07/11/08 Internetmark takes on one of it's largest projects to date!
Taking Internet capability to the next level, Internet Marketing and Design has been contracted to create a Web-Based client leads / sales management system.
This will enable our client's Account Executives to enter new prospect leads from anywhere, manage the status of their leads throughout their sales process, and even enter their day sheets online.
We're all very excited at the flexibility this will allow!
04/30/08 Tax Time is finally over! Now onto Next Year's Budget!
With the dreaded April 15th now well behind us, we have already begun to be approached by companies looking to fulfill their 2008-09 advertising budgets.
And a quick note for all of you business owners who don't think you can afford a professional web site - Don't forget, it is a BUSINESS TAX DEDUCTION on next year's return - under advertising !!
04/10/08 WebUpdate 4.0 production setting new records!
Only available for 2 months since February 2008, WebUpdate 4.0 sites are already outselling the first quarter sales for WebUpdate 3 (1996) by over 150%
Our sign up rate has remained consistent, with over 90% of clients who see WebUpdate 4.0 for themselves signing up immediately!
This result is beyond all of our wildest dreams, and we sincerely thank all of our clients for their faith and trust in us.
02/01/08 WebUpdate 4.0 is now officially rolled out!
After over 6 months in development, WebUpdate 4.0 sites are now in production!
We start with 2 clients who have already been waiting for 3 weeks to own the first of the 'New Generation' WebUpdate Sites.
01/17/08 Slight delay in launching WebUpdate4.
Due to our commitment to current clients, WebUpdate 4.0 production has unfortunately been delayed slightly. We are now scheduled to launch February 1st 2008.
There are currently only 2 items remaining in R&D, a new full Boolean site search system, and our new centralized FirstPage algorythm update system.
12/15/07 Happy Holidays to all of our clients.
We would like to thank all of our wonderful clients for helping make 2007 our best year ever!
We hope that 2008 will bring us more opportunities to assist client businesses reach online visibility and profit.
10/21/07 Geotrack Implementation to include Google Maps
Our new version Traffic Stats system will include Geographical Tracking for larger sites (such as E-Commerce).
This will interface with the Google Maps system, and is anticipated to be invaluable for marketing purposes.
Site owners will be able to visually see where their visitors are located, and can compare those to any direct mail or TV/Radio advertising campaigns
08/25/07 WeBLOG 1.1 Launched
Developed for the WebUpdate4 system, WeBLOG 1.1 is also to be made available as a standalone version.
Version 1.1 will be available for $49.99 (installation extra) and includes
WYSIWYG text entry
Image Upload
Video Upload
Archives by month
Bad-Word Filtered Visitor Comments (managed words list at back-end)
Delete Visitor Comments (back-end)
IP address banning (back end)
Search Engine Optimization
This will be available for PHP based sites with a MySQL database
05/15/07 WebUpdate4 To-Do List finalized
After several months of logistical analysis and planning, the final list of new features for WebUpdate4 has now been finalized
These are:
Video Upload with Transcoding
Blog (including Video Blog capability) with Visitor Comments
Improved WYSIWYG interface
- Increased compatibility for MAC and non-Microsoft browsers
- Better Layout variety whilst retaining image watermarking and optimization
Improved FirstPage coding, to include XML Sitemap generation (e.g. Google Compatible)
WAP (cellphone) Browser detection and alternate content display
RSS Feed capability
PodCast Capability (in association with Video / Audio upload)
On The Fly Site color scheme changing
03/27/07 Video Production Suite has a leader
Chris James has been selected to head up our Video Production facility, due to commence commercial production in May 2007.
With his background in the broadcast field we know he will take the newly formed department to great heights.
02/15/07 First 'hybrid' WebUpdate4 site enters production
The newer 'single WYSIWYG' WebUpdate interface is being developed 'live' with the co-operation of Guilbaud Enterprises Real Estate.
The new interface removes the multi-level entry of images/content, and, despite it's higher 'learning curve', the client loves it!
12/24/06 A Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays) To Our Clients
Brilliant Media Corporation / Internet Marketing and Design would like to thank you all for making this our best year ever, and pushing us to our creative limits.
We couldn't have done it without you!
11/22/06 Plans finalized for Video Production Suite
Brilliant Media Corporation has finalized plans for a suite of Video Production facilities.
