hierarchy.
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- Wireframing
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Wireframing
Every Great Project Begins With A Solid Foundation.
The first prototype of a site, preliminary wireframe concepts are sketched to convey general page structure and content requirements per page. The first sketches are loosely done with minimal details; their main purpose is to quickly generate feedback and identify problems. As problems are solved, more detail is added to each passing revision uncovering new problems with each proof. Here wireframes true value is discovered: early in the design process it is easier and inexpensive to solve issues.
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Paper Sketches
Quick sketches are created to display page structure.
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Storyboarding
A story is told of how a user might navigate and use your site.
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Online Prototype
A basic yet functional online prototype is built and easily shared.
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User Testing
Users are monitored in their ability to efficiently find content.
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- UI Design
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UI Design
Design Isn’t Just What It Looks Like. Design Is How It Works.
We preach design guidelines and principles, such as HOME-RUN: High-quality content, Often updated, Minimal download time, Ease of use, Relevant to the user's needs, Unique to the online medium and Net-centric corporate culture. Our designs are based upon grid layouts with an emphasis on W3C standards and accessibility to ensure consistent pages across a variety of platforms so that all users may have an enjoyable experience in their search of content.
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Design Principles
Style guides are created or followed for brand consistency.
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Usability Focused
We strive to create the easiest, most enjoyable experience.
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Standards Based
W3C xHTML Strict validation for cross-browser consistency.
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Accessibility
Graceful degradation allows access by systems of all abilities.
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- User Testing
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User Testing
Catch Bottlenecks Where Real People Encounter Difficulty.
User testing can quickly reveal an immense amount of information about how users use a prototype (whether functional, mock-up or even paper). Usability testing is the fastest and easiest way to recognize problems or bugs before a site launch, increasing the likelihood that the launch has a seamless transition. User testing almost always produces positive results, with results being most effective early in the design phase.
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Data Collection
Usability goals and defects are collected then analyzed.
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Process Logic
Users' navigation processes provide valuable insight.
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Usability Requirements
Defined tasks are created to test and measure success rates.
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Quality Assurance
Iterative tests are run until all issues are eliminated.
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User Experience
- Python Programming
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Python Programming
This Stuff Is Widely Used By Google, YouTube, Yahoo And NASA.
By using cutting edge web-frameworks, we can create better applications faster and more efficiently. Our weapon of choice is Django, built on the uber popular Python scripting language. Our heavy involvement in the Python and Django community allows us to remain at the forefront of programming advances while contributing our own findings and progressions along the way.
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Data Modeling
Mapping out the data helps keep your site information organized.
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Programming
This is where we jump under the hood and make magic.
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Quality Assurance
DocTests and other measures ensure that everything is up to spec.
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Deploy
Once everything checks out, it's time to go live for the world to see.
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- Content Management System
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Content Management System
We Help You Control Your Message 24/7
If you're the hands on type, we can provide you with the tools to manage and update your site. Whether you an avid blogger of just want to swap out some images on your homepage, our Content Management System (CMS) will help you better understand and manage your project. If you know how to compose an email, you'll be able to control your site.
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Simple Updating
You don't need to know a lick of code to update your site.
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Cost Effective
Minimize maintenance costs by using our intuitive CMS.
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Super Speedy
Updates get published instantly to your site for everyone to see.
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Watch It Grow
Keep track of user signups and other metrics via the admin panel.
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- Cloud Computing
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Cloud Computing
Because Nobody Like Managing Server Racks.
We like to leverage the power of a well-built IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) to cost-effectively deploy and scale your application(s). We trust in the great folks over at Media Temple, RackSpace and Amazon Web Services so we can sleep at night. Some of our favorite services include S3/CloudFront, EC2/Elastic Load Balancing, RDS and Cassandra.
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Scalable
Confidence that you will always be able to handle massive traffic.
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Redundant
Our methods ensure maximum up-time and data integrity.
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Cost Effective
Inexpensive virtual hardware is where server technology is going.
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Easy to Maintain
No upfront infrastructure investment or technicians to deal with.
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- Mobile Apps
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Mobile Apps
Grow Your Brand By Hitting Multiple Touch Points.
Mobile is HUGE. With over 4 BILLION texts sent every day, it's clear that mobile is now an integral part of our lives. Getting in front of your audience via iPhone/iPad/Android Apps, SMS, or just a mobile optimized website is one of the best ways to always be accessible and to bring your online message full circle.
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iPhone/iPad Apps
Because everyone and their grandma seems to have one.
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Android Native Apps
Because other phones do exist... Android is here to stay.
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Mobile Optimized Sites
For when viewing a full site on a tiny screen just doesn't cut it.
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HTML5
For mobile platforms that don't support Flash, but do support HTML5.
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- Actionscript 3
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Actionscript 3
Until They Get That HTML5 Thing Figured Out.
Adobe / Apple battles aside, the fact is that Flash is heavily ingrained on the web. Unless a project absolutely requires Flash, we utilize other methods that offer better mobile viewing and SEO. However, when used properly, Flash can made for truly engaging and interactive web experiences.
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Video Players
Custom branded players to deliver your video based content.
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High-Impact Media
Impressive and lasting visuals made possible with Flash.
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Branded Video Games
Engage with branded games users will play again and again.
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Interactive Marketing
Social media widgets/apps give your campaign viral potential.
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Agile Development
About Us
We Are A Digital Creative Agency.
Some may call us experts. Others merely nerds. We refuse to label ourselves. Let's just say we study our craft day in and day out. We live for technological breakthroughs; we're excited by new design trends; and when we can find faster and more efficient ways to please users, well that just makes us giddy.
One thing we know for sure is that we're looking to be your go-to resource in the digital space!
Who We Are
We are a collection of unique and forward-thinking individuals driven by the most progressive advancements in technology and inspired by creative innovations that capture our fancy.
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What We Do
We research. We concept. We create. We execute. And we evaluate. We captivate through a positive user experience. And sustain through an even more positive ROI.
How We Do It
Each building block is vital to complete execution. We combine our creative juices with the most innovative and reliable technical solutions in the industry.
Contact Us
Let's get this conversation started!
We love bouncing ideas off the walls of our West Hollywood headquarters, but it's the 21st century and we work with clients globally! So reach out - whether you have a pressing business need, a spontaneous epiphany, or just want to let us know what you ate for breakfast, we want to hear from you.
Go ahead, drop us a line and challenge us! We are never too busy to talk about a new concept you want to bring to life.
Our Location
The best way to reach us is by email. We are always near a Blackberry and/or iPhone. If its urgent, don't hesitate to give us a call. Normal office hours are 9-6 PST M-F.
- Email Support@SlateStudio.com
- Phone 310.773.3399
- Fax 310.461.3402
- Office 9000 Sunset Blvd.
- Suite 1110
- West Hollywood, CA 90069
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