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Hidden Valley Farm eCommerce website picked as Top 3 Adobe Business Catalyst Websites of the Month

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Bookmark and Share

Thank you, Adobe Business Catalyst for featuring our latest eCommerce website project, Hidden Valley Farm & Woolen Mill as one of the Top 3 BC Sites of the Month!  It was announced through BC's Business Success email newsletters to all the partners and subscribers around the world.  Thank you for taking a look at this website created for a local sustainable sheep and wool farm in Wisconsin, United States.   Read More


Hidden Valley Farm and Woolen Mill ecommerce website launched

Sumiyo Amano - Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Bookmark and Share

We're very excited to announce our latest website project, Hidden Valley Farm and Woolen Mill ecommerce website!  This online shopping website was designed and developed to promote a family owned and sustainable sheep farming and woolen mill products being produced at a small town of Valders, Wisconsin.  Carol and Paul Wagner are owners of this farm and woolen mill.  They have been producing quality sheep and wool products for over 20 years in Wisconsin.  The products they produce range from wool fleeces, rovings for spinning, dyed yarns, quilt batts, carding services, weaving equipment, sheep skins, meats, and more.   Read More


Adobe Features Designtech Studio

Sumiyo Amano - Friday, May 21, 2010 Bookmark and Share

Adobe offers a variety of design and development application and tool sets for the creative industry.  As an award winning designer and a owner of Designtech Studio, Sumiyo Amano has been using Adobe's products since its debut.  In 2008, Designtech Studio decided to partner with Adobe as a certified partner for Business Catalyst, a top of the line Content Management System that includes all the online business tools into one system.  We're proud to be offering this wonderful system of choice to our clients, and having great success with the solution. Read More


Why Good Designs Matter for your Business

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Bookmark and Share

I recently read an ebook called "101 Tips for your business in 2010", published by Smart Company.  There are lots of great tips included in this document, but the tips that caught my attention are "A PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE IS CRUCIAL" and "DESIGN SHOULD BE THE MOST VISIBLE COMPONENT OF YOUR MIX".  As a designer and owner of a web design studio, I'm naturally going to see these tips as very valuable.  However, there's something important here that can be applied to all our businesses. Read More


Videos for your Holiday greeting cards

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Bookmark and Share

The holiday season is a great time to express your appreciation for the relationships you have with your family, friends, co-workers, clients, and customers.  Do you prefer to write your thoughts on a nicely designed greeting cards?  What about a custom animation as an electronic version of a greeting card?  Another way to express your holiday spirit is to create a custom video! Read More


Creative electronic holiday greeting cards

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, December 09, 2009 Bookmark and Share

Adding personal touch to your holiday greeting cards is a great way to remind your customers and clients your brand and your continuing service to them.  Now that you have a customized holiday logo or an idea for a greeting card, your next decision is how to deliver the message!  Do you use the tried and true method of sending out physical cards?  Or do you use your email mailing list and blast out your holiday cheers by sending electronic email greeting cards?   Read More


Personalize your logo for the Holidays

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, December 02, 2009 Bookmark and Share

The holidays are quickly approaching and you're starting to prepare the mailing list for greeting cards.  Do you usually send out personalized hand-written holiday cards?  What about cards with your company logo or photos of projects you've worked on that year?  There are many ways to personalize your greeting cards.  With printing costs going down each year, why not take advantage of a variety of options for holiday cards! Read More


Choosing a service for processing payments online

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Bookmark and Share

Do you have an online shop? Are you creating an eCommerce website for your business? Do you already have a payment gateway picked out? What about a merchant account or a third-party processor? If you've started your research for picking the right payment processing service for your company, you know that the search is exhausting and confusing to say the least. There are so many options, rates, fees, and terms that will drive you crazy!  Read More


A guide to creating an eCommerce website

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Bookmark and Share

Do you have products that you sell at a physical store? Do you want to expand your customer base to be all over the country or the world through the internet? There are many successful store-owners that are interested in moving into the website business, but unclear about which shopping cart features to offer or simply don’t know where to start. There are many important aspects of an eCommerce website and how to integrate online shopping with your current business. Let’s take a look at them!  Read More


Are you sick of your outdated website and company logo? It’s time for a redesign!

Sumiyo Amano - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 Bookmark and Share

We all need some updating once in a while with new hairstyles and a new direction in clothing choices.  Some people are constantly updating their look, but others wait a bit too long.  You know the look that was cool back in the day, but now it just doesn’t work!  Well, don’t wait for your clients to tell you or your employees to give you hints that you need a redesign!  Be proactive and update now!   Read More