These plans will include:
HD video cameras
'Steady' Camera supports for professional pans/tracking shots.
Green and Blue-screen technologies for studio shooting
Virtual Sets - allowing clients to appear to be in any number of internal/external environments
Updated PCs and Non-Linear-Editing systems and software
Updated 3D and effects rendering software.
The new features will be launched for clients in early 2007
10/18/06 WebUpdate4 List Continues to grow..
Thanks to all our clients and their great input for new WebUpdate4 features.
Now the list includes:
A newer, single WYSIWYG interface (the standard 1/2/3 approach will still be available)
video transcoding abilities (for video blogs, and 'YouTube' type sites), and
improved support for mixed media such as Flash.
9/03/06 Plans Underway for Video Production Facilities
Several clients have requested the ability to place recorded video presentations onto their sites, as an introduction to themselves, their products/services, or staff.
These requests in mind, Brilliant Media Corporation has begun researching products, equipment and locations which can make this a reality.
7/18/06 WebUpdate4 'to-do' list started
Thanks to requests from our current and past clients, the list of new features to be incorporated into the 2007 WebUpdate4 range has been started.
This list initially includes:
A more streamlined Page Editor interface.
FirstPage Coding rewriting to allow manual Search Engine submission by site owners
Enhanced Google Sitemap support
06/12/06 Announcing 2 new Board Members
The Brilliant Media Corporation board of directors now has 2 new members. Michael and Maryellen Farley join the Board from both Advertising, and Corporate Computer Security backgrounds. We know that their expertise will only help direct our products to new functional and security heights.
04/01/06 WebUpdateLite Range Launched
As mentioned previously, the WebUpdateLite version of our popular range is now available.
At a price $2,000 cheaper than the full WebUpdate3 version, these sites are perfect for smaller, geographically limited companies, since 'unnecessary' elements have been removed.
03/17/06 New WebUpdate Range Launch Date Set
In April 2006, Internet Marketing and Design will be launching a new addition to the WebUpdate Family .
WebUpdateLite will be a cut-down version of the 'Brochure' site model. This will still include all the basic abilities of WebUpdate2, but the FirstPage coding and Tracking, and MailCenter have been removed.
These sites are perfect for smaller businesses who want to save money on site updates, but can only operate in a geographically limited area, so don't need to reach people around the world, and who have no need for email list management facilities.
02/21/06 Times they are a'changing
It is official, as of March 1st 2006, the Internet Marketing and Design Agency is closing it's doors.
At this time, a new Internet Marketing and Design is launched as a division of the Brilliant Media Corporation.
We know that this change and increased resources will only help to benefit our clients.
01/14/06 In With The New!
The Internet Marketing and Design Agency is currently in negotiation and is poised to become a division of Brilliant Media Corporation
Watch This Space!
11/20/05 First WebUpdate3 Site Goes Into Production
Thanks to a volunteer Guinea Pig, the first of the WebUpdate3 sites is now in production.
Stay tuned for development of the Nicole Young Gallery E-Commerce site!
11/01/05 WebUpdate3 Base Specifications Finalized
Following feedback from clients, friends, and even competitors, we can now unveil the list of standard parameters for the new WebUpdate3 sites.
Brochure Sites -
Enhanced Page / Category addition - including newer WYSIWYG interface, and full auto-watermarking / scaling of images.
Site Traffic Monitoring - full monitoring, including Search Engine robots.
Full Site Backup - Backing up database and images, compressed and either stored on the server or downloadable.
FirstPage2 coding - many coding routine improvements over FirstPage, for even better results
Built-In Help system - Online reference guide included in the admin panel
Fully Web Based EMail broadcast - send pre-prepared emails to individuals, or selectable groups of people based upon signup.
Globals now web based - Set many parameters such as Business Name, Address, Contact Person Name, and General/Sales Email addresses and even FirstPage Keywords from the admin.
Listings Sites -
As Above - Plus
Multi-Tiered Page structure - More Menu-Level depth now possible, Products can be Showcased onto higher level pages
More Information or Request Samples system available
E-Commerce Sites -
As Brochure - Plus
Multi-Tiered Page & Menu structure
Enhanced 3DES credit card encryption using Multi-Encrypted random Keys - Credit cards are not stored on the server, and transactions can only be viewed/printed by the site admin.
