314media – an official WordPress consultant – is an affordable solution to costly St Louis web developers. We work primarily with the WordPress content management system and utilize the latest in open source technology to build your web site more afford-ably then our competition. Our content management systems have been developed using the latest web technologies and we are web developers who listen to our clients. We incorporate their ideas into the management back end so that they don’t rely on us to make photo and text changes.We offer package pricing as well as a low hourly rate to help you complete your web site project or build a custom web site from the ground up.

Located in Fenton MO, 314media is just minutes away from downtown St Louis and we offer on-site as well as phone and gotomeeting support for our customers. Contact 314media today to learn how we can help you with your next web development project. 314media is an affordable web developer located near St Louis Missouri. Contact us today and let us help you develop the web site of your dreams.

314media takes great pride in our outstanding customer service and simplicity of our billing. Find out how we will eliminate your web site design headaches.  We offer WordPress website design services that are both affordable and robust at the same time.  Using WordPress to Design your website, you’ll get a scalable, robust, content manangement application that is light years ahead of traditional HTML or PHP coded website.

Content management, ecommerce, blogs, MySQL database functions, PHP, HTML, CSS, SEO and SEM management are all services that St Louis based 314media can provide to your business. We also offer web hosting and domain name purchases and management as well.

Contact 314media today for more information about our WordPress Website Design services in St. Louis.

A new study has found WordPress to be the most popular blogging platform among users who like to share content online.
Research conducted by SocialTwist found that 45 per cent of social media users prefer the open source publishing application to its main rivals.  Blogger was the most popular alternative to the program – which was first developed in 2003 – followed by LiveJournal.  Other programs including TypePad, MoveableType and Xanga are all infrequently used by social media sharers, the study indicated.

When it comes to blogging services, WordPress with 45 percent and Blogger with 42 percent are the most popular platforms for social media content sharing. The surprise element in this space is Typepad, which is never used.

You can read more of the study here: Sharing Trends 2009

314media can provide your orginazation with the tools to effectively share your message to your target audience.  Contact us today for more information.  Not only is WordPress the most popular blogging platform, it is becoming one of the fastest growing CMS systems because of it’s fast development time and ease of use.  314media is one of the most revered WordPress consultants and we look forward to discussing your WordPress project.

314media can design WordPress to function how you want it to.  We offer both hourly and complete project pricing for WordPress customization and WordPress design and development.  We can take your vision and design WordPress to meet your needs.  Custom scripting and coding as well as WordPress templates and design are what makes 314media a valuable resource for bloggers and anyone who wants to develop a WordPress web site.  We offer WordPress design,  installation, customization, hosting, and support at affordable prices.  From turn key ecommerce web sites to adding custom features to your existing WordPress design, 314media is the perfect choice for all of your WordPress design needs.  Contact us today for an estimate on your next WordPress design project.  Give us  a call at 314-714-5448 with more information on how we can help you with your WordPress deisgn project.

WordPress Websites are scalable and robust enough to power some of the largest, content-heavy websites in the world. Time Magazine and others have chosen WordPress because they know about the reliability, scalability, and versatility of WordPress as both a CMS and a blogging tool.

314media will develop a website using WordPress for your business or organization. 314media can install plugins, develop themes, edit your widgets, do custom development, and help you with using and learning WordPress. Contact 314media today to receive free hosting while your WordPress website is in development. We can also host your WordPress websites after they are completed to prevent from having to change your domain name settings.

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Based on our experience, we’ve compiled this list from internet sources, information regarding web design, and just our general experience.  We thought this list applied to a lot of people and we also found this funny too…

