Services

Our Core Services: To improve our clients' performance, we help them plan, create and manage business-critical solutions enabled by technology to drive competitive advantage.

Plan
Who are you, what makes your company different from your competitors and how can you improve your strategic positioning? Pretty critical questions for any business of any size. We'll interview you, analyze your competition and provide a solid outline of how to get from here to there.

Create
One of the fun parts of our job and certainly one of the most critical. Articulating your idea into a compelling, well-crafted design is how we'll set you apart. You'll be involved throughout the design process to ensure that we deliver exactly what you're looking for and your business needs.

Manage
Constant communication from start to finish and beyond will ensure that no detail is overlooked and awkward moments are eliminated. You'll find we like to talk and we'll make sure you understand what your receiving and how to implement it.

A complete list of our services

Digital Media

At ummhumm, our love for the digital goes back to our Commodore 64 and Atari 2600. We started our online experience in 1994 with dial up and Netscape 1.1 and we've been designing and developing digital media solutions ever since. Employing best practices and W3C standards, our design and coding meet with our strict standards so that you can enjoy the best the web has to offer.

Analysis and Design
  • Enterprise and architecture planning
  • Custom web site design
  • Web site rescue / redesign
  • B2B and B2C web design
  • eCommerce solutions
  • Content management systems (CMS)
  • Intranet / extranet solutions
  • Flash / Java programming
  • jQuery / Ajax
  • Animated banners for web sites or Google
  • Project Management

Email campaigns
  • List management and hygiene
  • Dynamic HTML eMail
  • Automatic subscribe / unsubscribe
  • Real time tracking and analytics
  • Trigger based autoresponders
  • Multiple list distribution
  • Compliant with CAN-SPAM laws
  • Integrate with 3rd party distribution companies (iContact, Constant Contact, etc.)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Web site analytics
  • Web site code analysis
  • Web page content improvement
  • Keyword analysis
  • Meta tag development and implementation
  • Link popularity by integration
  • Site maps
  • Web page submission to major search engines

Print Services

Designing and producing collateral since 1989 enables ummhumm to tackle everything print with confidence. We are always looking for new and innovative ways to place your message on paper while adhering to time-tested standards of color psychology, typography and grids. We employ a nation-wide network of printers that empower us a full range of solutions. From one-color flyers to full-color packaging, large format banners to book publishing, we can handle your printing needs.

Design and implementation:
  • Advertising and marketing concepts
  • Banners
  • Branding
  • Book and magazine layout
  • Brochures
  • Business cards, letterhead and envelopes
  • Calendars
  • CD/DVD + packaging
  • Copy writing and editing
  • Direct mail
  • Flyers
  • Logo identity and development
  • Media kits
  • Newsletters
  • Package design
  • Posters
  • PowerPoint Presentations and conversion to DVD
  • Presentation folders / kits
  • Print advertisment (phone book ads / magazine ads)

Printing and Mailing services available:
  • 1/C (one color one side or both sides)
  • 4/4 (full color both sides)
  • Die-cut
  • Offset
  • Digital
  • Short runs
  • Outdoor signs/banners
  • Mailing fulfillment

Video Services

Our professional team employs broadcast-quality equipment from the initial shoot through to post production editing. Our award winning production services have benefited thousands of customers worldwide. From corporate firms to small business owner, our goal is to help you successfully reach your customers, train your employees or educate the masses. Working directly with you to ensure that your message reaches your target audience in a timely, cost effective manner, ummhumm will guide you through the process effortlessly.

  • Media consulting and training
  • Conference and event production
  • Voice-over talent
  • On screen talent
  • Crews - local, national and global
  • Scripting
  • Producing
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • CD/DVD creation and duplication

Technical / Hosting

You've got your web site or email design, now what? ummhumm will provide technical support and 24/7 management that ensures your message will be safe, secure and reaches the widest audience possible. We offer hosting on shared or dedicated servers, and will customize your server based on your needs. With a 99.955% uptime rating, you can sleep at night knowing your web site is up and running.

Shared Hosting
  • Linux or Windows available
  • Unlimited hosting space
  • Unlimited gigs of data transfer
  • Unlimited domain names
  • Unlimited subdomain names
  • Unlimited email forwarders/autoresponders
  • Unlimited FTP accounts
  • Shell Access (SSH)
  • CGI-Bin, CGI Library
  • SSL Secure Server
  • IMAP/secure email
  • Customizable Error pages
  • Webmail access
  • Google's Postini Spam filters
  • Multimedia supported - Streaming video and audio
  • Daily backups
  • Synchronous Optical Networking
  • Intel Xeon quad processing servers
  • OC-48 Backbone connection (ensuring your site loads in the quickest time possible)

Dedicated Hosting
  • Windows or Linux available
  • Fully customizable depending on your needs
  • Firewall protection
  • Daily site backups
  • Colocation



PRICING

We're not here to spend your money. We're here to help you spend your money wisely.

We price all our projects based on research involved, time estimated to produce and unique challenges, and then provide an estimate for services. We don't like or appreciate hidden fees or additional costs either, so we prefer to give you one total fee.

By knowing your budget, we can work within your parameters to accurately price and ultimately provide a unique and tailor made product.

By utilizing our creative briefs, we get to your specifics quickly which enables us to be upfront and accountable with our pricing. The hazy gray area of hourly pricing is never an issue.

A few questions we ask to get started:

  • What is the purpose of the project?
  • What is your target market or audience?
  • What is the creative tone and direction?

Pretty basic but necessary as we get to know you and your creative needs.