Multi-Product parameters - For base products with size/Color/Price variations, enter 1 product, and a Matrix of product variations is auto-generated
Admin Based Account Management - Clients/Resellers can be placed in different Tier Pricing categories, and accounts can be rendered Inactive from the admin if necessary
Auto-Login - Saving time, the site can remember you when you next visit.
Real-Time UPS Interface - Shipping charges generated directly from UPS, with Handling Charges factored in also if required
CSV output - Sales are recorded and stored in CSV file format, to be downloaded and imported into Shipping Applications, or MS Word, Excel or Access to track / generate packing slips, etc.
Stock Level Notification - Emails sent to site owner(s) when site stock levels drop.
10/15/05 WebUpdate3 Guinea Pig Trials a great success
Our recent promotion asking for volunteers to be Guinea Pigs during the production of the WebUpdate3 systems was so swamped we had to cap the number of applicants!
9/22/05 - Parameters list to be finalized for WebUpdate3
The new WebUpdate3 system is due to be released early 2006. Apart from the already known ideas, such as the 'theme' approach, and additions of a Weblog system, full Image Gallery capability and Event Calendar system, until now we have been working more with the collection of ideas and suggestions (thank you to our clients for their inputs).
The suggestions stage has now been closed and we will be sifting through these and deciding the actual list of standard elements to be included in WebUpdate3.
Stay Tuned..
7/12/05 - New Look Admin Panel Introduced
Because the WebUpdate2 systems are customized to the client, some of these can end up with so many custom functions (like 'attention grabbers', 'banner management', 'hints management', etc.) that they can become confusing for a novice user. With that in mind, the admin panel on the newer WebUpdate2 sites has been modified to include Instant Help, which will enable administrators to see actual examples of how their changes affect the site.
6/11/05 - Themes now on all future WebUpdate2 & 3 sites
The 'themes' approach for The Store of Stores has now been developed, and looks and functions great! After consideration, this method is now going to be a standard development protocol for all future WebUpdate2 (and then WebUpdate3) sites, including those now in early stages of development.
Using this approach, we can literally change the look, color scheme, and feel of a WebUpdate2 in about 2 days. This will be most especially useful for clients who want special 'holiday' themes, they can be created ahead of time, and literally 'swapped out' with a flick of a switch in the admin panel.
3/17/05 - Moving towards the next generation
With a client 'The Store of Stores' requesting different 'themes' for various areas of their site, they have volunteered to become the test-bed for elements of the new WebUpdate3 model we are hoping to launch Jan 1, 2006.
Using the 'theme' approach, we know the WebUpdate3 sites will be more modular in their approach, it will even be able to choose and 'plug-in' extra modules, such as calendars, forums, etc., almost 'on-the-fly'
2/08/05 - Well, that was a success
Thank you to to the clients who made the Birthday Offer an amazing success, with all 5 offer sites signed within the first week !
2/01/05 - Happy Birthday!
We are now entering our 9th year in business, and so we are offering 5 WebUpdate2 sites at the reduced price of only $3999.
1/17/05 - WebUpdate2 Price Drop!
In appreciation of the success of WebUpdate2 in 2004, we have now reduced the price from $5999 to ONLY $4999 for the basic Brochure version of WebUpdate2.
1/8/05 - Great Start to the Year!
Thanks to our recent advertising campaign, last week we signed a new client a day!
1/1/05 - Happy New Year!
We would like to welcome all our visitors and clients a happy and prosperous 2005.
12/5/04 - Team Addition - Welcome Aboard!
We would like to welcome the extremely talented Elena to our team. As you can see HERE, we know that her particular bold style will bring even more appeal to our portfolio.
11/28/04 - 'Another one please'
Our client 'Chesapeakeplastsurg.com' loves the WebUpdate2 system so much that they have purchased a 2nd domain and want us to create another, almost identical WebUpdate2 site for them!
11/23/04 - OOPS Google did it again! - FirstPage update worked flawlessly.
The Google overhaul we suspected as coming a few weeks ago happened last week.
The changes were complex, but with a lot of caffeine and a great deal of hard work, we managed to rewrite the core FirstPage algorythms and get them distributed within 2 days.
