Jeff Stidham Custom Stucco Launched!

Impulse is proud to launch the new website for Jeff Stidham Custom Stucco, a local company based out of Southport NC.

The website contains a photo gallery, some basic contact information and an ‘About Us’ section that gives more info about the company.

Visit the site: www.jscustomstucco.com.

Backend PHP Web Programmer

Impulse Web Solutions offers PHP programming for website backends. Backends are usually set aside for site admins and employees who need special access. Backends are usually custom programmed to suit the needs of the site owner. They can be used to manage site content (CMS), manage an online database, provide sales information and manage employees. These are just a few of the uses of a website backend.

If this sounds like something you need for your website, call us today at 910.538.6731. Tell us how you want your backend to operate and we can customize it any way you want.

Link: Our complete web services page.

Impulse available for contract or freelance work

If you are a small web design boutique firm who can’t afford a full time programmer, look no further. Feel free to contact us about contracting out your next PHP programming job.

Just send us the specs of the project and we will send you a quote. We do the programming, you get the credit.

Call us today at 910.538.6731.

WordPress design and mods in Wilmington NC

Are you looking for someone to help you with WordPress? Then look no further!

Impulse can help you setup a WordPress blog on your website so you can keep your users up to date on what’s going on.
Or, we can integrate WordPress into the entire site and create a CMS system so you can manage your own content. You can make changes whenever you want via WordPress’ easy to use web interface. You can add text, pictures and even video!
For more information about letting us help you with your next WordPress  installation, give us  a call at 910.538.6731.
For businesses with a smaller budget in mind, you can purchase a WordPress theme at Templatemonster.com and we will install it for you. That way you do not have to pay for a custom web design.
For a comprehensive list of our services, please check out our web services page.
Or you can use our contact form to send us an email.

Telecommuting web designer services

We provide web design and website programming contract work for small businesses looking to hire a telecommuter.

What is telecommuting? According to Wikipedia:

Telecommutinge-commutinge-workteleworkworking at home (WAH), or working from home (WFH) is a work arrangement in which employees enjoy limited flexibility in working location and hours. In other words, the daily commute to a central place of work is replaced by telecommunication links.

Telecommuting saves gas, time and energy because we are not driving to a central office everyday. If you are in need of a part-time, full-time or contract web master who will work from home, please call us at 910-234-0969, or use our contact form to email us:

http://www.impulsewebdesigns.com/website+quote+form.php

We provide telecommuting services to the following states: NC, SC, VA, TN.

Link: Our web services

Link: Our web design portfolio

Google goes on tour

Next week is National Small Business Week, and to celebrate, the Google Apps Team is going on tour. From April 21st through April 24th, we’ll be visiting the most entrepreneurial city in each of the four regions of the U.S.*: Washington D.C., Charlotte, NC, Kansas City, MO, and Phoenix, AZ.

Come by to meet members of the Apps team, find out what’s new, and connect with other businesses using Google Apps.

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Event information for Charlotte, N.C.:

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Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Location:

Back Yard Burgers

13736 Conlan Circle

Charlotte, NC 28277

Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm

For more details, visit http://www.google.com/apps/citiestour.

We hope to see you there!

The Google Apps Team

*Based on research from National Policy Research Council, 2006

7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Charge by the Hour

Here is a great article by Matthew Griffin on Bits O’ New Media about the benefits of flat-rate billing. At Impulse we practice flat rate billing and the following article just about sums up why. Occasionally we do charge by the hour but that is rare and is usually reserved for small website udpates.

  1. It’s time consuming
  2. It makes clients nervous
  3. It encourages lower productivity
  4. It lends itself to tedious website update work
  5. It doesn’t stop feature creep
  6. It severely cripples billing potential
  7. It encourages clients to abuse you

Read the full article at Bit O’ New Media

Leland NC Web Design

Impulse is now expanding it’s web services to the growing Leland NC area. Most of the new businesses are popping up off of Highway 17 near the new Walmart.

If you own a small to medium sized business in Leland NC, please feel free to give us a call at 910-234-0969.

For more information about what services we offer, please visit our web services page.

To view our portfolio, please visit our web design portfolio page.

To contact us via email, please use our contact form.

Cheap Low Cost Web Designs for small startup companies

How does it work?
1. You find a template on the internet that you like and purchase it.
2. You provide us with all the template files.
3. We can modify the template to fit your needs, adding your logo, your text and your pictures.
We recommend buying templates from TemplateMonster.com; they are affordable and look great.
If you need help with your template, feel free to contact us today! You buy it, we modify it.
If you can’t find what you are looking for on Template Monster, we have access to some other nice templates; contact us if you are on a budget and still want a great looking website.
We provide this service to our customers because custom designed websites costs more and most people are operating on a limited budget. This is an attractive option to small companies who are just starting out but still want a presence on the web.

What is CMS?

CMS is short for Content Management System; it is an application designed to give users the ability to manage their web site’s content.

Some websites have pages that are mainly static, and some sites have pages that need constant updating. Instead of having the site owner call me every time they need a change, it is more efficient for me to give them that ability.
However, most people don’t know HTML/CSS code and do not want to bother learning. So, using a CMS, I can give users a nice user friendly interface that will allow them to manage content without knowing a bunch of geeky programming languages. The interface is similar to a Word document; they have a big open box where they can type in the text and they also have a toolbar where they can do simple tasks such as bold, italics, underline, add hyper links, spell check, etc. They can even upload images using this system.
If you are looking for an application like this, please contact us for more information.