Services
What makes Think Six Digital different?
Expensive IT and marketing projects are difficult to fund for small shops, especially with recurring costs for updates and maintenance.
This is where Think Six Digital is different: My goal is to get you started with the tools and learning resources so that you can be in control!
How?
ThinkSix provides the professional, expert web design, development, and marketing services, then offers training to enable you or your staff to continue your campaigns.
If you can type a letter or send an e-mail, I promise I can train you to update your own website, upload images to a website photo gallery, and manage your e-mail marketing campaign!
Why is this important?
For many potential customers, their first interface with your company will be through some form of digital communication. Obviously, businesses today without websites are at a huge disadvantage.
What many people fail to realize is that businesses with static, infrequently updated websites are barely a step ahead of those not having a website at all.
Think of your own web-surfing habits. What attracts your attention more: Websites that are frequently updated with the news and photos or websites that never change when you visit them month after month?
A frequently-updated site gives customers the clear impression that your business is growing, thriving, and that there is bound to be new and exciting things to see every time they return! That's the impression you want to give, right?
While I'm more than happy to manage your site for you, I feel that enabling small business owners to be able to make updates on their own is a much better solution. Why? Who knows when you receive exciting new stock in your store or when you're going to run a special sale? YOU! That is the perfect time to update your website and perhaps send out an e-mail newsletter letting customers know they should stop by and check out the new merchandise!
By letting you or your staff send out those immediate updates, you're ensuring your customers know what's going on, right up to the minute. You're no longer limited by the schedule of your marketing or IT consultant.
Want to learn more?
I love chatting with potential new clients. Please feel free to contact me to set up an appointment to discuss the needs of your small business.
Web Design
From simple single-page "brochure" websites to robust content management systems, Think Six Digital is able to design a solution perfectly suited to your business.
For Small Businesses
- "Brochure" Site Design
A simple 1 or 2 page website to establish your prescence on the web. - Custom WordPress or Content Management System (CMS) Theme
Installation, configuration, and custom theme built on the WordPress content management/blogging platform. This will enable you to maintain your website yourself! - E-Commerce Implementation
Make a few products or your entire catalog available online.
For Individuals or Families
Websites aren't just for businesses! They make it easy to share news, photos, and even video with family and friends all over the globe.
Let us help you with a website for:
- Inviting guests to your wedding and sharing video & photos afterward
- Announcing the arrival of your new baby
- Sharing your family news or genealogy
Web Hosting
It's easy to become confused by all the fees and services associated with getting your business on the web. You have likely come across the terms "domain registration" and "domain hosting." Both of these items are essential to getting your own ".com" website up and running.
The first piece of the puzzle is domain registration. This buys you the actual ".com" name. I'll walk you through the process and help you register a name that will help get your business recognized on the web.
The second essential piece is web hosting. Hosting simply refers to renting a "chunk" of space on a special computer (called a web server) that has a constant connection to the Internet. All the files that make up your website (HTML pages, photos, videos, etc.) will be saved to this web server so that whenever someone types in your ".com" website address, they can reach your website and find the information they need.
Registering for web hosting can be a confusing process - Windows or Linux server? How much space? How much bandwidth? -- Don't worry about it! Think Six Digital can provide hosting for your site, bundled in with your web design package, for a small annual fee. This includes a 99.9% uptime guarantee and FREE tech-support to restore your website if it should go down.
Questions or concerns? I'll be happy to explain the in's-and-out's of domain registration and hosting in detail as part of the quote process. Just ask away!
Internet Marketing
A website is completely useless unless people are viewing it! Let me help you learn the ropes of Internet marketing and how that can dovetail with your traditional marketing campaigns.
- Social media marketing
Leverage sites like Twitter and Facebook to get the word out about your products and services. - Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Google AdWords
Gain visibility in search engine rankings by optimizing your site or through paid search. - E-Newsletters and Mailing Lists
Use your website to build your contact list. - Understand web statistics
Learn to interpret your website's statistics and measure the impact of your marketing campaigns.
It's important to understand that it's not my goal to manage your Internet marketing campains. For most small businesses, it's just not cost effective to do so. Instead, I want to teach YOU to manage your marketing yourself!
Training
Training is really the MOST important part of what Think Six Digital can offer your business. I work with small business owners all the time, and the one thing I see time and time again is that there are one or two people who act as the owner, manager, sales, marketing -- you name it. These business owners can't afford to hire a dedicated IT staff to build and maintain a website and/or Internet marketing campaigns for them.
This is why Think Six Digital is different. All dynamic web design and marketing packages come with a minimum of two hours worth of training. Want to update your website's blog or news page? I'll show you how. Want to add some new keywords to your Google AdWords campain? I'll walk you through the process.
- 2 hours minimum training included
All dynamic web design and Internet marketing service packages come with a minimum of 2 hours bundled training on those services. (Note: The "brochure" web design package is a "static" page and is the one package excluded from this offer.) - No limits on number of training attendees
If multiple people in your organization will be updating your website or managing your marketing campaigns, they may all wish to attend training. You pay for training by the hour, for unlimited attendees so that everyone can get some hands-on experience. (Depending on the topic, I recommend limiting your groups to 5 people for maximum impact.) - Discounted pricing on further training
If you need a refresher or want to cover a topic in more depth, you can purchase additonal training hours at a discounted rate after purchasing the initial web design or marketing package.
Not local to Nashville? Too busy or too shy to schedule in-person training?
Not to worry! Think Six Digital also offers virtual training
through the website DimDim.com. You will be able to view my
computer screen virtually as I walk you through your desired training. This enables you to receive
training anywhere that you have a personal computer with an Internet connection.
On-Demand Training (Coming Soon!)
I'm very pleased to announce that Think Six Digital will soon be offering on-demand training! Soon all clients will have an account to login to a special training section of this site where you'll find both written directions and tutorial videos walking you through some of the most common tasks for updating and maintaining your website and managing your Internet marketing campains! Access to this area will be FREE with the purchase of any web design package.