All our FirstPage coded sites are now back to where they were in the top 10, and around 60% have even shown an almost 200% indexed page improvement!
11/22/04 - WebUpdate2 Improvements
At the request of a client, the Contact Us system has been revised for this
and all future versions of WebUpdate2. Now users can add themselves directly
to the email list when sending an email via 'Contact Us', rather than having
to go to 'Join Our Email List'.
Both user and WebUpdate2 site owner will also get more customized emails,
confirming the information submitted, IP address, whether or not they chose
to be added, and how to be removed if they require.
10/19/04 - Google is up to something (again)
There have been some extremely odd results coming up from Google over the last week or so. This would seem to indicate that there is another Google overhaul in the works.
We are watching closely, and preparing to update the FirstPage system as soon as it happens. This will be a very good test of the new 'centralized update' method we instituted a few months ago.
9/7/04 - WebUpdate2 Improvement
Another change at the request of a client.
Now WebUpdate2 'Gallery Pages' create a 2nd, fixed-size larger version of the uploaded images, and have auto resizing popup windows.
This was because some clients were uploading direct from high resolution Digital Cameras and, as such the 'larger versions' were extremely large.
8/30/04 - Ok, now WE'RE with the times!
The new WebUpdate2 based Internetmark site is launched.
What with moves, expansions, and intensively developing WebUpdate2 sites for our clients, we finally had a small breathing space to work on the Internetmark site itself and bring that up to the WebUpdate2 system too.
Hope you like it.
7/15/04 - WebUpdate2 Page System overhaul
Previously WebUpdate2 'Gallery Pages' were under their own section in the menu system.
We have now overhauled that design, and now 'Normal' and 'Gallery' pages can be intermixed within the same menu item.
This gives much more flexibility to clients, especially if there is a gallery related to a particular event / service / subject.
6/10/04 - New Team Addition - Welcome Aboard!
Because of the popularity of the WebUpdate2 sites, we have taken on a new designer and developer Andrei.
He has many years experience in both design and database site development. As you can see from his work HERE, he has a very unique 'Corporate' design style which perfectly compliments our existing team.
6/4/04 - FirstPage Overhaul Improvement
The FirstPage (search engine placement system) at the heart of WebUpdate2 has been revised to a more centralized methodology.
Following the Google 'Florida' (Nov. 2003) and 'Georgia' (Feb. 2004) updates, this means that we can now change ALL FirstPage driven WebUpdate2 sites from a central location.
The algorythm changes will then be distributed to all WebUpdate2 sites, meaning that the top ten results can be recovered literally in days.
5/26/04 - WebUpdate2 Improvement
WebUpdate 2 now has a 'Backup' option in the Admin Panel, which backs up the site database and emails it to the client.
Even though we have never had a WebUpdate2 site go down, this enables us to recover a site should something ever go wrong.
5/1/04 - We've Moved!!!
The move is finally complete. After weeks of redevelopment, rewiring, networking and building out, we have finally moved into the new offices.
You can see the gallery of the move here
3/19/04 - WebUpdate2 Improvement
The WebUpdate2 text entry and format system has been replaced with a variation of the old WebUpdate(1) WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface.
This has streamlined the 'add/modify page' admin page process considerably, removing several 'preset' buttons and check-boxes.
3/1/04 - We're going to move!
A new, larger office space has become available in the building, and so we will be remodeling that space to our new offices over the next few weeks.
2/14/04 - WebUpdate2 Feature Addition
WebUpdate2 now has a 'file upload' capability, so that clients can upload files which can then be viewed/downloaded by visitors.
This is useful for forms, PDFs and other text files, and even animations / videos.
The uploaded file(s) can be attached to any page on the site, and links created on the fly.
1/17/04 - New Team Addition - Welcome Aboard!
Coinciding with the launch of the new 'WebUpdate2' sites, we have taken on Morgan de Ruyter.
As you can see from examples of her work HERE, Morgan is an extraordinary talent and has over 10 years experience in Web Design. She is also a very talented freehand artist and animator.
1/2/04 - WebUpdate2 Launched!
After almost 2 years developing the system, our own WebUpdate2 site management system was unveiled today to incredible response.
Following our advertising of the launch, we already have 5 new clients
signed to the system.
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