1. Have your cousin create your website… Your cousin might be a great person, but unless he is a professional web designer, he is likely to create a website that is almost unusable for first time visitors.
2. Leave Under Construction pages… Back in 1996 it was common to have Under Construction pages on websites, but nowadays it makes a website look unprofessional.Don’t link unfinished pages to the website until it is done being constructed.
3. Force visitors to view a splash screen before entering your real website.  Customers are looking for information not impressive graphics. If they have to wait 30 seconds to get through your introductory (splash) screen before actually viewing your content then they will leave.
4. Create confusing navigation… Content is very important, but the best content in the world is useless if customers can’t find it. Put your navigation, or list of links, on the top or left-hand side where people are used to finding it on most websites.
5. Make visitors guess what your business can do for them… If a customer comes to your website and within 20 seconds can’t figure out what you can offer them, they WILL leave. On your home page, prominently display the purpose of your business in a few sentences.
6. Hide your contact information… You want customers to be able to communicate easily with you. If they get frustrated trying to find a way to contact you then they will likelyleave your website and go to a competitor.
7. Fill your website with every piece of information you can think of… Overloading customers with information is a very common mistake. More isn’t always better. A clean,easy to read website is more desirable than one cluttered with unnecessary content.
8. Use Free Web Hosting… Free comes with a cost. Free Hosting adds banners and pop up ads which make your website look cluttered and unprofessional.
9. Have out of date content…  Nothing make a website look more irrelevant then outdated information. It’s great that you had a company picnic, but the time and location for it should not be there six months later. Revisit your website often to keep it updated.
10. Ignore submitting your website to search engines… Even the best designed website is useless to your business unless people can find it. Submit your website to all of the major search engines, such as Google and Yahoo .
11. Test your website in only one browser… Unfortunately every browser interprets a website differently. Yours could look great in Safari on a Mac, but look awful in Internet Explorer on a PC.

This seems to cover the majority of topics, but there are always more.  For a free analysis of your website, contact 314media today.

314media has been on the cutting edge of open source software utilizing the latest tools in personal publishing. WordPress allows you to update your website by simply using a web-based WYSWYG editor. If you have word processing skills, you can edit your website online.

St. Louis based 314media can provide you the tools you need to take control over your website and only call a web designer when you are looking for major changes or other such large projects. This can eliminate your day-to-day web designer and give that job to someone with basic word processing skills that can save your company a great deal of revenue.

Contact 314media today for a comprehensive analysis of your website and see how we can reduce costs and still allow you to have full control of your website via an online website design interface.

314meda prides ourselves on providing the best customer service in the industry. 314media is available provide customized solutions for your small business or organization to allow you to have greater freedom from website maintenance. We are also available to help with basic support after their inital “go-live”

Contact us to find out more about our maintenance contracts.

At 314media, we provide customers with expert PPC marketing maintenance.

From campaign setup to custom ad writing and monthly analysis & maintenance, 314media works to make sure that customer accounts are utilizing their best performing ads with their highest searched keywords.

Monthly reports aren’t just printed and mailed, but they are reviewed by our staff as a benchmark to improve upon. Researching highly trafficked keywords and keyword phrases allows 314media to provide its clients with new and updated information to best search for qualified online traffic.

In addition to campaign setup and management, we also offer Search Engine Optimization to better align customer sites for organic placement in today’s competitive Search Engine marketplace. Please call for objective review and pricing.

We can also build custom landing pages to best track SEM results! Contact us to find out more about out web design services.

From web design and development to SEO and custom web design, 314media can provide many services to our clients in the area surrounding Fenton as well as the St. Louis metro area and beyond. If you are trying to find a new web developer, if you need a website for your new business or organization, or if you need to sell a product you’ve just invented; give us a call and let us know what you are looking to do.

We can help…

314media takes great pride in our outstanding customer service and simplicity of our billing. Find out how we will eliminate your web site design headaches.

Content management, ecommerce, blogs, MySQL database functions, PHP, HTML, CSS, SEO and SEM are all services that st louis based 314media can provide to your business. Web Hosting and Domain name purchases can also be setup and billed directly from us to eliminate multiple bills from multiple vendors.

Conveniently located in Fenton Missouri, near Downtown Saint Louis, 314media will provide you with the tools that you need to deliver information effectively to your customers. We provide monthly financing and web hosting packages that will allow your business to only pay one vendor for all of your internet and web site needs.

Contact us today for a risk free quote on your next web design and development project.

Contact 314media today for more information about our St. Louis web design services.